DUTCH GIANTS AJAX secured their ticket to the Europa League final on Thursday despite losing 3-1 away to Lyon in their semi-final second leg.
Ajax’s 4-1 win in the first leg in Amsterdam saw them through against their French rivals with the 1992 winners progressing 5-4 on aggregate.
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Kasper Dolberg scored early for Ajax but a quickfire Alexandre Lacazette double — the first from the penalty spot — just before the break reignited Lyon’s hopes of a first European final.
Substitute Rachid Ghezzal nodded in a heavily-deflected third late on as Ajax played the final minutes with ten men after Dutch international Nick Viergever received a second booking.
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Two minutes left, and to calmly and cooly make your way down from your own goal line to theirs with the clock eating away is unreal. Like in rugby, if you win a scrum on your 5m line and slowly and calmly over phase and phase use your forwards to bully forward bit by bit over a 100 metres with 2 minutes left. It’s spectacular.
Tom Brady leading the Patriots down the field with no time outs in 1 min 40 sec to let Vinateiri win super bowl in 2001
Really??last years Interception by Malcolm butler in the last minute on his own 1 to win it for the pats !!!! Not even in top 5!!!!! Joke
Martin, I personally thought that was more a catastrophic call by Carroll rather that a great play – when you look back on it, it was a dreadful decision, one of the worst in SB history considering Seattle had Beast-mode waiting in the back-field.
It may have been a poor call by Wilson but it is the play than makes it!!!beast mode or not on your own 1 yard line and you do that , take that hit on the way out!! Once in a lifetime play
Joe cool the best QB of all times….and I’m a Giants fan
John Elway’s helicopter landing at the age of 37 in super bowl 32 has to be considered.
Easily the greatest play.