AMSTERDAM (Interstat) — On Thursday, Ajax beat Atalanta 2-0 at home with late goals. Toluwalase Arokodare put Ajax ahead in the 87th minute and finished with one goal and one assist in 24 minutes. Youri Baas recorded an assist. Abdellah Ouazane scored in stoppage time and played 28 minutes. Ajax improved to 1-1 in this competition and 6-2-3 overall. Atalanta dropped to 1-1 in the competition and 3-5 overall. Amrabat was booked in the 45th minute, Samardzic in the 68th, Zalewski in the 86th and ter Stegen in the 90th minute plus stoppage time. Ajax made substitutions involving Klaassen and Gloukh in the 62nd minute, Marcos Leonardo in the 66th and Brandt in the 90th plus stoppage time. Atalanta used De Ketelaere in the 62nd, Scamacca in the 72nd, and Gaetano and Elmas in the 80th. Atalanta did not score. The first half ended scoreless.