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Ajax fully understands the decision to end the season in the Netherlands without being named champion.
“Children of the Gods” manager Edwin van der Sar said the club understood the decision of the Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) to end the season without declaring a champion due to a coronavirus pandemic.
The Federation’s decision came after the local government decided to ban all public events until September 1.
Ajax and AZ Alkmaar each had 56 points, with both teams having nine games to play. But now with the premature end of the season, the Eredivisies will remain without a champion for the first time since 1945.
“All of us footballers and coaches want to win our trophies on the field,” Van der Sar told club television.
We have been in the classification throughout the season and it is a shame that we do not have the opportunity to become champions, but given the situation we find ourselves in, this is understandable.
There are much more important things than soccer at the moment. “
Despite the end of the season, Ajax and I are expected to play in qualifying for the Champions League groupings next season. The next three teams in the standings: Feyenrod, PSV and Willem II will participate in the Europa League tournament.
However, the Sixth Utrecht disagrees with this decision of the Federation. Utrecht was three points behind Willem II and with less than a game to go, in addition to the Dutch Cup final against Feyenoord.
The club came out with a sharp statement against KNVB, accusing the Federation of ignoring the cup tournament as a ticket to Europe.
KNVB also decided that there would be no second-level elites or assistants, of which the leader in the Erste division was Cambouur, who had a four-point advantage over second De Graafshap and 11 before third Volendam, giving the first two places a mandatory promotion. , was far from satisfied.
“This is the biggest scandal in the history of Dutch sport,” said Cambour coach Hank de Jong.
