Frank de Boer has blasted Ajax performance in the opening 45 minutes from their 4-1 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.
A solitary goal from Derk Boerrigter on Tuesday was only a consolation effort in a game that proved too difficult for the Dutch Eredivisie Club.
"I was very, very angry at half the time," de Boer told reporters.
"In this kind of competitions you have your normal level crossing. According to me there were nine players who were under their normal level.
"Only (Danny) Hoesen and (Kenneth) Vermeer were in order. If it is 2-0 on the half of the time you can consider our happiness. After half the time we played with more courage. I'm glad we scored, but perhaps we could have scored more. "
Fury aside, the Dutchman acknowledged his side of the achievement of finishing third in a group that the heaviest in Champions League this year was dubbed.
He added: "We should be proud of what we did. Coming third in this group is a great effort by our team. A lot of people wouldn't have expected this,, so that's a compliment.
"To be better, we have more games at this level."
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