On Monday. Francesco Farioli was looking ahead to Tuesday evening's cup match against AZ. Bearing in mind the recent league match and the Alkmaar team's current form, he knows what to expect from his team. “We know their strengths and we know where we need to do better.”
Ajax have started 2025 with a victory. At the Johan Cruijff ArenA, RKC were beaten 2-1. At half-time Ajax lead 2-0 through goals from Steven Berghuis and Kenneth Taylor. In the closing stages, RKC reduced the arrears to 2-1, but it didn't go further.
Ajax ended their first game of the second half of the season in victory. It was 2-1 against RKC
Francesco Farioli was happy with the three points after victory against RKC (2-1). “It's a good result and important for our position in the table. We could have settled the result in the first half and in the second it didn't go as we wanted. We had to fight for the three points right until the end.”