Highlight on behalf of Ajax for rest: Van Gaal’s karate kick along the line, with which he mimics dangerous play by Marcel Desailly. But with which he also tries to sharpen his own team, the coach swears afterwards.
At rest, loud words can be heard in the dressing room, among others from the usually modest Rijkaard: “Do we want to win this final? Or do we want to pass up this opportunity?”
In the second half Ajax plays much better. Twenty minutes before the end, Kluivert is brought in for Jari Litmanen. Then it takes a while before he lives up to his words spoken to Endt that morning.
Four minutes before the end, the ball comes through Kluivert via Edgar Davids and Rijkaard, who points the ball after a nice assumption by keeper Sebastiano Rossi: 1-0.
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