johnny O gets the start, kickoff in 15 minutes i'm guessing nobody is even up for a PbP lol Ajax Vonk; Trabelsi, Grygera, Escudé, O'Brien, Pienaar, Van der Vaart, Maxwell; Rosales, Anastasiou, Boukhari Wissels: Stekelenburg, Sneijder, De Jong, Mitea, De Ridder, Babel, Galásek
Well, it's 6 a.m. on the East Coast, 3 a.m. in Johnny O's native California. But when the word spreads that he's on the pitch again, I'm sure people will be flooding this thread with queries... At any rate, that's great news for Johnny O. How long since he last appearance for the Ajax first team?
So, just a little 9 month hiatus. Maybe he will be our Ronaldo now: in the sense of having a miraculous rebirth into his old form, not of being our Filho Maravia, our Wonder Boy. Also, I guess it speaks to Ajax trying to find solutions, what with being a bit down the table, no?
1-0 willem II 13' on a FK, grygera inadvertantly pushes the ball over the line with his ass JOB not involved in the play
JOB first real attack - he dribbles to the left corner of the area, and fires an easy right footed shot for the keeper to smother 18'
How is JOB looking in the opening quarter-hour? Active, as opposed to tentative? And if so, how active? No sign that I'm getting this match live on ESPN Int'l over here, either.
Guess this answers my question... and it's a good start for him, on the attack. Gotta start somewhere.
nothing un usual, most of the play has been away from thus far - AJAX aren't passing well enough yet to have the amount of possession they normally keep, which generally is when JOB gets his offense on
JOB wins a good aerial challenge he seems reluctant to creep too far forward, considering how AJAX can't string 3 passes together at this time 23'
JOB and maxwell with a nice attack to win a CK, VDV to take... escude is mugged from behind heading just wide at the far post, but the foul is on him 30' danger FK for van der vaart to line up, 22M slightly right... curled over
JOB under heavy pressure, but wins the battle and moves AJAX forward 33' AJAX starting to take over - boukhari wastes a good rush, centering right to the keeper with two cutbacks wide open
1-1 rosales 36' VDV with the steal and the pass, the argentinean gets his first eredivisie goal from the doorstep
rosales 2-1 43' bokhari shot blocked and it deflects to rosales on the right - he calmly picks the far corner and buries it from 15M