Ajax is leading 1-0 against AS Roma at halftime thanks to an opening goal by Davy Klaassen. The number ten of Ajax intercepted a back pass from Amadou Diawara and decided to first put the ball to the right on Dusan Tadic. He pretended to shoot but put it back again, so that Klaassen could type in. In the studio of ESPN and RTL 7 Tadic is especially praised for his role in the goal.
“Roma would have stood if they had not really grouped the ball,” explains Kenneth Perez. “Ajax only had one real chance, with Tadic that shot that went four meters wide. You had to be helped a bit and that turned out to be you. A fantastic goal, especially the assist of Tadic. Superb. Klaassen had by far the least. ball contact, but he had the most important one. Klaassen also steps back to give just a little space so Tadic can put him back better.
YES! Davy Klaassen is doing it again for Ajax! The Dutchman gets the ball back from Dusan Tadic and shoots the ball against the ropes. #UEL #ajarom pic.twitter.com/KJakITNNjD
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“I think so many players had shot this ball themselves”, said Arnold Bruggink about Tadic’s assist. “I think it’s so well done. Speaking of football gogme, by both, but especially Tadic. This is done so terribly well, because he shows in everything that he is going to shoot himself. Look where the goalkeeper is going, he is almost with the corner flag.
Theo Janssen has on RTL 7 attention to the bumbling at AS Roma. “Fantastic, but you first have to look at the defender of Roma (Gianluca Mancini, ed.). He has doubts, so Davy gets the ball. But what happens afterwards is fantastic. Hardly anyone returns such a ball. Everyone will go for their own success, he can also grab it with his left, but he chooses to put the ball wide and give Klaassen an unmissable chance, which is ninety percent of Tadic’s goal. is doing great. 22 goals, I heard. Also twenty assists, then you are working on a very good season. “
Perez does not think it is necessarily a justified lead for Ajax. “I don’t know, just a little fifty fifty it was in the first half. Roma also had a number of options. “Ronald de Boer states that Ajax is not doing well in the front.” Antony and Neres play very poorly, and they cause sloppiness in the final phase, “said De Boer.” That is a pity, because until that ball comes to Antony and Neres, it looks good, but then it stops. I think Tadic will still raise the level, because he is holding the ball. “