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10-man Ajax stuns Schalke
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 22 - 04 - 2017

Ajax Amsterdam, trailing 3-0 and down to 10 men, scored two late goals to overcome Schalke 04 in the Europa League quarterfinals Thursday while Olympique Lyonnais won a 16-kick penalty shootout against Besiktas.
Manchester United needed an extra-time goal from Marcus Rashford to beat
Anderlecht 2-1 and go through 3-2 on aggregate while a 1-1 Draw away to Racing Genk was enough to give Celta a 4-3 aggregate win.
Four-time European champions Ajax, leading 2-0 from the first leg, appeared to be on the way out as Schalke wiped out the deficit in just under an hour and then scored again early in extra-time.
Yet, despite having Joel Veltman sent off in the 80th minute, Ajax replied with a scrambled goal from Nick Viergever and a clinical effort from Amin Younes in the last 10 minutes of extra-time to bring it back to 3-2 and win 4-3 on aggregate.
Schalke's defeat, following Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund's elimination from the Champions League this week, meant that there were no German semifinalists in either of the European competitions for the first time since 2004-05.
The Royal Blues dominated the match and looked well capable of ousting their Dutch opponents, who fielded two 17-year-olds in a side with an average age of under 23.
Leon Goretzka and Guido Burgstaller scored twice in a four-minute spell early in the second half for Schalke and it got worse for Ajax when defender Veltman was sent off after picking up two yellow cards in quick succession.
When Daniel Caligiuri headed Schalke's third in the first period of extra-time, there seemed no way back for the visitors.
Yet Ajax never abandoned its slick passing game and grabbed an away goal when Viergever controlled a cross from Kenny Tete and managed to fire into the roof of the net with nine minutes left.
Schalke lost their composure, was left wide open and Younes took advantage when he cut inside to score another for Ajax.
Brazilian Anderson Talisca scored both goals for Besiktas as it beat Lyon 2-1 to level their tie at 3-3.
Alexandre Lacazette replied with a superbly-taken goal for the French side, collecting a pass and lifting it over goalkeeper Fabri for his 31st of the season in all competitions.
The first six penalties in the shootout were all converted before Dusko Tosic saw Besiktas' seventh attempt saved by Anthony Lopes, only for Christophe Jalle to send Lyon's next effort over the bar.
Lopes then saved another, this time from Matej Mitrovic, but there was no second let off for Besiktas as Maxime Gonalons converted Lyon's eighth kick.
United, the last remaining English side in Europe, took the lead in the 10th minute through Henrikh Mkhitaryan but Sofiane Hanni brought Anderlecht, winners of both the old European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup, back level in the 32nd minute.
After Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who later went off with a potentially serious knee injury, wasted two great chances in the final stages of normal time, the contest went into extra time and Rashford settled the tie with a fine finish early in the second period. Pione Sisto scored a spectacular goal to put Celta ahead against Genk as he won the ball in midfield, burst forward and unleashed an unstoppable effort into the roof of the net.
Leandro Trossard replied four minutes later for the Belgian host but it was unable to find a winner.
Barcelona loses appeal on Neymar's suspension
Barcelona's appeal to annul the suspension that will keep Neymar from playing in the clasico against Real Madrid was rejected by the Spanish football federation Thursday.
The federation appeals committee said it was not overturning the two-game suspension handed to Neymar for sarcastically applauding an assistant referee in Barcelona's 2-0 loss at Malaga on April 8.
The two-match ban was in addition to a one-game suspension he was automatically required to serve after being sent off in Malaga.
Neymar served that suspension last weekend as Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 3-2.
In addition to the clasico Sunday, the Brazilian forward will also miss the Spanish league game against last-place Osasuna on April 26. — Agencies


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