Ajax friendlies

[Orange14]

The Ajax channels were blocked over here so I had to watch the match on the Sky German site. It wasn't a great performance by Ajax as they allowed two goals in the first half that were a result of poor coverage. The first looked like a savable ball but Pasveer was not quick enough. The second looked like Rensch was very late in getting back and there was a free attacker. Ajax pegged two back in the second half. The first came off a corner kick and though initially given to Rugani was ruled an own goal. The second was a nice cut back pass by Wijndal to an open Akpom who had an easy open net to shoot at. There was some controversy at minute 60 when Klaassen was shown a Red Card for a foul on a Stuttgart MF. It was not a reckless challenge at all and it appeared to be downgraded to Yellow after some consultation (my German is pretty rusty so I'm not exactly sure).

Not many highlights. Berghuis again was not very good. The passing was much better and playing out from the back was decent. Traore had one very good chance in the first half but the ball was just wide of the goal. Ramaj came on for Pasveer in the 2nd half and Farioli changed almost the whole team at halftime. Rugani stayed on for about 15 minutes and Mannswerk came in to play centerback.

[SPL]

I finally found a stream on the Stuttgart youtube channel but not much to add about the game. Good timing as a few minutes after the end my granddaughter came round.