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On Sunday, Amsterdam won the knock-out matches held in the Netherlands after the regular season and secured the second ticket to the UEFA Champions League.
On Sunday, the Amsterdam footballers crushed Alkmaar's "AZ" players 3-0 in the home leg, despite losing the first match 2-1.
In the match held in Amsterdam, "Ajax" took the lead early in the second half, when John Heitinga scored a goal after Kenneth Perez's penalty in the penalty area. Earlier in the first half, Georgian Shota Arveladze missed great chances for "AZ", with his shot hitting the crossbar.
Just two minutes after the first goal, Ryan Donk redirected Tom de Mul's cross into his own goal, and at the end of the match, Spanish Gabri took advantage of a great pass from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and made the result overwhelming.
"Ajax" won the knock-out matches and the ticket to the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive year. Last year, in the third qualifying round, they unexpectedly lost to "Kobenhavn" and did not make it to the group stage, where they will start this year as well.
Meanwhile, "AZ" will have to settle for the ticket to the UEFA Europa League for the fourth consecutive season. Although Alkmaar club is not very financially strong, playing in the UEFA Europa League is just a consolation for them - "AZ" lost their position as the leaders of the Dutch championship in the last round, and they also lost in the Dutch cup final to Amsterdam's "Ajax."
