The Amsterdammers impressed when they progressed to the last four of the Europa League on Thursday, but their hopes of a double were ended days later
After their midweek heroics guided them to the Europa League semi-finals, Ajax approached Sunday’s match against rivals PSV with the intent of maintaining their surprise late push for a continental and domestic double.
But travelling to Eindhoven just days after two arduous hours of madness in Gelsenkirchen proved too much for a young side who failed to get near the level which helped cut the gap between them and Feyenoord in recent weeks.