OK, first of all let me apologize for not writing anything recently. Living in DC during the Obama inauguration, and a period of freezing temperatures combined with general laziness and an awful internet connection has proved to be too much for me to write anything. I've been a bad Ajax fan and I admit it, I haven't seen a match in a long time, mostly b/c of said internet problems, but still inexcusable!
So Sunday's match was not a great one apparently. The red card party continued, even van Basten was sent off. I always like to see coaches getting fired up though. Ajax now sit 6 points behind AZ with a tough match at Heerenveen coming up on Saturday. AZ is stronger than a lot of people (including myself) expected them to be. After starting off the season with two questionable losses (3-0 to ADO?!?) , Louis van Gaal's boys stormed to the top of the standings and have not been beaten since. As nice as it is to see the wide open Eredivisie standings this year with PSV a full 15 points off the pace, everybody expected to see Ajax fill the void and play the way that AZ is playing right now. Saturday's match is a must-win, with AZ playing 13th place Sparta, an Ajax loss will most likely mean falling 9 points off the pace, which might as well be Mt. Everest at this point of the season. Not to mention a damn good team from Enschede that sits just one point back of Ajax!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Ajax frustrated in Groningen
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
It's not looking good for Ajax but there's still hope. The boys need to fight and not lose any more points where they should be gained. On interesting note this hasn't been a great year for the Big Three of Dutch soccer.
Agreed Micah, this has certainly been one of the most interesting seasons in a while, its good to see other teams doing well, and Ajax needs to get pretty much every point available at this point to have a chance at the title.
Comment Form under post in blogger/blogspot