Ajax beats Valencia for 2nd straight win in Champions League
Posted October 02, 2019 7:00 am
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) - Ajax beat Valencia 3-0 to stay perfect in Group H in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Hakim Ziyech and Quincy Promes scored in the first half, and Donny Van de Beek added to the lead in the second.
Ajax beat Lille at home in its first match. Valencia had opened with a win at Chelsea.
Chelsea won 2-1 at Lille in the group’s other game Wednesday, reaching the same three points as Valencia. Lille stayed last with zero points.
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Ajax's Quincy Promes is congratulated by teammates after scoring during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct.2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Ajax's Dusan Tadic, rights, duels for the ball against Valencia's Jaume Costa during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Ajax's Dusan Tadic, second left, is tackled by Valencia's Jaume Costa, second right, during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Ajax players celebrate their opening goal during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct.2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Valencia's Gabriel Paulista, right, is tackled by Ajax's Hakim Ziyech, center, during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Ajax's Quincy Promes, right, controls the ball in front of Valencia's Jaume Costa, center, and Valencia's goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct.2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Ajax's Nicolas Tagliafico, right, kicks the ball in front Valencia's Ferran Torres during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct.2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Ajax's Quincy Promes celebrates after scoring during the Champions League group H soccer match between Valencia and Ajax, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Wednesday, Oct.2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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