Friendly League

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mugurel Balaeț started the match with the kick off. Tonton Eren did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Rhys Dimmock 4 minutes into the match. Zamalek FC's Rhys Dimmock proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Zamalek FC from getting a goal against them. If Mugurel Balaeț had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gigi Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugurel Balaeț in the 11th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Ajax's goal looked a bit too open when Tytus Banaszak came free, but Gigi Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Zamalek FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Jann Bernickow hit a great ball. Ajax's Klement Bryk broke free in the 18th minute of the match and struck a powerful long shot that almost became a goal, but instead the ball went outside the right post. An obvious chance of a goal. Ajax's Gigi Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Kirkpatrick in the 21st minute of play. In the 21stth minute of the game Fred Kirkpatrick who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ajax's Gigi Buffon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tytus Banaszak in the 22nd minute of play forced Ajax's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fred Kirkpatrick in the 25th minute of the match. Tonton Eren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rhys Dimmock having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Ajax's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Lane came free, but Gigi Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Zamalek FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wojtek Sokol came free, but Rhys Dimmock reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gigi Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mugurel Balaeț in the 30th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Ajax's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Lane came free, but Gigi Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gigi Buffon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fred Kirkpatrick's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tonton Eren in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rhys Dimmock prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zamalek FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Davis Duff in the 43rd minute. The corner ended in Davis Duff almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ajax's Gigi Buffon did a great save.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Wojtek Sokol in the 52nd minute of play forced Zamalek FC's goalkeeper Rhys Dimmock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Wojtek Sokol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tonton Eren scored 3-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rhys Dimmock, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zamalek FC's Rhys Dimmock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klement Bryk in the 59th minute of play. Mugurel Balaeț could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Gigi Buffon made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wojtek Sokol in the 62nd minute of play forced Zamalek FC's goalkeeper Rhys Dimmock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 65 minutes, Wojtek Sokol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ajax's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wojtek Sokol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zamalek FC made a substitution. Daron Joseph replaced Leonardo Lane. Zamalek FC's Rhys Dimmock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klement Bryk in the 71st minute of play. Rhys Dimmock took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tonton Eren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ajax's Gigi Buffon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Ajax from getting a goal against them. Gigi Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daron Joseph, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Rhys Dimmock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tonton Eren in the 80th minute of play. Mugurel Balaeț in the 83rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gigi Buffon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Mugurel Balaeț spun around in front of the goal 83 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Ajax's goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mugurel Balaeț in the 85th minute of play forced Ajax's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rhys Dimmock stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Klement Bryk's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Ajax's goal looked a bit too open when Daron Joseph came free, but Gigi Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Kirkpatrick in the 94th minute of play forced Ajax's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daron Joseph in the 95th minute of play forced Ajax's goalkeeper Gigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ajax had won after a very even match.