On Thursday, September 21, at 22:00 at the Amsterdam Arena, the match of the 1st stage of the group B of the Europa League “Ajax” – “Marseille” will take place live on the Pro Arena.

Ajax and Marseille met in one of the most balanced matches of the day, in a tough group that also included Brighton and AEK Athens.

Ajax, one of Europe’s biggest teams, begin their continental journey in the Europa League for the first time in 14 years, a period in which they only played in the competition when they were knocked out of the Champions League.

“Ulan” played in the playoffs with “Ludogorets” (Razgrad), which they passed after 4:1 on the road and 0:1 at home.

In its history, Ajax has a trophy won in 1992 when the competition was called the UEFA Cup (winning the Champions League four times, the Cup Winners’ Cup once, the European Super Cup twice and the Intercontinental Cup twice).

In the Eredivisie, the team coached by Maurice Stein, who finished 3rd last year behind Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven, are in 12th place with five points from four games and they lost to Twente in the last stage of the league land, account 1-3.

At team level, the most important acquisitions are Josyp Sutalo from Dinamo Zagreb (€20.5m), Georges Mikoutadze from Metz (€16m), Gaston Avila from Antwerp (€12.5m) and Chuba Akpom from Middlesbrough (€12.3m euro). , while in the relegation section, West Ham United’s Mohamed Qudous (€43m), Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber (€40m) and Fulham’s Calvin Bassey (€22.5m) should be mentioned.

Marseille qualified for the Europa League after losing the Champions League play-off to Panathinaikos in Athens, 0-1 away and 2-1, 3-5 on penalties at home, and have lost three finals this season, most recently in 2018 (he won the Champions League in 1993).

In Ligue 1, the team, who have just parted ways with Marcelino coach García Toral, are third with nine points from five games, two points behind leaders Monaco, and drew at home with ” Toulouse”, score 0-0.

This summer, “Marseille” brought, in particular, Iliman Ndiaye from “Sheffield United” (€17.5 million), Ismaila Sarr from “Watford” (€13 million), Renan Lodi from “Atletico” (€13 million), Ruslan Malinovsky from “Atalanta” (10 million euros). and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from “Chelsea” (free from contract), and the most important was the transfer of Cengiz Ander to “Fenerbahçe” (15 million euros).

The last time these two teams met was in a friendly in 2016, when Ajax and Marseille played out a 2-2 draw.

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