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Feyenoord has started the new football season badly. The reigning champions could only avoid defeat in the final minutes away at fellow Rotterdammers Sparta Rotterdam: 2-2. Feyenoord was unable to defeat Fortuna Sittard at home last week in the first round of the Eredivisie season in a goalless draw and had also lost 1-0 to PSV a week before that in the Johan Cruijff Schaal.
Gunshots rang out were fired near the entrance of the Sparta stadium on Huygensstraat in Rotterdam early on Wednesday morning. A 26-year-old man from Rotterdam showed up at a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds a short time later. The police arrested him and are investigating what happened, the police said.
ADO’s Michiel Kramer (on the ground) scores to deny PSV. Photo: ANP/Maurice van Steen Ajax stretched their lead at the top of the Eredivisie to six points as nearest rivals PSV saw three points slip away in the last seconds of their match against ADO Den Haag. PSV coach Roger Schmidt was unable to hide his frustration after watching Michiel Kramer snatch a late point in a match his side had dominated, registering 35 shots at goal. Donyell Malen had earlier turned around an early deficit with two second-half goals. ‘It’s actually impossible not to win this game,’ Schmidt said. ‘We ga...
The hosts got off to a bright start in the fourth minute when Bryan Smeets unleashed an unstoppable shot past goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo due to some shambolic defending by the PSV defenders. In the 24th minute, the visitors levelled matters through Mauro Junior, who headed past goalkeeper Okoye thanks to a cross from Cody Gakpo, who is of Togolese and Ghanaian descent. The score was 1-1 at the half-time break. Two minutes into the second-half, Malen restored PSV’s lead – beating Okoye from close range owing to another piece of poor defending by the hosts. In the 49th minute, England youth inte...
Ajax three points clear after battling win over Feyenoord, Vitesse go second Ryan Gravenberch fires in the winning goal for Ajax. Photo: Maurice van Steen/ANP Ajax retained their three-point lead in the Eredivisie as they overcame Feyenoord in their second big domestic clash in as many weeks. Ryan Gravenberch scored the only goal of the game after 22 minutes with a left-foot shot after side-stepping Marco Senesi. Feyenoord had chances to equalise, notably in injury time when Leroy Fer had a shot well saved by Andre Onana and Luis Sinisterra’s header cannoned off the bar. Ajax coach Erik te...