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UEFA Europa League

May 3, 2017 2:43:43 PM

On-loan Chelsea youngster Bertrand Traore scored a goal in each half as Ajax ran amok in their Europa League semi-final with Lyon.

Ajax took a huge step towards securing a place in the Europa League final with a magnificent 4-1 win over Lyon at the Johan Cruyff ArenA.

Bertrand Traore, Kasper Dolberg and Amin Younes did the damage for Ajax – on-loan Chelsea man Traore scoring in each half – as Hakim Ziyech's sublime left foot supplied three assists.

Mathieu Valbuena gave Lyon hope with an away goal midway through the second period, but that only encouraged Ajax and the Ziyech-Traore combination in particular to bring the house down with number four 19 minutes from time.