Twente faces probe after game halted
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March 1, 2011, Tuesday
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TWENTE Enschede is set to face recriminations from the Dutch FA after offensive chanting by its fans forced its game at AZ Alkmaar to be halted for 15 minutes on Sunday.
The players were led off the pitch in the second half after Twente fans, angry at Brazilian Douglas Costa's dismissal late in the first half, chanted insults at referee Ruud Bossen.
Douglas has been suspended for six matches from the Dutch league for bumping into the referee. The defender said he accepted the punishment "because I brought the club into disrepute."
Second-placed Twente lost 1-2 after conceding the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time, suffering a blow to its title hopes.
Erik Falkenburg won it for Alkmaar after Twente had equalized a minute from time through Luuk de Jong. The hosts also finished with 10 men after Nick Viergever's 63rd minute dismissal.
Twente is three points behind leader PSV Eindhoven which was held to a 0-0 draw at home by third-placed Ajax Amsterdam.
Dutch under-21 international midfielder Georgino Wijnaldum hit four goals in Feyenoord's 5-1 mauling of fourth-placed Groningen. Wijnaldum became the first Feyenoord player in 21 years to score four in one match to give the Rotterdam side a lift in a difficult season.
Wijnaldum netted a first-half double and after Nicklas Pedersen had pulled one back just before the break, he converted two second-half penalties. Ron Vlaar added a fifth goal. Feyenoord moved up to 13th place, six points above the relegation playoff places.
The players were led off the pitch in the second half after Twente fans, angry at Brazilian Douglas Costa's dismissal late in the first half, chanted insults at referee Ruud Bossen.
Douglas has been suspended for six matches from the Dutch league for bumping into the referee. The defender said he accepted the punishment "because I brought the club into disrepute."
Second-placed Twente lost 1-2 after conceding the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time, suffering a blow to its title hopes.
Erik Falkenburg won it for Alkmaar after Twente had equalized a minute from time through Luuk de Jong. The hosts also finished with 10 men after Nick Viergever's 63rd minute dismissal.
Twente is three points behind leader PSV Eindhoven which was held to a 0-0 draw at home by third-placed Ajax Amsterdam.
Dutch under-21 international midfielder Georgino Wijnaldum hit four goals in Feyenoord's 5-1 mauling of fourth-placed Groningen. Wijnaldum became the first Feyenoord player in 21 years to score four in one match to give the Rotterdam side a lift in a difficult season.
Wijnaldum netted a first-half double and after Nicklas Pedersen had pulled one back just before the break, he converted two second-half penalties. Ron Vlaar added a fifth goal. Feyenoord moved up to 13th place, six points above the relegation playoff places.
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