• Club seal 31st championship following run of 13 straight wins
• 'This is beautiful, we stayed loyal to our vision,' says manager
The Ajax manager, Frank de Boer, hailed his team after they clinched the club's 31st Eredivisie title with a 2-0 win over VVV Venlo on Wednesday.
Siem de Jong scored after eight minutes to put Ajax ahead and the striker added another 13 minutes into the second half to start the celebrations.
"For the fans, last season was special because they waited so long for the third star on the shirt," said De Boer, who took over as manager of the Amsterdam club from Martin Jol in December 2010. "For me and my staff this one feels more beautiful seeing what happened this season – all the injuries we had and then the turbulence through all the problems in our board, but we stayed loyal to our vision.
Having been sixth in the league trailing PSV Eindhoven by eight points after 20 games, Ajax put together a run of 13 straight wins and lifted the championship with a match to spare. They have 73 points, six more than arch-rivals Feyenoord.
Ronald Koeman, the Feyenoord manager, praised De Boer for his success with Ajax, a club he has also played for. "I know Frank well, and he did a great job and won a deserved title," Koeman said. "Nobody gave a dime for the chances of Ajax when we beat them at the end of January, but Frank stayed calm despite all the board turbulences. He never used it as an excuse and kept everything far away from his players and that deserves a big compliment."
Feyenoord remain second, in a Champions League qualification place, following a 4-1 win over Heracles Almelo, one ahead of PSV Eindhoven, who were 5-0 winners over ADO Den Haag. Read More
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