STUNT AJAX ......

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Manchester City's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage suffered another crushing blow with a deserved loss to Ajax in Amsterdam 3 - 1

City fell at the first hurdle last season - their Champions League debut - and look set to suffer the same fate this time round.
City's Abu Dhabi owners are unlikely to look happily on such a return for their lavish investment, and the team's shortcomings have rarely been exposed as cruelly as they were in Amsterdam ArenA.

Ajax started the match in a manner evoking memories of their glorious past, when a side featuring Johan Cruyff won three European Cups in the early 1970s

:-^

 

[NeRo]

This was posted on my Twitter feed

The cost of Ajax's starting XI v Man City was €4.4M (including seven De Toekomst graduates). That puts the win into some perspective.

If true, it makes an even bigger mockery of City's spending

 

[Macca]

Ajax had to sell their best players at the end of the season and told to use the youngsters from their academy as there was no money to buy players.

 

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MCI 0=1 AJA

:-^

 

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MCI 0=2 AJA

 

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MCI 1=2 AJA

 

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MCI 2=2 AJA

Ouch...... :-o