IAt some point the gates fell like ripe fruit. With the left, with the right, after embarrassing slip-ups and, of course, very nasty with a penalty. “Ajax eats Venlo with skin and hair. October 24, 2020 will go down in the history books “, wrote the Dutch football magazine Voetbal International after the memorable 13-0 record victory and said:” This result goes around the world. “
No wonder: With goals in the 13th, 17th, 32nd, 44th, 54th, 55th, 57th, 59th, 65th, 74th, 76th, 78th and 87th minute, Amsterdam provided the highest victory in the history of the Dutch honor division. Ajax improved their own record from the 1971/72 season, when the record champions won with Johan Cruyff and Johan Neeskens against Vitesse Arnheim 12-1. And for the record: The biggest away win so far was a 10: 1 SC Enschede at Sittardia on May 8, 1960.
The “golden chicken”: Lassina Traoré
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Venlo got the Ajax frustration after defeats in the league against Groningen (0: 1) and in the Champions League against Liverpool (0: 1). But it wasn’t enough for the club’s record in a competitive match: In 1984, Ajax under coach Aad de Mos had defeated the helpless Red Boys Differdange from Luxembourg 14-0 in the UEFA Cup.
“This record will probably last for a long time. After every hit our hunger got bigger, ”said Ajax defender Daley Blind. Player of the day was Lassina Traoré. The 19-year-old striker from Burkina Faso scored five goals and provided three assists. Marco van Basten, who even scored six goals against Sparta Rotterdam on December 8, 1985, was better, Ajax won 9-0.
The Dutch daily AD then crowned the ambitious Traore as “Goudhaantje” (“Gold Chicken”). The teenager even had a chance for more hits. “You only really experience such results in youth, sometimes I see it in the Ajax U12 or U13. My last double-digit result must have been somewhere in Burkina Faso as a little boy, ”said Traoré.
The former Schalke Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (37) also had a share in the record victory after being substituted with two goals. “We wanted to win big and had no sympathy for VVV,” said Huntelaar, who even knew the old honor division record. The red card against Venlos Christiaan Kum (52nd) helped, of course, after which nine more goals were scored.
Ajax coach Erik ten Hag emphasized that the result says nothing about the quality of the league. “VVV have shown that they can perform well, so it was Ajax. We just played well. It wasn’t a friendly against amateurs, “said the former coach of Bayern Munich’s second team, preferring to look ahead:” We have to tick that off now, we’re playing the Champions League on Tuesday. There are completely different laws. “
Incidentally, Venlo took the debacle with gallows humor. “We have a record …” tweeted the club.
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