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The Dutch football classic between Ajax and Feyenoord was suspended this Sunday as a result of the launching of flares and fireworks, according to television images.
Referee Serdar Gözübüyük interrupted the match for the first time just before half-time due to the presence of fireworks on the pitch, launched by local fans.
Later, for the same reason, he permanently suspended the game and sent the players to the locker room.
The suspension of the match gave way to incidents outside the stadium, forcing the police to intervene.
The main entrance door to the Johan Cruyff Arena stadium was vandalized, according to images circulating on social networks and as confirmed by the police.
A SHOW BY SANTIAGO GIMÉNEZ IN THE NETHERLANDS CLASSIC!
Two goals and an assist included in the first half to put Feyenoord up 3-0.
*The game could not be finished due to inappropriate behavior by the Ajax fans.#ESPNenStarPlus pic.twitter.com/pcakADOEbQ
— Picante Soccer (@futpicante) September 24, 2023
At the time of the suspension, Feyenoord was winning 3-0 in this match on matchday six of the Dutch championship.
“This has nothing to do with football. You play with the safety of the footballers, other fans and yourselves. A shame,” Justice Minister Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius said on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Both teams had to confine themselves to their locker rooms for fear of their safety.
“Ajax”:
Because they applied the option of turning off the console when they are beating them.
Ajax fell 3-0 in the classic against Feyenoord and their fans threw flares into the field, so the match was suspended.
—Why is it a Trend? (@porktendencia) September 24, 2023
“It is not behavior worthy of Ajax,” lamented the historic club from the capital in a statement published at night.
For its part, the Ajax Fans Association, in a message titled “The club is on fire,” highlighted that with this episode of violence, “the club’s crisis has hit rock bottom.”
Ajax, the most successful club in the country, is going through a sporting crisis, with only 5 points in four games played, occupying 13th place in the championship, while Feyenoord is 4th, with 11 points in five games.
Ajax dismisses its sports director!
The club announced after the incident against Feyenoord that Sven Mislintat is leaving his position.
He only lasted 129 years in office and the Amsterdam team is 14th. in the Eredivisie pic.twitter.com/cllROe9RRu
— ESPN.com.mx (@ESPNmx) September 24, 2023
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The leader of the championship is PSV Eindhoven, with a full 15 points in five games.
Dutch football regularly faces problems of violence between fans, especially those of big clubs.
Last season, Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen was injured in the head by a lighter thrown from the stands by a Feyenoord fan.
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After the disturbances by the local fans in the match between Ajax and Feyenoord, this is how the Johan Cruyff Arena looked like
Dany Reyes #CentralFOX pic.twitter.com/BTpacX5xK0
— FOX Sports MX (@FOXSportsMX) September 24, 2023
In May, AZ Alkmaar fans with their faces covered tried to force their way into the area reserved for friends and family of the West Ham coaching staff after the English team’s victory in the Conference League semi-finals.
And this season, league matches involving FC Utrecht, Twente, Go Ahead Eagles, RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam had to be stopped due to altercations in the stands.
All these episodes have led the country’s sports authorities to study applying the “English model” to put an end to violence and hooliganism with severe measures, such as prohibiting access to sports venues for those causing altercations.
In the 1980s, English clubs were expelled from European competitions after the death of 39 people, most of them Italian nationals, following an avalanche caused by English fans shortly before the European Cup final that pitted Liverpool against Juventus at the Heysel stadium in Brussels.
This happened outside the Amsterdam Arena at Ajax v Feyenoord
@AllAboutAjax pic.twitter.com/SlEkeZHxOS
— Luis Omar Tapia (@LuisOmarTapia) September 24, 2023
