Nobody expected this. The draw for the quarter-finals of the Dutch Women’s Cup ended this Monday with an unusual match between two teams from the same club. We’re talking about the Ajax first team, the reigning Dutch women’s football champions, and the Ajax under-19 team, which entered the competition after winning the Dutch under-23 championship last year.
“It’s a shame to play against our own club. But on the other hand, it is a great experience for our young girls to meet players who are in the quarter-finals of a competition like the Women’s Champions League. feeling,” he said. Anouk Bruil, coach of the Ajax U19 women’s team.
Ajax’s U19 players are actually the “outsiders” of this round, which also includes some of the country’s biggest teams such as Feyenoord, Twente, Fortuna Sittard, Ultracht, Excelsior and Heerenveen after knocking them out of the round. The previous Telstar, currently finished last in the 1st Division with a clear 3–0 score.
After the draw, the club continued to joke about the situation on social networks: “We will play Ajax in the quarter-finals!”, you can read in one of the publications about the draw that took place this Monday.
We will play Ajax in the quarterfinals! ??? pic.twitter.com/weWVbCOyos
— Ajax Vrouwen (@AjaxVrouwen) February 19, 2024
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Source: CM Jornal
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