The season has again turned for the worse for Ajax. Hopes where high that they would claw their way into a decent position but a series of impossible draws and even losses against clearly weaker teams have shattered those hopes. Chelsea kicked them out of the CL with a convincing 3-1 combined score to only leave one cup open for business, the KVNB Cup against the league's top team, AZ.
Ajax stuck with there recently poor 4-4-2, but instead of relying on Salihamidzic for AMF, Etxeberria got the spot with Sali on the left in stead. Alvaro Gonzalez on the right, Wilson Palacios in DMF and Gutierrez and Crouch up front
First half was a close battle with AZ getting better chances. Palacios was great in the midfield, keeping AZ in their place. No goals in the first half. Second half, right of the bat there is a free kick near the halfway line. Gonzalez sent a high pass into the box and the defender guarding Crouch freaked out and sent the ball over his own keeper and into the net! Great start to the half. Just a little while later, Gonzalez has a great run up the right flank, high pass, Crouch heads it in. Things are looking good at this point, only a few minutes later, Crouch gets up the left flank, a pass into the box and another confused defender clears the ball into the net! It was up to Gutierrez to kill the game of late, after a pass from El Moubarki, in an offence which started with great buildup play from... Crouch! 4-0 and the only title Ajax will win this season.
Even if he had a part in every goal, Crouch get's like a 7... but he get's best player and goalscorer of the cup so that's not too shabby.
Ajax stuck with there recently poor 4-4-2, but instead of relying on Salihamidzic for AMF, Etxeberria got the spot with Sali on the left in stead. Alvaro Gonzalez on the right, Wilson Palacios in DMF and Gutierrez and Crouch up front
First half was a close battle with AZ getting better chances. Palacios was great in the midfield, keeping AZ in their place. No goals in the first half. Second half, right of the bat there is a free kick near the halfway line. Gonzalez sent a high pass into the box and the defender guarding Crouch freaked out and sent the ball over his own keeper and into the net! Great start to the half. Just a little while later, Gonzalez has a great run up the right flank, high pass, Crouch heads it in. Things are looking good at this point, only a few minutes later, Crouch gets up the left flank, a pass into the box and another confused defender clears the ball into the net! It was up to Gutierrez to kill the game of late, after a pass from El Moubarki, in an offence which started with great buildup play from... Crouch! 4-0 and the only title Ajax will win this season.
Even if he had a part in every goal, Crouch get's like a 7... but he get's best player and goalscorer of the cup so that's not too shabby.
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so had to get a equally good replacement or I'd be screwed, managed to buy Frey from Fiorentina for 13m.