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Over the weekend in the Netherlands, there were nine matches of the 23rd country's "Eredevisie" championship, with the biggest interest being the match in Eindhoven, where the country's champions and current leaders "PSV" hosted the eleventh-placed Alkmaar "AZ".
In the 20th minute, Jefferson Farfan scored for the hosts. At the beginning of the second half, Moussa Dembele equalized the score, and later Julian Jenner put his team in the lead. However, "AZ" enjoyed the lead for only three minutes - Philip Cocu equalized for "PSV". As it seemed like both teams would share a point, with only a couple of minutes left until the end of the match, "AZ" secured the victory with a precise strike by Danny Koevermans.
Following this victory, "Ajax" took advantage of "PSV"'s stumble at home and defeated the Rotterdam "Feyenoord". Wesley Sneijder excelled in this match, scoring a hat-trick and helping to defeat the visitors from Rotterdam with a score of 4-1. After this win, "Ajax" reduced the gap from "PSV" to five points.
A fairly dramatic scenario unfolded in Almelo, where the local "Heracles" and "Willem II" played to a 2-2 draw. Said Boutahar put the visitors ahead in the 30th minute. With 10 minutes left until the end of the match, Stefan Tanghe equalized the score. In the 90th minute, Kristof Imschoot once again put the visitors in the lead from the penalty spot. "Heracles" managed to secure a point at the very end of extra time, with Ramos Everton scoring.
Weekend results:
"Groningen" 1 - 1 "Heerenveen"
62' [1 - 0] A.V.D. Linden
70' [1 - 1] A. Alves
"NAC" 2 - 1 "RKC"
27' [1 - 0] G. Salmon
30' [1 - 1] R. Berger
73' [2 - 1] G. Salmon
88' H. Mulder ("RKC") sent off
"PSV" 2 - 3 "AZ"
20' [1 - 0] J. Farfan
50' [1 - 1] M. Dembele
62' [1 - 2] J. Jenner
65' [2 - 2] P. Cocu
88' [2 - 3] D. Koevermans
"Excelsior" 1 - 2 "Twente"
33' [0 - 1] K.E. Ahmadi
34' [1 - 1] J. Voskamp
45' [1 - 2] B. NKufo
"Heracles" 2 - 2 "Willem II"
30' [0 - 1] S. Boutahar
80' [1 - 1] S. Tanghe
90' [1 - 2] K. Imschoot (from penalty spot)
90' [2 - 2] R.D.S. Everton
90' R.d. Vries ("Heracles") sent off
"Ajax" 4 - 1 "Feyenoord"
20' [1 - 0] W. Sneijder
32' [2 - 0] W. Sneijder
34' [3 - 0] T.d. Mul
42' [3 - 1] A. Charisteas
87' [4 - 1] W. Sneijder
"Den Haag" 1 - 1 "Utrecht"
17' [0 - 1] T. Caluwe
33' [1 - 1] Hoogendorp
"Vitesse" 1 - 1 "NEC"
53' [0 - 1] R. Beerens
71' [1 - 1] M. Junker
"Sparta" 2 - 2 "Roda"
6' [0 - 1] B. Bodor
52' [1 - 1] S. Polak (from penalty spot)
60' [2 - 1] Lopes
78' [2 - 2] A. Oper
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