Live European Football | Ajax grows in the match against Aston Villa
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Thursday March 7 at 7:09 PM
23′ Kaplan with a nice ball to right back Gooijer who can pass the ball. Unfortunately he does not do this properly and the ball goes over the back line.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 7:04 PM
Unai Emery as we know him: busy coaching on the sidelines.
Thursday March 7 at 7:04 PM
18′ Ajax puts Aston Villa under pressure. After a long ball from Rensch to Sosa, the ball ends up at the feet of defender Lenglet who clears the ball. Taylor then wins the duel for the second ball and the Amsterdam team regains possession of the ball in the half of the English club.
Thursday March 7 at 7:02 PM
16 ‘The first big chance of the match is for Ajax. Left back Sosa gives a good cross exactly between Lenglet and Torres, where Brobbey is standing. The striker heads into the short corner against Martínez’s hands. Ultimately, the striker also appears to be offside.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 7:01 PM
And a snapshot of Aston Villa’s starting eleven.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:59 PM
These are the eleven men who will do it for Ajax tonight.
Olympiacos-Maccabi Tel Aviv | Thursday March 7 at 6:56 PM
5′ GOAL Maccabi Tel Aviv! 0-1
In the category: do you remember him? Eran Zahavi appears on the scoreboard in Greece! The former PSV player cleverly dives in front of his direct opponent and hits the short corner with his left leg. A surprising lead for the Israeli top club.
Thursday March 7 at 6:56 PM
11′ Hlynsson gets the ball after Ajax’s long possession of the ball in Aston Villa’s half. His cross does not reach a fellow player.
Sparta Prague-Liverpool | Thursday March 7 at 6:53 PM
‘7 GOAL Liverpool! 0-1
An early lead for ‘The Reds’ visiting Sparta Prague. Alexis MacAllister takes a penalty after a clumsy foul. Cody Gakpo is in the starting line-up at Liverpool.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:51 PM
Before kick-off, the fans set off fireworks.
Thursday March 7 at 6:50 PM
5′ Aston Villa attacker Diaby gets a lot of space in Ajax’s half. From 20 meters he shoots into the hands of Ajax goalkeeper Ramaj.
Thursday March 7 at 6:48 PM
2′ Brobbey holds the ball well and lays it wide to Taylor. He continues towards the penalty area and passes to Hlynsson. Lenglet ensures that the ball does not reach the Icelander.
Thursday March 7 at 6:45 PM
1′ Kick-off!
Watkins kicks off. We have started! Will the striker keep his powder dry against Ajax tonight?
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:45 PM
A familiar sight on European evenings in Amsterdam: white flags before kick-off. The Johan Cruijff ArenA is completely sold out.
Thursday March 7 at 6:44 PM
Referee Enea Jorgi holds the toss with the captains of Ajax and Aston Villa. In the absence of Bergwijn and Berghuis, Henderson is Ajax’s captain. Martínez is the captain of Aston Villa.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:42 PM
The Conference League anthem sounds in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. That means we’re about to really get started!
Thursday March 7 at 6:41 PM
In any case, the fans are looking forward to it. They wave their flags, there are fireworks and a light show. The players are about to enter the field.
Thursday March 7 at 6:32 PM
A year ago, Jordan Henderson scored against Aston Villa in the Premier League. In a 1-2 win, he scored a goal on a pass from Philippe Coutinho, who is now under contract with the Birmingham club. He is on loan to Al-Duhail SC in Qatar.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:29 PM
Henderson is warming up and will soon start in the starting line-up.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:27 PM
Van ‘t Schip also looked into the cards about the battle plan. “It is a good team that defends with a high line. There is space behind it. The most important thing is that we do not lose the ball too quickly. In a match that is very up and down, they are very strong. We must try to “We have to find control by being patient. We don’t always have to move forward. If you can – then you have to play it – but otherwise you have to use those moments to keep possession of the ball.”
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:26 PM
Emery is resting a number of usual starters tonight. “That means that they adapt to us,” Van ‘t Schip continues with a broad grin. Then more seriously: “They are still very good players. They exchange one international for another international.”
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 6:25 PM
There is Van ‘t Schip with an explanation about his starting eleven. “We have thought about the line-up and we want to continue what we started,” says the Ajax coach ESPN. “The same boys are sufficiently rested to start again. Mannsverk is a boy who has not had many games in his legs yet. We have Tahirovic and Van den Boomen on the bench and we expect a number of substitutions.”
Thursday March 7 at 6:21 PM
Unai Emery has only been in charge of Aston Villa for a year and a half, but he is already the trainer with the most European victories with the Birmingham club. Of the eight games he coached, he won six.
Thursday March 7 at 6:15 PM
In the Conference League matches that start at 6:45 PM, a number of old Eredivisie acquaintances will also kick off. Joris Overeem (ex-FC Utrecht) and Eran Zahavi (former PSV) will visit Olympiacos with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Bjorn Meijer is a starter at Club Brugge. The Belgians will kick off at Molde FK in half an hour.
Thursday March 7 at 6:10 PM
This live blog naturally also focuses on the duels on the other fields. At 6.45 pm two compatriots will kick off the round of 16 in the Europa League. Virgil van Dijk gets rest at Sparta Prague-Liverpool, Cody Gakpo starts in the starting line-up. Jan Paul van Hecke starts at AS Roma-Brighton & Hove Albion, Bart Verbruggen and Joël Veltman are on the bench. Jeremie Frimpong is a reserve for the match between Qarabag FK-Bayer Leverkusen.
Thursday March 7 at 6:09 PM
Jorrel Hato celebrates his eighteenth birthday today. Of the six largest competitions, he was the minor with the most playing minutes this season.
Ajax-AEK | Thursday March 7 at 6:03 PM
Despite saving several permanent employees, Emery still sends a very strong team into the field. Ajax’s defense can prepare itself for duels with Ollie Watkins. The Aston Villa striker has been particularly strong this season and has already scored 21 times and provided ten assists in 37 official matches.
Thursday March 7 at 5:58 PM
Aston Villa line-up! Unai Emery seems to be saving some players. Matty Cash, Leon Bailey and Álex Moreno will start on the bench in Saturday’s Premier League match against Luton Town. They will be replaced by Morgan Rogers, Lucas Digne and Tim Iroegbunam.
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Konsa, Lenglet, Torres, Digne; Diaby, Douglas Luiz, Tielemans, Iroegbunam; Watkins, Rogers.
Thursday March 7 at 5:44 PM
Ajax line-up! John van ‘t Schip sticks to the same eleven names that won 2-0 against FC Utrecht on Sunday. The Amsterdam team miss Josip Sutalo due to a suspension. Steven Bergwijn and Steven Berghuis are also not there, both are still injured.
Thursday March 7 at 5:08 PM
Anwar El Ghazi and Bertrand Traoré have played for both Ajax and Aston Villa in recent history. The two still played together for the Amsterdam team.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 5:02 PM
Ajax has already lost twelve times in all competitions this season. This means that the team from Amsterdam are only two defeats away from equaling the negative club record. Ajax lost fourteen matches in the years 1964/1965 and 1999/2000.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 4:56 PM
Ajax played ten European matches this season and performed inconsistently in those matches. The 36-time national champion won three times, drew just as often and lost four times. Ajax recorded victories against Ludogorets (1-4) in the preliminary round of the Europa League, the match with AEK Athens (3-1) in the group stage of the same tournament and two weeks ago in the interim round of the Conference League against Bodø/Glimmt (1-2).
Thursday March 7 at 4:53 PM
Ajax has won only one of its last ten home matches with an English club (1 win, 1 draw, 8 losses). The last win was in 2012 against Manchester City. The Amsterdam team then won 3-1.
Ajax-Aston Villa | Thursday March 7 at 4:48 PM
Ajax and Aston Villa have only met once before in an official context. That was in the group stage of the UEFA Cup (at that time the five teams from each group played against each other once). ‘The Villans’ turned out to be too strong in England with 2-1. Martin Laursen and Garreth Barry scored the goals on behalf of the home team. Thomas Vermaelen appeared on the scoreboard on behalf of the Amsterdam team and scored the equalizer.
Thursday March 7 at 4:45 PM
Unlike Ajax, Aston Villa did not have to play an intermediate round. They came first in a group with Legia Warschau, AZ and Zrinjski Mostar. Unai Emery’s men won 1-4 and 2-1 against the Alkmaarders. Aston Villa only lost the first match of the group stage 3-2 at Legia Warsaw.
Thursday March 7 at 4:38 PM
Ajax reached the last sixteen in the Conference League with a close win against Bodø/Glimt. In Amsterdam, Ajax came back from a 0-2 deficit to 2-2 and in Norway the Amsterdam team won 1-2 after extra time thanks to a goal by Kenneth Taylor.
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