Huitiemes Retour
17 mars 2011
A frustrating evening in Amsterdam was topped off when Alex clinically put the visitors in front midway through the second half to earn Spartak a 1-0 victory and put them ahead in the tie heading back to Russia, where the Moscow outfit won the only previous meeting between the sides on Russian soil. So then, Ajax were made to pay for their woeful accuracy in front of goal last week with a bitter-tasting 1-0 home defeat. Now it’s well and truly advantage Spartak, with the second leg not only scheduled to be played on Russian soil but also on an artificial pitch.