It ain’t over till it’s over but it appears these Ajax fans didn’t get the memo.
The Dutch giants missed out on a place in this year’s Champions League final thanks to Lucas Moura’s stunning second-half hat-trick in Amsterdam.
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Lucas Moura celebrates scoring Tottenham’s third
And the Brazilian’s third goal was deep into stoppage-time which gave Spurs a 3-2 win on the night, putting them through on away goals to meet Liverpool in the final in Madrid on June 1.
It was one of the finest hours in Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s history with manager Mauricio Pochettino and hero Moura giving emotional interviews after the win.
But spare a thought for Ajax, whose European adventure comes to an agonising end.
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They beat the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus en route to the semis and have been a breath of fresh air in the competition.
But their Champions League campaign is finished, and supporters struggled to deal with such a fact.
A group of Ajax fans were filmed in a bar counting down the seconds to full-time as they were going through with the game locked at 2-2.
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But Moura popped up to score his last-gasp winner. Cue pure disbelief from the supporters.
Below you can see the video where the dreams of these Ajax fans shattered into dust!
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