Coach at son’s wedding, Ajax humiliated by C-team

Ajax out of the Dutch Cup

A real humiliation — as moreover pointed out by the Dutch press — that suffered by Ajax on Thursday night. The Amsterdam team, which is already going through a very bad time, was eliminated from the Dutch Cup at the hands of Hercules of Utrecht, a team that is engaged in the third division league, our C series, to be clear.

The’Hercules came out on top 3-2 over the red-and-whites. It was a historic defeat for the Lancers, who went down by two goals, reeled in their rivals in the final period with Brobbey and Chuba Akpom, but then, in the midst of recovery suffered another goal from newcomer Mats Groteberg.

The match è was played at the Galgenwaard stadium because the Voordorp sports park, where the Hercules usually perform, could not be properly lit. On the Ajax bench, on the occasion, sat second Michael Valkanis: the white-and-white coach, former Genoa footballer John van 't Schip, è in Australia for his son’s wedding.