16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 6:55 pm

Once again. Peter Bosz and his experimental tactics in such massive games. Rostov are going to hit Ajax on the break, God only knows how many goals Ajax will concede.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door King Litti » di aug 16, 2016 7:13 pm

I think it's going to be 4-3-3. Veltman- Sanchez- Riedewald- Dijks back four
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door SPL » di aug 16, 2016 7:17 pm

After a poor game v Roda I am not expecting us to win. The MF has nil creativity and the only player who is a quality defender Tete is not picked and Sanchez plays again. Great gamble with him not able to communicate and last saturday no one was guiding him as such .

Draw tonight defeat by the odd goal in Russia.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Amol » di aug 16, 2016 7:20 pm

King Litti schreef:I think it's going to be 4-3-3. Veltman- Sanchez- Riedewald- Dijks back four
Yeah Veltman definitely was better going forward when he was covering for Tete end of last year. So Bosz must be planning for more crosses from the wing, since Tete struggles with that.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Orange14 » di aug 16, 2016 7:39 pm

Damn, ESPN3 is not showing anything!
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 7:46 pm

when its 0-1 to Rostov I expect to see comments like 'Bazoer/Gudelj gave away possession!' or 'WTF Veltman/Dijks/Sanchez when its 0-2 to Rostov. In any event the good thing is they have lost 1 of their decent defenders, Bastos, who officially signed for Lazio. I wonder if it will hit their morale

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 7:55 pm

Dijks has put in two dangerous crosses after 7 minutes already before their reckless right back mowed him down.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 7:59 pm

Ajax 0-1 Rostov. After a foul by Klaassen. The goal keeper could have done better, the free kick went straight through the walll.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Orange14 » di aug 16, 2016 7:59 pm

nice foul by el Capitan and bad keeping by Cillessen and the dreams of CL football are almost up in smoke
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door SPL » di aug 16, 2016 8:01 pm

100m in the bank and a rubbish defence. Euro cup thursday nights here we come

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 8:11 pm

AC Milan bound i.e. El Ghazi, should have scored!

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 8:17 pm

Ajax are pressing nice turn by Traore, looks promising-ish!

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Orange14 » di aug 16, 2016 8:23 pm

Nice PK by el Capitan; only thing he's done right this match
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 8:23 pm

Penalty to Ajax! Bazoer shot, and Navas hand ball in the box! Their goal keeper has had a good game! But 1-1

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Orange14 » di aug 16, 2016 8:35 pm

80% possession and a dozen shots on goal but nothing from the field found the back of the net. Front line is doing a decent enough job and Bazoer had a rocket of a shot when the hand ball was called. Klaassen still has a bad first touch and he should have known better than to have fouled so close to the Ajax goal. I can see that free kicks are going to again be an adventure this year. el Ghazi had three nice crosses and a good shot from his left foot but he's been isolated out there. Klaassen doesn't want to drop into the open spaces for a pass and Veltman is lying to far back.

Ajax really have to win this one to have a chance at advancing and ideally need two more goals.
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door SPL » di aug 16, 2016 8:36 pm

Back in it with a penalty.Best we can hope is a 2-1 win

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Tom_ » di aug 16, 2016 8:38 pm

Well, I missed their goal, but when I switched on we were pushing the ball forward and making opportunities. Seems like Traoré's ball handling is adding something to the attack. If we continue like this we can turn it around.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door King Litti » di aug 16, 2016 9:39 pm

Decent performance, bad result.

I'm sure Rostov will be tougher and less passive in russia, but I didn't see anything that would make me think that we couldn't beat the in the second leg. This is not over yet.
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door saddlerian » di aug 16, 2016 9:42 pm

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Not as bad as I thought it would be...0-1 down after 13 minutes, then 10 minutes or so to settle into a style of play that was beginning to pay dividends....evened the score with the penalty....BUT...what the hell was that substitution about??? HOW NAIVE!!!!! Youness was the ONLY Ajax player who was giving 110%, and was getting good results...

Sorry, but if, as was said last week about Bosz having "balls of steel"...he's lost them!!! Tactically, that was about the WORST substitution he could have made!!!!

Looks like Thursday nights in Europe now.....

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 9:43 pm

Look on the bright side. Ajax didn't lose. Rostov have an unrest in the camp with a few players linked with a move away from the club.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door SPL » di aug 16, 2016 9:44 pm

We need to practice defending at free kicks and corners. A decent performance but not much creativity .

It will be hard next week but we can still win it but need luck
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Ayman » di aug 16, 2016 9:44 pm

SaddlerIan schreef::ajaxscarf.gif: :ajaxscarf.gif: :ajaxscarf.gif:

Not as bad as I thought it would be...0-1 down after 13 minutes, then 10 minutes or so to settle into a style of play that was beginning to pay dividends....evened the score with the penalty....BUT...what the hell was that substitution about??? HOW NAIVE!!!!! Youness was the ONLY Ajax player who was giving 110%, and was getting good results...

Sorry, but if, as was said last week about Bosz having "balls of steel"...he's lost them!!! Tactically, that was about the WORST substitution he could have made!!!!

Looks like Thursday nights in Europe now.....

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Thursday night football? Were you not the same person that ruled out Ajax from getting past PAOK?

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Orange14 » di aug 16, 2016 9:49 pm

Another cheap goal conceded that was followed by an equalizer from the spot but in the end the attacking team couldn't get the go ahead goal. Ajax again had lots of possession and did get the ball into the attacking third often enough to get some decent shots on goal. Unfortunately four of them were so soft that the Rostov keeper was hardly challenged. No question that the front three all had very nice games.

Ajax had little defending to do as Rostov were content to sit back and look for the counter which really never came. The only danger was on set plays which Ajax needs much better preparation. Return match in Russia is maybe a tossup. Rostov is likely to sit back and play for the 0-0 draw. Conceding another cheap goal by Ajax should seal advancement for them.

Player Ratings:

Cillessen (5) - made one save and missed on that he should have done better on as he took a step to his right too soon and then couldn't recover
Dijks (5) - had little to do defensively and went forward as much as possible, the good cross was lacking
Riedewald (5.5) - can't give more than an average score if the player has little to do
Sanchez (5.5) - same as Riedewald
Veltman (4) - extremely poor given he had no defending to do, his passing and positioning were quite bad all match long other than one nice pass into the box
Gudelj (5) - no threat at all on free kicks which is why he is in the starting 11
Bazoer (5) - one rocket shot that led to the hand ball in the box and that was his highlight reel for the match
Klaassen (5) - stupid foul led to the goal and constant poor touches; looks like Bosz wants him to camp out in the box but then that leaves Gudelj and Bazoer to set things up; they can't do that
Younes (6) - lots of tricks tonight and put in a decent shift; should he have tried for a diving header on the cross from el Ghazi rather than the poke in which he missed?
Traore (7) - really worked hard until he tired and had to come off; nice to have a striker who can create some scoring opportunities
el Ghazi (6.5) - finally pulled his head out of his ass and played some good football; only forced things a couple of times but delivered crosses that were right on the money
Cassiera (5.5) - another hard worker subbing in for Younes
Dolberg (5) - on late for Traore and had only a couple of touches

Back to the league and Willem II on the weekend
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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door SPL » di aug 16, 2016 9:51 pm

Probably find Younes is not quite ready for 90 mins after his injury.Trouble is we have no winger to come on the left side. We have known all summer we need another left winger but none has arrived.Not sure what happens if Milan actually decide to pay the 18m so called asking price for El Ghazi.

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Re: 16 AUG 2016 Ajax - Rostov CL Qualifier

Bericht door Orange14 » di aug 16, 2016 9:52 pm

SaddlerIan schreef:
.BUT...what the hell was that substitution about??? HOW NAIVE!!!!! Youness was the ONLY Ajax player who was giving 110%, and was getting good results...

Sorry, but if, as was said last week about Bosz having "balls of steel"...he's lost them!!! Tactically, that was about the WORST substitution he could have made!!!!

Looks like Thursday nights in Europe now.....
Younes has had a hamstring injury and couldn't go a full 90 minutes.
Appie Nouri will forever be remembered for his grace and humanity on and off the pitch!

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