In the early morning of December 13, Beijing time, in a match in the 16th round of the Dutch League, Eindhoven challenged Nijmegen away. In the end, after 90 minutes, Eindhoven relied on Vinicius's goal in the 89th minute to reverse the opponent 2-1 and successfully reach the top of the Dutch league.
Prior to this match, the unexpected defeat of Ajax in the first game gave Eindhoven a chance to reach the top. Facing Nijmegen in the middle and lower reaches of the league, Eindhoven is united in their determination to take the top spot in this round.
Shortly after the game began, however, Eindhoven was greeted with a slap in the face. In the 7th minute of the match, Nijmegen set-piece in front of the field, although Eindhoven goalkeeper saved the first, but Mattson's complementary shot was successfully hit, and the home team unexpectedly took a 1-0 lead.
Back in the second half, Eindhoven scored a goal in the 63rd minute by Sangaray, but was ruled invalid. As time passed, Eindhoven was still 0-1 behind his opponents. And the final moments of the game set off a climax, and Eindhoven burst with amazing energy in the last moments.
In the 78th minute, Gakpo drove a corner kick and Felterson's header broke the goal to help Eindhoven pull the aggregate back to the same running line of 1-1. In the 89th minute, Romero sent the ball to the goal and Carlos Vinicius pushed the shot to the end. Scoring two goals in 11 minutes, former Champions League tyrant Eindhoven completed a miraculous comeback to win 2-1 and successfully overtake Ajax in the standings.
In the just-concluded Champions League group stage, Ajax performed bravely, winning six consecutive victories to advance. Perhaps they themselves did not expect that they had been unimpeded in the Champions League, but they had encountered Waterloo in the league. In this round of matches, he lost to Alkmaar and gave up his league top spot.
This season Eindhoven can only play in the europa league group stage, and they end up only 3rd in the group, and then can only participate in the Europa League. This former Champions League champion actually has a lot of outstanding players in the team, such as former Chinese Super League striker Zahavi, German Golden Boy Götze and this game to complete the kill, playing for Tottenham Last season, Mourinho's former apprentice Vinicius.
Under the leadership of former Guoan manager Schmidt, although Eindhoven did not perform well in European competitions, it was also a very remarkable achievement for the league to surpass Ajax.