Shame, humiliation and anger… Three feelings that currently rule Amsterdam.
The city of fun and vice this week became a kind of Wailing Wall of Dutch football, because if the season ended at this moment – Ajax would be relegated to the second division.
It sounds unbelievable, but it’s true. A little less than four years ago, they were on the verge of the Champions League final. They mocked Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, toyed with Juventus, while today they are sinking deeper and deeper…
Dušan Tadić is no more, nor are the sports workers who lifted Ajax to the top of European football. Some other people are wondering about the stumbling giant and it doesn’t seem to be going well for them at all.
The reborn PSV made the most of the disastrous situation at Johan Cruyff Arena and beat Ajax to the last place in the Eredivisie with 5:2 (1:2).
True, Ajax led at halftime with the goals of Van den Bumen and Broubi, however, Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team turned on the machine in the continuation and beat the rival in a space of twenty minutes.
Three goals from the returnees of Lausanne along with goals from De Jong and Saibari took the team from Eindhoven to the top of the table and sent a message to the opponents that, along with Feyenoord, they are the strongest team in the Netherlands.
Can Ajax pull themselves out of the worst situation in the last few decades, is the question that bothers all the residents of Amsterdam. Time is running out, and the pressure is increasing day by day.
Legends are more and more often publicly calling out the work of the current management and making fun of football players, and still no one has gathered the courage to tackle a serious problem.
