Veterans lead Ajax to comfortable away win over lowly Telstar

[p]Manager Michel Sanchez kept defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baas-youri/jyjasemf/"]Youri Baas[/a] on the bench amid interest from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]FC Porto[/a], thus giving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/janse-dies/QB5XrpUc/"]Dies Janse[/a] his first Eredivisie start for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] since 2024. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gloch-oscar/fL2jPPPb/"]Oscar Gloukh[/a] started on the left wing ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouazane-abdellah/SGcSVy7E/"]Abdellah Ouazane[/a], with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arokodare-toluwalase/4IsrUYg1/"]Tolu[/a] as the lone striker. Newcomers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsygankov-viktor/8l99epoQ/"]Viktor Tsygankov[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/amrabat-sofyan/r5WUFzf3/"]Sofyan Amrabat[/a] were not in the matchday squad.[/p][p]The match began with an uneventful first half hour, with only [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berghuis-steven/8vVtUw90/"]Steven Berghuis[/a] and Tolu registering shots on target, both of which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/telstar/Aw0qTPat/"]Telstar[/a] goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koeman-ronald/nipXvHLD/"]Ronald Koeman Jr.[/a] stopped.[/p][p]The ice was broken after 36 minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/klaassen-davy/GpcTW1L2/"]Davy Klaassen[/a] tapped in from short range after a corner, making it the 40th opening goal of his Ajax career.[/p][embed guid="70309aa3-3d8f-4188-b6ca-3d6db09db6bb" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2094096337931297132?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Telstar made their presence known shortly before half-time when Ajax loanee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alders-gerald/6ZdardER/"]Gerald Alders[/a] tested [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ter-stegen-marc-andre/byxc46yl/"]Marc ter Stegen[/a] from distance. Ajax looked to have doubled their lead just minutes later via [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brandt-julian/hW5Goyrc/"]Julian Brandt[/a], but his goal was cancelled for offside.[/p][p]Following a chance for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendes-rui/KILptTCU/"]Rui Mendes[/a] early in the second half, Ajax made light work of Telstar, starting with a goal from Steven Berghuis, who baited [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/owusu-tyrone/2Z059Kis/"]Tyrone Owusu[/a] and passed him to fire the ball into Koeman's far corner.[/p][p]Tolu added a third to effectively end Telstar's hopes - Koeman passed it straight to Klaassen, after which Tolu got the ball from Steven Berghuis and blasted it past Koeman, who could've done more to prevent Ajax's 3-0.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="8b600d74-d40c-4757-aef0-7c0a65783fc8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="1a5b0813-b6d6-404a-a68a-871617c53c3e" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]The struggling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marcos-leonardo/OW4BpjD0/"]Marcos Leonardo[/a] added a fourth, tapping in a rebound after Ronald Koeman couldn't punch a shot from Ouazane away far enough.[/p][p]Ajax continued their unbeaten start to the season with a comfortable win in Velsen-Zuid, which will set the Amsterdam giants up with a confidence boost ahead of the crucial clash against PSV in Amsterdam.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ajax-8UOvIwnb/telstar-Aw0qTPat/?mid=fqY1s8hg"]Check the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="d4b45c50-bd64-42f6-b562-fec65b5f711e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="7910ef3b-09c4-4b57-82a9-7e85ce9ce003" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]