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Benfica Win First Champions League Points but Ajax Remain Bottom
- On Tuesday, Benfica beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 away to claim their first win in this season's Champions League.
- Interim coach Fred Grim gave Rayane Bounida a debut and recalled goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros while seeking to end a run of six defeats in Ajax's last nine games.
- Samuel Dahl lashed in a sixth-minute volley after Vitezslav Jaros parried a header, while Leandro Barreiro set up and finished the second with a one-two with Fredrik Aursnes on the stroke of full time.
- Benfica climbed the standings after the win, while Ajax sit bottom of the 36-team table after losing five group matches in the Champions League group stage.
- Both clubs face Champions League games on December 10, with Benfica hosting Napoli and Ajax visiting Qarabağ amid continued defeats increasing pressure on the team.
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Ajax also lost its fifth Champions League match on Tuesday evening. The team, led by interim manager Fred Grim, lost 0-2 to Benfica at the Johan Cruijff ArenA. The Amsterdam club is now the only one of the 36 participants in Europe's premier league to remain winless. This new defeat also marked a historic low for the Amsterdam side.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Waters are the first three points in European competition with Samuel Dahl and Leandro Barreiro's balls
·Portugal
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Benfica coach José Mourinho has never lost to Ajax and didn't lose on Tuesday either. Ajax, who played quite well for parts of the match thanks in part to Godts and Bounida, are now sinking further into trouble.
·Netherlands
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