Two goals from captain Davy Klaassen, the first from the penalty spot, gave Ajax a 2-0 victory in the first leg in Amsterdam.
Ajax: Onana; Tete, Sanchez, Viergever, Sinkgraven; Klaassen, van de Beek, Ziyech; Traore, Dolberg, Younes.
This season's Europa League campaign has seen Ajax hand chances to a number of upcoming talent at the club, but Genk are the only side to have named a younger starting XI than them in the competition. Therefore Schalke can still have hope for the return in Gelsenkirchen on April 20.
"I have not played much since I returned from my injury, but I am training and doing well, so we will have to wait and see what happens, " he said to Ajax TV.
"I'm happy with our game, but not completely satisfied with the outcome".
"Was this the best Ajax [played] under my leadership?"
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"The result is positive - to play at home with an advantage, to start the game with an advantage, it is a good result but I think the result should be much better", Mourinho was quoted as saying by the club's official website.
"I will have mixed feelings, because it is nice to go back there and to meet everyone, but on the other hand I would rather draw different clubs, so it is always a bit odd". "The whole stadium stood behind our team".
Schalke boss Markus Weinzierl was unhappy with his side's performance, with the honourable exception of Fahrmann. "We lost the ball easily too many times, we stopped our counter-attacks because of sloppy decisions, sloppy touches of the ball and then we gave them opportunity to have some counter-attacks", he added. "They took advantage of this", he said.
The second legs will be played next Thursday.
"We're all very disappointed but highly thankful to Ralf Fahrmann that the result wasn't bigger".
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