Igor Paixão (center) bagged a brace for Feyenoord against Ajax on Sunday.

Ajax’s dismal season took a further turn for the worse after they were thrashed 6-0 by Feyenoord in the Eredelvise on Sunday.

The clash between these two sides, dubbed De Klassieker (The Classic), is the standout fixture of the Dutch league but Ajax’s implosion this season meant Feyenoord were no contest for their rivals.

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Feyenoord found themselves three goals up at half-time courtesy of strikes from Igor Paixão, Yankuba Minteh and David Hancko. Three goals in a nine-minute spell in the second-half saw the hosts double their lead, with Minteh and Paixão both adding to their tally either side of Quinten Timber‘s strike.

The result leaves Ajax in sixth place on 45 points, a staggering 24 points behind Feyenoord in second-place. Their loss on Sunday was their eighth in the league and their biggest ever in the Eredelvise. 

The Amsterdam side, who went into the game looking for revenge following their 4-0 defeat to Feyenoord in the reverse fixture, fielded a weakened side with Jordan Henderson, Steven Berghuis, Diant Ramaj and Brian Brobbey all missing through injury. They proved no match for a rampant Feyenoord side, who allowed Ajax just a solitary shot on goal and took 29 of their own.

The defeat marks the end to a dire week for Ajax, who on Tuesday suspended their chief executive Alex Kroes just two weeks into his tenure for suspected insider dealing.


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