Ajax O23 won 1-5 against their peers from Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday evening. The Amsterdam team played this match as part of the Premier League International Cup. Rayane Bounida, Damián van der Vaart, Jan Faberski and Jaydon Banel were responsible for Ajax’s goals.
Frank Peereboom and Kiki Musampa chose Charlie Setford under the bar on Wednesday. Gerald Alders, Ryan van de Pavert, Dies Janse and Jorthy Mokio formed the defense. Bounida, Mark Verkuijl and Sean Steur started in midfield. Jan Faberski, Banel and David Kalokoh were in the vanguard.
It was Ajax’s last match in the Premier League International Cup. The Amsterdam club has been eliminated from the rest of the tournament. The team took three points from the first three games. This made the gap towards qualification for the quarter-finals unbridgeable anyway.
Ajax O23 played a good match and started the match in England energetically. After thirteen minutes, Banel opened the score on behalf of Peereboom’s team. The Ajax captain scored the 0-1 after a good move. Ten minutes later it was Bounida who doubled the score. After a good attack – and a brilliant action – the Belgian playmaker managed to score the 0-2.
Less than a minute later, the Amsterdam team was already 0-3 against Tottenham Hotspur O23. After a good transition moment, in which Steur played a good role, Banel finished. As a result, there were three Ajax goals on the scoreboard within 25 minutes. At the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur returned the favor. The English were awarded a penalty and striker Oliver Irow shot the penalty well.
After 75 minutes, Alders sent Faberski deep – with a clever through ball. The Polish right winger was just able to keep the ball inside, after which the ball went meters into the air. Then the ball fell into the goal behind a blundering goalkeeper. Ten minutes later Van der Vaart scored the 1-5. He headed the ball into the far corner. As a result, Ajax O23 won 1-5 against Tottenham Hotspur O23. With this, the Amsterdam team ends the Premier League International Cup on a good note.
You can watch the entire match here.
FT | Tottenham Hotspur O23 – Ajax O23 (1-5)
Line-up Ajax O23:
Setford; Alders, Van de Pavert, Janse, Mokio (46′ Jetten); Bounida (69′ Van der Vaart), Verkuijl (64′ Johnson), Steur (79′ Abildgaard); Faberski, Banel, Kalokoh (45′ Messori).
Goals:
0-1 Jaydon Panel (13′)
0-2 Rayane Bounida (23′)
0-3 Jaydon Panel (24′)
1-3 Oliver Irow (49′, pen.)
1-4 Jan Faberski (75′)
1-5 Damián van der Vaart (84′)
