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Ajax rewrote the Dutch football history books on Saturday by crushing THIRTEEN goals against unanswered VVV-Venlo
It was like a FIFA game on the German-Dutch border, with 19-year-old Lassina Traoré scoring five incredible goals as Ajax showed no mercy
The teenager, who still plays games for Ajax’s youth team, also got an assists hat-trick in the monster win
Former Manchester United defender Daley Blind even got in on the action in a frenzied second half with NINE goals
It was only – only – 4-0 at halftime, but the flood gate opened after Christian Kum was sent off for VVV in the 52nd minute
Now we don’t pretend to be avid observers of Dutch football, but it does appear that he was an important player as the hosts then conceded FOUR goals within SEVEN minutes of his departure
Forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar only came off the bench in the 70th minute and ended the game with a brace, with Jurgen Ekkelenkamp also scoring a brace
The win means Ajax broke their own 48-year record for the biggest win in Eredivisie history
The Amsterdam giants’ previous record victory was their 12-1 triumph over Vitesse Arnhem since 1972
Johan Cruyff had four goals and an assist that day, which puts Traoré in esteemed company as the youngster also writes his name in Ajax’s history books
He will have a long way to go to match Dutch icon Cruyff, but it’s a good start
Ajax are also the first Dutch team to score ten goals in one game in a decade, with PSV last achieving the feat with a 10-0 win over Feyenoord in 2010
✅ Eredivisie’s biggest win EVER team First team in 10 years to score 10 in an Eredivisie game✅ Lacina Traoré got a hat trick in goals AND assists✅ Klaas Jan Huntelaar entered game as under & scored 2 goals in 2 minutes / p>
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World news – GB – Ajax beat thirteen goals, with a teenager scoring five, in a record-breaking Eredivisie victory
