The evening of October 24, Amsterdam's Cruyff Stadium in the Netherlands.
In the third round of the Champions League Group Stage, Group B, Ajax hosted Premier League powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur.
The match had reached the final minute of stoppage time, and the score was 3–3.
Tottenham Hotspur quickly sent a corner into Ajax's penalty area. Vertonghen headed toward goal, but Onana blocked it with his foot. Chaos erupted inside the box as Tottenham Hotspur fired shot after shot, only for Ajax players to block them. At the crucial moment, De Ligt used his height and long legs to clear the ball and send it out of the area.
Outside the box, substitute Ødegaard controlled the ball with his chest, flicked it over a defender, turned, and sent a long pass forward.
Yang Yang shook off Moussa Sissoko in an instant and sprinted ahead.
The French midfielder stood 1.87 meters tall, yet he was no slouch in speed or agility. He desperately chased back as the two men raced each other.
Thirty-two-year-old veteran Yang Yang had played the full ninety minutes. In the blink of an eye, Moussa Sissoko caught up with him, and it looked as though Ajax's final attacking chance was about to vanish.
This was a clash of equals, a fierce attacking battle!
At Cruyff Stadium, neither the home side Ajax nor the visiting Tottenham Hotspur held anything back.
Ajax knew they could not sit back and defend, while Tottenham Hotspur were hoping to snatch points.
Though their intentions differed, both teams adopted an aggressive, attacking approach.
More interestingly, Yang Yang and Pochettino had both deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation with Double Defensive Midfielders. It was a direct tactical battle.
That approach posed a huge test of both teams' players. As a Premier League side, Tottenham Hotspur