Feyenoord v Ajax postponed because of police strikes

Sunday's Dutch top-flight lucifer betwixt Feyenoord and Ajax has been postponed because of a constabulary onslaught successful nan Netherlands.

Police officers were injured during crowd upset astatine a lucifer betwixt nan sides past September.

Home fans threw flares and fireworks connected nan transportation astatine Ajax's stadium successful Amsterdam aft Feyenoord went 3-0 up and nan lucifer was stopped aft 56 minutes.

The lucifer was yet concluded 3 days later down closed doors.

Police said they would not activity astatine Sunday's crippled arsenic portion of an ongoing run related to early status regulations.

'The Klassieker' was scheduled to return spot astatine nan De Kuip stadium successful Rotterdam.

But nan city's mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb, said: "The information of nan players, but besides of nan public, cannot beryllium sufficiently guaranteed without nan usage of nan police."

Away fans person been banned from attending matches betwixt nan 2 sides successful Rotterdam for respective years aft erstwhile incidents of disorder.

Feyenoord said they "understand that group person to guidelines up for their cause, but regret that football, not for nan first time, is being utilized arsenic a tool".