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2¹ A refined pass from BJARNASON was knocked goalbound by MANDZUKIC only for VAN DER HART to claw away. 9¹ ZIVKOVIC's header was well saved by the 'keeper. 10¹ VAN DER HART saved a curling shot from OTAMENDI. 13¹ Uncertainty in the Ajax defence enabled VERTONGHEN to crack an effort over the bar. 18¹ MANDZUKIC headed over. 21¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. 22¹ DÍAZ VEGA books VAN DER HOORN for a bad tackle. 25¹ GOAL!! A tackle from MARTINA gave Pescara a free-kick twenty-five yards out which ÇELIK slammed past the Ajax 'keeper. (1-0 Pescara) 28¹ The hapless Pescara 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MONTOLIVO fell just over. 31¹ The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot. 34¹ GOAL!! Some neat work by MANDZUKIC on the left, left MONTOLIVO yards clear, and he dummied the 'keeper and fired the ball into the roof of the net. (2-0 Pescara) 8² VERTONGHEN whacked a looping shot wide from thirty yards out. 11² A lovely effort from MONTOLIVO scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 12² The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from SIGÞÓRSSON. 17² A clumsy foul on MANDZUKIC by ZIVKOVIC results in a booking. 21² A clumsy tackle gets MILIK a yellow card. 22² A delightful shot from VERTONGHEN was dealt with by a fine parry from VAN DER HART. 25² GOAL!! A long ball from MANDZUKIC had the Ajax defence back-pedalling and VERTONGHEN made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (3-0 Pescara) 30² GOAL!! A long ball from MARTINA down the middle was collected by the lurking SCHØNE who drilled a left foot shot into the roof of the net. (3-1 Pescara) 38² SIGÞÓRSSON made space on the left and pulled the ball to SCHØNE who clipped the ball wide. 39² An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Pescara 'keeper by VAN DER HOORN. 43² GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed MANDZUKIC to knock the ball to VERTONGHEN who whacked a left foot shot home. (4-1 Pescara)

Pescara   League position: 2 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: WLWLWLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Andrea CONSIGLI 7  1 7  Mickey VAN DER HART Antonio RÜDIGER 6½ 2 7½ Cuco MARTINA Jan VERTONGHEN 7½ 3 7½ Nick VIERGEVER Riccardo MONTOLIVO 6½ 4 7½ Niklas MOISANDER(c) Nicolás OTAMENDI 7  5 8  Stefano DENSWIL Tony JANTSCHKE 6  6 6½ Mike VAN DER HOORN Roberto SORIANO 6  7 7  Nabil DIRAR Mario MANDZUKIC 7  8 6½ Lasse SCHØNE (p)Birkir BJARNASON 6½ 9 7  Arkadiusz MILIK(p) (f)Gökhan INLER 6  10 5½ Kolbeinn SIGÞÓRSSON(f) (c)Mervan ÇELIK 5½ 11 5½ Richairo ZIVKOVIC Manager Sven BENDER    12    Thulani SERERO Federico MARCHETTI    13    Dorus DE VRIES Uros COSIC    14    Ruben LIGEON Andrea BELOTTI    15    Rick KRUIJS Francesco MODESTO    16    Luc CASTAIGNOS

Ajax   League position: 20 Away league form: LLLX Overall league form: LWLWLXLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Pescara 4 Ajax 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 20,632, Stadium: Adriatico, Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega 8) Çelik 25¹, Montolivo 34¹, Vertonghen 25², Vertonghen 43² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Schøne 30²           van der Hoorn 22¹, Zivkovic 17², Milik 21² 2 2 20 9 3 10 10 6 4 4 14 10 5 3 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Stefano Denswil ¶