Amsterdam football club Ajax will play in the Europa League tournament after the winter break, after losing 0-3 to what pundits said was a Real Madrid b-side on Wednesday evening.

Ajax, who had two goals disallowed found their fate was sealed when Olympique Lyonnais beat Dinamo Zagreb 7-1, putting the French side ahead on goal differences.
‘It’s indescribable; who could have thought this would happen?,’ Kenneth Vermeer, Ajax goalkeeper, told Uefa.com. ‘We knew we might lose to Madrid but we didn’t imagine Lyon would win by such a margin.’
Wink
However, footage after fifth goal appears to show Dinamo Zagreb defender Domagoj Vida winking at Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis and also gives him the thumbs up just after he picks the ball out of the net.
This has given rise to suspicions that the match may have been fixed.
Ajax coach Frank de Boer is quoted by the Telegraaf as saying he would not object to an investigation. ‘7-1 rarely happens at this level of the game… but if the match was given away, then there must be action, although it would be very hard to prove,’ the Telegraaf quotes him as saying.
The Telegraaf also says the French gambling monitoring board has launched an investigation into the Lyon win.
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