Ajax comes away well against Telstar
Partly due to the lost title battle, Farioli says goodbye to Ajax (with tears in his eyes) and leaves for FC Porto. Child of the club, John Heitinga, is given the task of becoming head coach for the second time in his coaching career. For the Amsterdam team, the first match seems simple at first glance: at home against PhD student Telstar. Yet nothing turns out to be further from the truth.
As we will see more often in the following months, the visitors regularly attack. Ajax wins 2-0 thanks to two goals from Weghorst, but the Velsen residents get shooting opportunity after shooting opportunity. Ultimately, Telstar even shot on target more often than the home team. The first grumbling around Heitinga is already starting and will only become more intense in the coming months under his leadership.
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