Weekends other matches 19/20 April
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Thanks - it slipped my mind. I didn't realize they could stoop that low.
The Dutch Cup final was yesterday. It was the first time in 5 years that Ajax had been to De Kuip (Feyenoord's stadium) due to violence. They were playing Zwolle and this happened
PEC Zwolle stun Ajax 5-1 in Dutch Cup Final... after rain of fireworks almost sees match abandoned in Rotterdam
By RICHARD ARROWSMITH
PUBLISHED: 19:40 GMT, 20 April 2014 | UPDATED: 20:08 GMT, 20 April 2014
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Overwhelming underdogs PEC Zwolle upset Eredivisie leaders Ajax 5-1 in a sensational Dutch Cup final - where the drama came from both on and off the pitch in equal measure.
The match in Rotterdam was suspended after the opening minutes when Zwolle's first foray into the holder's penalty area was greeted with a storm of fireworks thrown by the Ajax supporters. Police said 19 people were arrested before the kick-off for carrying fireworks and insulting behaviour.
Nonetheless, smoke bombs, flares and fireworks damaged the pitch and set an advertising hoarding alight to twice delay the match. Players were sent back to the dressing room with even former Ajax and Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar publicly pleading with fans to 'Stop with this sh*t'.
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Bring the rain! Fireworks hail down within minutes of the Dutch Cup final starting
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Original firestarter: Players flee for their own safety after an advertising hoarding is set alight
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Chaos! The showpiece event was almost abandoned because of crowd trouble that saw 19 arrested
Play resumed almost half an hour later when the provincial side surprised everyone by winning their first ever piece of silverware.
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Ajax looked on course for a league-cup double when Ricardo van Rhijn opened the scoring after only
three minutes but the disruption caused by the fireworks delay turned the game with New Zealand teenager Ryan Thomas scoring a brace shortly after the restart.
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Start with a bang: Players look on as flares and fireworks thrown by Ajax supporters cloud the pitch in smoke
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Retreat: The referee orders players back to the dressing room, forcing a half hour delay to the Dutch Cup Final
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Smoke screen: A PEC Zwolle player walks past the Ajax supporters responsible for causing the delay
Duyon Fernandez scored a brace of his own to give Zwolle a 4-1 lead at half-time before defender Bram van Polen made history.
The match was the first time Ajax fans have been at the Kuip stadium in five years. They have been banned from away matches against Rotterdam club Feyenoord because of crowd trouble.
Ajax are still avourites to win the league title - needing only one point from their final two games.
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False hope: Ajax players celebrate after Ricardo van Rhijn opened the scoring on three minutes
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Stunned: A brace from Ryan Thomas and Guyon Fernandez gave Zwolle an unexpected 4-1 lead at half-time
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History boys: Zwolle fans celebrate winning their first ever trophy after their 5-1 victory
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-match-abandoned-Rotterdam.html#ixzz2zVYNawfj
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PEC Zwolle stun Ajax 5-1 in Dutch Cup Final... after rain of fireworks almost sees match abandoned in Rotterdam
By RICHARD ARROWSMITH
PUBLISHED: 19:40 GMT, 20 April 2014 | UPDATED: 20:08 GMT, 20 April 2014
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comments
Overwhelming underdogs PEC Zwolle upset Eredivisie leaders Ajax 5-1 in a sensational Dutch Cup final - where the drama came from both on and off the pitch in equal measure.
The match in Rotterdam was suspended after the opening minutes when Zwolle's first foray into the holder's penalty area was greeted with a storm of fireworks thrown by the Ajax supporters. Police said 19 people were arrested before the kick-off for carrying fireworks and insulting behaviour.
Nonetheless, smoke bombs, flares and fireworks damaged the pitch and set an advertising hoarding alight to twice delay the match. Players were sent back to the dressing room with even former Ajax and Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar publicly pleading with fans to 'Stop with this sh*t'.
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Bring the rain! Fireworks hail down within minutes of the Dutch Cup final starting
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Original firestarter: Players flee for their own safety after an advertising hoarding is set alight
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Chaos! The showpiece event was almost abandoned because of crowd trouble that saw 19 arrested
Play resumed almost half an hour later when the provincial side surprised everyone by winning their first ever piece of silverware.
More...
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Ajax looked on course for a league-cup double when Ricardo van Rhijn opened the scoring after only
three minutes but the disruption caused by the fireworks delay turned the game with New Zealand teenager Ryan Thomas scoring a brace shortly after the restart.
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Start with a bang: Players look on as flares and fireworks thrown by Ajax supporters cloud the pitch in smoke
+9
Retreat: The referee orders players back to the dressing room, forcing a half hour delay to the Dutch Cup Final
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Smoke screen: A PEC Zwolle player walks past the Ajax supporters responsible for causing the delay
Duyon Fernandez scored a brace of his own to give Zwolle a 4-1 lead at half-time before defender Bram van Polen made history.
The match was the first time Ajax fans have been at the Kuip stadium in five years. They have been banned from away matches against Rotterdam club Feyenoord because of crowd trouble.
Ajax are still avourites to win the league title - needing only one point from their final two games.
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False hope: Ajax players celebrate after Ricardo van Rhijn opened the scoring on three minutes
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Stunned: A brace from Ryan Thomas and Guyon Fernandez gave Zwolle an unexpected 4-1 lead at half-time
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History boys: Zwolle fans celebrate winning their first ever trophy after their 5-1 victory
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-match-abandoned-Rotterdam.html#ixzz2zVYNawfj
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Maybe not, but there isnt much there bar pace imho. His one on one with the keeper yesterday was awful.
For the fee they want I'd stay well clear.
Spend 20 mill on Griezmann
Wenger has repeated this mantra about us being top cos we're not in Europe.
Off that I can only recall one team in the 20 odd years that's won it who wasn't in Europe, you'd think it'd happen all the time if it were such a big advantage.
Off that I can only recall one team in the 20 odd years that's won it who wasn't in Europe, you'd think it'd happen all the time if it were such a big advantage.
You'd think Arsenal was going really far in the tournament by the sounds of it, like they had 6 or 8 games more to play each season in the serious end of the tournament. But no.... they've been getting bounced in the round of 16 for 4 seasons in a row, meaning they've played 1 extra game in February, and 1 extra game in March, for 4 seasons in a row. 2 fucking extra games. Wow... that's tough.
Oh, and what's the big shitty deal about playing 2 extra games per month (total 6) ending in the first week of December? We used to play 10 fucking games more by end December when we were in the Europa League. But you don't hear us complaining that our games jeopardized our chances of making top four for the CL.
So Mourinho and Wenger can suck each other's cock.
He's always been quiet bitter. Still remember what he said when we won the CL.
Well, they're probably right in that respect. European football would've crippled this squad and it's helped enormously to have just one competition to focus on. There is nothing wrong with admitting that it is a huge advantage.
The thing is, it's a huge advantage for league hopefuls. That wasn't us or at least it wasn't meant to be. Now Wenger and Mourinho are talking about us as equals - a CL team. Would that have that been the case in at the beginning of the season? Fuck no. We were meant to be scrapping about in 5th place with Spurs hoping to nick 4th.
To go from 7th to 1st or even 2nd is crazy in the modern era and that's the story here - we are a shit team come good, not a good team done good because we've had less competitions to contend with.
Try telling that to the sour pussies like Mourinho and Wenger. When we were 4th and 5th from weeks 18 to 27, they were happy to keep their gobs shut. Then they play 1 game in February, 1 game in March and suddenly us having 2 fewer games to play is suddenly a supersized advantage.
Just typical of this pair of pussies to try and pull the wool over the fans who're happy to ignore the shit gutless work their teams are putting out on the pitch.
"Shit team" is going it a bit IMO. I see us as a fair to middling team with some outstanding individuals whose manager has made it the best it can be. Hopefully we'll now get the money to lay stronger foundations that that.
I'd stay clear of Griezmann. He's a slightly better version of Morten Gamst Pedersen. A Newcastle or Swansea level player if you will. He'd do okay in the PL I think but we need to set our sights much higher. 20 million would a horrible waste of money on him.
He's an 8-10 million player.
Hopefully WBA can hang on in there for as long as possible, even 1-0 down, then hope City get jittery and gift them something, Hart or Dimichelis are due another fuck up.
Hopefully Sessegnon can pull his finger out and do something, or anyone for that matter.
Hopefully Sessegnon can pull his finger out and do something, or anyone for that matter.
silva AND aguero. WBA in for a torrid time (sadly).
Chances are City will stroll this but they haven't really been smashing teams at home for quite a while, certainly nothing like they were earlier in the season.
West Brom have it all to play for, lets hope they have taken note of Sunderland and got some inspiration.
West Brom have it all to play for, lets hope they have taken note of Sunderland and got some inspiration.
And there's that 2 minute goal again...
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