PEC Zwolle thrashes Ajax to win Dutch Cup in a bizarre match
PEC Zwolle beat Ajax of Amsterdam 5-1 to win the KNVB Cup on Sunday.
The match was delayed for around half an hour in the first half as Ajax fans threw fireworks on the pitch after Ricardo van Rhijn opened the scoring.
The players went back to the dressing room and the disruption led a visibly emotional Ajax general director Edwin van der Sar to make a public appeal for the fans to ‘stop with this shit’.
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.
Zwolle was 4-1 up at half time.
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