The match for the Johan Cruijff Scale between national champion Ajax and cup winner PSV will be played next Saturday. PSV had asked the KNVB football association to play the game earlier in order to have a little longer preparation time for the meeting with AS Monaco on Tuesday 2 August. This in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. According to the KNVB, the competition for the Johan Cruijff Scale is not possible.
“It is true that there has been a request and that we have thought about this with PSV. After all, as the KNVB, we are there for the clubs and we think along with the clubs as much as possible,” a spokesperson for the football association said.
According to him, the period to move the match turned out to be too short. “In such a situation, contact must also be made with the Amsterdam police, the Johan Cruijff ArenA and ESPN. From an organizational point of view, it requires quite a bit to move a match. The final conclusion was that it was no longer possible to realize in this short term. to move on with this match.”
The date of the competition for the Johan Cruijff Scale had been known for a long time. PSV hoped to be able to play the away match in the third qualifying round of the Champions League on Wednesday 3 August instead of Tuesday 2 August, but that is not the case. The home club can choose from those two dates and Monaco has opted for August 2.
The return between PSV and AS Monaco is Tuesday 9 August in Eindhoven. The winner qualifies for the play-offs, in which a place can be earned for the lucrative main tournament of the Champions League.
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