Ajax salvage draw as Eredivisie kicks off
Reuters - Sunday 12 August 2012, 18:25
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson struck
seven minutes from time to give defending champions Ajax
Amsterdam a 2-2 draw at home to AZ Alkmaar on Sunday on the
opening weekend of the Dutch league.
Right-back Gregory van der Wiel put Ajax ahead with a fierce
drive after nine minutes before U.S forward Jozy Altidore
struck twice in three minutes early in the second half.
Feyenoord opened with a 1-0 win at Utrecht as Sekou
Cisse headed the winner six minutes before the interval.
Former England manager Steve McClaren's Twente Enschede
cruised to a 4-1 home win over Groningen with Serb Dusan Tadic
scoring twice against his old club and setting up the other two
for Nacer Chadli.
Marco van Basten's return to the Dutch league as a coach
after a three-year absence ended with his Heereveen side losing
2-0 at home to NEC Nijmegen.