One of the fans present in the Elsa’s celebrated his birthday today and hoped for a suitable gift from Ajax: “But I have a hard time about it.” And the tension? “It’s still intense now, but I expect it to diminish a bit after a few whistles.”
But for most fans, the tension did not dissipate as the match progressed. Not even after Klaassen made the score 1-0 after 12 minutes. In the second half, Ajax had many chances to score 2-0, but because they did not fall, the fear that Feyenoord would score 1-1 almost out of nowhere became even greater.
“We really need this,” says a man who looks almost pleadingly at the television screen. “We simply cannot and should not lose this anymore.” The relief was great when Mokio finally made it 2-0 deep in injury time.