The big victory helped Napoli maintain their dream Champions League start, after crushing Liverpool 4-1 at home and winning 3-0 at Rangers.
On the contrary, Ajax continued to decline after parting ways with coach Erik ten Hag and a series of key players, including Antony, Lisandro Martinez (all went to Man Utd), Ryan Gravenberch, Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern).
Captain Di Lorenzo increased the score to 2-1 for Napoli in the 33rd minute of the match at Johan Cruyff Stadium on October 4.
At Johan Cruyff Stadium yesterday, Ajax experienced the match with the worst parameters of 2022. They faced the most shots (26), the lowest passing accuracy (73%), the lowest dispute rate (
Their only bright spot was the opening goal in the 9th minute, when Kenneth Taylor hit Mohammed Kudus into the net.
But after that, Napoli completely controlled the match and continuously bombarded the home goal.
Kudus celebrated the opening goal for Ajax in the 9th minute. But that was only the beginning of the home team’s nightmare.
When there was nearly 20 seconds left in the official playing time of the first half, Zambo Anguissa dropped the ball so Piotr Zielinski ran wide and then scored diagonally to increase the score to 3-1.
Before two minutes had passed in the second half, Napoli scored again.
Raspadori celebrates the 1-1 equalizer for Napoli, opening the comeback for the Italian team at Johan Cruyff Stadium.
In the 63rd minute, Raspadori continued to leave his mark with a wall kick that allowed Kvaratskhelia to escape down the left wing and then placed a cross-angle shot past Pasveer.
The rain of goals for Johan Cruyff ended in the 81st minute, when Giovanni Simeone escaped and fired a one-touch shot into the roof of Ajax’s net.
Ajax 1-6 Napoli
Main developments in the match Ajax 1-6 Napoli on October 4.
In the next round, the two teams will play again at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on October 12.
Squad
Ajax: Pasveer, Bassey, Timber (Grillitsch 80), Blind, Rensch (Baas 84), Berghuis (Brobbey 72), Taylor (Klaassen 72), Alvarez, Kudus, Bergwijn, Tadic.
Napoli: Meret, Kim Min-Jae, Rrahmani, Olivera, Di Lorenzo (Zanoli 84), Lobotka (Gaetano 80), Zielinski (Ndombele 46), Anguissa, Raspadori (Simeone 64), Kvaratskhelia (Elmas 64), Lozano.