Match We can be heroes (again) Ajax versus Tottenham Hotspur CL Semi Final Wed 8th May

[Sir Alfred Conn]

I've never told this story...

The morning of "that night" we found out my wife had a miscarriage. After years of trying we had finally gotten pregnant and it ended with tears. Of course the game helped soothe some of the pain but obviously we were devastated.

A couple years later we got pregnant again. This time it worked out and our beautiful boy was born. We thought it fitting to name him Lucas. He's now 2 and loves watching "Tah-num" games.

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Thanks for sharing that.

I hope Lucas has a long and happy life x

 

[TottsAmazeballs]

That was a fun read and the following several pages.

The Ajax players dropping dead when the goal goes in is somewhat amusing.

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My favourite was the footage of the dutch bars where they were all counting down the last ten seconds and... it all goes a bit wonky around 1. Such an unbelievable moment, still.

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[Harrier]

Two absolute spanners - I have literally never known how anyone rates that fucking keeper, useless.
Thankfully we never got either.

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He has the strangest diving technique of any keeper I’ve seen.

For the winner he dives like a Dad doing a fake ‘save’ to allow his young son to score!

 

[Pól]

Honestly even if we won the thing I don’t think it would have beat the moment that third goal went in. It was a level of ecstasy one can only achieve through otherwise illegal means

 

[Hairy Cane]

I went in to Afib during the match. Received a pacemaker soon afterwards. Lucas owes me an apology.

 

[Arthur Wensleydale]

I said in the first leg that their keeper would give us something. Apart from the fumble, as we were bearing down for the winner, from my place in the stadium I could see that Onana had moved too far to his right.
'He's too far over' I said to no one in particular, then time slowed down and Lucas drifted in and gently stroked the ball into the corner beyond the slow motion dive of Onana.
Cue a second of absolute shocked silence and you know the rest.
What do you think? Not too dramatic?

 

[TottsAmazeballs]

He has the strangest diving technique of any keeper I’ve seen.

For the winner he dives like a Dad doing a fake ‘save’ to allow his young son to score!

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it really looks like that doesn't it? But from the back (behind goal) you can see it is a genuine effort and it's just too far to his left.

 

[Legacy Lilywhite]

I can still picture the sight line of the goal from my seat in the stadium. Just the most incredible evening and night for a fan who loves away days. And then basking for a couple of weeks afterwards knowing that I was going to see my team in a CL Final… let’s just leave it there.

 

[Notabadsquad]

An unforgettable evening.

 

[FOK]

Very sad to think that third goal was literally the peak of our story arc - its been completely downhill since this night for 5 years.
Absolutely gut wrenching tbh.

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We had already passed our peak imo. Walker left, Vertonghen was slowing down, we sold Dembele the Jan before and Vic Wanyama had gone too..

 

[Arthur Wensleydale]

it really looks like that doesn't it? But from the back (behind goal) you can see it is a genuine effort and it's just too far to his left.

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His right.

 

[Shotgunofmichalebrow]

We had already passed our peak imo. Walker left, Vertonghen was slowing down, we sold Dembele the Jan before and Vic Wanyama had gone too..

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Gone he's limping at top speed to get into the bundle. God bless big Victor.