The mini-Classic between Ajax O19 and Feyenoord O19 ended in 3-4. The Rotterdam team’s victory was not enough for the championship. The bowl went to the talents of AZ, who themselves defeated FC Utrecht.
With names such as Luca Messori, Lucas Jetten and Marvyn Muzungu, the Amsterdam talents took on arch-rival Feyenoord. Just under a month ago, the mini-Classic was completed at Varkenoord. That match ended 3-2 in favor of the Rotterdam team.
The match was scheduled for De Toekomst on Wednesday afternoon. Ajax O19 started the match strongly and within eleven minutes there was a 2-0 score on the scoreboard in Amsterdam. The first two hits came from the head of Jessurun Simeon and the foot of Leroy Fränkel. Just before the half-time signal, Feyenoord did something back by making it 2-1 from a corner, which was also the half-time score.
Ten minutes after halftime, the Rotterdam team immediately equalized. From the edge of sixteen, the ball fell inside the post behind Ajax goalie Valentijn van der Velde, who held his team up a number of times, but here it turned out to have no chance. The Feyenoord team wanted more and made it 3-2 after more than an hour of play. The lead could not be enjoyed for long, as the home team equalized immediately after the kick-off. Simeon scored his second on a pass from Messori.
After the 3-3 the game went back and forth. The biggest chances were still for Feyenoord, which had a chance of winning the championship if they won. However, the winning goal did not seem to be coming to De Toekomst until minute one hundred. The Rotterdam team still made it 3-4 from a corner in the absolute final phase.
It doesn’t win them the championship. It goes to Alkmaar. AZ, which also took action on Wednesday afternoon, crowned itself champion of the autumn competition thanks to its own win. The Alkmaarders defeated FC Utrecht 4-1 and were able to receive the bowl afterwards.
