Overview
- Referee Bas Nijhuis abandoned Ajax’s home game against FC Groningen after an initial 40-minute halt and a brief restart when more flares hit the pitch.
- The remaining 84 minutes were scheduled and played in an empty Johan Cruyff Arena under a behind-closed-doors order.
- WensenAmbulance Noord-Holland had arranged for Peter, an 84-year-old terminally ill Ajax supporter, to attend as the sole spectator.
- The charity later said Peter’s health deteriorated on Tuesday, preventing him from fulfilling his wish to be present.
- Ajax won the continuation 2–0 and the club denounced the fans’ pyrotechnic display that had endangered safety and forced the original abandonment.