Dutch Eredivisie Round up: FC Twente and Ajax Amsterdam stay in the title hunt
Not only in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749, where the title race was blown wide open by Arsenal, is the title fight going down to the wire, Dutch Eredivisie has followed suit.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 made sure that their last game of the season against Ajax Amsterdam will be the final of Dutch Eredivisie as they head into the match atop the league table, boasting a slender 1 point lead over their closest title rivals.
Twente thrashed the basement boys, Willem II, 4-0 last night to stay in pole position to defend their title but all will depend on the last game as a defeat in that game will cost them the title. The Amsterdammers also remained hot on the heels of their
rivals as they beat Heerenveen at the weekend.
Twente were in inspired form last night but had to wait until the last moments of the first half to take the lead when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Janssen-c34871
spot kick wrapped up the game for Twente. The loss coupled with a victory for VVV Venlo confirmed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Willem-II-c40945’s relegation to the second tier of Dutch football.
Ajax, meanwhile, notched up a crucial win at the weekend to stay in the title hunt as they came from a goal down to beat Heerenveen 2-1. Mika Vayrynen put his side ahead in 18th minute but Miralem Sulemani restored parity moments later. Christian
Eriksen completed the turnaround a minute after the restart.
Wins for the top two ensured that PSV Eindhoven will not win the title this year but they still cheered up their mood with a 2-1 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 on Sunday as
they still remain in the hunt for the second spot and will secure it should Ajax fail to win the last game of the season.
Elsewhere in the league, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brett-Holman-c8047 accounted for the fifth strike. Peter Jungschlager
bagged the consolation goal for Graafschap.
Another thrashing in the league came when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NEC-c40018 Nijmegen severely dented Roda JC’s European qualification hopes with a moral dampening 5-0 win. Bjorn Vleminckx scored 4 goals on the night while Remy Amieux grabbed the other one.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petter-Andersson-c29865
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fredrik-Stenman-c14204 had put the home side ahead in the game.
Andersson struck early in the second half to put his side in the lead for the first time in the game before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-Hiariej-c35225 sealed the win for his side just 3 minutes from full time to remain just 3 points behind 4th placed AZ Alkmaar.
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