Calvin Bassey sees red after 17 mins into Ajax debut – Sporting Life

Calvin Bassey was sent off just 17 minutes into his Ajax debut against PSV in the customary Dutch league season curtain-opener at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam on Saturday evening.

Bassey battling for the ball with Joey Veerman of PSV Credit: AFP

Bassey was introduced in the 62nd minute in place of Owen Wijndal with scores level at 2-2, but preceding actions turned out a debut the Nigerian international will be in a hurry to forget as PSV netted two goals in seven minutes to lead 2-4 .

Red card for Calvin Bassey on his #Ajax debut 14 minutes after coming on as sub.pic.twitter.com/J2gL7A8OR5

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Calvin Bassey has been given a straight red card on his debut for Ajax tonight.

The record sale man from Rangers was shown it for a dangerous challenge in the 75th minute pic.twitter.com/FM2GrO5NRB

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Ten minutes after Bassey’s introduction, Ghanaian forward Mohammed Kudus pulled one back for Ajax in the 72nd-minute to reduce the deficit to 3-4 .

I’m not saying Calvin Bassey has had a horrendous debut for Ajax but he’s been in 17 minutes, they’ve conceded twice and he’s just got a straight red 🙃 pic.twitter.com/g6dYsK7J4y

— AM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@annemarie6377) July 30, 2022

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However, in the 78th minute, Bassey was adjudged to have lunged a clumsy tackle on Moroccan midfielder Ismael Saibari after VAR was used to review his challenge.

The former Rangers left back was initially showed a yellow card, but after a review it was upgraded to a red card. An incident that meant that Bassey only saw action for 17 minutes after coming on a second half sub.

🟥 Calvin Bassey gets a straight red card on his debut for Ajax after .ing only 17 minutes.

🏆 Ajax were .ing against PSV for the Johan Cruijff Shield and ended up losing the game 5 – 3.

A terrible start for the promising defender 💔

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Indeed, it was a nightmare debut for the Nigerian international, who joined Ajax from Glasgow Rangers of Scotland less than a month ago and only secured a late work permit to be eligible for the game.

Interestingly, the hat-trick from Guus Til alongside contributions from Cody Gakpo and new kid on the block from Paris Saint-Germain Xavi Simons was all PSV needed to secure their 13th Super Cup, claiming  the Johann Cruyff shield with a 5-3 win over Ajax.