The arrival of John Heitinga gives great results to Ajax. After securing home wins against Excelsior (1-4) and Cambuur (0-5) in the Eredivisie that allowed them to come within three points of leaders Feyenoord, the historic team from Amsterdam is reached the quarterfinals of the Netherlands Cup thanks to his tight victory this time also as a guest against Twente (0-1).
It was the 70th minute, striker Mohamed Kudus, who played in the Qatar World Cup with the Ghana team, ended a game of forced attack by Ajax after receiving the ball from captain Dusan Tadic in place, which left a span of ground by a defender and beat Lars Unnerstall, goal for Twente, fifth in the Eredivisie, on his exit.
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Kudus has continued to be a key player in Ajax’s resurgence since the sacking of Alfred Schreuder, second in command to Ronald Koeman at Barça. The Ghanaian was also decisive in the two previous games with Heitinga on the bench: against Excelsior he scored and against Cambuur he provided an assist.
Heitinga was first hired on January 27 as caretaker manager, but after his debut two days later with a 4-1 win over Excelsior, Ajax announced on February 2 that he would remain on the bench at least until the end of season.
In addition to Ajax, Feyenoord, defending champions PSV, Heerenveen, Utrecht, De Graafschap (Second) and Spakenburg (Third) qualified for the quarterfinals of the Netherlands Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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