Van der Sar says in a statement that he is not surprised by the enforced absence of Ajax fans in the KNVB Cup semi-finals. “But we are disappointed. The mayor talks about public order and security, we are not. Only we would have liked to speak to all the parties concerned in advance. This has not happened now. The fans are increasingly banned in the Netherlands.”
Fans of the Amsterdam club were also not welcome at De Kuip in 2019 when Feyenoord and Ajax also met in the KNVB Cup semi-finals, a spokesman for the municipality of Rotterdam said on Sunday. He says there is no reason to deviate from this now.