League

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 10843 (Terracing: 8134, Seating: 2493, VIP seats: 216) AFC Ajax's Michelangelo Merganiotis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Rafa Lojewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Sterpis, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 10th minute Fernando Amorebieta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Akis Sarafis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Akis Sarafis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iustin Bâru's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Michelangelo Merganiotis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Rafa Lojewski made a huge save. In the 22nd minute Facundo Bot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Akis Sarafis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Akis Sarafis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iustin Bâru, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Go Ahead Eagles's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fernando Amorebieta in the 29th minute. Go Ahead Eagles's Rafa Lojewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michelangelo Merganiotis in the 31st minute of play. Rafa Lojewski made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Stavros Tsebelis sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in AFC Ajax's zone, Iustin Bâru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Akis Sarafis came out of the goal and Iustin Bâru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

AFC Ajax's Bob Marley was substituted for Markos Seremetidis. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iustin Bâru stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Go Ahead Eagles's goal looked a bit too open when Bob Marley came free, but Rafa Lojewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akis Sarafis was a little too slow when Iustin Bâru got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 0-1. Rafa Lojewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michelangelo Merganiotis in the 66th minute of play. Rafa Lojewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bob Marley in the 67th minute of the match. Iustin Bâru could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Akis Sarafis made a huge save. Fernando Amorebieta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Akis Sarafis made a huge save. Akis Sarafis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iustin Bâru in the 82nd minute. AFC Ajax's Akis Sarafis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save AFC Ajax from getting a goal against them. AFC Ajax's Aureo Morera was substituted for German Sarracino. Go Ahead Eagles's Erling Lewandowski was substituted for Iustin Bâru. Go Ahead Eagles's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fernando Amorebieta in the 85th minute. Go Ahead Eagles's Fernando Amorebieta was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Akis Sarafis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 90 minutes into the match, Erling Lewandowski notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AFC Ajax's Akis Sarafis. Akis Sarafis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 93rd minute, Erling Lewandowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Akis Sarafis. The goal made the score 0-3. AFC Ajax's Akis Sarafis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save AFC Ajax from getting a goal against them.