12 Mar 2009: Olympique Marseille - Ajax

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Bericht door Orange14 » do mar 12, 2009 10:37 pm

2-1 full time. Almost stole a goal at the end. Defended very well with a man down.

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Bericht door Tom_ » do mar 12, 2009 10:37 pm

Well, I guess that's not too bad. All we need is a home win... you never know

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Bericht door Van basten » do mar 12, 2009 10:39 pm

Not bad considering the circumstances :excited.gif:

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Bericht door orange goblin » do mar 12, 2009 10:40 pm

I can easily live with this one..but in the return leg we have to do it although we'll miss vermaelen and vd wiel, not counting vertonghen and wielaert, so silva-alderweireld (good game)-oleguer-schilder are the only 4 in the defense..plus blind jr...ok.
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Bericht door acab » do mar 12, 2009 10:43 pm

Great play in the second half. With a man down. For 50 min. OM had only one goal chance. And the best thing is in the second leg v.d. Wiel will not play :excited.gif: .
We can and we will beat this french wankers
P.S. If there are any french men here, "wankers" are OM, not all french :blush.gif:

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Bericht door SE6Ajacied » do mar 12, 2009 10:44 pm

orange goblin schreef:I can easily live with this one...
Yup, me to. After the weekend I feared much much worse. Could have been 2-2 at the end but I think on chances not taken I'm definately happy with the 2-1 defeat.

Let's just hope L'OM don't lose a game before the 2nd leg then we have another Helmond Cup final as well.
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Bericht door SPL » do mar 12, 2009 10:48 pm

in the end a good performance by 10 men.We can win this next week.

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Bericht door bluedaddy19 » do mar 12, 2009 10:51 pm

Orange14 schreef:
SE6Ajacied schreef:OM just hit the inside of the post - Vermeer well beaten, and just flagged offiside in another attack....come on Ajax, lets keep it at only 1 goal difference :ajaxscarf.gif:
Actually Vermeer saved it and it deflected to the post.

and then made a huge save on the second shot
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Bericht door Orange14 » do mar 12, 2009 11:54 pm

I had work to do and only was able to tune in at the point Van der Wiel got his second yellow. That was a reckless tackle and deserved a card. Missed all the goals. I think the defense held up and both of our central defenders and Vermeer came up big down the stretch (can't say anything about the conceded goals). It's amazing to me that we play better when things are looking bad and we are down a man. Go figure!

I wasn't impressed with the Marseille attack and maybe we can keep a clean sheet in the return leg. Hope we can find our attacking prowess this week and learn to SCORE GOALS. This is doable.

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Bericht door Kowalczyk » vr mar 13, 2009 12:19 am

Van der Wiel's second yellow was definitely a bit daft...

Why a tackle from behind? Over there? With a yellow card behind your name?

Clumsy.

K.
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Bericht door Blind3 » vr mar 13, 2009 1:56 am

We're in with a chance. Realistically, that's all I was hoping for. C'MON AJAX !!! The ArenA should be in fine voice. Hopefully, the twelfth man will help make the difference.
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Bericht door Philippe » vr mar 13, 2009 9:19 am

OM played dirty. I can not accept the foul on Lindgren. It was done on purpose. This one should have been a red card. And Ajax should press charges about this.
OM have a confirmed history of bribery, that's why Tapie went to jail a few years ago. They also are notoriously linked to the local mob, that's why they don't play fair I guess.

Please, Marco, bring Stekelenburg in the basis asap. Vermeer is responsible for the first goal. And he scared me during all the second half.

We should be able to qualify though : they could not score a single goal in 50 mn, and we just have to put one in. But it will take a decent referee.
Appie, stay strong !

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Bericht door Philippe » vr mar 13, 2009 9:42 am

the bad news are that Vermaelen will be suspended for the return game, and that Lindgren is unsure ...
Appie, stay strong !

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Bericht door ZoefdeHaas » vr mar 13, 2009 1:18 pm

So we lost two defenders, and a key midfielder (probably) for the return leg.

We shouldn't worry about defenders so much though, as scoring is our objective!
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Bericht door The Purple Cow » vr mar 13, 2009 5:11 pm

"Please, Marco, bring Stekelenburg in the basis asap. Vermeer is responsible for the first goal. And he scared me during all the second half."

We'll have to disagree on that one.

The way i see it for every blunder Vermeer makes, Stekkers would make five. Vermeer is a work in progress (he has to learn to deal with crosses effectively, for instance) but he's already a superior goalkeeper to Maarten.

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Bericht door Philippe » vr mar 13, 2009 5:47 pm

Anyways, I must admit that I was wrong to start a discussion about this matter at this very moment.
Appie, stay strong !

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Bericht door ZoefdeHaas » za mar 14, 2009 11:16 am

That first goal was lucky. Vermeer went the right way, but the ball took an unexpected bounce just before him. We can't blame him for that one.

Second goal was definitely a defensive mistake.
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Bericht door Cedric » za mar 14, 2009 8:44 pm

The first one too. And it's a repetitive mistake: it seems there's always a man free in that area.
Vermeer said he should have got the ball though.
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