French media saw a ‘crazy match’ between Ajax and Olympique Marseille on Thursday evening. The Europa League match in the Johan Cruijff ArenA ultimately ended in a spectacular 3-3. Both teams showed that they were still extremely weak defensively. Carlos Forbs is designated as the best man on the Amsterdam side, while Josip Sutalo and Silvano Vos failed to impress.
L’Équipe writes that Olympique Marseille kept Ajax ‘in check after a crazy match in the Europa League’. “The team was punished for a number of distressing individual mistakes, such as Chancel Mbemba’s missed header on a long kick from Jay Gorter, which left Carlos Forbs alone with Pau López and easily beat him. Despite that, it gave l’OM never fails to achieve a good result in the Johan Cruijff Arena.” Borna Sosa and Sutalo only managed to get away with a 3 in the sports newspaper.
The report figures of L’Équipe.
Foot Mercato rates all players with a grade. Forbs, responsible for the 1-0 and contributor to Kenneth Taylor’s 3-2, is named man of the match by the site. “He showed his speed to put his team on the right track. From start to finish, the former Manchester City wonder made a big difference on the right. The Portuguese kept the same pace in the second half.”
Benjamin Tahirovic receives a rating of 3 because he ‘often made the wrong choices’. The Bosnian was replaced by Silvano Vos at half-time. However, the talent failed to leave a good impression on the medium and received a 2. “For his first appearance in the Europa League, the young player did even worse than his predecessor. He was aggressive in the matches and was warned very early in the second half, before receiving a second yellow card at the end of the match.”