The Minister of Justice and Security, Dilan Yesilgöz – Zegerius, has lashed out hard at the 32-year-old Feyenoord supporter who pelted Davy Klaassen with an object on Wednesday evening. The Ajax midfielder was hit by an object from the audience in the second half, after which blood flowed from his head. Allard Lindhout then decided to temporarily stop the game.
“What a low,” Yesilgöz writes on Twitter. “What a shame. If you harass or pelt players you are not a supporter, but a huge bastard who must be punished.” Just before that, Klaassen took care of the 1-2 lead for Ajax. Shortly afterwards, the the Dutch international suffered a head injury and was unable to play the game. The Rotterdam Police announced that the perpetrator, a man from Roelofarendsveen, has been arrested.
What a low point. What a shame. If you harass or pelt players you are not a supporter, but a huge bastard who needs to be punished. #feyaja
— Dilan Yesilgoz – Zegerius (@DilanYesilgoz) April 5, 2023
Klaassen left afterwards ESPN know that things are going well for him. “It’s going fine. It’s going okay, but I had a throbbing feeling in the head, difficulty focusing. Then I can continue very bravely, but that doesn’t make much sense.” Klaassen was replaced by Brian Brobbey. Ajax held on with the necessary art and flying and thus qualified for the final, in which PSV will be the opponent on April 30.
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Dennis te Kloese also joined in afterwards ESPN about the most talked-about moment of De Classic. “Very bad,” said Feyenoord’s general manager. “I want to agree with the words of John de Wolf. It was of course very disappointing on all fronts. We have caught a good moment from a sporting point of view and an incident like this causes an incredible amount of energy to be lost. You also saw that after the resumption “This cannot be justified at all. My apologies also go out to Klaassen, I have done that personally. The field is sacred. Players on the field must feel safe.”
When the match was halted, assistant coach John de Wolf spoke sternly to the Feyenoord crowd. “Hello, hello, supporters. Within quotation marks. You, on that side”, De Wolf pointed to the box from where the lighter was thrown on Klaassen’s head. “Use your brain, god damn it. Make sure nothing else gets on the field. Get behind the team. We want to go for it again, so we really need your support, but use your mind. Use your brain!”