Celta 3 - Ajax 2

Celta: Pinto; Angel, Cáceres, Berizzo, Sylvinho; Luccin, Vagner (Contreras 87'); Jesuli (Gustavo López 83'), Mostovoi (Oubiña 93'), Juanfran; Milosevic. 4-2-3-1.
Ajax : Lobont; Grygera, Escudé, Yakubu (Heitinga 65'), Maxwell; Galasek (Wamberto 79'), De Jong, Mitea, Van der Vaart; Ibrahimovic (Litmanen 70'), Sonck. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 24. Luccin (penalty). After Milosevic tripped by Yakubu on edge of area.
2-0. 39. Milosevic. Got ahead of marker to head Sylvinho's cross past Lobont.
2-1. 53. Sonck. Headed Maxwell's chipped cross back past Pinto.
3-1. 63. Vagner. Rounded Yakuba on right of area to shoot under Lobont.
3-2. 82. Van Der Vaart. Picked up ball on edge of area and curled shot past Pinto.

Group H :
AC Milan................ 7 points
Ajax......................... 6 points
Celta Vigo............. 5 points
Club Brugge ........ 4 points

Celta kept their hopes of qualification alive with a 3-2 win over Ajax, their first ever victory in the Champions' League. Heavily criticised after their league defeat last weekend, the Galicians got the start they wanted when Milosevic held on to the ball in the area and allowed himself to be tripped by Yakubu, Luccin scoring from the resulting penalty once the protests from the visitors had died down. Milosevic headed a second from Sylvinho's cross later in the first half, and Juanfran almost wrapped things up when he headed against the post soon after the restart.

But the Dutch side didn't give up, and Sylvinho only just recovered in time to clear the ball off the line after he deflected a cross from the left towards his own goal. Soon afterwards Maxwell slipped past Angel's challenge to chip in for Sonck to head one back, and only a fingertip save onto the post from Pinto stopped Yakuba from levelling the scores minutes later.

Vagner though restored the two goal cushion when he rounded Yakuba to slide a shot under Labont, and the keeper stopped Juanfran from making it four later on. But Van Der Vaart set up a nail-biting finish when his long, curling shot caught Pinto off guard, and only when Grygera was sent off for a second bookable offence in the dying minutes did their challenge end. Celta are now third, and are still in with an evens chance of going through to the last sixteen.