Following the national championship, Ajax Women also had to leave the Eredivisie Cup to FC Twente. The final in Enschede was lost 4-3 this afternoon.
The start was still excellent for Ajax Women. Via Romée Leuchter it became 0-1 in the seventeenth minute. The spit dribbled into the penalty area and finished coolly.
The most beautiful goal of the afternoon then came in the name of Anna-Lena Stolze. The attacker took a deflected corner in one go on the shoe and the ball flew in nicely: 1-1.
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Regina van Eijk made an ugly mistake just after the break after a corner from Marisa Olislagers. The ball flew straight into the goal. Less than two minutes later, Stolze scored her second goal of the game by making it 3-1. At that time, the retiring Stefanie van der Gragt had already been replaced by trainer Danny Schenkel.
Exciting last minutes
Leuchter then brought the tension back, but via Renate Jansen the margin was quickly back to two. Still, things got tense in the final phase when Tiny Hoekstra made it 4-3 by shooting the ball over the keeper. Furthermore, the team from Amsterdam did not make it to the 3rd edition of the Eredivisie Cup. FC Twente won the first, Ajax Women the second.
Two weeks ago the Tukkers champion at Sports Park De Toekomst. The KNVB Cup was one this season prey for Ajax Women†