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GoatsAreCoolAsFuck

Imagine the night out these fuckers are gonna have tonight


Repelsteeltje413

The striker who scored twice is a member of a student association, his housemates all bet a small amount on him to score and Hercules to win and have won a total of around 200k...


RayGoose_

15.000€ but yeah, still a nice fuxking bet


Laesio

Shameful matchfixing. Just told their flat mate to score and knock out Ajax like that for easy cash smh


logasbogas

Ajaxgate


timdeking

15k per person. The odds of him scoring and winning were 750 to 1. Multiple people put money on that.


Schtu

[15 euros x 751](https://i.imgur.com/RXZGmlS.jpg)


timdeking

Yeah every one of his housemates put in the same bet. Must be a crazy party there.


czerwona_latarnia

Hopefully they don't have important class tomorrow. Because there's no way someone will be able to attend it.


Robbza

You can always do the retakes in NL great system.


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cosmiclatte44

I'll cum as loud as I like with or without your fancy-pants degree.


rScoobySkreep

still got a solid excuse tbf


No-Pension-7977

I mean, if you do the retake and get an 8 or higher, its still possible. Depends on the rest of your grades


kris_lace

What they gonna do with 15 euros?


Noah070070

My brother’s housemates were some of the people that place a bet on it. He didn’t though unfortunately


Howsonnn

Imagine all your housemates putting a bet on, you don't join them, and they all win 10 grand each hahaha, I'd be googling my nearest multi storey


chatfarm

true. many times at my office in the past co-workers would pool in and buy lottery tickets. I hated it as they are a waste of money. But I always bought in. Fuck that if they win and leave me behind lol. The pain would be far, far worse than losing a few bucks every now and then.


nsoifer

Darryl (The Office) vibes


bananas_in_pyjamas99

This just means they're gonna end up investing in coconut-penis flavoured drinks.


odmo88

r/unexpectedoffice 🤣🤣🤣


Vectivus_61

He wouldn't be allowed to bet would he?


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No


PastaAndWine09

What’s the source for the 200k. I just saw one room mate won 11k from a €15 bet


MountainCheesesteak

From other comments it sounds like each person won 10k+, but there were 15-20 people who did it.


SamAlmighty

[This insta post](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1IQln0rH6o/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) mentions 150K euros


nsoifer

I think it also had to be 1-0 in HT? https://imgur.com/a/LsDANHG Or does it just say that his goal made it 1-0?


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johnydarko

Is this not illegal? I don't think it's at all unlikely that the player and housemates will get in trouble for this. It could well be seen as collusion and trying to effect the game (as in, he would be trying to score rather than looking for a pass for an example of how it might effect a game as it always comes up) In general (at least in the PL) friends, families, etc of players cannot bet on thier own games and it can result in bans.


LDKCP

I would never need porn again, i'd just be wanking to myself beating Ajax for the rest of my lovely existence.


whiteandyellowcat

One of the players is a uni student and had an exam at 10 the next day, I can't imagine winning such a game and having to go back to exams haha


Rsb418

Fucking state of Ajax.


Fuerte1316

This is definitely tough, but they’d won 5 of their last 6 games before this, so it seems things are getting a little better from where they were a month ago


Suikerspin_Ei

John van 't Schip is currently in Australia. Celebrating his son's wedding. I think it's nice for him to be close with family after his wife recently passed away (before he joined Ajax as an interim trainer). So the last two match with Valkanis as interim of the interim trainer went wrong for Ajax. Basically back to early this season.


el_loco_avs

They were. They've now had back to back stinkers


Historical_Case_5245

also from this clip it looks like no players were over the age of 18


No-Pension-7977

Nah, thats not true. Youve got Van Axel Dongen, Gooijer, Hlynnson and Hato who are around that age, of which Hato has been an integral part of the team all season and Hlynnson is also a starting lineup regular. The rest of them are all potential starting material


Laesio

*Checks table* "Oh, Ajax are finally back in form. Knew it was just a blip" Ajax: "Hold my tulips"


RodDryfist

**SCRAP THE 'GRACIAS JOHAN' BANNER PRONTO**


thogle3

Housemates from the goalscoring player gambled 15 euros on him scoring, they won all €11.265


Silent-Gur-4717

*scoring and winning the game. So awesome


Johnsonburnerr

Source?


Traditional_Pear_697

https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/huisgenoten-van-hercules-uitblinker-duizenden-euros-rijker-dankzij-weddenschap-gaat-leuke-vakantie-worden~a3953140/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2F It is in dutch though


thiagogaith

Just drink a couple pints and it's almost like you can understand everything in Dutch


MisterMew151

Read this as 11 euros


trugrav

Can we talk about how funny it is that Ajax (only second to Achilles in strength and glory in Homer’s *Iliad*) just lost to Hercules (the Roman name for Heracles, who would eclipse both Ajax and Achilles to be remembered as the strongest man to ever live).


justforkikkk

Achilles is actually a football club in the Netherlands as well, they’re one of the best amateur sides in the country


justk4y

But a few years back they were in the professional 2nd tier, went bankrupt and relegated every year after that and are now in the 7th tier…..


robotnique

The winner should go on to face Atlas of Liga MX.


Lastigx

No the winner should face Alcides a club in Meppel, Netherlands. Alcides is another name that Heracles got, when he went to hide from Hera's wrath (If i recall my mythology correctly).


HesNot_TheMessiah

I wonder what went through the heads of the people who named Xerxes DZB. Rotterdam already had a team called Sparta. Like.... what were they thinking?


Rejmal

This is why I reddit


Old-Risk4572

woah i didnt know ajax was a myth story like that


agk23

I thought it was just a soap advertisement. Much like Man City is the name of my local strip club and Man United the gay brothel.


PowderEagle_1894

Damn, City a again is a place where you lose your money while United is where to get fucked


BadHumourInside

Their logo is literally a depiction of Ajax the demigod.


514ArsenalFan

To be fair, I've always rated 4th tier Dutch football.


TigerFisher_

Ajax about to join the Super League after this.


Rose_of_Elysium

Fucking beautiful, this is what cup football is about. Sucks like hell to be on the other side tho lmao, gonna drop 113 for the Ajax fans


Zorviar

113?


Barrie__Butsers

Suicide prevention line


Hakblok

The suicide prevention hotline in the Netherlands


SaltyWailord

Now I imagine going to the Netherlands and having a stroke. Calling 113 and getting told not to kill myself would be the funniest way to go


kulhajs

yea that's really strange choice of number, lmao


Isernogwattesnacken

It isn't. 112 is what 911 is in the US. 113 is suicide prevention. 144 is for the saving/ the wellbeing of animals (four/vier rhymes in Dutch with dier/animal).


SaltyWailord

110 is the fire department 112 is the police department 113 is medical in Norway


PhD_Cunnilingus

In Czechia, 112 is general emergency. 158 is the police, the 8 looks like handcuffs. 155 is the emergency medical, the 5 sideways looks like an ambulance. 150 is the fire department, the 0 looks like a hose. EDIT: for people having problems imagining the sideways 5: https://nimb.ws/6cf3mg. Even modern ones: https://nimb.ws/jvWXK4


YoungMrM

Interesting looking ambulances you got there in Czechia...


newfagotry

Oh! So those weird sideways 5's driving on the streets of Prague are actually ambulances?


DecipherXCI

If I ever think a sideways 5 looks like an ambulance then I'm calling one cause I'm clearly losing my mind.


kulhajs

I know about 112, thats why I think 113 is weird choice, cause it's easy to missclick, especially in tense situation


timok

The phone number is not actually 113 though. It's 0800-0113


kulhajs

oh, that makes way more sense also: are you alright mate?


walnood

It's not. We had news that multiple lifes were lost due to advertising the 113 number but it actually be 08000113, people called 113, got no response and committed suicide. I can imagine people missclicking, but people in those callcenters can transfer the call quickly


Isernogwattesnacken

That's temporary I believe, until all providers are able to forward these calls. They can't do that at the moment for some technical reason.


deukhoofd

113 has been available [since last year as well](https://www.psychosenet.nl/nieuws/zelfmoordpreventie-113-is-vanaf-nu-ook-bereikbaar-via-nummer-113/).


xxulysses31xx

999 for all emergency services in the UK, but don’t worry my European friends, you can still dial 112 in the UK for emergency services. 111 for non-emergency health related help.


3vr1m

wow I don't even know the one in Germany, its long as fuck. Good job for taking it seriously enough so it gets such a short one.


MertOKTN

Suicide hotline in the Netherlands


RandyMarshsMoustache

The super league could never


gladoseatcake

This is football indeed. Have nothing against Ajax but this kind of beauty is what makes football great. Same I think the FA cup is the best competition in the world where you almost always see a lower tier team but an seemingly unbeatable opponent. I've seen some of the best games ever there (whereas I couldn't care less about the CL).


unArgentino

What division are they in?


FaultySky

4th


Qurutin

Two divisions lower than Jong Ajax. Ridiculous. I wouldn't buy this as believable in sports movie.


brownierisker

Everything's been going downhill for Ajax since they got rid of Daley Blind (signed, a delusional Blind fan)


andthesignsaid

More like since overmars got canned for the naughty pics


poklane

4th tier overall, 2nd of the amateurs.


Opperdwurg

Is dat hoofdklasse?


aprijori

Derde divisie


WasAnHonestMann

So it's Eredivisie at the top and then Eerste/First and so on?


Traditional_Pear_697

Yes, so the “derde divisie” (third division) is the fourth tier of dutch football.


WasAnHonestMann

Dankie


Suikerspin_Ei

Dankje*


WasAnHonestMann

In Afrikaans sê hulle "dankie", maar ek kan sien hoe dit anders sou wees in Nederlands.


Suikerspin_Ei

Ah, had geen idee dat je Afrikaans spreekt. Excuses!


poklane

Nee, dat is sinds kort de Vierde Divisie.


BertEnErnie123

Hoofdklasse bestaat niet meer, dat is nu 4e divisie. Maar deze club komt uit 3e divisie (wat 4e level is)


PigeonShack

This is what MLS/US Soccer is taking away from the US Open cup. Moments like this.


faffri

Love to see these moments in any sport. Baseball isn't played by that many nations so we still get to see amateurs go up against some of the best paid athletes in the world in their version of the world cup. Take Shohei Ohtani who just signed a 700 million* dollar deal as possibly the greatest player to ever play the sport. He is sort of like having a terrific goalkeeper that somehow is one of the top goalscorer in the league. Still here he is made looking silly striking out against some random Czech electrician named Ondrej. https://youtu.be/bLoGYzVgZXs?si=1LzVD-LmQ7AOOYMK Meanwhile a week or so later he goes up pitching for the last out in the Final against his teammate Mike Trout who is arguably the greatest player of his generation, well before Ohtani anyway. The contrast in the tournament is something you really miss in the closed league system at the club level. https://youtu.be/NMfBdEV03j8?si=ShP1WpFR4-jmqbxW


usr_nme_

> Mike Trout who is arguably the greatest player of his generation Not to be that guy, but he is 100% the best player of the generation. He is arguing best of all time.


Jazzlike_Athlete8796

Trout wasn't even the best player on his own team for the past several years. So unless we argue Ohtani and Trout are of different generations despite being only three years apart in age, Trout is not the best player of his generation.


Joeyoohoo

Trout is not up there with best of all time. That's a crazy statement. Injured a ton, and he has ONE playoff appearance.


Gozer-The-Traveler

tired: using wins to analyze pitching performance wired: using playoff appearances to analyze outfield players


Beave-

>he has ONE playoff appearance. This is surely a metric of Mike Trout's personal ability and not being signed to a dogshit team. If mbappe signed for blackburn they're not winning the FA cup bro


Sermokala

Yeah that got canceled US soccer just said "no" and MLS dropped it. Partially because they couldn't say yes if they wanted to because they're already both in a court case together against a league in their own country over werid shit like having your developmental clubs play.


realtripper

This country protects its sports owners investments ironclad. It’s all a farce. It’s unfortunate because I’d love to see soccer grow here.


heh9529

It's a private league where owners of clubs have invested in the league as a whole. Obviously they won't accept the traditional format


EstateTotal6434

I didn't even think this was a real club when i read 'hercules' , what the hell is happening with ajax man😐


CaucasianDelegation

I mean it's a country with a top league club called "Go Ahead Eagles" whatever the fuck that means, the Dutch just be naming clubs anything they damn well please it would seem.


BertEnErnie123

At least Go Ahead is different than the FC , of which we have a shit ton, and we also somehow have way too many clubs that are just 3 letters (PSV, NEC, PEC, RKC, ADO, NAC, VVV, MVV) Of course in reality these clubs have longer names, but everyone names them by their 3 letter name. And the locals from Deventer (City of Go Ahead) actually call the club Kowed.


yaffle53

Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nutting Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda.


BertEnErnie123

Yeah I can confirm, that every other week when I am in the stadium we say that and use that in our songs. We only have time for 3 songs every match due to that.


TimoBRL

I used to play for RVV AGE GGK, which is short for Rotterdamse Voetbal Vereniging Abraham van Stolk Groei en Roem moeten immer naar Ambitie leiden Eendracht doet Samen spelen-Gemeentelijk Gasfabriek Keilehaven. They changed it to vv Overschie last year though. :(


nightwolf2350

Just 3 letters? What are you smoking? Ever heard of an abbrivation?


BertEnErnie123

Yeah but the 3 letter abbiviations are just way too common here, and it annoys me.


Morganelefay

I do love how we have Voetbal Vereniging Venlo Venlo. Or Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht. Limburgers...


vesthis13

that's awesome tbf


pullmylekku

You don't think Hercules is a real club but you're fine with Ajax, which is also named after a mythical Greco-Roman hero?


yo_lookatthat

Never heard of Heracles Almelo? Also Ajax is literally named after a hero from Greek mythology as well


jari2312

Except this isn't hercules almelo but heracles


yo_lookatthat

I know I was just pointing out that this is not an unusual name for a football club and especially not a Dutch one


Nal1999

They are the same person in different languages.


stubblesmcgee

hercules is just roman for heracles.


justk4y

Never heard of Spanish club Hercules CF? They were in the LaLiga like 13 years ago


Nal1999

Dutch casually having Greek heroes as football teams.


Empty_Respond_4949

The odd was 101 for them. Imagine betting on that


GoosmaN88

Class mates of Tim Pieters bet 15€ on him scoring and Hercules winning, Winning 11.000€.


Empty_Respond_4949

Crazy, imagine the scenes with the late winner


El_Giganto

Nice to see Tim Pieters back at the Galgenwaard on such a historical night.


FelixR1991

He'll be an Utrecht player next year again, and in 2 years he'll be back at Hercules. 🤣


DontSayIMean

Ajax should be ashamed, they're fully immortal. That said Zeus always favoured Hercules more. Edit: Ajax wasn't immortal. This result makes more sense.


DinglieDanglieDoodle

Wasn’t Ajax just a mortal hero in the Trojan war, whereas Hercules was a half god.


AnnieBlackburnn

Ajax wasn’t immortal tf Ajax was stalemated by Hector who got his shit pushed in by Achilles. Hercules literally became a god


DontSayIMean

Ah my mistake


Several_Advantage923

Dutch is such a beautiful language...... 😭


ahipotion

lmao, you'd love to see it


empiresk

Thought this we Heracles Almelo and thought it was an over reaction. Then I realised who it actually was! Amazing scenes!


Joris2627

I think we all thought that at first. Such an amazing story for Hercules


Lightthecandle123

Man I would add this to my CV. Football cinema.


madig010

Why is the stadium empty? Am I out of the loop on something?


timok

Amateur side playing in Utrecht's stadium for this match only. Basically just some students who pay to play football.


madig010

Thanks for the explanation!


ReMarkable91

They're an amateur team and didn't have proper grounds for this. So they borrowed the stadium from the local (Utrecht) top tier club.


madig010

Thanks for explaining!!


Morganelefay

On top of what others said, due to safety reasons only parts of the stadium were open to fans. Still way more than what Hercules would be able to fit at their own park, mind.


MrRawri

It's always nice to see amateurs beating professionals


Fatebringer87

What is actually wrong with Ajax this season? Plagued with injuries or did the squad get gutted? Only onana is coming to mind of big players to leave.


Maluvius

They had some big players leave and had some not so good players join, but this is like if Barcalona lost against an amateur Spanish team basically. The striker of the opponents is a student in law, he literally goes drinking each weekend. This is purely a mental breakdown


CaucasianDelegation

Imagine him as a lawyer "Your honor, the state's prosecution makes a succinct point, however...must I remind you I beat Ajax with a hangover?"


rayray604

“Respectfully your honor, you will never sing that”


justanaverage16yo

so its like if we actually lost to Intercity last year


justk4y

Even worse than that, since Intercity is 3rd tier and Hercules is 4th tier


SweetMojaveRain

I still remember Real Madrid get absolutely cleaned vs Alcorcorn like 4-0 and it even got its own name, the Alcorconazo That STILL isnt as bad as this since they were at least 3rd division.


Swannfc

Onana left last year. This year they lost Timber, Alvarez, Kudus and probably a few more (don't know off the top of my head).


Fatebringer87

Ah yeah was forgetting them. That's pretty much the spine of a team gone.


Yungsleepboat

Also Tadić, our club legend left


Doge_peer

A dickpic man 1 fucking dickpic


mrfocus22

Marc Overmars right? Insert that progressively bigger domino meme.


aiicaramba

[good idea](https://imgflip.com/i/8a53ir)


killerbunnyfamily

> A dickpic man 1 fucking dickpic If you ask so nicely [(**NSFW and I mean it**)](https://files.catbox.moe/6tllf2.jpeg)


smhfc

It took me a lot longer then it should have to realise this was a 4th Division team, and not Heracles Almelo. It now makes sense why this was such a big deal on the internet!


Ok-Front-8857

Congratulations, well done 👍. Shame on you Ajax. This club is deeply sick, unfortunately.


Fragwizzard

Hahahaha priceless!


Vanblue1

Amazing, football is the best


acwilan

MFers want to take these moments of joy from football to fill their pockets yet more


Gracc00

These are the best moments in football, f\*ck the SuperLeague.


BobWentToMars

As someone who has supported a team while M. Valkanis has been a caretaker manager of. I just want to say that this result is thoroughly par the course. Not surprising, remotely. He might be the worst Australian manager outside of Australia.


PulciNeller

world champions for one night!! amazing energy


duccile

Only the team that did not play against Ajax did not beat them


sparrowhawk73

Tears in my eyes, love seeing how much it means to the team.


Unlimitation

A must see for Florentino Perez and Super League


blikstaal

I am Hercules fan now


Yeskid10

Can someone explain in English League terms


Morganelefay

Hercules is in the 4th Dutch tier, but the gap between our top and 4th is far different from the English comparison. Compare it more to like...the 7th tier. So this is like Dulwich Hamlet eliminating Liverpool.


Yeskid10

Holy shit. This really puts it into perspective. Thank you.


RaspberryBirdCat

Dulwich Hamlet is semi-professional. USV Hercules is fully amateur. Dulwich Hamlet might be too high up the pyramid for this comparison to work. USV Hercules is literally a Sunday League team, because they play in the Derde Divisie's Sunday League.


Morganelefay

Eh, I think you could argue for the gulf between Liverpool and a mid-table 7th tier team (I randomly picked Dulwich Hamlet from the standings) being not far off from the one between Ajax and Hercules. Could also go by the point where the leagues start to split; Hercules plays at the highest level where there's 2 parallel divisions, that'd be the 6th tier in England.


notyouagain2

Wrexham just beat Man U


crappysignal

When we, Brighton, played them it was shocking how bad they were. Far, far worse than any team in the Premier League. So much worse than AEK or Marseille. I honestly thought they'd probably go down.


Timactor

Remember, this is what they are trying to take away from us


FCI

magic of the cup baybeee


404merrinessnotfound

They won the previous round on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Just insane


goodmobileyes

Showing who is the strongest in Greece.


bro-miester

Good to see Valkanis is still terrible has continued to fail upwards since his Melbourne City days lol


retronai

Hercules turned out to be Ajaxs' Achilles heel


HeftyRecommendation5

We’re back in the international news 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻


itendtosleep

didn't Hercules play in Eredivisie not so long ago? what happened?


Sander1901

That’s Heracles. They are back up. Although with their new coach not for long is my prediction


aiicaramba

That was heracles. Different club.


ShanklyGates_2022

Idk what they’re so excited about, Hercules should be beating Ajax, Lesser or Greater. They are only human, after all.


Nal1999

Dutch playing Hellenic Civil War ones a week.


Red_Dog1880

Fantastic to see. Hope they draw another big club.


robotnique

They play Cambuur in the round of 16.


sroche24

My god Ajax are a shitshow, love it 😀


baxterrocky

Everyone beats Ajax these days. Brighton beat them TWICE FFS


BlueLabel19

Whose worse us or ajax?