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Hear ye, hear ye!
Ajax has beaten Roma with a convincing two to one score line. It may look closed but never judge a book by its cover.
Ajax dominated the game early on and asserted its dominance by an early goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the amazing Swede player. However, it could be argued that it was luck by nature but Litmanen’s goal was certainly a world-class goal. To prove how Ajax dominated the game, it is only necessary to mention that Roma sent shiver to Ajacied’s spine in only two occasions; the first thunder was in the first half, the 20th minute to be precise by the Brazilian Captain Cafu and the second one was a goal by Gabriel Bastituta in the final minutes.
Ajax was expected to fight an uphill task with six key Ajax’s players succumbed to injury and suspension. Five of them were Ajax’s impressive goalie, Didulica, defenders Chivu and Galasek, forward Van der Vaart and Sikora. However, Ajax, like in the previous game, refused to listen to the odd and came out of the game as a winner.
Following the win, Ajax now sits on top of Group B of the Champions’ League with Arsenal. Both teams have four points to their credit. Not far behind is Valencia with two points and last is Roma, with no point at all.
The next CL game is going to be in February 2003 against Arsenal.
Well, May de magish van der meer always emerge victorious.


Jari Litmanen after scoring Ajax's second against AS Roma. Photo taken from uefa.com