Ajax slips past Volendam to regain second

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12/07/2008 - Volendam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ajax moved back into second place on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Volendam at Kras Stadion as Jan Vertonghen scored in the 64th minute for the Amsterdam side to break a 1-1 deadlock.

The loss keeps Volendam on the bottom of the Eredivisie table with just seven points from 14 games, but the hosts did eliminate Ajax from the Dutch Cup one month ago, and looked like they might spoil Ajax again when Gerson Sheotahul handed Volendam the lead after 41 minutes.

Aaron Meijers sent a low cross into the box and Sheotahul got on the other end of it to stab it home from six yards.

However, the lead lasted just three minutes as Ajax got back on level terms right before the break. Miralem Sulejmani got into the area and cut the ball back to Suarez for an easy tap in.

Sulejmani fired over the net early in the second half, but a poor clearance from the Ajax defense nearly handed Volendam the lead.

Jack Tuyp picked up the failed clearance and moved in on goal with only goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer to beat, but his shot skimmed the outside of the left post.

The visitors then claimed the lead in the 64th minute when Suarez headed a corner into the path of Vertonghen and he got enough of the ball to knock it over the goal line from close range.

Fourth-place NAC suffered a surprising 4-0 loss at the hands of Den Haag as Richard Knopper scored twice for the bottom-half club, Cedric van der Gun helped Utrecht snatch all three points at NEC with a goal in stoppage time to hand his team a 2-1 win, Heerenveen toppled Willem II by a 3-1 score with two goals in the last 20 minutes and Geert Den Ouden bagged a pair of goals to lead Graafschap to a 3-1 win over Feyenoord.

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