Ajax 4-0 Leeds United - Through It All Together 4/8/21
The Whites tasted defeat again in the second of their double-header with Ajax.
By Ciaran O'Hare Aug
4, 2021, 9:09pm BST
Leeds United’s senior team were beaten by Ajax as part of
their double-header against Dutch giants Ajax.
It was an ugly start for The Whites as a poor touch from
Ayling allowed Davy Klaassen to swoop in on the edge of the box and fire Ajax
into the lead.
Ajax doubled their lead on 28 minutes as centre-back Shuurs
burst through the midfield, played a simple one-two with Tadic before chipping
the keeper.
it went from bad to worse ahead of half-time as Ryan
Gravenberch scored an absolute corker from 25 yards into the back of the net to
make it 3-0 going into half-time.
Leeds weren’t up to much going forward (if you didn’t
already realise) but came very close to getting one back as the hour mark
approached. Stuart Dallas had a shot from outside the box parried into the path
of Bamford from a tight-ish angle, hitting the post but probably should’ve
scored.
Ajax added insult to injury late on as Danilo drove one
across the keeper from the right side of the box to seal an emphatic victory
for Ajax.
No doubt it’s important to view this in its proper scope. A
poor performance in pre-season will happen sometimes - and the important games are
still to come. But there is work to be done still, and seemingly quite a bit
too considering some of the mistakes we’ve seen so far.
At the end of the day, things can always be better, and
pre-season is the best time to make mistakes. Hopefully, the team learns from
them and can kick on going into the new season.
