Four years ago Ajax set the tone at the Bernabéu with a historic win (1-4). With Ten Hag on the bench and with De Jong, Tadic, Ziyech, Neres, Blind and Schone, the Dutch team once again dreamed big in Europe by reaching the semifinals of the Champions League. Today the situation in Amsterdam is very different. Drama stalks this historic European football player, always an example for his offensive style and his commitment to young talent. After seven games, Ajax is second to last and has only had one win so far in the league.
Everything went wrong in February 2022, when Marc Overmars, then the club's sporting director, was forced to resign for sending an intimate photo to an employee in the bathrooms of the club's offices. The institution acted forcefully against one of its great symbols. Van der Saar came to the rescue first and then Klaus-Jan Huntelaar. The latter temporarily resigned just a couple of days ago, claiming to be mentally exhausted. On the bench, Alfred Schreuder replaced Ten Hag but was dismissed mid-season. Heitinga, another historic member of the club, finished the course.
This year everything got worse. The departure of Tadic, Klaasen, Timber, Kudus and Edson Álvarez was replaced by young, unknown and inexperienced footballers. Despite having spent almost 100 million euros, the results have not been consistent and the first to pay it was Sven Mislintat, sporting director who discovered Robert Lewandowski, dismissed 100 days after his arrival. The defeat against Feyenoord (0-4) and the defeat against Utrech (4-3) yesterday also put Maurice Steijn, current coach, on the ropes, the last to be singled out for the nightmare that this historical team is experiencing
