Ajax stay top of Eredivisie in rout
Quincy Promes scores twice as Ajax handle Heracles 4-1 to remain atop the table. Watch Eredivisie on ESPN+.
DUTCH EREDIVISIE
2019/2020 Season
| POS | TEAM | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | SC Heracles | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Feyenoord | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
SC Heracles Almelo
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Ajax and clubs across Netherlands stop for 60 seconds after kick-off in anti-racism protest
Ajax and visitors Heracles did not kick the ball in the first minute of their Dutch Eredivisie meeting on Saturday, as players protested against racism.
The Dutch league leaders kicked off, but both sets of players then remained stationary and applauded for the next 60 seconds, with match officials and supporters joining in.
Clubs across the country's top two divisions agreed to the measure after Excelsior player Ahmad Mendes Moreira was subjected to racist abuse by Den Bosch supporters during last...
Ajax and Heracles protest racism for first minute of match
The ball isn't kicked for the first minute of the match as Ajax and Heracles stand in protest against racism.
SC Heracles Almelo 2-1 FC Twente
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Heracles clinched a third successive win to move into the top half of the Eredivisie as they hit back from a goal down to edge out lowly Twente 2-1 at the Polman Stadion.
Twente seemed set to end a 10-match winless streak, a sequence stretching back to mid-December, when they went ahead five minutes after half-time through on-loan Malaga forward Adnane Tighadouini's strike.
But former Liverpool winger Kristoffer Peterson levelled in the 57th minute when he converted Brandley Kuwas' cross.
And Twente's...
FC Twente 2-1 SC Heracles Almelo
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FC Twente moved out of the Eredivisie's bottom three with a 2-1 derby win against Heracles.
The home side took the lead from their first attack in the second minute, with Fredrik Jensen sliding in to score after Tom Boere's shot had been cleared off the line by a defender.
Jensen was denied a second by goalkeeper Bram Castro shortly afterwards, while former Newcastle and Rotherham forward Haris Vuckic's goal-bound effort was hacked away by Lerin Duarte before the break.
Heracles equalised early in the...