19527 Feyenoord - FC Groningen full time Incredible...Makkelie for the second time in a week (NEC with Sandler) doesnot red card a player fouling the broken through player of Feyenoord. This time goalie Vaessen.
19544 NAC - Ajax full time: Mika Godts helps Ajax to a much-needed win in Breda with an unparalleled goal and a great assist After Heracles, Ajax has also put aside relegation candidate NAC. Mika Godts stole the show in the mediocre duel with a world goal: 0-2.
FC Twente - NEC, a first half with two completely different faces. Twente started eagerly, dominated the match and took a deserved lead. While the Grolsch Veste was waiting for the 2-0, NEC suddenly struck. A nice through ball from Sandler and goal from Linssen turned the game around. In the last minutes, the Nijmegen team pushed and Twente breathed a sigh of relief that it went into halftime with 'only' 1-1.
Matchday 32 schedule with what could be decisive matches: A thriller end run for both the top AND the bottom of the league. The champion and the direct relegated club are now known, but for the 2nd and 3d spot and the relegation play off spots anything still is possible.
19879 VI'sTeam of the Week, matchday 31: Het Elftal van de Week ziet er dus als volgt uit: Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles, 7,0); Shawn Adeyowe (Fortuna Sittard, 6,5), Gernot Trauner (Feyenoord, 7,0), Youri Baas (Ajax, 7,0), Jordan Bos (Feyenoord (7,5); Philip Brittijn (Fortuna Sittard, 7,5), Cedric Hatenboer (Telstar, 7,5), Noah Naujoks (Excelsior, 7,5); Esmir Bajraktarevic (PSV, 9,0), Derensili Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior, 8,5), Mika Godts (Ajax, 8,5).
There is a long article over here on US ESPN on the whole Dutch foreign passport issue that is affecting several teams: Passport chaos and the crisis that has consumed Dutch Eredivisie - ESPN I was curious about Martin Paes who is an Indonesian international and had to relinquish his Dutch citizenship to play for them. Ajax understood the issue and got the necessary work permit before he played a single match. It will be interesting to see how this plays out now. I don't think the league is going to replay over 100 matches.
20027 It's impossible to replay the matches involved, so I wonder if the KNVB could pull a covid act and declare the table as it is a fact. Depending on when the issue was first mentioned publicly, you could have known it. If I was the judge, I would rule NAC, and for that any other club, should have protested beforehand, with the hindsight of the loss. Would they have filed a complaint if it was a win and crucial 3 points to stay above the relegation play off line? Nope.
20116 Ajax watcher of the Ajax Amsterdam newspaper de Telegraaf, predicted a 3-1 win for Ajax, talked about a 3 point gift, because Perisic on purpose took a yellow card just before the end of last match with already a comfortable win in the pocket, to realize a long holiday for himself. Several other key players are absent too, like Schouten, Saibari, probably Veerman. Well, let's see if PSV B-team folds.
Today's results: Well, it's a weird month with teams for UEFA spots dropping points like hot potatoes.