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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: mauzip on December 19, 2004, 04:55:29 AM
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/me salutes AZ 8)
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/me salutes AZ 8)
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AZ top the Christmas chart
Sunday, 19 December 2004
By Berend Scholten
AZ Alkmaar are the surprise Eredivisie winter champions after collecting their tenth consecutive league win to leapfrog PSV Eindhoven, who were shocked by Roda JC, to the summit.
Rare challenge
AZ are the only club outside the dominant trio of Feyenoord, PSV and Ajax AFC to have lifted the championship trophy in the last 40 years when they did so in 1980/81. They also led at the halfway stage of that campaign and goals in either half from Robin Nelisse and Denny Landzaat secured Saturday's win at RBC Roosendaal which kept AZ on course to repeat the feat.
First defeat
Co Adriaanse's side now lead the Eredivisie on goal difference after PSV lost for the first time this season at home against Roda. The match hinged on the dismissal of Alex two minutes before half-time after the defender clashed with Aroune Koné. Roda were ahead by the interval through László Bodnár's sublime added-time free-kick. Sergio sealed a 2-0 victory ten minutes from the final whistle.
Babel double
Ajax scored four goals in 21 second-half minutes as they overcame a resolute FC Groningen side in emphatic fashion at the Oosterpark Stadion. The reigning champions dominated the first half but could find no way through until Wesley Sneijder broke the deadlock on 57 minutes. Nicolae Mitea doubled the lead before Ryan Babel added two more.
Feyenoord falter
Ajax are third, six points ahead of Feyenoord, whose recent malaise continued with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of ADO Den Haag. Geert den Ouden and Sjaak Polak combined for both strikes, taking a goal apiece as Ruud Gullit's men failed to win for the fourth successive match.
Denneboom delight
Feyenoord's fellow UEFA Cup contenders SC Heerenveen also lost as NEC Nijmegen edged a five-goal thriller under caretaker coach Cees Lok. Rob Wielaert opened the scoring from the penalty spot but it was a second-half double from Romano Denneboom that proved decisive. Scandinavian midfield duo Daniel Hestad and Mika Väyrynen were on target for Heerenveen.
Vitesse victory
Hans van der Haar gave FC Utrecht a 1-0 win against FC Den Bosch to move alongside Heerenveen in fifth, a point ahead of SBV Vitesse Arnhem, who ran out 3-1 victors against De Graafschap. Elsewhere, the match between FC Twente and NAC Breda ended in stalemate, while RKC Waalwijk earned a narrow 1-0 win against Willem II.
(http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/UEFACup/264329_BIGPORTRAIT.jpg)
Pos. Team Pld W D L GS GA Pts
1 Alkmaar 17 13 3 1 44 12 42
2 PSV 17 13 3 1 42 10 42
3 Ajax 17 11 4 2 41 17 37
4 Feyenoord 17 9 4 4 42 23 31
5 Heerenveen 17 8 4 5 30 28 28
6 Utrecht 17 8 4 5 23 19 28
7 Vitesse 17 8 3 6 28 23 27
8 Roda 17 7 5 5 32 26 26
9 NAC 17 7 5 5 27 33 26
10 Willem II 17 6 4 7 22 25 22
11 Waalwijk 17 5 6 6 21 23 21
12 Groningen 17 5 4 8 24 33 19
13 Twente 17 5 3 9 19 25 18
14 NEC 17 4 5 8 20 24 17
15 Den Haag 17 4 3 10 21 28 15
16 Den Bosch 17 2 3 12 10 43 9
17 Roosendaal 17 2 2 13 17 45 8
18 De Graafschap 17 1 5 11 17 43 8
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niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
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;D :D ;) :) 8) ;D ;D
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:banana_rock:
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:nahnah:
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What the fuck!?!?!?! AZ leading?!?!?! :o
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I liked their match against GAK.... ;)
... they seem to have a pretty solid team and I think and hope that they´ll defeat Aachen...
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I liked their match against GAK.... ;)
Blah, AZ had already won the group anyway 8)
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u know this only means u'll be more disappointed come the end of the season...
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:monkey_dance2: :monkey:
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