Watch: Ajax score not one, but two stunning free-kicks in the same game

By Seb Stafford-Bloor
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Ajax trounced Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday, scoring five times away from home - and two of those goals came directly from free-kicks

On Sunday, Ajax handed Sparta Rotterdam an Eredivisie thumping, winning 5-2 away from home.

Nothing unusual in that, of course, or in the quality of the goals - but who doesn't enjoy a stunning free-kick? Better yet, who doesn't enjoy two in the same game?That's Lasse Schöne with the first – the Dane might be one of the most underrated set-piece takers in Europe – and Hakim Ziyech with the second.

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Seb Stafford-Bloor

Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.