Ajax vs. Tottenham results: Spurs pull off miracle win in final seconds of Champions League semifinal

Tadd Haislop

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Ajax vs. Tottenham results: Spurs pull off miracle win in final seconds of Champions League semifinal image

Tottenham might have entered Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal match against Ajax with less confidence had it not witnessed what its fellow Premier League competitor Liverpool did to Barcelona the day prior in the other semifinal.

Yes, Tottenham entered the second leg of the Champions League semifinal against Ajax down 0-1 on aggregate, and yes, the Spurs entered the match having lost nine of their last 14 games, winning only four and nearly losing their spot among Europe’s elite next season. But, then again, Liverpool needed a clean, 4-0 victory to reach the Champions League final, and it did just that; no reason Tottenham could not join the comeback party from a lesser deficit.

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Sure enough, not only did Tottenham defeat Ajax to form an all-England Champions League final, but the Spurs did so in a fashion that was somehow more dramatic than Liverpool's comeback against Barcelona. Just past the suggested five minutes of extra time, Lucas Moura scored his third goal of the match to send the Spurs through on aggregate, 3-3 with three away goals to Ajax's one.

With the win, Tottenham reached the Champions League final for the first time in club history. The Spurs became only the second team in Champions League history to lose the first leg of the semifinal at home and progress to the final — the other was Ajax in 1995-96 against Panathinaikos.

The 2019 Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool (June 1 in Madrid) will be only the third major European final in history to feature two English teams, after the 1972 UEFA Cup final (Spurs vs. Wolves) and 2008 Champions League final (Manchester United vs. Chelsea).

Sporting News tracked the match with minute-by-minute updates. Here is how Tottenham stunned Ajax in the final seconds of the Champions League semifinal.

Ajax vs. Tottenham: Score, results, highlights from Champions League semifinal

Tottenham: 3
Ajax: 2

90' (+8') - Match ends.

90' (+6') - GOAL. Unbelievable. A literal last-second goal sends Tottenham to the Champions League final. Lucas Moura scores his third goal of the match, becoming only the fifth player to score a Champions League semifinal hat-trick and the first since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017.

90' (+5') - Ajax's André Onana gets a yellow card for wasting time.

90' (+4') - Tottenham corner conceded by Daley Blind.

90' (+1') - Ajax corner conceded by Toby Alderweireld.

90' - Substitution. Lisandro Magallán replaces Donny van de Beek for Ajax.

86' - Tottenham corner conceded by Nicolás Tagliafico.

82' - Substitution. Ben Davies replaces Danny Rose for Tottenham.

81' - Substitution. Erik Lamela replaces Kieran Trippier for Tottenham.

77' - Ajax's Hakim Ziyech gets a yellow card.

76' - Tottenham's Danny Rose gets a yellow card after a hand ball.

73' - Tottenham corner conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.

70' - Ajax corner conceded by Kieran Trippier.

67' - Substitution. Daley Sinkgraven replaces Kasper Dolberg for Ajax.

66' - Tottenham corner conceded by Nicolás Tagliafico.

64' - Tottenham corner conceded by Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.

62' - Ajax corner conceded by Jan Vertonghen.

61' - Ajax corner conceded by Toby Alderweireld.

60' - Substitution. Joël Veltman replaces Lasse Schöne for Ajax.

59' - GOAL. Lucas Moura again for Tottenham. Maybe "still alive" was an understatement. This time Moura finds the bottom-left corner of the net to bring the score to 3-2 on aggregate in favor of Ajax.

55' - GOAL. Tottenham is still alive. To complete a fast break, Lucas Moura booted a left-footer into the bottom-right corner of the net.

53' - Tottenham corner conceded by André Onana.

52' - Tottenham corner conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.

50' - Ajax's Kasper Dolberg gets a yellow card for a foul.

46' - Tottenham corner conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.

45' - Substitution. Fernando Llorente replaces Victor Wanyama for Tottenham.

45' (+3') - Halftime.

44' - Ajax corner conceded by Victor Wanyama.

35' - GOAL. What a strike; one Ajax made look easy. Hakim Ziyech scored with a one-timer, using his left foot to boot the ball home off a simple ground pass into the box from Dusan Tadic. Make that a 3-0 edge for Ajax on aggregate.

27' - Tottenham corner conceded by Hakim Ziyech.

16' - Tottenham's Moussa Sissoko gets a yellow card for a foul.

5' - GOAL. That was quick. Ajax scores on a header off a corner kick to take a 2-0 lead on aggregate. Matthijs de Ligt scored the goal with the assist from Lasse Schöne's cross.

4' - Ajax corner conceded by Danny Rose.

1' - The match begins with Tottenham getting the first possession.

Tadd Haislop

Tadd Haislop is the Associate NFL Editor at SportingNews.com.