After last weekend’s international break, the Premier League will resume next weekend. FC Twente will face Ajax in the Grolsch Veste on Sunday afternoon, September 17. Things are not yet running smoothly at Ajax under the leadership of new coach Steijn, while Oosting has still won everything in the competition with its new team.
Ajax has only taken five points in the first three games. At first glance it did not seem like a difficult schedule at the beginning of the season, but nothing could be further from the truth. There was a 2-2 draw away at Excelsior and the match also ended in a draw against Fortuna Sittard. The opening match against Heracles Almelo was won 4-1, but there too they first fell behind 1-0.
Toine van Peperstraten, journalist and presenter at ESPN, expects that Ajax will have a difficult afternoon when they visit Enschede. “The results will soon turn everything around for the better. But if that doesn’t happen, with a program from FC Twente, Olympique Marseille and Feyenoord, then things shouldn’t be bad for Steijn,” van Peperstraten tells Football zone.
“It is hectic in Amsterdam at the moment. It is also not the case that Steijn can continue training for ten days now, because half of the players are flying out for international matches. A lot has to happen there in Amsterdam. I think it is gloomy for Ajax? If you ask how the top clubs are doing, Feyenoord and PSV are in excellent shape and Ajax is in very bad shape,” concludes the ESPN presenter.
Last season, the match in the Grolsch Veste was won 3-1 by FC Twente, via goals from Ugalde, Pleguezuelo and Cerny. However, that was not what it was about afterwards, as Berghuis came into conflict with a supporter close to the Ajax team bus. He received a three-match suspension for this, which he has now served. This means that he is eligible to play in the Premier League again for the first time against FC Twente.
2023-09-11 12:35:00
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