Niklas Vesterlund81′
Mike van der Hoorn90’+6′
premier league
Ajax wants to do everything it can to avoid the play-offs for European football. Then FC Utrecht must win at home, which can definitively obtain the ticket for the play-offs. Is the club from the cathedral city again a major obstacle for Ajax? Follow it live here!
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Chance FC Utrecht!
Blake shoots just wide. The ball appears to have still been touched, so FC Utrecht gets a corner in the absolute final phase.
1-2 GOAL by Mike van der Hoorn!
Six minutes of extra time
Can Ajax provide a final push?
Yoann Cathline is replaced by Siebe Horemans
Chance Ajax!
What an opportunity for Bounida. He shoots into goalkeeper Barkas. He could have taken the win.
Yellow card for Sean Steur
1-1 GOAL by Wout Weghorst!
What’s going on here? First Niklas Vesterlund seems to knock Ajax out. The home team barely managed to do anything. After the 0-1, Ajax bounced back and it was Wout Weghorst who extended Rayane Bounida’s cross into the far corner. 1-1 and a blood-curdling final phase.
Jorthy Mokio is replaced by Oliver Edvardsen
0-1 GOAL by Niklas Vesterlund!
It was coming. FC Utrecht takes the lead in one of the few chances they create this match. Niklas Vesterlund heads home at the far post.
Sébastien Haller is replaced by David Min
The audience in the Johan Cruijff Arena has not forgotten him yet. He receives a round of applause from the home crowd.
Difficult second half for Ajax
Ajax has difficulty making progress again in the second half. To the frustration of Steven Berghuis, who always finds himself in his own half. When he slides a ball over the back line, he gives Anton Gaaei there verbally. Forward, the fierce Berghuis gestures with his arm.
When Klaassen turns back into his own half in an – apparently – promising counter, the crowd starts whistling. Impatience is increasing in the Johan Cruijff Arenaalso because Twente now has a 3-0 lead against Sparta and Ajax is now virtually in a play-off spot.
Let’s see if youngsters Sean Steur and Rayane Bounida can change that. They relieve Youri Regeer and Steven Berghuis respectively.
Steven Berghuis is replaced by Rayane Bounida
Youri Regeer is replaced by Sean Steur
Chance FC Utrecht!
Ajax traditionally collapses at the start of the last half hour. Haller shoots a rebound towards Ajax’s goal, the ball is blocked just in time.
Jesper Karlsson is replaced by Adrian Blake
Ron Jans changes for the first time.
Mike Eerdhuijzen is replaced by Nick Viergever
📊What is the status on the other fields?
Feyenoord 1-1 AZ
FC Twente 2-0 Sparta
FC Groningen 2-0 NEC
A big gap for NEC, while FC Twente is well ahead. Then Ajax actually has to come along.
Oscar Gloukh is replaced by Davy Klaassen
Kasper Dolberg is replaced by Wout Weghorst
It’s time for the veterans at Ajax: Klaasen and Weghorst. For Weghorst, this is probably his last match in the Johan Cruijff Arena. He has an expiring contract.
Many fans with phones in hand
FC Groningen is 2-0 against NEC and the supporters in the Johan Cruijff Arena also realize this. Many spectators with a mobile phone and the standings at hand.
The hard core of Ajax is shouting for Garcia’s team now third place is up for grabsbut Ajax does not exactly manage to unleash a storm in the first ten minutes of the second half. In the meantime, captain Klaassen and striker Weghorst are preparing to come on. Can the experienced make a difference?
