Eredivisie roundup: Ajax and Feyenoord open with wins, Twente fall to Heerenveen

[h2]Sparta Rotterdam - Feyenoord: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/feyenoord-8zjySeoN/sparta-rotterdam-KK4FaFV3/?mid=EJ1zmMYQ"]0-1[/a][/h2][p]A first-half goal from newly named captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valente-luciano/4j2kSvnC/"]Luciano Valente[/a] got [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a] over the hill away at neighbours [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sparta-rotterdam/KK4FaFV3/"]Sparta Rotterdam[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/new-look-feyenoord-shut-sparta-out-to-open-season-with-minimal-win/EoiqqjxS/"]To read all about Giovanni van Bronckhorst's first win in his second Feyenoord spell, read our full match report HERE.[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="2eebfd95-042b-49d7-9894-0cf79ac30959" url="https://x.com/Feyenoord/status/2086436997099352388?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]PEC Zwolle - Ajax: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ajax-8UOvIwnb/zwolle-r1L5w2EB/?mid=hSeEuvR0"]0-2[/a][/h2][p]Goals from substitutes [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mokio-jorthy/lQdp4JnH/"]Jorthy Mokio[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brandt-julian/hW5Goyrc/"]Julian Brandt[/a] earned [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] a hard-fought win against ten-man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zwolle/r1L5w2EB/"]PEC Zwolle[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-eredivisie-substitutes-help-ajax-to-difficult-opening-weekend-win-against-ten-man-pec-zwolle/ARP02Sft/"]To read all about Ajax's difficult afternoon, read our full match report HERE.[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="c7b601fe-2237-4d80-be43-66145cea2917" url="https://x.com/AFCAjax/status/2086460994667077845?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]FC Groningen - FC Utrecht: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/groningen-MBUGcjb9/utrecht-p6QXMgOj/?mid=p2h6s0dl"]2-1[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/groningen/MBUGcjb9/"]FC Groningen[/a] opened their new season with a 2-1 home win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/utrecht/p6QXMgOj/"]FC Utrecht[/a].[/p][p]Icelandic striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/willumsson-brynjolfur/6ZZO2WUq/"]Brynjolfur Willumsson[/a] opened his account early, profiting from a lucky wayward interception from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alarcon-angel/lCyqZI3I/"]Angel Alarcon[/a] that put him 1-on-1 with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brouwer-michael/0xyz2jOR/"]Michael Brouwer[/a]. Willumsson kept his cool, sliding the ball under Brouwer to give Groningen the lead after 8 minutes.[/p][p]Willumsson momentarily doubled the lead in the 34th minute, but was called back after the VAR caught him offside. Colleague striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bergen-thom/QiLuuuV1/"]Thom van Bergen[/a] got Groningen up two anyway, lifting the ball over Brouwer shortly after the break to put the hosts on roses.[/p][p]English winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blake-adrian/4OD12mLM/"]Adrian Blake[/a] handed FC Utrecht a lifeline ten minutes before full-time, but it wasn't to be for the visitors, who started life under Anthony Correia with a defeat up North.[/p][image alt="Match result" id="509ad9af-28de-4d2f-afac-a036e1fedf7c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b4b8fdb2-67f8-4761-af80-dacc1a266e57" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][h2]sc Heerenveen - FC Twente: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/heerenveen-EDjXSyWG/twente-dhOKTHGA/?mid=QufMwIeD"]1-0[/a][/h2][p]Days after their 6-0 UEFA Conference League qualifying win over Dunajska Streda, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a] lost their first Eredivisie game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/heerenveen/EDjXSyWG/"]Heerenveen[/a], who won 1-0 on home soil.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oyen-luca/2L7Tc6QM/"]Luca Oyen[/a] fired Heerenveen in front inside the hour, surprising [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/unnerstall-lars/zFtmVMbH/"]Lars Unnerstall[/a] at his near post with a smart attempt. FC Twente tried all they could, including by playing all three strikers - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weghorst-wout/tpWMDFoL/"]Wout Weghorst[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vennegoor-of-hesselink-lucas/hhbPx1Z9/"]Lucas Vennegoor[/a] of Hesselink, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lammers-sam/lOMS3gGk/"]Sam Lammers[/a] - but could not muster a comeback.[/p][embed guid="a46fc932-cd35-4d5a-b85f-2325e49494b0" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2086484641666494586?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]