Ajax has drawn 2-2 against Vitesse in the last match of the Eredivisie season. Edson Álvarez saved a point for the national champion by heading in from a corner a few minutes before the end. With this, trainer Erik ten Hag says goodbye to the club after four and a half years with a division of points in Arnhem.
In the Gelredome, the players of Ajax received a guard of honor for the match of the Vitesse players. Last Wednesday, the team from Amsterdam crowned themselves national champions for the 36th time after winning sc Heerenveen† Because the championship had been won, the departing Erik ten Hag was replaced by Jay Gorter, Youri Regeer and Devyne Rensch.
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A strong opening phase by Ajax was crowned with a goal from Bran Brobbey after fifteen minutes of play. After an excellent through pass from Dusan Tadic, the RB Leipzig mercenary scored his seventh goal of the season.
Ajax then let the reins proud, so that Vitesse could become dangerous a number of times via Loïs Openda. Debutant Jay Gorter, however, stood at his post and kept his goal clean by intervening well and because the Arnhem team was not focused.
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Immediately after the break it was clear that Vitesse wanted to go into the play-offs with a good feeling. The Arnhem team pressed on and tied the score after a razor-sharp counter. Openda could easily walk in a custom cross. Ten minutes after the break it was again hit for the Arnhem team, because a blocked shot ended up at Openda’s feet and in the second instance the striker shot in the 2-1.
Steven Berghuis was close to a quick answer on behalf of Ajax. Brian Brobbey cleared the ball for the attacking midfielder who then hit the bar hard. In the 86th minute, Álvarez leveled the team from Amsterdam with a good header from a corner.
The limit of one hundred goals was just not reached, because the team is only two hits short for that. Álvarez could have even given Ajax victory in the absolute final phase, but he saw his effort hit the bar again.
Ajax setup: Gorter; Reign (Van Gelderen/79), Rensch (Kudus/64), Blind, Tagliafico (Salah-Eddine/64); Alvarez, Taylor, Berghuis, Tadic; Haller (Klaassen/57), Brobbey (Daramy/79)