the tallest guy on the field

Grafe

Grafe was lenient, up to the point that even the player who just had fouled looked at him in unbelieve: Really? You're letting me off? That happened a few times: players stopping, both fouler and foulee, waiting for the ref to whistle, which he didn't.
It worked well in this match, both teams played more or less fairly.

match

Ajax have a young team, is what we hear and read. Inexperienced and although very talented, they're not ready yet. But Ajax always have a young team, they're always talented and inexperienced. Every time an Ajax player reaches the age of 21, he gets sold to a bigger team (and you'll never hear of him again).
So this was a team of young inexperienced talents against one of mostly South-American hirelings. The hirelings only needed one shot to win, really: they only shot at the Ajax' goal once. The inexperienced talents spent 90 minutes shooting either wide or straight at the goalkeeper.