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This game is not only a sign of absolute rivalry, but also the move by Erik ten Hag makes the game extra loaded. Ten Hag was a coach of FC Utrecht for one and a half years, before signing a contract in Amsterdam this winter.
Utrecht :
In Utrecht this is perhaps the game that lives the most in the Dom city. The Ajax from Amsterdam has been the great rival for decades and a victory does good in Utrecht and its surroundings. The team of new coach Jean-Paul de Jong can close the week in which it hit three top clubs.
However, that must be done on a miserable bad field. The snowfall and the subsequent snow shoveling in December, the field in De Galgenwaard clearly did little good. There is little green on the sides and pollen can be found all over the field. For footballing teams it does not get any easier and so this can be an advantage for the home team.
Last Wednesday, the duel with Feyenoord was overtaken and also during this game the flaws of the field clearly came forward. Both teams had a lot of trouble to make the game and that appeared especially in the initial stages of the game. The national champion took the lead, but needed the field. The shot by Sam Larsson bounced strange, so keeper David Jensen went under the ball. Gyrano Kerk put the Domstedelingen again next to Feyenoord. In the second half, FC Utrecht had chances to surpass Feyenoord, but failed to make it 2-1.
Ajax:
Also in Amsterdam there is a new trainer for the team and that is also immediately what makes this game extra tense. Erik ten Hag made the switch from FC Utrecht to the club in Amsterdam this winter. His predecessor Marcel Keizer had just been fired for this because of disappointing results. Erik ten Hag has a happy start by winning directly from that other big rival, Feyenoord.
Brilliant was the game of Ajax, however, not to mention the club from Rotterdam. The team from Amsterdam tried to play football, but too often it lacked the right final pass. The missing attacking intentions of Feyenoord did not work in that respect to make it a nice match. In the second half, the Ajax players had enough time in three minutes to send the Feyenoorders home empty-handed.
In Amsterdam they will undoubtedly be relieved that they have not encountered Feyenoord in great form. Ten Hag undoubtedly needed time to put the team to his hand and so the game against Feyenoord was not the ideal start in advance. After the match in Utrecht, a number of competitions will follow that are easier on paper. For Ten Hag the moment to get the team running.
Utrecht vs Ajax head to head matches
05.11.17 ERE Ajax Utrecht 1 : 2
22.01.17 ERE Utrecht Ajax 0 : 1
02.10.16 ERE Ajax Utrecht 3 : 2
17.04.16 ERE Ajax Utrecht 2 : 2
13.12.15 ERE Utrecht Ajax 1 : 0