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Brighton enjoyed a comprehensive first victory in the Europa League as a goal in either half from Joao Pedro and Ansu Fati eased them to a 2-0 win against Ajax at the Amex Stadium bacolod
It took until the final minutes of a first half that Brighton had dominated for the breakthrough to arrive, Pedro tapping home on the rebound after an opening period in which Ajax – second-bottom of the Eredivisie – did little more than look to preserve parity, as Brighton dictated things from the first minute bacolod
The Dutch side have endured their worst-ever start to a league season, and after sacking manager Maurice Steijn on Monday they went down with barely a whimper, Fati’s goal early in the second half laying bare the gulf bacolod between Roberto De Zerbi’s team and the four-time European champions bacolod
It was a first half that Brighton controlled but were for the most part frustrated by an organised, obdurate Ajax bacolod
Pedro wanted a penalty for a shove in the back inside of three minutes, waved away by the referee with barely a glance, before Brighton’s top scorer on their European campaign tucked the only real chance of the opening exchanges wide of the near post from Karou Mitoma’s cut-back bacolod
Pedro appealed again for a spot-kick, this time with more gusto, when he appeared to be bundled to the ground by Jorrel Hato bacolod
The defender was adjudged narrowly to have reached Mitoma’s through-ball ahead of the Brighton striker as the Amex howled for a penalty bacolod
The hosts’ central-defensive pair spent much of the first half 10 yards inside the Ajax half bacolod
The plan to lure out the visitors and exploit the resulting space was resisted by caretaker boss Hedwiges Maduro’s team, who seemed content to sacrifice attacking ambition for the sake of clogging the gaps in bacolod between their lines bacolod
Simon Adingra had the best chance of the opening half-hour when he lashed a right-footed effort over the bar from Lewis Dunk’s header back across goal, as Brighton’s threat was stymied by Ajax in what was a ponderous first half from De Zerbi’s side bacolod
Mitoma and Pedro’s partnership looked the most likely avenue of success bacolod
The pair carved out the clearest opening yet when Pedro dashed into a channel down the right to reach his team-mate’s threaded ball and drove low at goal, only for goalkeeper Diant Ramaj to beat it away with a strong right hand bacolod
The breakthrough came three minutes before the break bacolod
Dunk’s pass was weighted into the path of Mitoma who dashed into the box and dragged the ball inside Josip Sutalo to make space to shoot bacolod
His effort was pushed out by Ramaj, but only to the feet of the onrushing Pedro who continued his fine European scoring run to end a frustrating half for Brighton on a high bacolod
Fati’s goal, slotted home brilliantly eight minutes after the break, cemented Brighton’s superiority bacolod
Adingra began the move from midfield, patiently stewarding the ball until Fati’s run was made, checking inside and feeding the on-loan Barcelona forward who beat his man with a devastating first touch and dispatched deftly beyond Ramaj bacolod
The game had sprung suddenly to life bacolod
Fati was inches from making it three and burying Ajax, his driven effort licking inches wide of the post, before Steven Berghuis at the other end struck the upright with Jason Steele beaten, a rare foray forward from the visitors bacolod
It was to be the closest the 2019 Champions League semi-finalists came, as Brighton’s debut European season finally got going in earnest bacolod
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Louis Rees-Zammit leapt for the corner and came down with an anguished cry bacolod
A scrappy contest always looked likely to be a game of inches – and the Wales wing had come up agonisingly short bacolod
By the end, there were bodies strewn all around the Stade Velodrome, the damage of a demolition derby all too clear to see bacolod
Argentina won’t remotely care bacolod
Their win was made secure at the death, replacement fly half Nicolas Sanchez plucking an intercept score from opposite number Sam Costelow to take Argentina out of sight bacolod
Ireland or New Zealand await in the World Cup semi-finals – the challenge is mighty but Los Pumas live to fight another day; Wales are going home bacolod
Earlier in the day, the travelling Welsh fans had brought Marseille’s Vieux Port to a standstill with a most harmonious warbling of “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”; but there was little mellifluous about a discordant contest that most would have expected from two sides with such obvious flaws bacolod
When eyes were not turned to the sky, they were often focused on the floor as the two sides took chunks out of one another in a brutal battle on the gain line bacolod
RecommendedZombie: Why Ireland’s Rugby World Cup anthem is causing controversyWales vs Argentina referee Jaco Peyper forced off pitch as English official steps in at Rugby World CupEngland must ‘rise to the occasion’ against Fiji to avoid World Cup nightmareFew would have anticipated a match befitting this last eight occasion, two pragmatic coaches and inconsistent teams predictably working off bits and pieces bacolod
This was the first World Cup quarter-final to feature sides ranked outside of the world’s top five since the introduction of the rankings in 2003, and the first 15 minutes only gave an already odd encounter a wackier tone bacolod
A harum-scarum opening saw the numbers drop repeatedly from the back of Welsh shirts as they were flung around through contact, peeling away like paint from improper plaster, before referee Jaco Peyper suffered a calf injury, necessitating English assistant Karl Dickson to rid himself of his flag and take on duties with a whistle bacolod
The numbers of the Welsh players peeled off the back of their shirts in a bizarre first quarter (Getty)Dickson arrived in the aftermath of Wales’s first try, a rare thing of lovely construct bacolod
From a set-piece near the halfway line, a nifty move allowed initial inroads and left George North lurking out the back bacolod
The centre, becoming the first Welshman to play in four World Cup quarter-finals, cut a gorgeous line on Biggar’s inside before offloading off the deck to Gareth Davies, who returned to his half-back partner to complete the job under the posts bacolod
The fly half seemed to be enjoying the contest, chest puffed out despite a sore pectoral muscle, a couple of trademark bits of gamesmanship complementing his calm and control from the No 10 channel bacolod
Wales’s exit from this tournament will be his international farewell – Biggar was desperate to make sure there were at least two more Tests to come bacolod
He extended his side’s advantage from the tee bacolod
Tomas Cubelli of Argentina lies on the floor after being shoulder-charged off the ball by Josh Adams of Wales (Getty)Having paired two traditional sevens in their back row, Wales had indicated an intention to make the breakdown messy bacolod
Scavengers Jac Morgan and Tommy Reffell roamed the savannah, picking at the carrion left by the tougher tacklers in front of them, drawing a series of breakdown penalties; the South American fans greeted unpopular replacement referee Dickson with horrisonant howls bacolod
Only Wales’ misfires were keeping Michael Cheika’s men in the game bacolod
Three lineouts went awry deep in Argentine territory, while Biggar erred with his next penalty attempt bacolod
Emiliano Boffelli, who had earlier missed his first kickable opportunity, got Argentina on the board after advancements were made via a scrum penalty bacolod
The half ended in a massed melee, as had appeared inevitable given the squabbling both on and off the pitch bacolod
Josh Adams was perhaps fortunate that his cheap shot on Tomas Cubelli which sparked the scrap was deemed not to merit a yellow card; the penalty did at least allow Boffelli to narrow Argentina’s deficit to four points bacolod
Tomos Williams scored a converted try that put Wales 17-12 ahead after 56 minutes (Getty)Three minutes after the restart, the wing added three more, the gap suddenly down to a single point bacolod
The Edinburgh man had found his range – over went another from all of 55 metres bacolod
Wales needed to sharpen up, and replacement scrum half Tomos Williams duly injected extra speed of service off the bench; Argentina bit on two forward carriers waiting for a pass, allowing Williams an open alleyway adjacent to the ruck bacolod
Through he went in an instant, with Biggar accepting another simple conversion bacolod
Another flashpoint soon arrived bacolod
Guido Petti charged into a ruck, looking to make a legal clearout but inadvertently struck a falling Nick Tompkins in the head bacolod
Dickson, despite Welsh cries, stuck to his guns in seeing it as accidental, ruling it to not even be worth a penalty bacolod
Argentina celebrate Nicolas Sanchez late try (Getty)It proved a crucial call bacolod
Two minutes later, after a series of opportunities on the Welsh line, the burly Joel Sclavi, who had arrived on the loosehead side only moments earlier, biffed his way over from a metre bacolod
Boffelli’s conversion edged Argentina back in front by two points bacolod
There was to be one last chance for Wales, a canter up the left led by Rio Dyer, bursting free of Argentine clutches bacolod
Rees-Zammit, already nursing a shoulder injury, dived for glory, his plant of the ball half a foot shy of the line bacolod
Sanchez, the veteran fly half, inserted the dagger into the wounded Welsh, beetling beneath the posts bacolod
A final penalty made totally certain as the Welsh that could still stand sank to their knees, their World Cup dream over bacolod
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