Edouard Duplan’s brace coupled with a poor home performance from the Dutch champions ensured that the Utreg secure all three points at the end of 90 minutes.
On match-day 20, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Utrecht-c39237 recorded a stunning 2-0 win over Ajax Amsterdam at Amsterdam Arena on Sunday, February 5. The Amsterdammers staged a far from pleasing show and suffered first Eredivisie loss at home in the ongoing 2011/12 campaign.
The Utreg commenced proceedings in Amsterdam brightly and came close to breaking the deadlock early on in the match. Edouard Duplan’s long range effort deflected off one of the home side’s defenders and went straight to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexander-Gerndt-c4831. However, he failed
to hit the target and the chance went begging.
The reigning Eredivisie champions created their first opportunity of note near the half-hour mark, when the referee awarded the hosts a free-kick at the edge of the box. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Janssen-c34871 managed to curl the ball over the wall, but it sailed inches wide of the
target, much to the dismay of the Amsterdammers head coach, Frank de Boer.
In the 40th minute, the visitors deservingly took the lead through Duplan. The Amsterdammers goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kenneth-Vermeer-c20618, dealt poorly with a cross, and the forward pounced on the loose ball to make the score-line 1-0.
The home side started the second-half aggressively and could have scored the equaliser through Nicolas Lodeiro. However, the attacking midfielder failed to control his headed effort inside the box, and the ball went wide of the target.
At the other end, Rodney Sneijder almost doubled the Utreg’s lead, but his powered effort sailed over the crossbar.
However, the visitors made it 2-0 in the 78th minute following an impressive counterattack. Gerndt’s neat pass found http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Demouge-c14091 in the centre of the pitch, who set up Duplan on the right flank. The forward controlled the ball neatly before
powering his effort into the back of the net.
The Amsterdam giants tried to assert their authority on the pitch in the remaining action of the match, but failed to create anything notable and the match ended in a surprising 2-0 win for the visitors.
With the defeat, Ajax have dropped down to sixth spot on the league table, eight points behind the league leaders, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven, while the Utreg remain unmoved at 15th spot, seven points clear of the danger zone.
Next up, the Amsterdammers will take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 at Stadion Galgenwaard on February 12.
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