Football season gets off to fine start
The first matches in the new premier league football season saw comfortable wins for PSV and Ajax and surprise win for FC Dordrecht.
FC Dordrecht returned to the premier league on Saturday after a gap of 20 seasons and scored a surprise 2-1 win against SC Heerenveen, after being 0-1 down at half-time.
Alkmaar club AZ scored three goals in the second half of their match, beating Heracles of Hengelo 3-0.
SC Cambuur against FC Twente and FC Excelsior against Breda club NAC both ended in a 1-1 draw.
Sunday
Sunday saw a total of 14 goals, as last season’s champions PSV beat Willem II 3-1, Amsterdam club Ajax beat Vitesse 4-1 and FC Groningen beat Go Ahead Eagles 3-2.
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