Football: Ajax suffers a new humiliation against Feyenoord

Ajax's disastrous season experienced another humiliating episode this Sunday, with a record 6-0 defeat at historic rivals Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Eredivisie "Klassieker".

Feyenoord dominated the match in all areas and led 3-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Igor Paixao, Yankuba Minteh and David Hancko, much to the delight of the Kuip supporters.

The second half was the same: Paixao and Minteh each scored a second goal, Quinten Timber completing the humiliation.

Ajax, four-time European champion, is experiencing a catastrophic season, both on and off the field. The club had the worst start to a season in its history in the Dutch first division, briefly occupying last place.

Club of Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp, ​​Ajax has recovered somewhat since this difficult start to the championship, but still occupies an unusual sixth place.

The Amsterdam team is 31 points behind PSV Eindhoven, the undisputed leader, and qualification for a European Cup seems more and more hypothetical. To make matters worse, the club revealed two embarrassing financial slip-ups this week.

On Tuesday, the company announced it was suspending CEO and President Alex Kroes on suspicion of insider trading. Kroes purchased more than 17,000 shares a week before his appointment was announced on August 2, 2023.

On Friday it then emerged that club president Michael van Praag, who had strongly criticized Kroes during the week, had 'forgotten' to declare to the relevant authorities the shares he held in the club. As for Feyenoord, they completed an extraordinary double after dominating their rival 4-0 away earlier in the season. It occupies second place in the standings, nine points behind PSV.