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win 6th Super Cup 3-2 against Twente |
12 Aug 2001
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picked up a prize just before kickoff for being the most sporting team of
last season. Erik Gerets had made it clear in the run-up to this match
that any Cup with Cruijff's name on it was worth fighting for and has kept
his word by fielding his strongest eleven. Twente, in their first official
match under new trainer John van 't Schip were finding it difficult to
settle while the Champions started in confident fashion, keen no doubt to
revenge themselves for their defeat by "The Tukkers" in the
Amstel Cup Final. It took Mateja Kezman only 4 minutes to get his first of
the season - Bruggink found space on the left and turned the ball
back for the Yugoslavian to pounce and hit the ball into the roof of the
net - he made it look simple. Twente tried to break back quickly but in
the 8th minute Bruggink got the 2nd and also made it look easy! The
Champions were in control of the first 25 minutes before Twente's De Witte
tried a long lob from his side of the halfway line which almost beat
Waterreus as the "Tukkers" settled down. De Witte got his reward
for all his good work with a really nice solo goal in the 34th minute -
persevering, twisting and turning in the box until he finally beat Waterreus - and it certainly gave the Twente
fans something to cheer about as their team started to show they were back
in the match! A piece of surprisingly good news for Ajax is that the
playing surface in the Amsterdam ArenA has survived the Amsterdam
Tournament and the first half of this match intact! Twente
came out fighting after the break and Van der Paar had an early distance
shot turned away. In the 57th minute Vennegoor of Hesselink (in his first match
against his old club) and De Jong came on for Bruggink and Ramzi. From
the corner which was
given immediately following his appearance, V.of H.
almost put away a rebound from a Hofland header. De Jong was soon to get a chance
of his own but saw his diving header turned away by the ever-dependable
Sander Boschker in the 64th minute. Twente's winger Ellery Cairo was
being treated on the sideline (shortly after to be replaced by Kuali) when
Rommedahl
pounced on a rebound from a corner to slot one away high in the roof of
the net for the 3 - 1! Ten Hag replaced Van der Paar for Twente in the 75th minute
and in the 77th Heintze replaced Vogel for PSV. The rest of the match
was disappointing until ex-PSVer Van der Doelen put away a last minute 2nd goal for
Twente - if
only they'd scored it 20 minutes earlier we could have been treated to an
erupting, exciting finale. Three minutes of injury time proved
insufficient for Twente to pull an equalizer out of the hat though they
had put on a reasonably good performance, controlling the midfield more
than expected and a just little bit unlucky
this afternoon. The Johan
Cruijff trophy goes for the 6th time to PSV and Eindhoven gets yet another
party! |
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