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Harry Styles concerts force Ajax to play play-off games in Volendam stadium

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Paul Winters

Published 1 month ago

Harry Styles' 'Together, Together' concert tour has forced Ajax to move out of their Johan Cruyff ArenA for the Eredivisie play-offs.

[p]After their 0-0 draw away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/heerenveen/EDjXSyWG/"]sc Heerenveen[/a] on Sunday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] qualified for the Eredivisie play-offs for UEFA Conference League football. The Amsterdam giants play their semifinal against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/groningen/MBUGcjb9/"]FC Groningen[/a] on Thursday, May 21st, but will not play at home.[/p][p]Pop artist Harry Styles plays 10 concerts at Ajax's Johan Cruyff ArenA between May 16th and June 5th, including on May 20th and May 23rd, both one night before Ajax's play-off games. The scheduling has made it impossible for Ajax to play their home games in Amsterdam.[/p][embed guid="1bd38b03-d3b4-4d42-aabb-381bf01b45c4" url="https://x.com/Much/status/2055711284595683662?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Instead, Ajax will play their play-off games at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-volendam/6VbkuOqa/"]FC Volendam[/a]'s [b]Kras Stadion[/b], which is a 36-minute bus ride away and has a capacity of [i]just[/i] 6,800, nearly 50,000 lower than the Johan Cruyff ArenA (56,120).[/p][p]An added scheduling caveat is that FC Volendam is also playing play-off games, but instead of fighting for European football, the club from the fishermen's town are fighting for their survival in the relegation play-offs. FC Volendam will face off against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/willem-ii/6u3qag0G/"]Willem II[/a] on Wednesday, May 20th, in Tilburg, and Saturday, May 23rd, in Volendam.[/p][p]Ajax play FC Groningen in the semifinals of the play-offs on Thursday, May 21st, at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ajax-8UOvIwnb/groningen-MBUGcjb9/?mid=AcuhRUx2"]18.45 CET[/a].[/p]

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