Ajax complete first leg of potential Treble with KNVB Cup win
Striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored twice as Ajax lifted the KNVB Cup with an emphatic 4-0 win over Willem II to keep their Treble hopes alive.
Dutch KNVB Beker
FT
Sunday, May 5, 2019
| 1st | 2nd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJA | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| WIL | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stadion Feijenoord · 45,709 att.
Match Report
Team Stats
11
Fouls
19
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
19
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
0
62
Possession
37
16
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0
Head to Head
AJA leads series 5-0
Lineups
WIL
- 1Timon WellenreutherG
- 4Jordens PetersCD-L
- 25Thomas MeißnerCD-R
- 3Freek HeerkensLB
- 2Fernando LewisRB
- 8Pol LlonchCM-L
- 26Renato TapiaCM-R
- 5Diego PalaciosLM
- 15Damil DankerluiRM
- 10Vangelis PavlidisCF-L
- 9Alexander IsakCF-R
Substitutes
- 23Vurnon AnitaSUB
- 27Victor van den BogertSUB
- 22Atakan AkkaynakSUB
- 28Luuk BrandSUB
- 16Marios VrousaiSUB
- 20Abdou Karim CoulibalySUB
- 12Michael WoudSUB
- 14Daniel CrowleySUB
- 24James McGarrySUB
- 17Driess SaddikiSUB
AJA
- 24André OnanaG
- 17Daley BlindCD-L
- 4Matthijs de LigtCD-R
- 31Nicolás TagliaficoLB
- 2Rasmus KristensenRB
- 6Donny van de BeekCM
- 21Frenkie de JongLM
- 12Noussair MazraouiRM
- 9Klaas-Jan HuntelaarF
- 10Dusan TadicLF
- 22Hakim ZiyechRF
Substitutes
- 20Lasse SchöneSUB
- 23Lassina TraoréSUB
- 7David NeresSUB
- 26Kostas LamprouSUB
- 30Dani de WitSUB
- 16Lisandro MagallánSUB
- 40Jurgen EkkelenkampSUB
- 25Kasper DolbergSUB
- 19Zakaria LabyadSUB
- 8Daley SinkgravenSUB
- 3Joël VeltmanSUB
- 28Bruno VarelaSUB
Timeline
- 38' Goal! Willem II 0, Ajax 1. Daley Blind (Ajax) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a through ball following a corner.
- 39' Goal! Willem II 0, Ajax 2. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech.
- 58' David Neres (Ajax Amsterdam) Substitution at 58'
- 58' Substitution, Ajax. David Neres replaces Hakim Ziyech.
- 62' Daniel Crowley (Willem II Tilburg) Substitution at 62'
- 62' Substitution, Willem II. Marious Vrousai replaces Damil Dankerlui.
- 67' Goal! Willem II 0, Ajax 3. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Donny van de Beek.
- 73' Zakaria Labyad (Ajax Amsterdam) Substitution at 73'
- 73' Substitution, Ajax. Zakaria Labyad replaces Dusan Tadic.
- 76' Goal! Willem II 0, Ajax 4. Rasmus Kristensen (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Noussair Mazraoui.
- 78' Pol Llonch (Willem II) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79' Substitution, Ajax. Lasse Schöne replaces Frenkie de Jong.
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