Here is a very good use of goal-line technology from the Netherlands, in today’s Klasieker between Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven. Jan Arie van der Heijden’s goal was confirmed by the goal decision system (by the smallest of margins!), and it could well be a goal that could give Feyenoord the league title at the end of the season. It was a decisive goal for Feyenoord, with the game tied at 1-1 when the call was made.
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Video Feyenoord vs PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Highlights 2017 Goals Toornstra Pereiro Van der Heijden
Feyenoord Rotterdam vs PSV Eindhoven 2017 (Feyenoord-PSV VIDEO BELOW)
Final score and result:- Feyenoord vs PSV 2-1 (Toornstra, Van der Heijden/ Pereiro)
Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam- 26 February, 2017
League leaders Feyenoord down third place PSV in Rotterdam, with the winning goal decided by Goal-Line Technology.
Eredivisie winner loses automatic Champions League qualifying spot from 2018/19
According to the latest co-efficient rankings released, the Dutch Eredivisie will lose its automatic Champions League group stage qualifying spot in the 2018/19 season. The Netherlands have slipped out of the top 12 (they’re now in 13th spot), and this means their 2017/18 champions will have to play the qualifying stages of the Champions League.
There will also be four guaranteed spaces to each of the top four associations (that’s sixteen clubs guaranteed a group stage Champions League ticket). For example, the fourth place Premiership team originally had to play a qualifying round tie, but will now qualify automatically. The earlier system had a guaranteed group stage spot for nations 1-12 in the co-efficient ranking table, but with these extra spots, only nations 1-10 will be guaranteed a spot.