U17 Amsterdam Tour Diary Day 3

 The Ajax Cape Town Under-17 squad woke up on Saturday morning looking forward to their first warm-up match of the tour with a game against a combined U17/U16 AFC Ajax Amsterdam team.
 
Preparations for the game went well and despite another bitterly cold morning at “De Toekomst”, it was AFC Ajax Amsterdam who controlled the game to earn a well-deserved 4-0 victory.
 
The first half started well for the visitors defending in an organised manner and keeping a tight rein on their opponents. Despite the good team effort of Ajax Cape Town, Ajax Amsterdam managed to find an opening goal through a well-worked attack down the right flank that ended in an excellent finish to open the scoring shortly after the half-hour mark.
 
With a tough tournament expected next week both sets of coaches rotated their players at half-time and to give everyone some game time.
 
In the second half Ajax Cape Town pushed forward in search of an equaliser, but their efforts were in vein as AFC Ajax netted a further three goals before the full time whistle.
 
“It was a very different game against AFC Ajax, their movement and rotation of positions in midfield improved a lot since last year and it was tough for us to handle,” said Ajax Cape Town Under-17’s Chester Arendse.
 
After the match, the team travelled to home of a foster family in Almere for braai, where the players enjoyed each other’s company and for a relaxing afternoon in the company of all the foster parents.
 
The team will train on Sunday morning before going to the Ajax Arena to serve as ball boys for an Eredivisie game between AFC Ajax v Heracles on Sunday afternoon.
 

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