PSV finally became the champions of the Netherlands on Sunday. It was no longer a question of if, but when the club would be crowned champion. Thanks to a victory over Sparta Rotterdam, the time had come on Sunday. On the same day, AZ moved closer to third place with a victory over competitor FC Twente, which entitles them to participate in the preliminary round of the Champions League. Furthermore, RKC Waalwijk, FC Utrecht and Feyenoord won against Heracles Almelo, Vitesse and PEC Zwolle respectively.
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FT | PSV – Sparta Rotterdam (4-2)
PSV managed to become definitive champions of the Netherlands on Sunday by defeating Sparta Rotterdam on their own field. The visitors made it difficult for PSV in the first half, but after the break the Eindhoven team put things in order: 4-2.
PSV line-up:
Benítez; Teze (Sambo 88′), Ramalho (Lozano 58′), Boscagli, Mauro Junior (Van Aanholt 88′); Schouten, Til (Saibari 58′), Veerman; Bakayoko, De Jong (Pepi 77′), Tillman.
Sparta Rotterdam line-up:
Olive; Bakari (Rosanas 88′), Vriends (Meissen 90′), Eerdhuijzen (Velthuis 90′), Van der Kust; De Guzman (Brym 90′), Metinho; Neghli (Mito 57′), Clement, Saito; Lauritsen.
Goals:
0-1 Metinho (8′)
1-1 Saïd Bakari (19′, ed)
2-1 Johan Bakayoko (26′)
2-2 Olivier Boscagli (29′, ed)
3-2 Olivier Boscagli (68′)
4-2 Jordan Tese (78′)
FT | Heracles Almelo – RKC Waalwijk (0-5)
RKC Waalwijk did well in the battle for relegation. The Waalwijkers left no stone unturned against Heracles Almelo by winning 0-5. With the victory, Henk Fraser’s team climbs over Excelsior – which will play against NEC tomorrow – to the safe fifteenth place.
Heracles Almelo line-up:
Brewer; Port, Leerdam (Sankoh 67′), Hoogma (Willems 46′), Oppegard; De Keersmaecker, Vejinovic (English 46′); Hrustic, Scheperman (Bruijn 46′), Limbombe; Hornkamp.
RKC Waalwijk line-up:
Vaessen; Gaari, Adewoye (Lelieveld 83′), Van den Buijs, Meijers (Lutonda 70′); Oukili, Roemeratoe; Lokesa (Felida 79′), Niemeijer (Margaret 70′), Seuntjens (Cleonise 79′); Min.
Goals:
0-1 David Min (8′)
0-2 Jurien Gaari (45+1′)
0-3 David Min (67′)
0-4 Shawn Adewoye (80′)
0-5 David Min (82′)
FT| FC Utrecht – Vitesse (1-0)
FC Utrecht, which was already assured of a place in the play-offs, played against relegated Vitesse in Stadion Galgenwaard. The Arnhem team could play freely, just like last week. Then Fortuna Sittard was defeated 3-2, but it was not successful again on Sunday. FC Utrecht was too strong with 1-0.
FC Utrecht line-up:
Barkas; Van der Maarel, Ter Avest (Vesterlund 85′), Viergever, El Karouani; Flamingo, Fraulo (Iqbal 46′); Toornstra (Bozdogan 80′), Booth (Jensen 46′), Boussaid (Lidberg 71′); Lammers.
Vitesse line-up:
Cream; Arcus, Oroz, Hendriks, Pinto (Cornelisse 60′); Tielemans (Meulensteen 60′), Aaronson, Van Ginkel (Buitink 75′); De Regt, Kozlowski (Domgjoni 86′), Boutrah (Hadj-Moussa 75′).
Goals:
1-0 Victor Jensen (48′)
FT | AZ – FC Twente (2-1)
AZ hosted FC Twente on its own field. The Alkmaarders had to win to retain third place in the Eredivisie. The gap to the Tukkers was five points and was reduced on Sunday. Initially, AZ was still behind, but the Alkmaarders fought their way to victory. In this way, FC Twente came within two points, while number five Ajax is now nine points behind.
AZ setup:
Ryan; Sugawara, Penetra, Bazor (Dekker 75′), M. de Wit (Wolfe 75′); D. of Wit, Belic (Dantas 75′), Mijnans; Sadiq (Poku 78′), Pavlidis, Van Bommel (Van Brederode 79′).
FC Twente line-up:
Unnerstall; Regeer, Hilgers, Pröpper (Van Hoorenbeeck 57′), Smal (Taha 83′); Kjølø (Eiting 68′), Sadilek; Rots, Steijn (Boadu 68′), Ünüvar (Van Bergen 57′); Van Wolfswinkel.
Goals:
0-1 Sem Steijn (5′)
1-1 Ruben van Bommel (46′)
2-1 Vangelis Pavlidis (66′)
FT | Feyenoord – PEC Zwolle (5-0)
Feyenoord closed round 32 in the Eredivisie with a home match against PEC Zwolle, which actually didn’t matter anymore. Feyenoord also knew for sure that it would finish in second place. However, they wanted to end the last matches under Arne Slot as well as possible and a convincing step was taken on Sunday. The Rotterdam team were too strong for PEC Zwolle with 5-0.
Feyenoord line-up:
Bijlow; Geertruida, Trauner, Beelen, Hancko (Lopez 65′); Stengs (Lingr 76′), Zerrouki, Timber (Van den Belt 65′); Paixão, Ueda (Giménez 65′), Ivanusec (Jahanbakhsh 57′).
PEC Zwolle line-up:
violator; Van Polen, Kersten, MacNulty, Van der Haar; El Azzouzi, Krastev; Van der Water (Vellios 77′), Velanas, Reijnders (Van den Berg 62′); Thy.
Goals:
1-0 Ayase Ueda (33′)
2-0 Quinten Timber (41′)
3-0 Santiago Giménez (67′, penalty)
4-0 Lutsharel Geertruida (80′)
5-0 Santiago Giménez (82′)