Champions League

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Champions League | Group Stage

Dec 10, 2014 at 7.45pm UK

Ajax
4-0
APOEL APOEL

Schone (45' pen., 50'), Klaassen (53'), Milik (74')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Half-Time Report: Lasse Schone penalty strike hands Ajax lead

By Simon Sinclair, Reporter | 10 December 2014

Lasse Schone scores from the penalty spot right on the stroke of half time to hand Ajax a 1-0 lead against APOEL in their Champions League

Ajax lead APOEL 1-0 at the break in their Champions League match thanks to a penalty from Lasse Schone.

Apoel's midfielder Georgios Efrem (R) and Ajax's Finnish defender Niklas Moisander vie for the ball during the UEFA Champions League football match on December 10, 2014 © Getty Images

Frank de Boer's side threatened early on as Schone coasted down the left flank and fired a ball across the face of goal. The ball deflected into the path of Ricardo van Rhijn, but he failed to hit the target with a strike from the edge of the box.

Ajax had another good opportunity to take the lead when Ricardo Kishna found space down the left to whip a cross into the box for the advancing run of Arkadiuz Milik. The striker opted to go with a diving header rather than his foot, which proved to be the wrong decision as his effort was saved.

The home side took the lead just before the break when Milik was brought down in the penalty area by Marios Antoniades. Schone took the spot kick and fired his effort past Urko Pardo with ease.