It has been restless around the last training of Feyenoord prior to the Classic against Ajax. Supporters gathered in the morning with torches and heavy fireworks around the training complex 1908 in Rotterdam. They chanted slogans directed against Ajax. According to RTV Rijnmond and the Algemeen Dagblad several arrests have been made by the police and according to The Telegraph “Dozens of supporters clashed with the police.”
According to the newspaper, the atmosphere among the hundreds of supporters was restless. The heavy fireworks caused crying children who had come to the training with their father or mother. A small group of supporters and the ME also came into conflict with each other briefly. Buses were attacked with wooden sticks and stones were thrown.
After two hours of challenging, setting off fireworks, pelting the police and endlessly ‘Jews on the gas’, the last training for Feyenoord-Ajax is over. More info at https://t.co/5ysoRak8fB pic.twitter.com/78nSZKu1d0
– Peter Groenendijk (@groenendijkp) May 8, 2021
The explosions at The Hide Away and ‘t Haantje, two Feyenoord cafes, ensure that the animosity among the supporters is great. In the night from Friday to Saturday, a firework bomb exploded at an Ajax café in Amsterdam-West. Part of the Legion gathered at The Hide Away in the morning. The supporters then walked to the training complex of Feyenoord.
As a precaution, the police had cordoned off the Buitendijk, the place where the supporters normally gather. Some supporters who insisted on going there were arrested. Earlier this year, such a final training session by Feyenoord also resulted in disturbances. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb then announced that he no longer wanted this. That is why police officers were already on their feet on Saturday morning before the start of the training.
Was fun again Abou! #TheNorthside #Feyenoord #Rotterdam pic.twitter.com/vWnDRhkHcy
– The North side (@DeNoordzijde) May 8, 2021
The Telegraph reports on the basis of an ANP photographer present that the supporters not only threw fireworks but also ‘with road signs pulled out of the ground, stones, paving stones and pieces of wood’. According to RTV Rijnmond traffic signs were also thrown. When the players of Feyenoord went to train on a side field, the supporters moved. After a brief statement of support for the selection, peace returned, the regional broadcaster reports.