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00:00 Sport 2 in the highlight show 10.30.
00:02 Not many highlight reel moments in this game in all honesty.
00:08 Roma quitting themselves well so far
00:11 than that
00:12 very costly piece of indecision defensively.
00:16 Yeah, I think from Roma's point of view though, I think that
00:22 if they can get back
00:24 to the way they were playing, I think
00:26 when they were going forward getting balls into the box
00:29 they'll feel like they can score tonight.
00:31 I think the two centre-backs have played really well, but
00:34 there are opportunities there if they can just take a few more
00:36 risks.
00:37 To that point, I know he's obviously another very good
00:44 footballer, young Devine Lynch, the latest teenage right back
00:48 off the production line, but he has not truly been tested out
00:51 tonight, has he?
00:52 I wouldn't say he's been
00:53 been tested.
00:55 You know, I think
00:57 he
00:58 he leaves his space quite a lot
01:01 and it's something that I think Roma are aware of and probably
01:05 should be more aware of, you know, if Pedro just cheats a
01:07 little bit
01:08 because he goes forward so much wrench, then
01:11 you know, the space will be there for them to run into and
01:14 then it's just about deliveries into box and trying to get the
01:17 ball to Erling Jekyll or
01:18 to Pellegrini on the other side if he can support and close off
01:22 that back post, but
01:23 they just didn't do it quite enough.
01:25 But when they did at times, they, you know, they looked like
01:27 they could cause some problems.
01:29 Inside him, the 19-year-old Uriang Timba.
01:35 Timba played in the right-back slot at the weekend.
01:39 And down the Roma left, if you weren't with us in the first
01:43 half, they've been forced to make a change and one of their
01:45 better performers
01:46 generally.
01:48 Leonardo Spinazzola forced off
01:51 with what seemed to be a hamstring problem.
01:53 There's a lot of that about Riccardo Calaforri, the 18-year-old
01:56 has come on for him.
01:57 Fairly comfortable night's work so far for the youngster in
02:17 goal tonight for Ajax on his European debut,
02:20 Kjell Skjærpen.
02:21 Yeah, he's looked comfortable.
02:22 But like I said, I don't think he's had that one strike any
02:24 to deal with from Krasante and apart from that, I mean, he
02:30 dealt with that really well.
02:30 And actually the one from Dzeko that he tipped around the post
02:32 that he didn't actually get the credit for because
02:34 he got a goal kick in the end, but he looks comfortable,
02:37 you know, really to say that, you know, he's essentially what
02:40 their third choice goalkeeper looks really comfortable.
02:43 Well, Steklenberg is in the box.
02:47 He's got a chance to score.
02:48 He's got a chance to score.
02:49 Well, Steklenberg is in the stand tonight.
02:52 Picked up the injury last weekend in the warm-up.
03:00 Kim Bär.
03:13 Antony, that's nice.
03:21 Gravenberch.
03:22 There he is.
03:26 Tallyfico backing him up.
03:28 Gravenberch again.
03:31 Now Alvarez.
03:32 Martinez.
03:36 Tallyfico.
03:43 Cat and mouse again.
03:52 Yeah, I mean, that's, you don't see that very much in, I suppose,
03:58 in our league where you're kind of on the edge of their box
04:02 looking dangerous and then in the end go back to your goalkeeper.
04:05 But it's the way that Ajax do things because they won't,
04:07 you know, to an extent they're right because there's no point
04:10 in crossing the ball because Tadic is not going to win that
04:13 ball in the air.
04:14 So it's keep the ball and let's find another angle.
04:16 But to just move it quicker and move it out to the other side
04:19 to Antony then they could maintain their position in the
04:22 pitch.
04:23 No, Lopez is presented it straight to Ajax.
04:33 Tadic on his left foot.
04:36 In fact, turned on to his right and the strike never came.
04:38 And what a let off that is.
04:39 That's a huge let off.
04:44 I'm not sure what Lopez is thinking there.
04:48 Really poor decision.
04:53 I suppose the only thing that we don't get right here was
04:57 was that bit from Tadic.
05:00 I think Noez might have been offside.
05:03 I think he made a straight offside, but even still,
05:05 expected Tadic to be a bit more clinical.
05:08 Ticking off to say the least from Fonseca.
05:11 Nicely worked this time.
05:28 Gravenberg looking for Antony.
05:30 What a good challenge that was by Abinez.
05:33 He had to get it right, Ibanez.
05:37 I feel like Antony should get there.
05:38 If Ibanez got there first, he's done really well.
05:41 And he has.
05:41 The ball was just on the wrong side, really.
05:46 For Antony to get the ball.
05:49 I think the play to his left foot, thinking he should get
05:50 there, but it just brought Ibanez into play to win it first.
05:55 That short corner routine again.
06:01 Antony.
06:07 The ref's got to blow his whistle here.
06:08 Vertout.
06:15 Jordan Vertout back in the side tonight.
06:17 More like a clash of heads initially, but
06:22 I think Martinez just catches Vertout with his arm
06:28 and lands on his leg there.
06:30 Look, I think that's where the pain comes from.
06:32 Ibanez.
06:42 Giving away again.
06:45 They're making their own lives difficult tonight, Roma.
06:47 That could be a penalty.
06:48 It is a penalty.
06:49 They're doing their very best to throw this away here tonight, Roma.
06:53 Ibanez.
06:54 Again, the hesitation.
06:55 Tadic was on to it.
06:56 The referee seems in no doubt whatsoever.
06:59 I think he's trying to say it's either side, but it's not.
07:01 It's clearly in, look.
07:02 It's not even close to outside.
07:03 It's actually really, I mean, it goes beyond poor play to be
07:08 honest, because I think there are sometimes in games where
07:10 you just need to realize actually, let's just get it up
07:12 the pitch and reset.
07:14 We're not playing that way that well.
07:15 Lopez has already made a mistake.
07:17 You know, I actually been gifted opportunities and yet again,
07:20 them trying to play out from the back in a really tough situation
07:23 and they end up giving away
07:24 a really sloppy penalty.
07:27 One of the best around to take it in the shape of Dusan Tadic.
07:37 Two in the Champions League, three before tonight in the Europa
07:50 League and that was not his best.
07:52 Lopez palms it away all too easily.
07:55 That's actually two great chances in a minute really, isn't
08:07 it?
08:07 Tadic.
08:08 Keep it as really well there though, you know, because I think
08:10 Tadic goes down the middle and it's not very often keepers
08:14 kind of stand strong.
08:14 If it's not right down the middle, it's only just to the
08:16 left, to the right of the goalkeeper.
08:19 Look, yeah, it's down the middle and keepers, you know, for
08:24 them to stand still and know that the player is going to do
08:28 that, tells you he's done his own work.
08:30 Roma really haven't got started in this second half, but the
08:45 good news for them, it's still only 1-0.
08:47 Yeah, they've just been given a lifeline.
08:48 It's a wake-up call that.
08:49 It's a bit like, come on, we're better than this.
08:53 Let's play a bit more of a progressive style of football
08:55 at the minute that are surviving in this second half and
08:58 they're better than that.
08:59 Really good save from Lopez.
09:10 Look, you can see him pointing to the bench there.
09:12 I think that's probably to his goalkeeping coach.
09:14 I don't know much about football, but when I take over a
09:17 team one day and if we ever get to a shootout, I will say to
09:20 my goalkeeper, I want you to stand still for two of the
09:23 five kicks.
09:24 Yeah, you'll save him.
09:24 Definitely, especially in today's game.
09:26 The players go down the middle all the time and it's, you
09:30 know, it's that situation of who's going to blink first.
09:32 Keepers can look stupid and players can as Tadic does there
09:36 really. Bruno Perez looking for Edin Dzeko into the side netting.
09:39 Chance.
09:40 Big chance for Dzeko that.
09:43 I just don't know if he just jumped a little bit too soon,
09:49 but either way, he'll be disappointed.
09:51 He's not hit the target.
09:52 He's kind of on his way down when he heads this, which
09:56 makes me think that's why he's probably missed the target,
09:59 but that's a big chance for him.
10:01 Make the keeper work.
10:03 That's what Roman just need to be doing all game.
10:10 I think their game can be much more simple.
10:12 Get it into those wide areas of your wingbacks and get that
10:15 ball into the box.
10:16 Well, this is catching tonight and now it's Alvaro's
10:19 who gave it away cheaply on the edge of the box.
10:21 He is better than that.
10:25 He's had a good game.
10:28 So if it's Alvaro's but
10:30 that's the one thing you don't want to be doing in that
10:33 position is getting caught because inevitably you're so
10:35 close to your goal.
10:36 You give up situations like this.
10:38 Well played Pellegrini.
10:43 On the official
10:43 information source that we use.
10:46 Shell Scherpen stands two meters and four centimeters.
10:50 Takes up a lot of the goal.
10:54 You could tell by that save that he made in the first half
10:58 where
10:59 most keepers be at full stretch.
11:01 He just uses right across there
11:02 with plenty of
11:04 the ball.
11:06 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:08 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:08 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:09 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:10 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:10 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:11 He's got a lot of the ball.
11:11 He's got a lot of the ball. He's got a lot of the ball. He's got plenty of room to spare.
11:13 I never quite know whether to say there's now four in the
11:24 wall or five these days, but you can see what Klaassen's
11:27 detail to do.
11:28 Pellegrini seven.
11:33 Pedro's having a little look around the side of the wall.
11:36 Klaassen's blue boots just protruding.
11:41 Schoeppen's on duty on the other side.
11:43 Pellegrini.
11:46 Goalkeeper fumble and they've gone on level terms.
11:50 One mistake after another tonight and on his European
11:53 debut, I'm afraid,
11:54 Jan Schoeppen has made a cardinal mistake.
11:59 Yeah, it's a big error
12:03 from the young goalkeeper.
12:05 He almost dives past the ball.
12:07 I think that's what costs him.
12:10 He kind of sees it late.
12:11 Don't get me wrong, but
12:12 you can see his body's one way and he's having to kind of put
12:17 his hands back behind him.
12:18 It's a simple save for him really.
12:23 Yes, it comes through bodies, but
12:25 he gets his angles right.
12:28 He just tips that one round the corner or even catches it.
12:31 He knows that. It's a shame.
12:33 He was having a good game up until that point.
12:35 And somehow Roma find themselves back in this game with an away goal.
12:40 Indeed so, Germain.
12:41 There might have been 3-0 down here.
12:43 Instead, it's 1-1.
12:44 Alvarez might get a ticking off afterwards as well because he
13:02 got into a tangle, didn't he?
13:03 And that's where all the trouble started.
13:04 Yeah, I mean,
13:08 it's just one of those positions in the pitch, that kind of
13:10 quarterback role where
13:12 your mistakes are very limited, put it that way.
13:16 It's for that reason.
13:17 It's because where you lose the ball is
13:19 going to be a dangerous area.
13:21 But of course, every mistake for a goalkeeper is a goal.
13:25 Every goalkeeper has made them and I'm sure Steklundberg
13:33 would be honest enough to say he's had his bad moments.
13:37 Looking for Dzeko here, Alvarez.
13:38 Dzeko was the nuisance value.
13:40 Offside, it seems to be the decision here.
13:45 We both know a few top goalkeepers and you played with
13:55 plenty, Germain.
13:56 They all tell me it's about how you process your mistakes.
14:00 Yeah, 100%.
14:01 I mean, I think it's about how you process your mistakes.
14:03 Yeah, 100%.
14:06 I think it's one of those areas on the pitch where right now
14:09 he'll be feeling really lonely.
14:11 You know, for Alvarez in midfield, you know, he can go
14:16 and get on the ball.
14:17 He can make something happen.
14:18 He can stay in this game.
14:19 He'll know he had his part to play in that goal, but he's
14:22 you know, he's much more a part of it.
14:24 Whereas right now, you know, Scherpen, he'll just be thinking,
14:27 right, obviously European debut have made a mistake, but he's
14:31 got to get over that now.
14:33 He's got to think about the positives, he's made some great
14:34 saves. He looked solid in there, in my opinion.
14:36 It was just, you know, one mistake and after that, I'm sure
14:41 Stecklenburg will get around him with his manager and reassure
14:45 him because they're going to need him.
15:00 Step over by Antony, Tadic, Antony drives on, race with
15:06 Ibanez.
15:07 Tadic.
15:10 Edson Alvarez.
15:18 He's having one of those spells at the moment and now that
15:22 could be a card, I think.
15:23 Not sure he's even given a free kick, has he?
15:30 No, I don't think he did.
15:44 So your eyesight is so much better than mine.
15:47 You could just tell by the way, it was the referee was having
15:52 a big smile on his face.
15:53 He just, he didn't make a decision.
15:55 Mancini got the job done there, but again, he looked a shade
16:06 hesitant.
16:07 On the armour.
16:10 I cannot pretend this has been a European classic and we had
16:14 high hopes for it tonight.
16:15 The stakes are extremely high, especially I think for Roma.
16:19 They've played tidy stuff at times and again here, Bruno
16:24 Perez's cross, well played young goalkeeper, good hands on that.
16:27 Yeah, more signs that Roma can still hurt this Ajax team though.
16:33 They've had two big moments there that can deflate you as a
16:45 team, you know, the penalty miss and then the mistake from the
16:47 goalkeeper and they've got to pick themselves up now.
16:50 You mentioned they've got some young players in their team,
16:52 but it's not a time to be feeling sorry for themselves.
16:56 They need to go and win this game of football.
16:58 What a good result.
17:01 This would be, Jermaine, for Roma.
17:02 Yeah, it'd be great because they've not been brilliant.
17:04 So if they can come out of here with anything, they'll be happy.
17:08 Seemed almost bashful at his press conference, Fonseca, when
17:17 he was reminded that all the Italian papers, absolutely full
17:20 of Roma today and yesterday, actually.
17:23 They are the last European representative for Italy, you
17:26 know, on the same night that Inter really put one hand on the
17:29 Scudetto after a decade of Juve dominance.
17:32 Roma was the big story.
17:34 Inter won their league game against Sassuolo.
17:37 Juve actually beat Napoli in another huge game, but now
17:40 everybody wanted to talk about Roma.
17:42 Yeah, I think Italian football right now is probably in a
17:47 strange place.
17:48 You know, you look at their position in Europe.
17:50 I think it's the first time in a long time they didn't have any
17:54 teams in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
17:57 Yeah, they are, you know, they're proud when it comes to
18:02 their football.
18:02 So it doesn't surprise me that the press have probably gone to
18:05 town on a few of their clubs and put a lot of pressure on Roma
18:09 to be the team that progresses.
18:10 I say the team, I meant the manager.
18:16 He's the one who usually has to carry the can, unfortunately.
18:19 Certainly a very turbulent time behind the scenes at Roma,
18:24 I understand.
18:24 So David Neres has misfired a great deal tonight and they're
18:30 going to try and do something about that.
18:31 Brian Brabais has been a goal scorer this season in this
18:43 competition.
18:45 Bruno Perez, good cross from him a few minutes ago.
18:59 That's not bad either.
19:01 Keeping it simple, Jermaine.
19:06 Every time that ball goes in the box, they look dangerous.
19:09 I just think there's a high issue in the Ajax defence.
19:12 They've got really good footballers, very good athletic
19:14 footballers, but defending crosses, I think there's a weakness
19:17 there. And they've got good numbers there, look. Roma.
19:20 Ended up being Pedro getting across the near post.
19:23 Pellegrini.
19:41 Klaassen kept going backwards.
19:50 Pellegrini's in there.
19:51 Couldn't get away from Wrench.
19:53 Huge watching audience all around the world, of course,
20:16 on nights like this.
20:17 And so many lovers of football looking,
20:22 hopefully, to see signs of a new, yet another golden generation
20:27 of young players playing in a swashbuckling, confident,
20:31 entertaining fashion for Ajax.
20:33 That was the billing pre-game.
20:35 It's not quite happened like that tonight.
20:37 No immediate signs that they're about to
20:40 make everybody wake up and pay attention as they did in 2016/17
20:46 when they reached the final in this competition, or of course,
20:48 memorably, the semi in the UEFA Champions League in 2018/19.
20:53 I think they're just a little bit light at the top end of the
20:57 pitch, personally.
20:57 I'm not sure that Antony and Neres are there just yet, but
21:05 they're still developing.
21:06 After a little deliberation, the free kick is won by Tadic.
21:18 Diwara apologises.
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22:00 So potentially an extra threat on there now for Ajax in the shape of Broby.
22:04 Gravenberg is having a little look at it.
22:09 Tadic, of course, would be the favourite, but Broby just on the
22:13 field wearing 30.
22:14 Goal scorer in both of the knockout rounds in this competition this season.
22:17 Tadic over it. It is Gravenberg.
22:23 Pau Lopez more decisive that time.
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22:42 This is Broby and he laid it off.
22:45 And nearly another fumble. It was prodded forward, goalward.
22:49 Broby certainly can make an impact in those areas.
22:55 You have to hold it up late from Broby. That is what you want.
22:57 Hold it up, get runners off him. I think the shot from Taglifico should
23:01 not cause Lopez that many problems.
23:03 And he nearly chucks it in his own net.
23:06 Here come Ajax again.
23:08 Martinez.
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23:43 Brian Broby is in!
23:45 Oh brilliant, this time Pau Lopez.
23:48 That is what he can provide for them Germain.
23:51 He has got to do better though.
23:53 I think initially the play from Tadic is spot on.
23:56 But he has to lift that over the goalkeeper.
23:59 It was clear as day the keeper was going to come flying out like that.
24:02 Tadic crosses it this time.
24:04 Taglifico has decided to join in where possible now.
24:07 I just sense they have gone up a gear though suddenly since this change.
24:10 Yeah, I think he has offered something.
24:12 There is no doubt about that Broby.
24:13 This is a big chance.
24:15 It was quite obvious to just lift it over the keeper.
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25:47 from behind that will certainly be a yellow card. Yeah, they know what they have at their disposal
25:52 and it and sometimes it's almost like right we're gonna have to have a season out while we rebuild
25:56 type thing because the next crop is going to be spot on and that's i think that's the situation
26:00 around that they ran into as we just look at this foul here from Rinsch when Zeca obviously
26:09 felt like he needed to make the foul at some cost game yeah big big cost
26:17 let's also remind everybody of course that in like most of the other major football countries
26:22 in europe the league season was declared null and void in april they never finished it out
26:27 that was it yeah so that took a few months off the development of some of these young players
26:34 is it worth testing out shell scherpen pellegrini might think so tries to invent one
26:47 else well i think that's a ridiculous decision letting the goalkeeper off the hook so easily
26:51 there massively hit it straight at him and see how he deals with it
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27:18 pellegrini edging toward a good result tonight but they keep on making their own lives difficult
27:29 roma gravenberg classen gravenberg again bobby couldn't get to it uh so close then for antony
27:36 actually it wasn't the goalkeeper he got help from his defenders and he needed it
27:40 it was better play though yeah for my ex that was quicker it was slicker
27:44 it's starting to look much more dangerous now brobby's come on to the pitch i have to say i
27:50 think it's allowed that it's allowed turrets to just drift a little bit more rather than be that
27:55 when he was drifting before they didn't have a focal point
28:00 adept in the art of winning free kicks as well
28:06 actually it was the shins of the goalkeeper california was alert and got across
28:16 that was the previous chance and as you suggested you know cooler more experienced strikers just
28:23 lifted over the goalkeeper it was yeah just take your time just watch the keeper go down lift it
28:29 over easier said than done but feeling up front for iax you expect to have that tanich's cross
28:37 classen hurrying califiori do you know what he looks a prospect doesn't he this
28:46 kid brought on for spin at zola yeah swept it forward well there
28:49 so
28:57 probably one's ride mancini to him
29:12 so
29:13 sometime earlier this evening pellegrini went down and now we've stopped the game
29:37 yeah they can be painful ones
29:39 i think more than anything though you know roma know exactly the situation they're in right now
29:49 and you know my experience of playing against these types of teams the game's going to slow
29:56 down as much as they possibly can make it between now and the end of the game any chance they get
30:01 to go down they're going to take a couple of minutes longer than they should do might be a
30:08 few more of these as well well yeah they know this is a good result for them right now
30:13 boha mayoral who's played a big part this season
30:19 he's going to come on i think it's also gonzalo villa
30:25 already developing a very special place in the affections of the roma support pellegrino one of
30:40 their own roma product who knows maybe he can become a de rossi or dare i say a totty in the
30:46 years ahead oh they're big names i know they are big big he's got talent the boy certainly and they
30:50 believe in him yeah but as you know jermaine it's one of those football clubs where if you show
30:56 the support your heart they embrace you oh yeah definitely i think that you know there are certain
31:02 clubs that have always had that and roma is 100 one of those and i think that's why those greats
31:08 at that football club never left because they felt the passion they felt the love and they felt a
31:13 part of it is this the moment to swing the tie firmly in roma's favor mayoral
31:27 left out by fonseca at the start of the night is it all a very cunning plan he's got seven
31:34 goals remember in this competition this season jordan vera two makes way for vila
31:44 so
32:12 divine wrench
32:13 a change for tenach
32:18 tony fico on the deck Bruno Perez
32:41 yeah definitely late
32:42 and again that will have an impact beyond tonight
32:50 so Sean Clyburn for wrench
33:04 tena I think wanted to make that change a moment ago didn't he but he's going to do it now
33:11 so
33:21 so
33:46 tattage wide left Mancini the defender again he backs off and backs off tipped over the top
33:52 the build-up play has suddenly gone up two gears that was very good beautiful Anthony yeah it's a
33:58 great play from Tadich he's been much more influential since he's come out into this left
34:02 hand side or he's been given more freedom you're definitely creating more it's a good effort for
34:08 man it's an easy save from the keeper but they look much more fluid going forward
34:13 Martinez on another night that would be somebody's souvenir
34:30 so
34:36 no fans but I think you may be able to spot the banner at the back there get well soon darling
34:46 darling blint well our information jermaine is that he may well miss the rest of the season very
34:50 sadly hopefully that's wrong yeah fingers crossed for him no it's pretty serious what he's been
34:58 having to deal with nicely done by gravenberg Anthony he too has come to life now there's
35:04 another big chance though just a bit more a bit more care and attention
35:09 play back
35:21 Roma couldn't get out Italian FICO
35:24 Broby
35:26 Tadich
35:29 second in that race
35:49 not fair on Fonseca he can't do anything about it but the other thread to the storyline about
35:57 Roma in Italy at the moment and of course newspapers love to do it
36:00 throw a big name managerial candidate in the hat
36:05 Allegri and Sarri both mentioned this week for next season we don't know
36:10 how firm a hold he has on his job at the moment Fonseca
36:16 well it won't be in um you know from a league perspective a lot more is expected of that
36:23 football club and I think their league position right now is going to be helping his his position
36:29 as manager but this is a competition that obviously would save that yeah if they can go on and win this
36:35 which you know from what I'm seeing looks very slim unless they get some of their big players
36:40 back well a lot of their fit players back anyway pretty soon um you know his chances are
36:46 very slim of being able to get into the champions league next season so I'm guessing his job
36:50 probably hinges on that we got right now to fourth place Atalanta is seven points
36:56 it's a different world in so many ways for obvious reasons for all of us but you know when Roma
37:07 have finished what second three times in this last eight years Germain twice they finished third
37:15 you know in fairness to Fonseca he finished at an improved fifth last season in his first
37:20 season in charge but that's where they see themselves that's where they want to be
37:24 top two or three oh yeah that is I mean the size of the club come on that's where they should be
37:30 I know there's a lot of change
37:33 you know within that Italian league at times it feels that there's been a lot of dominance
37:40 with Juve and that shift is now probably going to be towards Inter for a while um but there's
37:46 you know Roma have been a part of the champions league for for a large period of time now so
37:50 that's where they expect to be I think that's where Atalanta has done such a great job in
37:56 the position they're in right now once getting there they seem to be building on
38:00 maintaining that position
38:06 finest hour of Josebio Di Francesco of course 2017-18
38:11 and their great champions league run to the semis
38:13 one of those unbelievable comebacks against Barcelona and then a very close
38:21 thrunting against Liverpool in the semi-final
38:24 Paolo Pez judged it right Tadic keen to get on with it made up his own mind there was going to
38:34 be a corner before anybody else and it's already back in play Alvarez jumps for it
38:38 Mancini got a decent head on that
38:42 Bobby David Clarson in hunting for it steered left by Ibanez pretty cool customers Ibanez
38:52 Kluivert got a piece of it
38:55 Alvarez now touch has not been at his best tonight but they've recycled it Kluivert
39:04 here
39:06 Alvarez slides it through to Clarsen this time Antoni
39:11 Tani Fico more and more in this second half any opportunity has decided to get forward from left
39:20 back you can see the big gap far side where he would normally be yeah we are at that stage of
39:25 the game game now for IX but they should have won this game and they obviously feel like right we
39:33 need to just put a lot of pressure on in this these latter stages to try and you know take a lead to Rome
39:39 it's late but it's important Nicolas Pepe for Arsenal against Slavia Prague
40:00 one nil
40:25 not much argument about that Martinez but could I commend the referee there for making it very
40:30 clear to everybody all around the world my decision is handball and yellow card
40:35 yeah it makes life a lot easier doesn't it ever yeah others please copy
40:39 the other yellow cards tonight with a very costly
40:48 additional tariff suspensions for the return leg in Rome which could be a tight affair
40:53 so
41:03 at this moment you're making way for four extremely tight second legs everywhere you look
41:15 yeah I mean look when you're at this stage of the competition in Europe you're pretty well matched up
41:22 you know I would say this is probably as weak as I've seen this stage of this particular
41:26 competition for a while but there's still tight games Pellegrini's corner
41:30 what a strike from nothing they've turned it around Roma it's an absolute beauty from the edge of the box
41:46 the goalkeeper and all his defenders could have lined up
41:50 all along the goal line and still none of them would have put anything on that
41:54 Tenagra's men now trail Ibanez I think it was we need to just confirm it the most beautiful
42:02 hit you can imagine yes it was he took it down and goodness me like any top striker he found the top
42:10 corner it's an unbelievable strike the technique the quality the timing you know it's just right
42:16 at the end of the game the touch on the chest and just to set it it's all about technique that goal
42:24 brilliant from Ibanez smashes it into the back of the net I think this is the uh definition of a
42:30 smash and grab he's a smash one in the back of the net to put his team two on up a smile tells the story
42:38 Adrisi Aldner for Anthony with time short Adrisi a January signing
42:52 front man of course Klaassen is the point of this attack
42:59 urgency required now for Ajax
43:05 and now Bruno Perez can put the brakes on
43:17 you only got themselves to blame really Ajax they've had chances
43:23 you know the penalty miss from Tadic obviously the mistake from the goalkeeper
43:30 aside from that mistake they've had enough chances tonight to
43:33 score at least two or three goals and win this game
43:37 Perez in his
43:41 place Pedro comes off
43:44 and the wow factor still belongs to this man what a strike
43:51 so Bruno Perez and Carlos Perez out there now for Roma and Pellegrini was almost through
44:15 so
44:21 Mancini sees it off
44:25 Klaassen's won the free kick from Cristante
44:36 so
44:41 so
44:52 well it whistled in there and again it was Tania Fico in there trying to be the nuisance Germain
45:10 it's a great ball whipped him flat with pace he did come off did he nick it onto
45:19 Ibanez at the back post I don't know I think that's what Taga Fico was saying
45:25 that there was another touch after him it's not been seen and not been given
45:37 the turn by Klaassen, Brobey
45:40 Cristante
45:54 so
45:56 Kluipers made a move
46:20 so
46:47 Klaassen
46:58 updates elsewhere not just here we've had some fairly dramatic events late on Manchester United
47:14 have scored again Bruno Fernandes with a penalty and it's 1-1 now between
47:18 Arsenal and Slavia Prague don't forget the highlight show later tonight
47:21 Brobey how Ajax could do with a late one here now Alvarez
47:31 Tadic
47:34 that's fairly easy for Cristante to deal with
47:42 Martinez, Tania Fico
47:45 Tadic looking for Alvarez, Paulo Lopez was there when needed
47:52 yeah it's good answer from the keeper at that time they needed some calm
48:03 he'll be very disappointed with the outcome of this game and he'll be over the moon because
48:11 I think every now and again as a manager you must look at a game of football and think ah
48:16 we won this one you know I think Fonseca is probably looking at this game and thinking
48:20 oh you know don't get me wrong you know maybe a draw in the end may have been fair but to win it
48:27 it'll be over the moon
48:36 Yarafian Calafiore lots his copy book but actually I think he can be well pleased the
48:43 overall report would be favorable for him and not entirely blameworthy there what is that about?
48:50 Got a clue. He got the punishment for that yeah you can't appeal those either can you? No I don't think you can
48:56 and he's a bit fired up now as you saw there with that challenge but they're
49:05 very close now Roma to what would be a really good victory against the odds tonight
49:10 Kluivert they have won it Roma they've come to Amsterdam and revived their season thanks to a
49:20 wonderful winner from Ibanez they battled and they scrapped Roma despite all their injuries
49:26 Ajax never really got into top gear for long enough in this game indifferent all around the
49:31 field summed up by the penalty miss by Dusan Tadic kept out by Paulo Lopez they got in front
49:37 through Klaassen ten Haags men but they never really took the game by the scruff of the neck
49:43 Fonseca's players kept going Pellegrini with a hugely fortunate leveler a terrible mistake by the
49:50 other goalkeeper in this game tonight the debutante in Europe Kjell Skjerpen but Ajax did their best
49:57 to lift it from that point and they couldn't do enough so it was down to Ibanez and that
50:03 memorable volley the advantage is with Roma Ajax 1 Roma 2