Weekend Action in the Eredivisie

February 9th, 2010 | by: Jan | Comments(16)

Last Ajax team winning the title: spot Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Pienaar and De Jong!

We pick up on Eredivisie action when the action deserves it and when I have the bloody time to cover it (or see it).

After 20+ games, there’s no hiding really. If you’re in the top 4, you’re probably doing ok, when you’re the number last, you probably deserve to be.

This last weekend was a crucial one for Feyenoord, AZ (title-holder), Ajax and Twente. PSV won their game without a problem and were ready to go into carnival mode. Now mind you, Eindhoven carnival is nowhere near Brazilian carnival. They simply don’t have those girls in Eindhoven! Or that music! Or that weather.

Carnival in Eindhoven is about singing silly things when drunk or acting as if you’re drunk ( seriously, there’s only one thing more pathetic that drunken guys in the stadium, singing “Oleee olee oleeee oleeeeee….” and that is drunken guys walking a conga line in a old brown pub in Eindhoven, singing: “There is a horse in the hallway, yeah yeah, a horse in the hallway, at our neighbors’ place”… ) and getting totally pissed while wearing old farmers clothes. It is ridiculous.

But enough about that.

Would PSV enter the carnival on a high and get drunk? Or would they remain as they are, and get drunk.

If Ajax would lose against Twente and Feyenoord would win against AZ, Feyenoord would have their sights on the third spot, whilst keeping AZ at bay.

Ideal scenario for a Feyenoord fan.

But that’s not what went down. Ajax took Twente to the cleaners. Right until Demy de Zeeuw’s first goal, the game was well-balanced, but after the 1-0, Twente imploded and should be grateful for Ajax only scoring two more ( Pantelic and Suarez).

Feyenoord played an ok game against the champs, but it was AZ scoring first. Feyenoord equalized in the second half and everyone was getting used to another draw. Defender Moreno stole the 3 points in De Kuip in the dying minutes.

Feyenoord coach Mario Been was livid due to a ref’s mistake. Biseswar was torpedoed in the box, which should have resulted in a penalty kick and red card (defender Moisander already had a booking). But the ref was already with his mind in the conga line, in Eindhoven, singing “there is a horse in the hallway….”.

Mario Been: “It’s always bad to lose at home and in this case we conceded twice from setpieces and were denied a penalty. That’s sour grapes. But then again, AZ is a strong side and sometimes things don’t go your way. We’ll be ready to face Utrecht next week.”

This obviously means, PSV is stronger on the number 1 spot, Twente is losing the plot a bit, while Ajax is looking ahead to snatch the 2nd spot. Feyenoord is still solid on number 4, but Ajax is now 7 points away.

Mario Been has more reasons to be sad. His club has a debt of 37 mio euros and can’t make any money anymore by selling De Guzman. The Canadian born is transfer free at the end of the season. Been, sighing: “We might have to sell Wijnaldum, Fer and Vlaar this coming summer. That’s really sad, but it might be the only way to keep going.”

Firesale! Come in now. They all have to go! Special cash-deals available…