‘The fairytale ends’: Dutch mourn Ajax loss
Ajax’s Hakim Ziyech reacts during the Uefa Champions League semi-final second leg match with Tottenham Hotspur at Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam May 8, 2019. — AFP pic
Several papers carried the iconic image of Ajax players in their red and white jerseys stretched out in despair on the grass after Spurs’ Lucas Moura sealed a last-gasp hat-trick to win 3-2 on the night. That put Spurs through on away goals following a 3-3 aggregate result.newspaper said “Just No”, with both running photos of Moroccan player Hakim Ziyech.
However, he said that “Ajax can look back on a great European campaign, one of the most awesome in the club’s history” -- and one that could scarcely have been dreamed about at the start of the season. “Johan Cruyff should have experienced this,” he wrote, referring to the legendary player and coach whose name the Ajax stadium now bears.
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