Goalkeeper Excelsior tries to sabotage hat-trick of Ajax striker Romée Leuchter, but plan fails | Dutch football

Ajax did not play during the first round last week due to European obligations. The team reached the second qualifying round of the Champions League on Saturday at the expense of Dinamo BSUPC from Belarus. Leuchter scored two goals during the 3-0 win in Moldova.

Leuchter was also immediately accurate in Rotterdam. The 22-year-old striker headed in a cross from Tiny Hoekstra in the eleventh minute. Six minutes later she doubled the lead with a nice shot from distance. Just before half time, Dana Breewel made the connection on behalf of Excelsior, but Leuchter decided the match in injury time with her third goal. That last goal was very remarkable. Her free kick hit the top of the crossbar, after which the Excelsior goalkeeper tried to sabotage things a bit by putting a second ball into play. Her plan failed, but the images quickly spread across the internet.

It was already last week quite a bit of commotion in women’s football by a goal by FC Twente against Levante in the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The club from Valencia filed a complaint with UEFA against FC Twente Women because of the goal by Renate Jansen, who initiated FC Twente’s comeback in the preliminary round match of the Champions League with an extremely questionable goal.

PSV, the leader after the first round, was stuck in a goalless draw at ADO Den Haag on Friday. FC Utrecht took over the top position with a 4-3 victory at PEC Zwolle. Judith Roosjen scored a hat-trick on behalf of Utrecht, Bo van Egmond did the same for PEC Zwolle. The home team ended the match with ten players after a red card for Maud Rutgers.