Yesterday morning, Liverpool created a spectacular comeback to defeat Barcelona to enter the final. However, the surprise continued this morning. Tottenham was even more spectacular, needing only one half to win against Ajax and enter the Champions League final. Tottenham lost 0-1 in the first leg of the semi-finals, won 3-2 in the second leg, total score was 3-3 but they advanced thanks to scoring more away goals than Ajax.
Although they lost, it was clear that Ajax did not play badly, and overall they even played better than the winning team. However, the home team was unlucky with many opportunities that seemed to have scored but failed, at least they was rejected twice by the vertical column. Besides, Ajax still lacks a little bit of experience, a little bit of stubbornness, and bravery during the time of facing a reckless Tottenham, with nothing left to lose.
Ajax started the match quickly in the 5th minute, the home team opened the score from a situation where de Ligt scored a header. Tottenham immediately rose to respond, but they could only hit Son Heung Min’s shot against the post. After a few minutes of Tottenham taking over the game, Ajax pressed, making it very difficult for the away team to advance the ball.
There were a few situations where Tottenham pressed and created shots, but unfortunately the strikers of this team is not sharp enough to defeat goalkeeper Onana. Ajax’s pressing play right on the field finally brought results. In the 36th minute, Tottenham’s shaky defense was torn apart and Ziyech doubled the gap for the home team.
Moura is Tottenham’s hero
Entering the second half, Pochettino decided to put Llorente on the field to replace Wanymar. With a good wall striker, Son Heung Min and Lucas are freed. Lucas showed off his speed and perfect finishing ability by scoring two consecutive goals in the 55th and 59th minutes.
After Tottenham equalized, the two teams began to attack continuously. continued to cause chaos in each other’s goals, but neither team scored in the remaining official time. When the match entered the final minute of extra time, Lucas completed his hat-trick after a great opportunity, helping the away team come back to win 3-2.
Minute 90+9: Time runs out
Minute 90+5: Onana had to receive a yellow card for wasting time.
Minute 90+6 – Goal: Lucas rushed in to receive the pass. Alli’s pass, the Brazilian’s low shot into the right corner of the goal, beat Onana, giving Tottenham the lead for the first time.
Minute 90+3 : Ziyech had a chance to finish when he only had Lloris in front of him, but he couldn’t beat the French goalkeeper. Tadic took the ball and shot it out.
Blind’s fierce fight for the ball with Llorente
Minute 87: Son Heung Min escapes down the left wing and finishes the shot From a tight angle the ball went over the crossbar.
Minute 87: Vertonghen’s two shots, his header was pushed away by Onana, unfortunately he then scored it back. Missing power.
Minute 86: Son Heung Min shot on the right side of the penalty area and hit the home team’s defender’s leg across the line.
Son Heung Min shields the ball from Schone’s approach
Minute 82: Tottenham substitutes Rose for Davies.
Minute 81: Tottenham substitutes Lamela for Trippier
Minute 79: Ziyech shot from the top of the penalty area towards the right corner, the ball hit the post and bounced out. Even though he scored against Tottenham, Ziyech is also wasting many opportunities.
Minute 77: Ziyech received a yellow card for kicking Rose’s shin.< /p> The referee reminded Alli
Minute 76: Rose received a yellow card for reacting to the referee. It’s stupid to have to receive a card in such a situation.
Minute 74: Alderweireld joined the attack in the corner, jumped high, caught the ball and headed it. The ball went out to the left.
Minute 71: de Ligt took the ball to the right in the penalty area from a corner kick with a very strong cross from the Ajax captain. Lloris had to push the ball away before any home team player could shoot.
The ball fight between Tagliafico and Lucas
Minute 67: Ajax replaced Kasper Dolberg to make way for Daley Sinkgraven.
Minute 64: Two Lucas’ consecutive shots into Ajax’s penalty area were lucky for the home team when the defenders successfully blocked the ball. Tottenham only had a corner kick and Llorente’s header was not good.
>Minute 64: Ziyech scored in the center of the penalty area after a cross from the left narrowly missed the Tottenham post.
Minute 63: Blind catches the ball bouncing from inside the penalty area and finishes it above No ball went over the bar of Tottenham’s goal.
Minute 62: Llorente got the ball in a dispute with the Ajax defender. This player hastily put the ball up. stand. Llorente should have passed to Son Heung Min on the left.
A double for Lucas in less than three minutes
Lucas’s second goal against Ajax
Minute 60: Ajax substitutes Veltman for Lasse Schone.
Minute 59 – Goal: The finish in Llorente’s close range failed to beat goalkeeper Onana, but the ball bounced out. A mistake in coordination between the goalkeeper and the Ajax defender allowed the ball to bounce into Lucas’s feet. This player took the ball and shot it into the net for Ajax to tie the score at 2-2.
Minute 55 – Goal: Alli’s swerve accidentally placed the ball in front of Lucas and the Brazilian midfielder ran down like an arrow into the center of the penalty area and knocked Onana down. With a low shot, he put the ball into the right corner of the goal.
Minute 54: Eriksen passed the ball accurately so that Alli could run down and cushion the ball on the right side of the ball. went into the near corner and goalkeeper Onana made an excellent save.
Eriksen dribbles under Frenkie de Jong’s pursuit< /p>
Minute 50: Dolberg received a yellow card for fouling Rose.
Minute 47: Quick counterattack for Ajax when Tottenham players lost the ball in the middle of the field. In the end, Ziyech could not block his teammate’s pass.
Minute 46: Tottenham Substitute Llorente for Wanyamar
Pochettino’s team did not play well in the first half
Minute 45+2: End of the first half
Minute 43: The referee blew a penalty against Wanyama for fouling a home team player Ajax received a free kick but they did not pose a danger to the opponent’s goal.
Minute 39: Son Heung Min stood empty but Sissoko passed the ball incorrectly. . Tottenham’s coordination ability is not good, there are many poor handling by away team players.
Ziyech’s fierce shot defeated Lloris
Ziyech celebrates his goal against Tottenham
Minute 36 – Goal: Teammate releases the ball to Ziyech Crossed and finished inside the penalty area, the ball went diagonally to the left corner of the goal, leaving Lloris unable to block it.
Minute 30: Tadic passes Alderweireld and dwuts scored at a tight angle on the left, the ball dangerously crossed the face of the goal but went out.
Minute 28: Lucas caught the ball bouncing from the penalty area after a corner kick His volley was not good and the ball went out of the goal.
Minute 24: Lucas releases the ball Let Eriksen finish inside the penalty area. The Danish midfielder’s shot to the near corner hit goalkeeper Onana, so he was caught.
Minute 23: Son Hueng Min escaped to receive the ball from his teammate, scoring with the outside of his right foot and not getting past goalkeeper Onana.
Tagliafico (middle) clings to Son Heung Min (right)
Minute 21: Quick counterattack for Tottenham but Ajax defender promptly retreated to stop Son Heung Min when he tried to escape down the right wing.
Minute 16: Sissoko received a yellow card for hitting the ball with the bottom of his shoe.
Minute 16: The referee blew a penalty against Dolberg after a foul on Vertonghen. Ajax is pressing high in the formation, making it difficult for Tottenham to launch an attack.
Sissoko shields the ball from close contact by Tadic
Minute 14: Ajax players cooperated to attack the ball quite smoothly at Dolberg’s feet, but unfortunately this player could not handle it. cleverly and let the away team’s defenders intervene.
Minute 10: Alli received the ball on the left side of the top of the penalty area. Tottenham’s number 10 player finished quite poorly, but he was caught offside anyway.
Minute 6: The ball hit Ajax’s left post after an effort. by Son Heung Min the ball bounced but the Tottenham players did not have time to kick it back.
De Ligt’s powerful header
Ajax captain scored his second goal in the last three matches in the Champions League
Minute 5 – Goal: de Ligt moves bravely in the box penalty area and headed accurately from a corner kick, sending the ball into the left corner of the goal to open the score.
Minute 4: Tadic received the ball loosely on the side His left entered the penalty area and the ball hit Trippier’s foot and changed direction, but Lloris still had time to push the ball out to save.
Minute 3: In a row, Ajax players had two shots from close to the penalty area, but they could not overcome Tottenham’s defense.
Line-up Tottenham’s stadium
2:00 a.m. – The match starts
10 – Ajax enters final in all 10 previous European Cup semi-final appearances. The achievement is so impressive.
Playing lineup
Ajax: Onana Mazraoui De Ligt Blind Tagliafico Schone De Jong Ziyech Van de Beek Dolbeg Tadic
Tottenham: Lloris Trippier Alderweireld Vertonghen Rose Wanyama Sissoko Eriksen Dele Lucas Son
Ajax players warm up before the semi-final second leg
Tottenham players warm up before the semi-final second leg
Goalkeeper Lloris warms up before the match
Fans coming to Johan Cruyff Arena to watch the semi-final second leg match
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