Ajax’s season reached a new low on Sunday as they lost 6-0 to archrivals Feyenoord. Igor Paixao and Yankuba Minteh each scored a double, with David Hancko and Quinten Timber scoring the other goals.It was Feyenoord’s biggest win against Ajax and the first time in the Amsterdam club’s history that they didn’t score in two matches against the reigning champions.
Feyenoord were knocked out of European competition by AS Roma for the third season in a row on Thursday. Both matches between the sides finished in a draw, but the Italian side won on penalties. It is the third time in the last five years that Roma has beaten Feyenoord in European competition. The Romans knocked the Rotterdammers out in extra time of the Europa League last season and beat them in the final of the UEFA Conference League two seasons ago.
Feyenoord is PSV's biggest challenger in the Eredivisie for the time being. The reigning champions won the home match against AZ (1-0), and with that, they climbed to second in the table with a seven-point gap to the dominant league leaders in Eindhoven.
Feyenoord have dropped from the top of their UEFA Champions League group to third after losing 1-0 against Lazio in Rome on Tuesday. Ciro Immobile’s first-half goal was enough to separate the two sides. Arne Slot started the match with Igor Paixao in the left-wing position. The Brazilian was preferred to Luka Ivanusec. They were boosted by Mats Wieffer returning to the side. The Oranje international has recovered from the flu.
Feyenoord lost for the first time in the Eredivisie this season on Sunday against FC Twente. Twente have now gone above Feyenoord with the victory. Manfred Ugalde and Ricky van Wolfswinkel got the goals for Twente, with Lutsharel Geertruida getting Feyenoord’s solitary goal. Ramiz Zerrouki kept his place in the Feyenoord side after scoring against Lazio in the Champions League in midweek. Zerrouki was facing his old side in Twente, who played for from 2019 until last summer when he joined the reigning champions.