• Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • Lionel Messi
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
    • EA FC 25
    • Wrexham
  • Boxing
    • Tyson Fury
    • Anthony Joshua
    • Oleksandr Usyk
    • Mike Tyson
    • Jake Paul
    • Logan Paul
  • UFC
    • Dana White
    • Conor McGregor
    • Khabib Nurmagomedov
    • Jon Jones
    • Paddy Pimblett
    • Joe Rogan
  • Other Sport
    • Athletics
    • Formula 1
    • MMA
    • Motorsport
    • NBA
    • Darts
    • NFL
    • Snooker
    • Wrestling
    • Tennis
    • Cricket
    • Golf
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Ajax star gets sent off but remains on the pitch in incredibly rare decision

Home> Football> Football News

Updated 17:54 5 Jan 2025 GMTPublished 17:50 5 Jan 2025 GMT

Ajax star gets sent off but remains on the pitch in incredibly rare decision

The Ajax midfielder remained on the pitch despite being given his marching orders.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Featured Image Credit: YouTube & Ajax

Topics: Ajax, Eredivisie

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

X

@joshlawless_

Advert

Advert

Advert

Dutch giants Ajax benefitted from an incredibly rare decision after their captain was allowed to remain on the pitch despite being sent off.

Ajax are currently second in the Eredivisie, sitting six points behind league leaders PSV Eindhoven after 17 games played.

They have been enjoying a winter break from competitive action and will be back in the swing of things on Saturday when Francesco Farioli's side host RKC Waalwijk at the Johan Cruyff Arena.

Advert

But Ajax have been keeping busy and on Sunday, they played out of a friendly against Bundesliga side Stuttgart to keep ticking over.

The practice game finished 2-2 as plenty of players got vital minutes in the tank but Ajax skipper Davy Klaassen was shown a red card 10 minutes into the second half.

The former Everton midfielder produced a shocking late tackle which caught an opponent right on the ankle.

Advert

The foul was a clear red card offence and players rushed over in anger at the challenge, which saw the referee give Klaassen his marching orders as he sat on the turf.

However, it appears as though both managers had a discussion and it was decided the match would still be played 11 vs 11.

But instead of a different player coming into the game, the Netherlands international remained on the pitch after the referee agreed he was able to play on given it was only a friendly fixture.

The incident sparked plenty of reaction online, with fans weighing in with their opinion.

Advert

One wrote: "Well well, still it’s weird. He deserved that red tbh."

A second said: "It's a friendly but the rules should still apply."

A third asked: "Is this sunday league football?"

Another stated: "Fariolo at least could take him off the pitch out of respect."

Advert

A fifth added: "Imagine you bet a player to be sent off and this happens."

A final person commented: "Rules aren't applied in friendly?"

Klaassen is in his third spell with Ajax, coming through the ranks at the Amsterdam outfit before joining Everton.

He returned in 2020 for another three seasons before spending a year at Inter Milan and returning on a one-year contract in the summer.

Choose your content:

11 hours ago
12 hours ago
13 hours ago
14 hours ago
  • 11 hours ago

    Shock Premier League club enter race to sign Rodrygo but one thing has to happen first

    Rodrygo has been linked with a move away from Real Madrid.

    Football
  • 12 hours ago

    What happens if England, Wales and Netherlands finish on the same number of points in the Women's Euros

    The three nations could have the same number of points in Group D.

    Football
  • 13 hours ago

    Sporting president sends brutal threat to Viktor Gyokeres in new statement as Arsenal target fails to return to training

    Viktor Gyokeres continues to be linked with a move away from Sporting Clube de Portugal.

    Football
  • 14 hours ago

    Premier League club 'ready to sell' key player this summer to avoid Real Madrid free transfer

    Real Madrid are preparing to secure another Premier League star as a free agent.

    Football
  • Ajax academy star stops first-team players in their tracks with stunning skill before receiving standing ovation from stadium
  • Ajax benefitted from one of football's strangest rules in Europa League clash
  • Ajax beat Panathinaikos 13-12 on penalties in one of the wildest shootouts ever seen, it took 25 minutes to complete
  • Football lawmakers to make major rule change which goalkeepers will hate following successful trial