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Over the weekend, nine rounds of the Eredivisie championship took place in the Netherlands, where victories were achieved by all four championship leaders.
Finally, Alkmaar's "AZ" also achieved a relatively easy victory and earned three points again, defeating one of the outsiders, "Den Haag," with a score of 3-1. "AZ" took the lead with a penalty kick by David Mendes da Silva at the end of the first half and Danny Koevermans' goal in the second half. In the second half, Alexander Rankovic softened the result, but "Den Haag" could not equalize, and Maarteno Martens' accurate strike secured a point at the end of the match.
The defending champions, Eindhoven's "PSV," won another victory at home, defeating "Heerenveen" with a score of 3-1. "PSV" played most of the match with 10 men and resolved all issues in the first half.
Calvin Jong-A-Pin was sent off the field after committing a serious offense in the penalty area, and Timmy Simons successfully converted an eleven-meter penalty kick. Alvesas from "Heerenveen" equalized the score after six minutes, scoring his 19th goal of the season, but "PSV" scored two more goals before half-time.
In the very beginning of the match, the eleven of the capital city "Ajax" scored two goals - Johnny Heitinga and Wesley Sneijder, deciding the end of the match against "Utrecht."
The fluctuating Rotterdam team "Feyenoord" unexpectedly lost 4-1 away to Breda's "NAC." Breda's club scored two goals within the first 20 minutes. Meanwhile, the Rotterdam team scored a consolation goal right at the end from the eleven-meter mark.
In the Rotterdam derby between the teams "Sparta" and "Excelsior," the victory was won by the former host and the relatively successful "Sparta."
Round 21 results:
"Den Haag" 1 - 3 "AZ" 45' [0 - 1] D. Mendes (penalty) 57' [0 - 2] D. Koevermans 72' [1 - 2] A. Rankovic 84' [1 - 3] M. Martens 89' A. Rankovic ("Den Haag") sent off
"PSV" 3 - 1 "Heerenveen" 14' [1 - 0] T. Simons 21' [1 - 1] A. Alves 22' [2 - 1] A. Kone 35' [3 - 1] J. Farfan (penalty)
"Roda" 2 - 1 "Willem II" 26' [1 - 0] S. Cissé 39' [1 - 1] K. Bobson 55' [2 - 1] K. Agustien
"Heracles" 0 - 0 "NEC"
"RKC" 1 - 2 "Twente" 13' [0 - 1] K. Bakircioglu 26' [1 - 1] R.v.d. Bergh (penalty) 85' [1 - 2] O. Engelaar
"Ajax" 2 - 0 "Utrecht" 11' [1 - 0] J. Heitinga 21' [1 - 1] W. Sneijder
"Breda" 4 - 1 "Feyenoord" 12' [1 - 0] S.v. Gessel 21' [2- 0 M. Zonneveld 60' [3 - 0] G. Salmon 81' [4 - 0] G. Salmon 86' [4 - 1] P.v. Hooijdonk (penalty)
"Sparta" 2 - 1 "Excelsior" 17' [0 - 1] E. Rojer 19' [1 - 1] D. Schenkel 39' [2 - 1] H. Medunjanin
"Vitesse" 3 - 2 "Groningen" 8' [1 - 0] O. Kaya 31' [1 - 1] L. Suarez 49' [2 - 1] D. Lazovic (penalty) 51' [3 - 1] F. Benson 63' [3 - 2] L. Suarez
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