Welcome to our live blog! This Saturday we will keep you informed of developments at Ajax, which hosts champion PSV. Telstar will play against NEC in Nijmegen later in the evening. Besides Premier League football, there is plenty of other regional top sport. Don’t miss anything in this live blog. Tips? Email to[email protected].
Live: Ajax – PSV 1-1
Live: NEC – Telstar 0-0
The handball players of VZV did not manage to beat VOC in Amsterdam-Noord. The second semi-final ends in 27-27, meaning the Amsterdam team eliminates the national champion. The opponent in the final on Saturday May 9 and Sunday 10 is SEW. The West Frisians eliminated Kwiek with a 21-18 victory.
Excelsior is almost certain of a longer stay in the Eredivisie. The team of coach Ruben den Uil won 3-2 at FC Groningen in the final phase and thus rose to shared thirteenth place in the rankings. Excelsior defeated FC Utrecht 5-0 in front of its own audience on Sunday.
It is half time in the Johan Cruijff Arena, where there is light applause from the stands after the first half. Ajax got the better of it after a very quick goal (35 seconds) and made it 1-1 via Anton Gaaei. It then has the greatest opportunities to increase the score.
There is another great opportunity for Ajax. From a high cross from Mika Godts, Josip Sutalo heads the ball towards the goal and Youri Regeer can extend. The ball is turned.
Jorthy Mokio gets a good shooting opportunity moments later. His effort misses the target.
Shame… Kasper Dolberg gets the ball on a silver platter. The Dane only forgets to shoot the ball behind Matej Kovar, who makes a good save. Emotionally, an Ajax goal is more likely to hang in the air than a PSV goal.
Ajax has had control over PSV in recent minutes and is dominant. It just cannot yet convert it into great opportunities. Lucas Rosa is now lying on the ground with cramps. The returned Takehiro Tomiyasu is warming up.
Rosa can continue after injury treatment.
After the opening goal, Ajax gets more and more chances. Mika Godts just bumped into Matej Kovar and on the rebound a PSV defender deflected Kasper Dolberg’s shot. The match is off to a wonderful start.
Steven Berghuis comes through dangerously on the right a little later after a combination with Kasper Dolberg. Berghuis’ pass is just intercepted, otherwise Mika Godts has a free passage.
Out of nowhere, Ajax is level with PSV. Anton Gaaei drives the ball hard into the goal from outside the box. Just before that, Mika Godts is able to score, but he is driven too far to the side. The goal comes from the subsequent corner.
It is mainly due to PSV that it is only 0-1 in this phase. The people of Eindhoven get chance after chance.
For example, Couhaib Driouech misses an opportunity in front of an open goal.
The ball is in Ajax’s net within a minute. A long throw-in from PSV is extended and headed into the goal at the far post by Ricardo Pepi.
The ball rolls into the Johan Cruijff Arena.
NAC Breda can hardly prevent relegation from the Eredivisie. The Brabanders held out for a long time with one man less at FC Utrecht, but still lost in the final phase: 2-0.
Dani de Wit headed Utrecht ahead from close range in the 88th minute. The linesman flagged for offside, but that was not the case. In injury time, Adrian Blake scored the second goal.
With two games to go, NAC is five points behind Telstar, which is sixteenth. Numbers 17 and 18 (Heracles Almelo) are relegated directly.
Welcome to our live blog. This Saturday we will keep you informed of developments at Ajax, which hosts champion PSV. Telstar will play against NEC in Nijmegen later in the evening. Besides Premier League football, there is plenty of other regional top sport. Don’t miss anything in this live blog.
