Soccer - Traore brace puts Ajax on course for Europa final


Football Soccer - Ajax Amsterdam v Olympique Lyonnais - UEFA Europa League Semi Final First Leg - Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 3/5/17 Ajax's Bertrand Traore celebrates scoring their fourth goal Reuters / Michael Kooren Livepic

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam produced a performance worthy of the club's illustrious past when they crushed Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 on Wednesday to move to the brink of their first European final since 1996.

Bertrand Traore led the way with two goals in an enthralling, end-to-end Europa League semi-final first leg in which the Dutch side fielded a starting line-up with an average age of under 22 years old.

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