UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 8, 2021
AS Roma WLWLD 2
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Ajax Amsterdam WWWWW 1
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1st Leg · Johan Cruijff Arena

Match Report

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Roma come from behind to win at Ajax

Roger Ibanez crashed home a spectacular volley two minutes from time to give AS Roma a come-from-behind 2-1 away win over Ajax.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
2
34.9
Possession
65.1
7
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
9
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
241
Accurate Passes
526
320
Passes
609
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.2
69
Long Balls
37
34
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
3
15
Tackles
7
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
17
Interceptions
15
22
Effective Clearances
7
22
Clearances
7

Head to Head

AJA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 16Kjell ScherpenG
  2. 21Lisandro MartínezCD-L
  3. 2Jurriën TimberCD-R
  4. 31Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 15Devyne RenschRB
  6. 4Edson ÁlvarezCM
  7. 8Ryan GravenberchLM
  8. 6Davy KlaassenRM
  9. 10Dusan TadicF
  10. 7David NeresLF
  11. 39AntonyRF

ROMA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 4Bryan CristanteCD
  3. 3Roger IbañezCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 17Jordan VeretoutCM-L
  6. 42Amadou DiawaraCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 33Bruno PeresRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 11PedroCF-L
  11. 7Lorenzo PellegriniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Substitution, Roma. Riccardo Calafiori replaces Leonardo Spinazzola because of an injury.
  2. 39' Goal! Ajax 1, Roma 0. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  3. 53' Penalty saved! Dusan Tadic (Ajax) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  4. 57' Goal! Ajax 1, Roma 1. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  5. 64' Substitution, Ajax. Brian Brobbey replaces David Neres.
  6. 71' Devyne Rensch (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 77' Substitution, Roma. Borja Mayoral replaces Edin Dzeko.
  8. 77' Substitution, Roma. Gonzalo Villar replaces Jordan Veretout.
  9. 78' Bruno Peres (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Ajax. Sean Klaiber replaces Devyne Rensch.
  11. 86' Lisandro Martínez (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 87' Goal! Ajax 1, Roma 2. Ibañez (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  13. 88' Substitution, Ajax. Oussama Idrissi replaces Antony.
  14. 89' Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Pedro.
  15. 90' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+4' Riccardo Calafiori (Roma) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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