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Then and now  First article: Feyenoord 5-2 Ajax 11 April 1931 Second article: Feyenoord 1-1 Ajax 31 January 2010

For The board of Feyenoord it was a great idea to play their first home match in the Dutch competition at the stadium of Sparta. The stadium was sold out and there was a very good atmosphere around the stadium. There were also Ajax supporters who visited the match, but they didn’t enjoy the match at all. The Ajax players failed to give the Feyenoord players a hard time, and this was seen in the scoreline: 5-2. Feyenoord-Ajax

Then  Feyenoord didn’t start off too well. The defence was a huge mess and they weren’t able to put pressure on Ajax’ defence. After 12 minutes Ajax opened the score, after a mistake of van Bul van Reenen was able to break the deadlock. After the goal Feyenoord went from strength to strength and with half-time, it was a miracle that Feyenoord were only leading by two goals to one. The Ajax attack was hopeless against the strong back of Feyenoord.

Past  But after the break Feyenoord continued the way they ended the first half, with strong, attacking football. Ajax couldn’t cope with it and Feyenoord was able to score 3 more goals. This was enough to win the match; Ajax just scored one goal, which came from the penalty spot.

The 169th ‘Klassieker’ between Feyenoord and Ajax ended up in a 1-1 draw. After Pantelic broke the deadlock Wijnaldum equalised for the club from Rotterdam Supported by enthusiastic fans Feyenoord started strong and created a couple of chances. Bahia shot after two minutes, but the shot went wide. Eight minutes later John-Dahl Tomasson got yellow after going down in the 18-yard box without being touched by someone. After this the match became quite boring until Ajax created the first chance. Oleguer played the ball to Rommendahl, who passed it through to Demy de Zeeuw. The Dutch international played the ball towards Pantelic. The Serbian transfered the ball into the back of the net; 0-1 to Ajax. This was also the scoreline after 45 minutes. Now

After 56 minutes Roy Makaay replaced Denny Landzaat. This didn’t work out, Ajax even got the better chance. Unfortunately for Ajax, Luis Suárez wasn’t as accurate as usual. Feyenoord equalised ; Emanuelson played the ball back to Stekelenburg wrongly, Wijnaldum was there to take advantage of this. He pulled back the trigger and scored for Feyenoord: 1-1. Now

 After the 1-1 Feyenoord got the belief they could win against Ajax, and started to increase the pressure on the Ajax defence. Sekou Cissé was denied by Stekelenburg, and so was Roy Makaay. Because of this Stekelenburg became Ajax’ most valuable player and ensured the point for the people from Amsterdam. After the winter break Ajax isn’t able to get the right form and so the difference between Ajax and the leader, Twente, is increasing. Ajax need to start winning games, otherwise it could become the seventh consecutive season without a league title for Ajax.

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