Davy Klassen was left infuriated after Feyenoord’s goalkeeper told him to GET UP after being struck by an object thrown from the crowd.
The KNVB Cup die Klassieker semi-final was marred by ugly scenes and had to be suspended after an hour when a missile thrown from the crowd struck Klassen and left him bloodied at Feyenoord's De Kuip stadium. Officials took players off the pitch before returning to play the last half an hour or so.
Ajax held on for a 2-1 win over their rivals thanks to captain Dusan Tadic’s opener and the winner from Klassen himself either side of Santiago Giminez’s leveller on the stroke of half time. Kenneth Taylor was shown a red card deep into stoppage time, but the major talking point was the shocking incident that left Klassen bleeding from a head wound and the players’ forced to head up the tunnel while things calmed down on the terraces.
Former Everton man Klassen says he was raging after feeling something strike his head, but was even more furious when opposing keeper Timon Wellenreuther decided to get involved and told Klassen to get up and get on with it despite his injuries. And while the experienced Klassen knows just what to expect when his country’s big two do battle, he condemned Wednesday night as too far even for a notoriously volatile fixture.
“These are always crazy matches when you play here,” the Dutch international told ESPN. “But we didn’t expect this. It goes beyond all limits.
“I felt something pretty hard. At first I felt anger inside, and I got even angrier when their goalkeeper ran over and shouted that I had to get up.
“Then another player looked at my head and it turned out I was covered in blood. I wanted to get away from the sidelines. I then had a throbbing feeling in my head and had trouble focusing so had to come off.”
Ajax will now face PSV in the final after edging out their bitter rivals. The Eindhoven outfit defeated Spakenburg on Tuesday night.
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