AJAX KAMPIOEN
A 2-0 Win against VVV-Venlo secured the 31st Championship for Ajax, after a 13 game win streak. 2 Goals by Siem De Jong on assists by Aissati.
The title has looked secure for a few matches after what can only be described as the closest spring part of the season ever, with 6 teams neck and neck since the league started up again in late January.
It is still close but todays results made it so there are only 2 clubs in the race for the 2nd CL spot, PSV (If they take it Heracles gets Europa League) and Feyenoord who are currently in the hot seat with 1 point more than PSV's 66. Feyenoord face off with the current number 4 Heerenveen who cannot make the CL spot due to goal difference despite only being 3 points behind, but can secure themselves Europa League by making sure AZ Alkmaar at 62 points can't catch them. Twente became the big loser of the night dropping from being very close to the lead just a few months ago till being out of the placements for the Europe spots.
Ajax has just the last game against Vitesse, of course Ajax fans want the club to continue the impressive winning streak and get the 14th in a row but it is a match without value to either team since Vitesse are in "limbo" in 7th place far from 6th and 8th, and Ajax of course clear champions without any games left to play.
After the league ends there are play-offs, for the remaining EL spot (Boo!) and the Jupiler League playoff, where number 16 and 17 in the Eredivise compete with the 8 clubs in the Jupiler league that won access to the play-off tournament (Fairly complicated, but its something along the lines of period champions, not places 2-9 in the league) FC Zwolle are the ones to join the Eredivise after summer.
Who goes down is yet to be decided, a real relegation battle against 17 and 18, Graafschap & Excelsior was on tonight which ended 2-2, Excelsior are last with 19 points while Graafschap have 21. Graafschap must have the match point since Excelsior face PSV in the last match while Graafschap face number 15 ADO Den Haag who are safe from relegation.
On the transfer speculation of Vertonghen, he was voted Man of the Match and of course got to lift the trophy as captain, he had 2 shots on the post in the first half and some great raids up the field that really got the fans going, a well played match from him.
Eriksen was possibly the poorest Ajax player of the match, lost a lot of balls and generally seemed a bit off touch, it wasn't a well played match at all and Eriksen was a bit symbolic of that, all though he celebrates very well and i think he might have gotten a little drunk even before the cameras were gone
