Ajax Women's Team

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The Ajax ladies are in the Champions League and playing Brescia of Italy tonight in Amsterdam. Match is 0-0 at the half and a stream is available!!!

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Ajax ladies playing with 10 following a 21st minute dismissal snatch a goal in the 88th minute and win the match 1-0. I watched from the 40th minute on and it was clear that Ajax was prepared only to defend the draw having lost Van Den Bighelaar but they got the ball forward late and a nice header from Linda Bakker hit the left upright and bounced into the net for the only goal of the match. It wasn't pretty but Ajax now go to Brescia in a fortnight to see if they can advance to the round of 16. I think there are three or four players from the Dutch NT that won the Euro this summer on the Ajax starting team.

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Missed the match as I could not find a stream. Ajax ladies lost the away game to Brecia 0-2 and are out of the CL.

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Turn about is fair play. Ajax ladies won the Beker defeating PSV 1-2. I caught the last 20 minutes and Ajax looked threatening on several occasions but could not get the third goal. Congrats to them for picking up the Cup.

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Ajax women remain undefeated in league play, beating PSV 1-0 today. Romee Leuchter got the goal with a free kick. Next weekend they play the other unbeaten team, FC Twente. I hope it is on television as this Ajax team is really a good side.

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Ajax Women's team is currently up 0-3 away in Zurich in the UWCL. At least some Ajax teams still know how to win.

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Up 0-5 now! Can we have them play in the Eredivisie for us?

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they were totally dominant. Hat trick from Leuchter!! They should qualify for the CL now.

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Leuchter with two goals today as Ajax win the return tie 2-0 and move on into the group stage of the Champions League for the first time. Unfortunately, they have a low coefficient rating and will not be seeded highly. Let's hope they get a favorable draw and can make it to the group stage!!!!

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Ajax got a terrible draw in the CL with Bayern, Paris Saint Germain and AS Roma in their group. It's going to be very challenging for them to even win a match against these teams but strange things happen. We can hope for big crowds in the Johan Cruyff Arena for the home matches. FC Twente did not make it through so the chance for more Coefficient Points is limited.

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Good to see Ajax women doing well

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Leuchter and Hoekstra each hit the goal twice and Ajax win on the road against Fortuna Sittard 0-4. They are in fourth with 10 points but have two games in hand over three of the top teams.

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The Ajax Ladies host Paris Saint Germain this Wednesday in the Champions League. Match will be played in the Johan Cruyff Arena and it will be interesting to see the size of the crowd. Ajax are underdogs as PSG has a number of Internationals including Jackie Groenen and Lieke Martens-van Leer from the Dutch NT. I think the match will be televised but I don't have any details on that right now.

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Ajax up 2-0 at the half over PSG. Good to see some real Ajax football being played!

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Epic win by the Ajax Ladies, 2-0 over PSG. Two first half goals, Hoekstra off a rebound and Spitse from the spot were enough. Ajax defended well and had some outstanding goalkeeping from van Eijk and are at the top of the group as Bayern and Roma drew 2-2. WOTM for me was winger Chastity Grant who was tough on the ball, not getting dispossessed and defending superbly. This is a super young team aside from Spitse and can only get better if they can keep their key players. Suzanne Bakker had her team well set up for the match and subbed off the tired players down the stretch.

Player Ratings:

van Eijk (7) - she had a horrible moment early in the match venturing out into nowoman's land, leaving the goal wide open but the PSG shot was welll over the crossbar but she redeemed herself with a great save late in the 2nd half keeping the ball from going over the line
Kaardinal (5) - really not very good as she was constantly getting beat
Spitse (8) - had a couple of uncharacteristic poor passes but was calm from the spot and defended exceptionally well
De Sanders (7.5) - defended well with some good clearances
Weerden (6) - drew the foul in the box for the PK but had some pretty awful passes leaving PSG open for some counters
Noordam (7) - really strong as the holding MF
van Gool (7) - consistent
Yohannes (7) - hard to believe she is just 16 years old, had a couple of picture perfect through passes to the forwards; she should have done better when she got the ball deep and in front of goal
Grant (8.5) - just a super all around game
Leuchter (7) - got the ball in some promising situations and it was her hard shot that ricocheted off to Hoekstra for the first goal
T. Hoekstra (7) - well taken goal
Keijzer (5.5) - on for Kaardinal at RB and did OK
van de Velde (6) - on for Noordam who was carrying a YC and defended well
Noordman (5.5) - on for van Gool and defended well
Sabajo (5.5) - on for Yohannes
I. Hoekstra (NR) - on late for her namesake and had a break but wasn't strong enough to stay ahead of the defender

Roma up next away.

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Ajax ladies take on Roma in the Champions League. They dropped a close 0-1 match on Sunday to league leaders FC Twente.

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Following the tough 3-0 drubbing at Roma in the CL, Ajax are back to the league with a match against AZ on Sunday. Match will be on Dutch ESPN for those with an IPTV subscription.

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A tired Ajax squad defeated AZ in Alkmaar 1-2 today. It was the fourth match in 10 days for Suzanne Bakker's team and a number of starters were either rested or only played a half. All the goals came in the 2nd half with de Klonia and Yohannes finding the net for Ajax. Ajax remain in 2nd place five points behind Twente who have yet to drop points in the league.