Draw against Sparta
A new international break has arrived for the Ajacieden. In this overview, you can read which Ajax players will report for international duty and when they possibly will play.
A record number of tickets have been sold for the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final between Ajax Women and Chelsea. The current number is 34.200. Never before have so many people been interested in attending a women’s match.
Three points eluded Ajax Sunday away to Sparta. John van 't Schip's team managed a 2-2 draw at Het Kasteel. The Amsterdam team came back from 2-0 down courtesy of goals from substitutes Chuba Akpom and Steven Bergwijn.
John van 't Schip felt Ajax lacked any urgency to score at Sparta - Ajax, especially in the first half. So said the manager afterwards. To make matters worse, the home team also went into the lead. "At half-time I suggested we needed to get more players into the box."
Ajax has drawn for the eighth time this season. Sparta v Ajax ended up 2-2 in Rotterdam. Sparta were 2-0 up at one point. The game ended in a draw courtesy of substitutes Chuba Akpom and Steven Bergwijn.
Ajax completed their final training session on Saturday ahead of the next match. On Sunday, the Amsterdammers play an away match in the Eredivisie with Sparta.
In Ask The Pro the teams from de Toekomst pose a wide range of questions to a player from Ajax 1. In this seventh episode, it's Ajax U14's turn. They get to learn all about Silvano Vos. What can they learn, for instance, from playing on his position, and what's the biggest difference between playing in Ajax 1 and the youth academy?
Alex Kroes has started as Ajax's general manager. The 50-year-old Ajax member started work at the Johan Cruyff ArenA on Friday. Kroes was nominated as Ajax's new general manager and board chairman in August 2023. In doing so, he succeeds Edwin van der Sar. From 4 September 2023 to 15 March 2024, Jan van Halst was Ajax's temporary director of general affairs.