Brighton took manipulate of their Europa League fate with a commanding 2-0 win versus Ajax at the Amsterdam Sector to diligent ago-to-ago feats over the Dutch colossuses.
A urge in each fifty percent from Ansu Fati and Simon Adingra opined Roberto De Zerbi’s side shuttled into the credentials places in Team B for the first time on their debut European project, with a effectiveness that measured up to the restrain with which they sent off the 4-time European victors at home 2 weeks earlier.
Since after that, Ajax owned designated a brand name-newfangled boss in John van’t Schip, but despite an uptick in domestic kind it never ever before peeked favor they owned the firepower to unduly worry Brighton, that could have won by a better margin owned Joao Pedro, Adingra and Fati not lost good odds.
Regardless of their battles this season, Ajax administered the brighter start. After 13 mins, Kristian Hlynsson found himself with gap to drift into with the spheric and inoculation from 25 backyards, however it was a comfy conserve from Bart Verbruggen.
The opening urge for Brighton was versus the run of play, and came from an Ajax misstep. Silvano Vos was under miniscule pressure in midfield but carelessly offered the spheric to Adingra, that shuttled it steadly into the path of Fati to roar it past Diant Ramaj in the home side’s urge.
De Zerbi’s side withheld their hosts largely at arm’s length for the remainder of the first duration, unborn to vitality in added time before the respite as smoothly as Fati peeked to rejoinder Adingra’s favour in guiding his urge.
The pair tied up faultlessly down the proper of Ajax’s box, but after a wily enact by the goalscorer Adingra’s inoculation to Ramaj’s near contain-up was deflected behind off the legs of the goalkeeper.
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Ajax owned won twice in the Eredivisie since being beaten at the Amex Arena 2 weeks before, dragging themselves off the base of the league and into midtable.
Yet despite reaching fifty percent-time listed below having indulged in the lion’s share of possession, they owned infrequently disgruntled Verbruggen as they sought a upshot to ultimately kick start their European project.
Pedro, the competition’s joint-height scorer at the start of play, danced via Ajax’s defence early in the 2nd fifty percent a lashed an physical effort into the side netting. The Brazilian received a first senior nationwide team call-up on Monday and was inches from marking it with a fifth Europa League urge of the project.
Instead it was Adingra that would twin Brighton’s lead mins after that, timing his run faultlessly to avail on the run out of Fati’s enact and letting loose an unstoppable, rising drive into Ramaj’s height side.
Fati owned the opportunity to avail his 2nd and Brighton’s 3rd as smoothly as Ramaj presented the spheric to Karou Mitoma, Ajax saved from further shame merely by a negative touch from Fati as the enact was messed around in to him.
They came within inches of a lifeline 15 mins from time. Brian Brobbey struck first time with his vacated foot as the spheric arrived into the box, and his inoculation overcome Verbruggen before striking the contain-up, whining along the urge-line and striking the different upright.
It was to be as chummy as Ajax would come, as Brighton acquired a first away win in Europe to cement their position in the team in advance of their final 2 arcades.
