Match Report
| Vitesse Arnhem | Vitesse Arnhem |  |  | Ajax Amsterdam | Ajax Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| Rick Mottershead | Rick Mottershead | manager | Gareth Neeve | Gareth Neeve | |||||||||||||||||
| Maarten Aelbrecht | M. Aelbrecht |  | 80 | G |  | 1 | | G | 78 |  | Uyeda Miyazaki | U. Miyazaki | |||||||||
| Pierre Ndo | P. Ndo |  | 79 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 72 |  | Fred Taks | F. Taks | |||||||||
| Shane Laybutt | S. Laybutt |  | 80 | D | | 3 | | D | 73 | | Joos Vrede | J. Vrede | |||||||||
| Dinu Petrescu | D. Petrescu |  | 82 | D | | 4 | | D | 80 |  | Krunoslaw Jarni | K. Jarni | |||||||||
| Leonardo Marquez | L. Marquez |  | 80 | M | | 5 | | M | 78 |  | Leonid Sobchenko | L. Sobchenko | |||||||||
| Klas Allback | K. Allback |  | 79 | M | | 6 | | M | 75 |  | Martin Loertscher | M. Loertscher | |||||||||
| Gerson Kempin | G. Kempin |  | 81 | M | | 7 | | M | 79 | | Kurt Oliveira | K. Oliveira | |||||||||
| Igor Beschastnykh | I. Beschastnykh |  | 78 | M | | 8 | | M | 79 |  | Bernd Dohr | B. Dohr | |||||||||
| Malte Hermann | M. Hermann |  | 83 | A | | 9 | | A | 84 |  | Mast H. Afolabi | M. Afolabi | |||||||||
| Marc Babangida | M. Babangida | | 87 | A | | 10 | | A | 79 | | Robert Zukriegel | R. Zukriegel | |||||||||
| José Delacruz | J. Delacruz |  | 83 | A | | 11 | | A | 80 |  | Pedro Barrios | P. Barrios | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Gelredome where Vitesse Arnhem play host to Ajax Amsterdam. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Both Vitesse Arnhem and Ajax Amsterdam are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Both Vitesse Arnhem and Ajax Amsterdam are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Vitesse Arnhem get the match underway!
2.24
0-0Shane Laybutt chips the ball to his team mate, Gerson Kempin. Gerson Kempin flicks the ball to his team mate, Marc Babangida. Marc Babangida sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
3.37
0-0Klas Allback sees a break and surges forward. Klas Allback threads the ball through to José Delacruz but he's offside!
4.31
Igor Beschastnykh takes it forward alone. Igor Beschastnykh knocks in a cross ball towards José Delacruz. José Delacruz heads the ball goalwards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
9.29
0-0Shane Laybutt passes the ball forward to Gerson Kempin. Gerson Kempin knocks the ball forward to José Delacruz. José Delacruz plays a perfect one-two with Malte Hermann and rushes in on goal... José Delacruz takes a shot at goal but Uyeda Miyazaki is on top of it.
14.00
1-0Igor Beschastnykh threads the ball through to Malte Hermann. Malte Hermann plays a perfect one-two with José Delacruz and rushes in on goal... Malte Hermann rockets a shot on goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
18.51
Shane Laybutt knocks the ball forward to Klas Allback. Klas Allback surges forward with the ball. Klas Allback shoots from 25 yards but it is tipped over by Uyeda Miyazaki.
27.05
Dinu Petrescu surges forward with the ball. Dinu Petrescu passes the ball forward to Marc Babangida. Marc Babangida lofts in a cross ball towards José Delacruz. José Delacruz connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
30.37
Klas Allback threads the ball through to Marc Babangida. Marc Babangida goes all the way! Marc Babangida makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It curls slightly but Uyeda Miyazaki manages to gather it comfortably.
34.53
Martin Loertscher controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Robert Zukriegel. Robert Zukriegel knocks in a cross ball towards Mast H. Afolabi. Mast H. Afolabi powers a header at goal but it is tipped over by Maarten Aelbrecht.
36.17
1-0Vitesse Arnhem are easily keeping Ajax Amsterdam at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
38.47
1-0Gerson Kempin hacks Martin Loertscher from behind! The referee calls over Gerson Kempin and shows him a yellow card! Martin Loertscher gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
42.46
1-0Martin Loertscher makes a probing pass to Pedro Barrios. Pedro Barrios knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pierre Ndo.
45.00
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and Ajax Amsterdam get the second half underway!
47.40
Fred Taks kicks a strong pass forward to Leonid Sobchenko. Leonid Sobchenko makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Pedro Barrios. Pedro Barrios knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Shane Laybutt.
49.55
Leonid Sobchenko controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Robert Zukriegel. Robert Zukriegel goes all the way! Robert Zukriegel takes a shot at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
51.09
Dinu Petrescu lofts the ball long. José Delacruz shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
53.03
Igor Beschastnykh makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Malte Hermann. Malte Hermann goes all the way! Malte Hermann rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
57.15
Leonid Sobchenko makes a probing pass to Mast H. Afolabi. Mast H. Afolabi lofts in a cross ball towards Robert Zukriegel. Robert Zukriegel connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
60.05
Kurt Oliveira makes a probing pass to Mast H. Afolabi. Mast H. Afolabi makes a probing pass to Robert Zukriegel. Robert Zukriegel shoots from just inside the box. It's miles wide!
69.40
1-1Gerson Kempin clumsily knocks into Kurt Oliveira. Gerson Kempin is given a warning by the referee! Kurt Oliveira stretches but gets up unharmed.
77.14
Igor Beschastnykh knocks the ball to his team mate, Marc Babangida. Marc Babangida knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Fred Taks.
78.39
Igor Beschastnykh kicks a strong pass forward to José Delacruz. José Delacruz lofts in a cross ball towards Malte Hermann. Malte Hermann connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Uyeda Miyazaki easily smothers it.
81.48
Malte Hermann comes in with a late challenge on Fred Taks. Malte Hermann is given a warning by the referee! Fred Taks stretches but gets up unharmed.
84.50
Gerson Kempin threads the ball through to José Delacruz. José Delacruz tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
85.22
Shane Laybutt deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Klas Allback. Klas Allback threads the ball through to José Delacruz. José Delacruz knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
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