Ajax joined Arsenal at the top of the Group B standings following a deserved 2-1 victory over AS Roma on Tuesday evening, in the Amsterdam Arena .

Yakubu (Ajax) played sixty minutes. He had to replace injured Hatem Trabelsi (Tunisia) after 30 minutes. Ajax won through goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jari Litmanen. Two minutes before time Batistuta made it 2-1.