Hajduk Split vs Ajax

Hajduk Split beat Ajax 2-1 at Poljud on Thursday night, and a 12-minute stoppage for flares from the Torcida end came late in a game they had already turned around. The home side led in the 37th minute, scoring on the counter after Davy Klaassen lost the ball in midfield. Ajax levelled early in the second half. Klaassen redeemed himself in the 53rd minute, finishing under the bar from a Thilo Kehrer cross. Hajduk needed only three minutes to restore their lead, winning the ball back and finishing after a single touch in the 56th. In the 78th minute smoke from the flares covered the pitch and the referee stopped the match. Play resumed and Ajax pushed hard. Ilya Gloukh hit the crossbar in the 80th minute, but the offside flag had already gone up, and Bouwman blazed over from about ten metres in the 90th. It was Ajax's first defeat of the season in this competition, and it came on their first league-phase night. Hajduk start with three points.