Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen allowed to continue playing despite receiving straight red card from referee in clash with Stuttgart

Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen was reportedly allowed to stay on the pitch despite being sent off in a friendly game against Stuttgart.

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• Ajax play Stuttgart in friendly
• Klaassen sent off in 2-2 draw
• Allowed to continue playing

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  On Saturday, Stuttgart hosted Ajax in a friendly match as both teams prepared to resume their respective seasons after the winter break. With Ajax 2-1 down, the referee showed Dutch midfielder Klaassen a red card. Shockingly, however, he was allowed to stay on the pitch.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Ajax boss Francesco Farioli and Stuttgart manager Sebastian Hoeness are said to have agreed that it would be better to continue playing with 11 players each, the referee concurred, and Klaassen returned to action in a game that ended 2-2 in unprecedented scenes.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Netherlands international Klaassen is in his third spell with Ajax after beginning his career with the Dutch giants, then returning between 2020-23, and then heading back to the Amsterdam outfit last year.

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  WHAT NEXT?

  Klaassen's Ajax team, who sit second in the division behind leaders PSV Eindhoven, are back in Eredivisie action on Saturday against basement side RKC Waalwijk.