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===Rivalry with PSV=== {{Main|AFC AjaxβPSV Eindhoven rivalry}} [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] is also a rival of Ajax, but in terms of tension and rivalry, these matches are not as loaded as the duels with Feyenoord. The rivalry has existed for some time with PSV and stems from various causes, such as the different interpretations of whether current national and international successes of both clubs correlates and the supposed opposition between the [[Randstad]] and the province. The matches between these two teams is commonly referred to as "De Topper" ("The Topper"), and involves the two most trophy-laden sides in Dutch football and is essentially a clash of two competing schools of thought in Dutch football. Historically, PSV compete with a workmanlike ethic, preferring a more robust 4β3β1β2 or 4β2β3β1, typically shunning the frivolous 4β3β3 approach favoured in Amsterdam. While [[Rinus Michels]] and [[Johan Cruyff]] helped to innovate [[Total Football]] in the sixties and seventies, a different philosophy was honed in [[Eindhoven]] by [[Kees Rijvers]] and [[Guus Hiddink]] in the late 1970s and '80s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ajax-psv-philosophical-rivalry-dominates-dutch-mindset#2rZB5iOBKmfBu5ym.99 |title=Ajax-PSV: a philosophical rivalry that dominates the Dutch mindset |date=30 November 2012 |publisher=Fourfourtwo.com |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125029/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ajax-psv-philosophical-rivalry-dominates-dutch-mindset#2rZB5iOBKmfBu5ym.99 |url-status=live }}</ref> This in turn has created one of the more philosophical rivalries in football, an ideological battleground, which is gradually becoming as heated and intense as the matches Ajax and Feyenoord partake in.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/alles-over-de-topper-in-de-eredivisie-tussen-ajax-en-psv.htm |title=Alles over de topper in de Eredivisie tussen Ajax en PSV |date=25 March 2012 |publisher=Voetbal International |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195317/http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/alles-over-de-topper-in-de-eredivisie-tussen-ajax-en-psv.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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