Action by Feyenoord players immediately after the final whistle goes down completely the wrong way: 'Disgraceful!'

Feyenoord won 5-2 away at SC Cambuur on Sunday afternoon, but the focus afterwards fell largely on events off the pitch. After the final whistle, the Rotterdam players walked over to the away end to thank the travelling supporters, even though fireworks had earlier been fired from that same stand towards the pitch and the 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'.

That the Feyenoord players still walked towards the away end afterwards has sparked widespread outrage on X. "Disgraceful, as a protest against the misconduct they should not have done that," wrote one follower.

Another called it 'a missed chance to make a statement', while someone else said: "They should have ignored them. "

"Pointless action by the squad. People were injured by their fireworks, but then you still go and applaud in front of the stand," wrote one user, while someone else responded: "The away end should actually already have been empty."

Critics also said Feyenoord were not doing enough to distance themselves from the behaviour of the supporters responsible by making the gesture towards the away end. "The club should immediately have told the players not to do this," read one of the responses, while another user said: "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 also remarked: "Half of them have nothing to do with it."