UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Real Madrid WWWDW 2
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Ajax Amsterdam DWLWL 1
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1st Leg · Johan Cruijff Arena · 52,286 att.

Match Report

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Marco Asensio scores late winner as Real Madrid beat Ajax in first leg

Marcos Asensio scored a late winner as Real Madrid secured a 2-1 victory over Ajax in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
6
49.9
Possession
50.1
13
SHOTS
19
8
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
434
Accurate Passes
434
522
Passes
526
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.4
69
Long Balls
53
41
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
16
20
Tackles
27
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
24
Interceptions
17
16
Effective Clearances
6
16
Clearances
6

Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

AJA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 17Daley BlindCD-L
  3. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-R
  4. 31Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 12Noussair MazraouiRB
  6. 6Donny van de BeekAM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 20Lasse SchöneRM
  9. 10Dusan TadicF
  10. 7David NeresAM-L
  11. 22Hakim ZiyechAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Kasper DolbergSUB
  2. 8Daley SinkgravenSUB
  3. 3Joël VeltmanSUB
  4. 30Dani de WitSUB
  5. 26Kostas LamprouSUB
  6. 2Rasmus KristensenSUB
  7. 9Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSUB

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 6NachoCD-R
  4. 23Sergio ReguilónLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 28Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Lucas VázquezSUB
  2. 24Dani CeballosSUB
  3. 12MarceloSUB
  4. 1Keylor NavasSUB
  5. 20Marco AsensioSUB
  6. 3Jesús VallejoSUB
  7. 7Mariano DíazSUB

Timeline

  1. 39' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  2. 53' Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Goal! Ajax 0, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
  4. 61' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Gareth Bale.
  5. 69' Sergio Reguilón (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Substitution, Ajax. Kasper Dolberg replaces Lasse Schöne.
  7. 73' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Karim Benzema.
  8. 75' Goal! Ajax 1, Real Madrid 1. Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Neres.
  9. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Mariano replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  10. 83' Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 87' Goal! Ajax 1, Real Madrid 2. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a cross.
  12. 89' Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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