Feyenoord beat SC Cambuur 2-5 away on Sunday afternoon, but the focus afterwards fell largely on events off the pitch. After the final whistle, the Rotterdam side's players walked over to the away end to thank the travelling supporters, even though fireworks had earlier been fired from that same section towards the pitch and surrounding stands.
Cambuur said five supporters were injured in the fireworks incident. The Frisian club said they suffered burns, hearing damage and eye injuries, among other things, and described the events as 'entirely impermissible and unacceptable'.
Feyenoord's decision to still approach the away end afterwards triggered plenty of outrage on X. "Disgraceful, as a protest against the misconduct they should not have done that," one follower wrote.
Another called it 'a missed opportunity to make a statement', while someone else said: "They should have ignored them. "
"Pointless action from the squad. People were injured by their fireworks, but then you still go and applaud in front of the stand," one user wrote, while someone else responded: "The away end should actually already have been empty."
Critics also argued that by acknowledging the away end, Feyenoord were not distancing themselves enough from the behaviour of the supporters responsible. "The club should have communicated to the players straight away not to do this," read one response, while another user stated: "Nice reward for their behaviour."
Others, though, did not think the Feyenoord players were wrong. "There are also supporters among them who simply want to support Feyenoord and did not set off fireworks." Another added: "Half of them had nothing to do with it."