'Three-star reporter' Eyong Enoh joins former teammates to look back on their time together at Ajax. In this episode Enoh is joined by Urby Emanuelson to review on the latter's official debut against Auxerre, the great goals he scored with his 'magic left leg', and the role Edgar Davids played as a great example for him.
Ajax rounded off their the trip to Curaçao with a practice match against Team Curaçao. In the Ergilio Hato Stadium, the Ajax players overpowered the home team with a final score of 1-5. The Amsterdam team's goals came were scored by Mohamed Ihattaren and Christian Rasmussen (4).
Together with Erik ten Hag we go through the 4.5 years that he was coach of Ajax. From his debut match as a coach against Feyenoord to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. "We have made Ajax more than 'Europe-proof'."
The squad attended a training session on Thursday evening local time at the SDK stadium in Curaçao. The team from Amsterdam were in training in the run-up to the exhibition game against Team Curaçao. The match, against the specially-formed team, made up of Curaçao footballers from home and abroad, will be played on the night of Friday to Saturday at 2am Dutch time.
Children in Curaçao are celebrating new goals, as Ajax and Sandals Resorts International (SRI), together with its philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation, launch an island-wide program that creatively turns fishing nets sourced from the ocean and plastic waste into colorful football goals.
The first few days on Curaçao are already behind us. The Ajax team flew to the island on Tuesday, where they were given a warm welcome. Several Ajax players also held a coaching session for locals, and Daley Blind and Maarten Stekelenburg appeared on TV.
In the 20 second countdown, two Ajax players battle each other. The rules are simple: each player has twenty seconds on the clock. When a player gives the right answer, the other player's clock goes ticking until he answers himself. In episode 6, Brian Brobbey and Ryan Gravenberch will go toe to toe.
With his third goal in three matches Edson Álvarez rescued a point for Ajax in the away match against Vitesse. Thanks to his on-target header in the final stages, the match ended 2-2. This meant that Ajax finished their season with 83 points from 34 matches.
Under the leadership of Erik ten Hag Ajax has experienced some fantastic times in the last four years. In this goodbye video for our departing manager we have collected various legendary evenings and matches. From the UEFA Champions League adventure in 2019 through to the debut of youth players such as Ryan Gravenberch or Jurriën Timber.
Manager Erik ten Hag was disappointed not to have won his last match with Ajax. "We made two crucial errors in the second half. An ultimately they led to our downfall. I was really happy with the first half, but we need to defend consistently. We made unnecessary errors , meaning that we handed two chances to Vitesse."
Ajax concluded the season with a draw in Arnhem. Brian Brobbey put the Ajax team in the lead, but Openda scored twice early on in the second half. An Edson Álvarez header moved the scoreboard to 2-2 in the final stages of the match.
The Ajax players completed their last training session on Saturday in the run-up to the final part of the competition. As national champion, Ajax will visit Vitesse, the current number six in the Eredivisie, on Sunday afternoon. Kick off for the match in Arnhem is at 2:30 PM.