El Hamdaoui scores twice as AZ tops Dutch league.
El Hamdaoui scores twice as AZ tops Dutch league. Mounir El Hamdaoui’s league-leading 10th and 11th goals of the season helped AZ Alkmaar beat Roda JC 2-0 and move atop the Dutch league on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, Ghana defender Eric Addo netted a rare goal in the 57th minute and Otman Bakkal added another in the last to give defending champion PSV Eindhoven a 2-0 victory over ADO The Hague.
AZ improved to 18 points, two ahead of FC Groningen, which plays NEC Nijmegen on Wednesday. NAC Breda, which hosts FC Twente on Wednesday was third with 16, and PSV fourth with 15.
Sergio Zijler and Paul Quasten scored in Willem II’s 2-2 draw against FC Volendam. Melvin Platje and Paul de Lange replied for Volendam, which picked up its first point of the season.
Volendam’s last home win against Willem II was in March 1998.
Injury-depleted Ajax travels to Heracles Almelo on Wednesday while Feyenoord hopes to secure its second win of the season at crosstown rival Sparta. Heerenveen meet Vitesse Arnhem in the other match.
