JOEL VELTMAN produced one of the worst incidents of bad sportsmanship in the history of football during Ajax’s match against Sparta today.
With a teammate down injured, the defender signalled to stop the game, then took the ball past a distracted Sparta player and into the penalty area, causing outrage.
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It was with the Dutch giants that Luis Suarez bit an opposition player for the first time.
But even the carnivorous Uruguayan would probably think twice about gaining an advantage the way Veltman did.
Irritatingly for neutrals, Ajax ran out 2-0 winners and moved within five points of Feyenoord at the top of the Eredivisie.
After years of being challenged by the likes of AZ Alkmaar and FC Twente, Holland's 'Big Three' are back in charge in the country's top flight.
Third placed PSV are 14 points ahead of AZ in fourth.
If the Dutch FA choose to take further action against Veltman, there is a precedent for handing the defender a ban.
In 2012, Luiz Adriano scored for Shakhtar Donetsk against FC Nordsjaelland when he was supposed to be returning the ball to the Danish club's goalkeeper following an injury.
His Shakhtar teammates then prepared to make amends by allowing FC Nordsjaelland to walk the ball into the goal and square things up.
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But Luiz Adriano incredibly didn't get the message and closed down the opposition players to stop them scoring.
Uefa handed the Brazilian a one-game ban for "violation of the principles of conduct".
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