First goal for Rosenberg in 1-5 win at HHC Hardenberg
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Pre-Season Friendly
Sportpark De Boshoek, Hardenberg
Thurs, 14 July, 2005
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Markus Rosenberg, Ajax's new Swedish striker, has scored his
first goal in a friendly for the Amsterdam club. A
thru-pass sent the speedy Swede on his way to
Marc Doornbos, goalkeeper of Hoofdklasse amateur
outfit HHC Hardenberg, and clinically tapped the ball past
the goalie. A nice moment for Rosenberg, but it says
a lot that his goal made it 1-2 to Ajax in the 57th minute
of the game at atmospheric Sportpark De Boshoek. Ajax
were everything but impressive once again and were
1-0 down at half-time. The Amsterdammers turned the game
around in the second half and made the scoreline look
acceptable in the dying minutes: 1-5.
Markus Rosenberg.
[Ajax.nl]
The 'big man' in the first half did not wear a red and
white, but an orange and black jersey. His name: Stefan
Buitenhuis. He surprised Hans Vonk (who had his first
pre-season appearance after an injury) with a smart free kick
from the left, which curled into the net at the near post: 1-0
(8'). What a week it was for Buitenhuis... On Monday he also
played against Ajax (it was his last game for WHC from Wezep)
and also scored from a free kick. Three days later, in
his first game for his new club, he did the same thing again.
"Kind of funny," Buitenhuis said. "In twenty years' time I will
put on the DVD and show my kids my two goals against Ajax, for
two different clubs in one week..."
For Ajax Buitenhuis' goal was not-so-funny. The
Amsterdammers conceded four goals in four games against amateur
opposition, failed to put a really big score on the score-board
so far and - most importantly - have trouble playing fluent
football. HHC easily held on to their 1-0 lead in the first
half. The half-time score of 1-0 was not at all undeserved.
Five minutes into the second half (Danny Blind replaced
six players; Julien Escudé and Rasmus Lindgren were
rested today) the Hardenberg crowd said goodbye to goalkeeper
Rob Kaptein (38), after twenty years of service. Kaptein
probably never expected to play his last game against Ajax
and keep a clean sheet for 50 minutes.
Daniël de Ridder. [Photo: Ajax.nl]
After the arrival of the new goalkeeper, Marc Doornbos, the
party was over for the hosts, who were visibly getting
tired. A foul on Markus Rosenberg in the penalty area
allowed Tomás Galásek to equalize from the spot.
A few minutes later an almost identical situation was converted
by Rosenberg himself. Daniël de Ridder, Nigel de Jong
and Nicolae Mitea (remarkably productive in pre-season!) lifted
the score to 1-5 in the latter fifteen minutes of the
game. Not too much of a big score compared to
previous pre-season campaigns, but one must bear in mind that
Ajax only play Hoofdklasse ('Top Class') amateur sides
this year - and not a single opponent from lower
non-league divisions.
One more day of training (Friday) in De Lutte lies ahead.
Ajax will drive back to Amsterdam on Saturday morning and
immediately move on to the town of Rijnsburg for one last
friendly against amateur opposition. After the HHC match coach
Danny Blind was not satisfied with his team's
performance, but very satisfied with the week as a whole: "The
facilities, the organization, the pitches, it was all very
good." (MP)
Update (18 July): The English version of Ajax.nl
published a summary and pictures of the De Lutte training
camp today. Read it here.
Source: Ajax.nl
GOALS
- 08' 1-0 Stefan Buitenhuis
- 54' 1-1 Tomás Galásek
(penalty)
- 57' 1-2 Markus Rosenberg
- 76' 1-3 Daniël de Ridder
- 86' 1-4 Nigel de Jong
- 90' 1-5 Nicolae Mitea
Referee: Haverkort
Yellow card: Thalen (HHC Hardenberg)
Attendance: 4,500
Ajax line-up: Vonk (46. Lobont);
Obodai, Galásek, Heitinga (46. Grygera), Vermaelen;
Pienaar (46. De Jong), Sneijder, Lindenbergh (46. Mitea); De
Mul (46. De Ridder), Anastasiou, Boukhari (46. Rosenberg).
HHC Hardenberg line-up: Kaptein
(50. Doornbos); Thalen (35. Smid), Jurgens (68. Pullen),
Offringa (46. Drenthen), M. Wiggers (68. Spijkers); Kocks
(46. De Visscher), Berger (46. F. Buitenhuis), Scheepmaker (19.
Jonker [68. Kroesen]); S. Buitenhuis (46.Hogeterp), Kroeze (59.
Redder), Voshaar (73. Wind). Also used: Honing, Van
Losser.
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