“It was a pitch-black evening for everyone who loves football, but especially for the people who love Ajax,” the director responded to last night’s events. “I would like to once again offer my sincere apologies to everyone, but especially to the people who were in the stadium. They were put in danger and we were absolutely unable to give them the evening we wanted to give them.” Ajax will reimburse people who were in the stadium. Geelen did not yet know what form that will take.
Extra searches, but still a lot of fireworks
Ajax responded yesterday that they had carried out additional searches and had also used fireworks dogs to remove fireworks from the hard core. Yet the entire F-side turned red with flares and even flares were fired.
Geelen is now repeating this. “After Ajax – Heerenveen we took extra measures, but as it stands now, an emergency exit was forced by force. A large group of people entered without a card, but with a lot of fireworks.” Images circulating on the internet show supporters storming in. The club is trying to find out who the perpetrators are. There were also supporters of the Polish club Cracovia, with which the hard core of Ajax has a friendly relationship.
The match was finally stopped yesterday after six minutes, when fireworks were set off twice from the F-side. The match will be retaken tomorrow at 2:30 PM, without an audience. It is not yet known whether there are further consequences to yesterday’s action.
Geelen also said he was disappointed that he did not make himself heard immediately after the match yesterday. “In retrospect, given the seriousness of the situation, I should have spoken to the media myself. And I’m disappointed about that.”