Bring on the CL dropout...

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I did not get a chance to watch the NAC match on Sunday, but the result looked very impressive, even with NAC's recent struggles. I did get a chance to watch yesterday's final group stage match vs Slavia Prague, a rather meaningless game that Ajax managed to sleepwalk through and earn one point. A team that had yet to score a single goal in the group stages somehow managed to put 2 into Vermeer's nets by halftime, and only a very questionable injury time penalty (created by Suarez, shocker) saved a point for Ajax. I'm not sure why this team historically has given Ajax such a hard time, but I'm real glad this game did not carry more meaning for either team.
Not much to say about this game actually, Daley Blind made his European debut and played a good half of football, and Vurnon Anita played 90 minutes. That's about it. Ajax now waits for Friday's knockout stage draw where the will be paired with one of the following teams:

Werder Bremen, Aalborg, Girodins Bordeaux, Olympique Marseille, Shakhtar Donetsk, Fiorentina, Dynamo Kiev or Zenit St. Petersburg

All good teams, but certainly nothing to be extremely worried about, although I'm sure van Basten would prefer not to have to travel to Kiev or St. Petersburg.