Bookd • Ajax 3-1 Shelbourne

Ajax3 - 1Shelbourne

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Conference League · Aug 6, 2026

Lucas@carbonfiverr

☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★Aug 6

Long review 🥳 I watched this while at family dinner to get away from all the noise lmao, very good game from us. It still takes some getting used to honestly because usually we are shit and look awful, but it genuinely feels like theres a plan. I’d name some but it genuinely is just everyone, but specifically Godts, Berghuis, Bouwman, Blind, Regeer, Wijndal, and Gaaei. Only Paes was bad (shocking), and Gloukh was meh he should’ve scored at least once. Beach was incredible for Shelbourne. Klaassen with his 400th appearance for the club, 14 years and 257 days after his debut. Mister 1-0 himself, he has received a fair share of hate over the years for being too old or too slow, but I will never hate him, he is honestly one of the biggest icons for this club, 400 games is absolutely insane. Only 203 more to go to equal Mister Ajax, Sjaak Swart. Also had 5.98 xG which is the most we created since January 2022 against a amateur club in the cup, i think that says a lot. 2021-22 was our last real dominant season so im very happy we return to stats like that. Hopeful for this year. What i found interesting was that Gaaei started, generally Michel has one attacking player, our left back in this case, with a more defensive right back in Rosa to form a 3 at the back. Gaaei did that now who is wayyy more offensive, but he did it well, and also was able to move up the pitch much quicker due to his already offensive nature. May have worked well too because Shelbourne played 541 so generally can take more risks. Brandt more as a attacking Klaassen type, on the right side so technically Gloukh could play with that if we ever try that. Thought Regeer did good, i have had my complaints about him but he does play well, recognizes the dangers easily especially notices where the dangers are when defenders move up and leave space. Ill have Godts as man of the match because he was incredibly dangerous all game. I hope he stays, i will genuinely cry a bit if he leaves 😭

Holden Willemsen@holdenwillemsen

☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★Aug 6 (edited)

The finishing was really shocking, but overall not the worst Ajax performance in recent history. Tough one for Bouwman towards the end. His development or lack thereof is concerning. I feel like he needs another season out on loan once everyone is back. Godts looked solid. Rough penalty miss but regardless I feel like he was creating really good chances. It’ll be a shame if/when he goes. Beach for Shelbourne was also phenomenal. Surprised he’s not playing at a higher level.

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Theo@theolovesvilla

☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★Aug 6 (edited)

Good performance from Ajax, despite a missed penalty and a concession which could've been avoided, I thought they were great. Shelbourne can be proud with getting a goal considering the huge gap in quality, but Ajax were 100% deserved winners and if it wasn't for GK Beach, it would've been a lot more.

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