Ajax 1-6 Napoli: A legendary win even Maradona would be jealous of

Ajax’s game announcement included a fantastic encounter between Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona. In the field of the first, Napoli prevailed 6-1 on the 3rd day of the 1st group of the Champions League, in a game that the runner-up would wish for in his career.

Ajax’s game announcement included a fantastic encounter between Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona. At the former’s stadium, Napoli won 6-1 on Matchday 3 of Group 1 of the Champions League, in a game that even the Argentine legend would have liked to have in his career.

The home side took the lead in the 9th minute with a slam on the body of the otherwise in-form Mohamed Kundous, but the “Partenopei” didn’t let that goal go away. They retained the ball longer and equalized in the 18th minute with a header from Giacomo Raspadori.

Chances on both sides went unused, the Italians prevailed and, with their captain Giovanni di Lorenzo, made the breakthrough after half an hour. The Dutch couldn’t break through the opponents’ defence, despite pushing their full-backs forward, which they paid off with Piotr Zielinski’s counterattack in the 45th minute.

Alfred Schreuder’s instructions in the dressing room didn’t matter. His open defense gave Raspadori the chance to go 4-1 and “secure” the win. Now the match has evolved into a desperate attempt by ‘Aianta’ to reduce the humiliation and an attempt by ‘Partenopei’ to make history.

And that fight ended in the Partenopei’s favor after Kvitsa Kvaratshelia again found his way into the scorer’s chart while Giovani Simeone did the same, being substituted in the 64th minute. In between, Dusan Tadic’s dismissal saw Ajax down to 10 men, while Luciano Spalletti’s side missed chances of a bigger goal, including a crossbar!

The 6-1 loss was Ajax’s heaviest defeat in the Netherlands in a European game, surpassing the 4-0 loss to Real in the Champions League knockout stages years ago.

HOLY: Pasfeer, Rensch (84′ Bass), Timber (80′ Grealich), Bassey, Blind, Alvarez, Taylor (72′ Klaassen), Tadic, Berkhaus (72′ Brombey), Bergwein, Kundous

NAPLES: Meret, Di Lorenzo (84′ Gianoli), Kim, Rahmani, Olivera, Zambo Angisa, Lobotka (80′ Gaetano), Zielinski (56′ Entobele), Lozano, Raspadori (64′ Simeone), Kvarachelia (64′ Elmas).

The results of the 3rd round

• Ajax – Naples 1-6 (9′ Kundous / 18′, 47′ Raspadori, 33′ Di Lorenzo, 45′ Zielinski, 63′ Kvaratschelia, 81′ Simeone)
• Liverpool – Rangers 2-0 (7′ Alexander Arnold, 53′ Penalty Salah)

The result of the 1st group

The program of the 4th game

• 10.12. 19:45 Naples – Ajax
• 10.12. 22:00 Rangers-Liverpool