Good day! Welcome to our live blog on this sunny Sunday. It is the day that Ajax can possibly become national champions for the 37th time. For that it depends on the result at Feyenoord against PSV. The Amsterdammers play against NEC from 4.45 pm and at the same time AZ will receive FC Groningen. Don’t miss anything about the developments and the other regional sports news in our live blog.
Last: Ajax – NEC 0-3
Last: AZ – FC Groningen 3-0
We close the live blog for today. It was a dramatic day for Ajax that did not become a champion and saw PSV approaching one point. Read the matches of Ajax and AZ back at your leisure via this live blog. We will be there again next Tuesday when Telstar is playing in-house against ADO Den Haag in the play-offs for promotion. Until then!
HCAW has enlarged the gap with Amsterdam Pirates in the big league baseball. The baseball players from Bussum beat the Amsterdammers 14-7. With that they restore themselves from yesterday’s defeat (6-4).
The Bussummers are second in the ranking with four points on the back of Neptunus. Pirates is third. Kinheim, Hoofddorp Pioniers and RCH Pinguins respectively sixth, seventh and eighth.
Ajax gets a big beating from NEC and falls 3-0. Sontje Hansen, Brayann Pereira and Sami Ouiassa make the goals. The difference with PSV has shrunk to one point with two more matches. FC Groningen is the next opponent on Wednesday.
The sun is shining for AZ today. Sven Mijnans, Ernest Poku and Mexx Meerdink shoot the Alkmaarders after a large victory at FC Groningen. They will play against FC Twente next Wednesday.
Jayden Addai has to leave the field injured. It is hope for AZ that it is not too heavy in the rag basket. There are at least two games in the Eredivisie and one in the play-off ahead. Mees de Wit is his replacement.
It is getting even sad on this Sunday. Sami Ouaissa scores the 3-0 for NEC and it is definitely decided. Again Ajax is very painfully ignored.
Unbelievable, but true. It is even 2-0 for the visitors from Nijmegen. Brayann Pereira is the maker of the goal. The championship is now very far away.
It is going in the wrong direction for Ajax. Sontje Hansen, precisely former player of the Amsterdammers, shoots the ball hard the ball out of reach of goalkeeper Remko Pasveer. Hansen immerses the arena in mourning.
Mexx Meerdink takes care of the 3-0 and decision in this match. He extends a free kick with the head.
We are loose again in the Johan Cruijff Arena. There is one change with the Amsterdammers in the second half, since Dies Janse comes into the field. He replaces Josip Šutalo.
AZ also started again after the break.
The hockey players of Hurley seemed to be heading for direct relegation from the main class for a long time. That feeling was confirmed with a 2-0 deficit against direct competitor Nijmegen. Via Joshua Keaveney and Hjalmar Voskuil it became 2-2, making the Amsterdammers the play-offs. Nijmegen was immediately relegated.
It is over in terms of the first half in Amsterdam and Alkmaar. The atmosphere is bad at the Johan Cruijff Arena and Ajax goes to the dressing room with a strermining whistle concert. At AZ the atmosphere is good, because they lead 2-0 by Sven Mijnans and Ernest Poku.
Kenneth Taylor can head very close to the goal of NEC. Goalkeeper Robin Roefs barely turns the ball and it remains 0-0.
Mijnans has caused the most danger so far, but someone else makes the 2-0. Ernest Poku goes with a lot of speed towards the goal, plays Etienne Vaessen and stings the second goal against the ropes.
Ernest Poku forces goalkeeper Etienne Vaessen two shortly in succession to a rescue. There could have been more for the AZ striker.
There is the first chance of Ajax. Kenneth Taylor rams the ball towards NEC’s goal, but Robin Roefs can turn.
AZ makes the opening goal against FC Groningen. After a cross from the right of Denso Kasius, Sven Mijnans taps the ball into the goal.
Ruben van Bommel gets the first chance of the game. The ball comes from a corner, but the attempt just passes.
Ajax is not becoming a champion today …. PSV fights back against Feyenoord in the second half and wins through a very late goal from Noa Lang: 3-2. He already took care of the equalizer.
Due to PSV’s victory, the difference with Ajax has shrunk to one point. That means that Ajax can be champion against FC Groningen next Wednesday, but first NEC is waiting.
PSV is completely back in the top match against Feyenoord. Noa Lang takes care of the equalizer after an error by Timon Wellenreuther.
PSV comes fairly quickly in the second half at 2-1 via Ivan Perisic. The tension is completely back after the connection goal.
Welcome to our live blog on this sunny Sunday. It is the day that Ajax can possibly become national champions for the 37th time. For that it depends on the result at Feyenoord against PSV. The Amsterdammers play against NEC from 4.45 pm and at the same time AZ will receive FC Groningen.