Ajax blows again and Feyenoord ‘sorpasso’

He Ajax by Míchel Sánchez He punctured again after the national team break and wasted an opportunity to get closer to the leadership of the Eredivisie. Before the Dutch championship stopped, the ‘ajacied’ played at the Johan Cruyff Arena against the Excelsior (2-2) and this Saturday, also with Marc-André ter Stegen -on loan from Barcelona- between the sticks, they tied again at home against to NEC Nijmegen (1-1).

The game quickly turned to Ajax when Tolu Arokodare He opened the scoring in the 7th minute with a header. But Tjaronn chory It didn’t take long for them to tie by beating Ter Stegen with a penalty (19′) and the 1-1 score no longer changed. Míchel’s team remains fifth in the table, with 15 points in 8 rounds, but could not take advantage of the defeat of the until now leader.

There was a ‘surprise’ at the top of the classification since Gio van Bronckhorst’s Feyenoord ousted the AZ Alkmaar by handing them the first defeat of the championship in De Kuip (2-0). Nacho Ferri (13′) and the Spanish Javi López, on loan from Real Sociedad, at the hour mark, they scored the goals.

Feyenoord now leads the table with 20 points, one ahead of PSV, who beat Heerenveen (2-0) on Friday, and AZ itself.