Ten Hag's old club lost the championship in an unthinkable way

That's what happened to Ajax. At the end of round 28, Ajax were 9 points ahead of PSV in 2nd place. In the remaining 6 matches, coach Ten Hag's old team was on the road to the championship. The easy task made this club seem a bit subjective. That's why in the next 4 matches, they didn't win any, 2 of which were defeats. Instead of pocketing a total of 12 points, Ajax only won 2 points after the last series of matches.

Taking advantage of their opponent's sudden decline, PSV won 4 consecutive matches. Thanks to that, they not only closed the 9-point gap, but also took the top spot with 1 point more.

Going into the final round, PSV were tasked with securing three points to seal the title. And they maintained their winning streak with a victory away at Sparta Rotterdam. The result made Ajax's last-ditch efforts meaningless, even as Ten Hag's former team ended their streak of draws and lost by three points at home to Twente.

From being 9 points ahead, Ajax is now 1 point behind PSV after the final round.

At the end of the season, Ajax accepted to finish 1 point behind arch-rival PSV, failing to win the Dutch championship for the third consecutive time. Since parting ways with Ten Hag in 2022, Ajax has never returned to the domestic throne.

Perhaps the fall in the 2024/25 season is the most regrettable failure of this team in many years. Because they have never been so close to the championship.

But the recent result also honored PSV. Not only did they win the championship with an impressive series of matches at the end of the season, but PSV's scoring record was also very scary with a total of 103 goals scored against the opponent after 34 rounds, one and a half times higher than Ajax. On average, PSV scored 3.1 goals per match.

Dang Lai

Source: https://tienphong.vn/club-cu-cua-ten-hag-mat-chuc-vo-dich-theo-cach-khong-tuong-post1743476.tpo