Flevo-Ajax fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3. Ajax seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, taking advantage of their magnificent level with that tactic.Kareem Yaqoob Al-Tamimy of Ajax seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by Amos Neagle.Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Grilled's Islom Davlatov put the ball in the onion bag after 12 minutes to make it 1 - 1.After some beautiful movement down the left wing, Lázaro Serrano scored for Ajax putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 22 minutes.A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Ajax to 3 - 1 as Lázaro Serrano finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle.The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1.Grilled had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.
Content with how the game was proceeding, the Ajax coach let Jari Tarkiainen replace Tarzan Marinkov after 46 minutes.The Ajax players could smell victory in the air. Kareem Yaqoob Al-Tamimy wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Joachim Płochocki after 46 minutes.A great save by keeper Valentin Batâr after 47 minutes kept the visitors in the game after Jip Bolder struck from the left with a real cannonball.Ajax were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.Joachim Płochocki should probably have put his team up another goal after 59 minutes after breaking through the middle, but some great goalkeeping by Valentin Batâr kept the visitors in the game.The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed Grilled's coach gave Chan Ze Han" class="awayplayer">Chan Ze Han the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Chu Xin Lee" class="awayplayer">Chu Xin Lee reluctantly left the field.Solomon Chife made a brilliant save 65 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from Florus Romijn on the right hand side.After 72 minutes, Ajax's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game.Grilled reduced the lead after 79 minutes to 3 - 2 as Kalki Parvathaneni" class="awayplayer">Kalki Parvathaneni easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right.The referee showed Ajax's Jari Tarkiainen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.With 89 minutes played, the Grilled coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. José Luiz Velho came on, Mohammad Ramli Saliman had to leave the fray.As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 1 minute as stoppage time.The match ends 3 - 2.This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.
