Ajax-MVV
Entry of:07-05-2000
Ajax this week:
On the 17th grasslawn of this season Ajax honoured Bobby Haarms, the
injury-recovery trainer,an Ajax member since 1947. But allthough he has
seen a lot,this afternoon must have suprised him. A total disgrace showed itself
in front of his eyes. A weak opponent got Ajax almost on its knees. MVV made
it quite difficult for Ajax to get in the game. Gronkjaer,v.Halst,Witschge and
Chivu showed some workingspirit, the rest sucked bigtime. Especially Arveladze
and Grim seemed not even worthy of the Ajax-amateurs. Arveladze had no
selfconfidence whatsoever and missed hopelessly every pass that came in front
of the goal. Grim also was grabbing air instead of the ball and Ajax was very lucky
that no goals were scored against them. And Arveladze was substituted by Wamberto
in the second half but also this small Brasilian midget could not do any damage.
Therefore it is typical that the victory in the end came to the Amsterdam 11 by
a goal of a defender, Chivu scored in the rebound in the 85th minute. And that
meant that Champions League(how undeserved it may be)is still possible
with a big truckload of luck next week. After the game Bobby Haarms got
a farewellsalute in Ajax-style. Fireworks, showing of emotions made the
afternoon worthy to remember, not the poor result, cause I wish Bobby that
he only will remember the farewell, not the game...
Ajax next week: So next week, on Sunday May 14th this season of hell ends
in the town where I live, where Ajax plays FC Utrecht. This game is crucial
especially when other competing teams loose in the other games. Ajax has to
breathe one more time deeply and give their best, and they will have a small
chance of winning. FC Utrecht is not the worlds strongest footballteam, so
about 50% chances of winning.
Note for Ajax this week: 5
Competition this week:
With PSV solid at first place, Heerenveen joined the Eindhoven team in the
Champions League for next season. With a poor 1-1 draw at home against a fierce
fighting(against relegation) FC Den Bosch they secured the 2nd place in the table.
The third place is still all open. Feyenoord won in Nijmegen from NEC with a 0-2
victory and Vitesse terminated AZ dreams of European football in Alkmaar with
a 0-1 win through a goal from van Hooydonk. Feyenoord is now in 3rd place with 1
point gap with Vitesse and 2 points to Ajax.Feyenoord has a tough game home
against FC Twente ahead of them, last team won their game today against Graafschap
with 4-0. To play European football FC Twente should win in Rotterdam next week.
Champion PSV won,in Rotterdam from Sparta with a 0-2 but it had little significance
More important was the win from Cambuur L at Willem II(1-4) which put
Den Bosch in a very tough position.
Note for competition this week: 6
Moment of the week:
Again a tribute to Foppe de Haan who reached the Champions League with
Heerenveen, astonishing and I wish them the best of luck next year.
Ajax signed Czech international Tomas Galasek for next season. This midfielder
is a solid player but 1 player can't make the difference. At the beginning of this
season Ajax also invested a lot, and we all know where that lead Ajax.
As a last item, I would like to bring on the question whether this homepage
should be continued next season. If you are a regular visitor of this page and
like it, than please write me an Email in which you tell me why you like it and
if you want it to continue. If I get little or no reply this page will probably stop
when the season is over. So MAIL ME
=Willem ter Haar=
(Kind of badtempered because what seemed to be Champions League
now is turning out to be UEFA Cup next season)
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