PSV lift ninth Dutch Cup
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands ● PSV Eindhoven won the KNVB Beker by ending Heracles Almelo’s fairytale run in the competition with a comfortable 3-0 victory on Sunday. Ola Toivonen opened the scoring in the 31st minute and Dries Mertens and Jeremain Lens added further goals after the break for the overwhelming favourites, who never looked [...]
Ajax reclaim lead
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Defending champions Ajax moved to the top of the Eredivisie table on Sunday after coasting to a 6-0 win at home over Heracles. The result, combined with AZ Alkmaar’s 2-2 draw at Vitesse, leaves the Amsterdam side one point clear of AZ with six games remaining. The reigning champions entered the tie [...]
Bilbao strikes again
ALKMAAR, Netherlands – Athletic Bilbao, conquerors of Manchester United in the previous round, continued their Europa League run by scoring three times in the last 20 minutes to win their quarter-final first leg tie 4-2 at Schalke 04 on Thursday. Atletico Madrid also snatched a late win in a Spain-Germany clash, beating Hanover 96 2-1 [...]
Ajax hurts PSV
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Second-half goals from Ismail Aissati and Siem de Jong earned Ajax Amsterdam a 2-0 win over PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch league on Sunday to keep the pressure on leaders AZ Alkmaar with seven matches remaining. Almaar stayed top on 56 points, one point ahead of Ajax, after beating mid-table RKC Waalwijk [...]
Heracles write club history
ALKMAAR, Netherlands – Heracles Almelo wrote club history by beating AZ Alkmaar and reaching the finals of the Dutch KNVB Cup for the first time in their history. Heracles won the semi-final 4-2 in overtime. In Alkmaar the match turned out the be a real cup thriller. Heracles took an early lead through a header [...]
First final PSV since 2006
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands – PSV Eindhoven progressed through to the KNVB Beker final with a 3-1 semi-final victory over Heerenveen on Wednesday. PSV Eindhoven reached their first Dutch Cup final since 2006. PSV defeated the same opponents 5-1 in the league at home on Sunday and they were triumphant again thanks to goals from Zakaria Labyad, [...]
Heerenveen climb to fourth
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands – Heerenveen came from a goal down to beat Excelsior 4-2 in the Eredivisie on Saturday, as ADO Den Haag and Vitesse Arnhem also won. Visitors Excelsior led from the fourth minute of the match at the Abe Lenstra Stadion thanks to a goal from Mitchell Te Vrede. Jeffrey Gouweleeuw levelled for the [...]
Twente thrashes PSV in eredivisie
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – FC Twente showed off its title potential Sunday by beating PSV Eindhoven 6-2 despite playing most of the second half with 10 men after defender Douglas was sent off. The result in Eindhoven meant AZ Alkmaar stayed top of the Dutch league after its 3-1 win against Heracles Almelo on Saturday night. [...]
