06 DEC 2014 Ajax-Willem II Match Day 15

[Tom_]

As usual not much resistance from Willem II (apart from some bad tackling). The leg-breaker on Siggy wasn't the only dodgy one—usually the eredivisie refs are much tougher on dangerous tackles. Anyway, 4 nice goals, good to see our defenders get the benefit of Bergkamp's coaching too :)

[Van basten]

Good chance to close up on psv on GD. Keep it going in second half!

[Dave the mac]

Nice work from Milik to supply Klaassen for the 5-0.

[Dave the mac]

Bazoer on for Anderson, who had a nice match. Looks like Bazoer's first outing with the 1st team! Long overdue.

[Orange14]

Bazoer on for Anderson, who had a nice match. Looks like Bazoer's first outing with the 1st team! Long overdue.

2nd; he had a cup match with the first team last month.

[Dave the mac]

And Menig get his first Eredivisie minutes! On for Kishna who had a quiet game.

[SPL]

Well a comfortable win but for the last 30 mins it was just tikki takki and not much looking to score more.This is the type of game you would expect us to score 7 or 8.Anyway 3 points is all that matters

[Orange14]

In the end an easy win with some very nice offense on display. Some dice defending on occasion but the club was bailed out by Cillessen or bad finishing from Willem II. Andersen was the best player on the pitch this evening and it was good to see goals from the strikers. Hope Sigthorsson is not badly hurt but suspect that it is ligament damage.

Player Ratings:

Cillessen (7) - had a couple of tough saves to make but otherwise was little troubled as Willem II were poor finishers
Viergever (7) - good on both ends of the pitch
Moisander (6.5) - a couple of poor plays on defense but otherwise OK
Veltman (7) - nice goal and won a couple of duels; did give up the ball rather easily deep in the attacking half that would have been punished by a better team
van Rhijn (6) - defensively OK but unconvincing in the offensive half
Serero (6.5) - some weak passes that were intercepted but otherwise good
Andersen (7.5) - lost the ball maybe one time and his passing was sublime; nice snap shot on goal and too bad it was saved
Klaassen (6) - good hustle on the goal but again a little too static out there
Kishna (6) - rather quiet match
Sigthorrsson (6) - well taken goal and a nasty injury a minute later
Schöne (7) - much better than in the last several matches; all over the field and saw the game well
Milik (7) - well taken goals and a nice assist as well
Bazoer (6) - on for Andersen and played up field which was a bit of a surprise, did well in his first Eredivisie appearance
Menig (NR) - on late for Kishna and not involved

Final CL group match coming up. Win or draw sees us through into the Europa League. Zivkovic likely to come into the squad as the #2 striker