I am relieved. With Ajax’s recent run, I had expected the worst but there is still hope:
LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Former European champions Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam started their UEFA Cup campaigns with 1-0 wins in Thursday’s first-round matches.
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Ajax also look in better shape than Bayern after winning at Dynamo Zagreb. Dane Dennis Rommedahl went round keeper Georg Koch to score the winner from a pass by strike partner Klaas Jan Huntelaar just after the hour mark. It was a mixed time for the money-spinning English Premier League clubs. [UEFA Cup: Bayern, Ajax get narrow wins. Soccernet. September 20 2007]
The away goal rule will be precious for the return match at Amsterdam scheduled in two weeks time.
And oh yeah, did I mention that Michigan razed Notre Dame to the ground?
