Football. Ua recalls the history of the European Cup matches Ajax and Manchester United.

Despite the great history and status, Ajax and Manchester United did not cross too often in European competition.

In the Champions League, the teams have never played with each other, but in the UEFA Cup and the League of Europe, the lot twice brought rivals face to face.

UEFA Cup 1976/77, First Round 15. 09. 1976 Ajax - Manchester United 1: 0 Goal: Krol, 42 29. 09. 1976 Manchester United - Ajax 2: 0 Goals: Makari, 42, McElroy, 65 For the first time the teams collided in the 70's. Then the UEFA Cup immediately began with the stage playoffs and in the first round Ajax got to play with Manchester United. Quite an amusing situation, because at that time the teams were not divided into seeded and at the same stage there were couples such as KuPS - Oster and Differanj - Lokeren.

The first match took place in Amsterdam, where Ajax thanks to the goal of his defender Ruud Krol took the minimum advantage.

However, at Old Trafford, the mankunians were able to take a pretty confident take revenge and go to the next stage.

It can be said that Manchester was very unlucky with the lot in that season. Mancunians went to Juventus in the next round and they left the tournament, while the Old Signora won in it the victory.

Well, Ajax quickly flew from the League of Europe was able to catch up in Eredivizie and became the champion.

League of Europe 2011/12, 1/16 finals 16. 02. 12 Ajax - Manchester United 0: 2 Goals: Young, 59, Chicharito, 85 23. 02. 12 Manchester United - Ajax 1: 2 Goals: Chicharito, 6 - Ozbiliz, 37, Alderveyreld, 87 But this is a more recent story. Manchester unexpectedly failed in the Champions League, taking third place in the group with Benfica, Basel and Ocelulom. However, this did not abolish the fact that in the European League the Manuians were seen as the main favorite.

The first opponent on the way was Ajax. At the Amsterdam Arena, Manchester United almost took off all the questions, scoring two goals. By the way, Ashley Young, who opened the scoring, still defends the colors of the Red Devils, but will not be able to play in the final.

But the return match at Old Trafford reminded something of the confrontation with Celta. Chicharito quickly scored, and in the course of the first half, Ozbiliz account equalized. At the end of the meeting, Alderwayreld scored the second goal and the MJ fans got a little strained, because one more goal led Ajax to the next round. But Manchester resisted and passed on.

History has the property of repeating itself. After the passage of Ajax, MJ left the tournament at the next stage. This time I tried Athletic.