Well, it's Anfield
Huysegem has said that his primary objective today is to make sure the team preserves their unbeaten run, which now stretches to 18 games.
They have a big advantage from Holland. 4-0 can you imagine? They don’t even need a draw. They certainly don’t need to win.
So their objective today is to avoid defeat. To do that, Ajax will play with a 4-4-2 for the first time this season. He brings back Santiago Sarossa for Gianpaolo Ferronomo. And Koovens starts in midfield with Flannen. On the flanks, Kafka and Rijkhem, who plays his first competitive match of the year.
Has been out for a long time, hasn’t he?
Yeah. And interestingly, Szekely and Debuchy will lead the attack.
So Tokiwa is on the bench. Thiers is on the bench. Sofronie the hat-trick hero is on the bench.
3 match winners on the bench.
He has left Battaglia in Holland. Battaglia had to come off in their 2-1 win over Heerenveen on Saturday with a calf problem.
Huysegem isn’t taking any chances. He has a crunch game at Feyenoord this weekend. That explains why Tokiwa, Thiers and Sofronie are on the bench.
I suspect Flannen won’t play the whole game.
Unless things go terribly wrong of course, in which we can expect to see the trio come in.
So is it over for Liverpool?
Well, at the moment it looks bad, even before the ball is kicked. But this is Anfield. They are capable of miracles here.
Miracles or not, we shall see in a moment.
Thirty minutes to go, it is still 0-0.
Flannen. Flannen. He is on a rampaging run. Flannen…he’s running through the midfield. Slips a pass. Debuchy latches on to it. Debuchy rounds the keeper…Debuchy…how about that for a cool finish!
Liverpool are totally finished now, surely. They need 6 goals, can you believe it? Ajax are now 5-0 up on aggregate. And they even have an away goal now.
Huysegem has said they don’t need to win. And they seem to have half a mind on the Feyenoord game. And yet they have taken the lead.
20 minutes to go, Flannen will come off. Amazingly, Tokiwa will come on.
That’s a shock. They have the game in the bag. They don’t need to bring Tokiwa in.
15 minutes to go. The crowd are jeering their own team. And we have a double substitution for Ajax. Thiers and Sofronie ARE coming on.
Looks like Debuchy and Kafka will make way.
I don’t know what Huysegem has in mind. But he certainly is taking a risk.
And it’s all over. Ajax have come away from Anfield with a very famous victory indeed. Started without 4 of their first team players, and they have beaten Liverpool 1-0.
“Congratulations on another great European night. But, Mr Huysegem, why did you bring Tokiwa, Sofronie and Thiers on, when you are up 1-0.”
“Well, it’s Anfield. It’s a special place in European football. Of course we have to consider the Feyenoord game. But I thought I couldn’t deny them the chance to play on this ground, just because we have a big game coming up.”
“So having reached the last eight, are you looking to go further than last year?”
“Definitely. You always hope to improve. We went out to Valencia on away goals last time round, so we hope we can do everything right this time round, and go on. We want to see how far we can go. It’s really a test of how good we are, how strong we are, against Europe’s elite.”
“Any preference for your next opponent?”
“Every team has its own strengths. Just as we have our own.”
They have a big advantage from Holland. 4-0 can you imagine? They don’t even need a draw. They certainly don’t need to win.
So their objective today is to avoid defeat. To do that, Ajax will play with a 4-4-2 for the first time this season. He brings back Santiago Sarossa for Gianpaolo Ferronomo. And Koovens starts in midfield with Flannen. On the flanks, Kafka and Rijkhem, who plays his first competitive match of the year.
Has been out for a long time, hasn’t he?
Yeah. And interestingly, Szekely and Debuchy will lead the attack.
So Tokiwa is on the bench. Thiers is on the bench. Sofronie the hat-trick hero is on the bench.
3 match winners on the bench.
He has left Battaglia in Holland. Battaglia had to come off in their 2-1 win over Heerenveen on Saturday with a calf problem.
Huysegem isn’t taking any chances. He has a crunch game at Feyenoord this weekend. That explains why Tokiwa, Thiers and Sofronie are on the bench.
I suspect Flannen won’t play the whole game.
Unless things go terribly wrong of course, in which we can expect to see the trio come in.
So is it over for Liverpool?
Well, at the moment it looks bad, even before the ball is kicked. But this is Anfield. They are capable of miracles here.
Miracles or not, we shall see in a moment.
Thirty minutes to go, it is still 0-0.
Flannen. Flannen. He is on a rampaging run. Flannen…he’s running through the midfield. Slips a pass. Debuchy latches on to it. Debuchy rounds the keeper…Debuchy…how about that for a cool finish!
Liverpool are totally finished now, surely. They need 6 goals, can you believe it? Ajax are now 5-0 up on aggregate. And they even have an away goal now.
Huysegem has said they don’t need to win. And they seem to have half a mind on the Feyenoord game. And yet they have taken the lead.
20 minutes to go, Flannen will come off. Amazingly, Tokiwa will come on.
That’s a shock. They have the game in the bag. They don’t need to bring Tokiwa in.
15 minutes to go. The crowd are jeering their own team. And we have a double substitution for Ajax. Thiers and Sofronie ARE coming on.
Looks like Debuchy and Kafka will make way.
I don’t know what Huysegem has in mind. But he certainly is taking a risk.
And it’s all over. Ajax have come away from Anfield with a very famous victory indeed. Started without 4 of their first team players, and they have beaten Liverpool 1-0.
“Congratulations on another great European night. But, Mr Huysegem, why did you bring Tokiwa, Sofronie and Thiers on, when you are up 1-0.”
“Well, it’s Anfield. It’s a special place in European football. Of course we have to consider the Feyenoord game. But I thought I couldn’t deny them the chance to play on this ground, just because we have a big game coming up.”
“So having reached the last eight, are you looking to go further than last year?”
“Definitely. You always hope to improve. We went out to Valencia on away goals last time round, so we hope we can do everything right this time round, and go on. We want to see how far we can go. It’s really a test of how good we are, how strong we are, against Europe’s elite.”
“Any preference for your next opponent?”
“Every team has its own strengths. Just as we have our own.”
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