An unpleasant evening for Young Ajax. Elmo Lieftink scored the opening goal within a minute. John Heitinga’s team couldn’t get over that blow: 0-1.
The match was less than a minute old when a hard shot by Helmond Sport midfielder Elmo Lieftink ended right in the goal: 0-1. It then took a while before Jong Ajax became dangerous. Two shots from Youri Regeer were blocked by Mike Havekotte. After a strong phase by the Brabanders, the home team took over the initiative.
The Amsterdam promises thought they would reach the same level after half an hour. However, the linesman found offside, so that a line went through the goal. In the counterattack, a shot by Martijn Kaars (former FC Volendam) was foiled.
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Jaydon Banel created the first danger on behalf of the team from Amsterdam in the second half. He headed the ball in, but Havekotte grabbed the ball tight. Moments later, Kristian Hlynsson seemed to make the 1-1, but the Icelander was offside.
In the remaining part, no more goals were scored, as a result of which Jong Ajax lost. Because of the loss, John Heitinga’s team is eleventh in the ranking with twelve points.
Young Ajax line-up: De Graaff; Vos (Jermoumi/75), Aertssen, Pierie, Baas (Milovanovic/46); Reign, Hlynsson, Fitz-Jim; Banel, Rasmussen (Giovanni/75), Misehouy