Ajax moves back to second in Eredivisie

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12/27/2006 - Amsterdam, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With a 2-0 win over Roda in Dutch Eredivisie play Wednesday, Ajax moved back to second in the table - nine points back of leaders PSV after 19 games.

Ajax dominated the play most of the contest with the 2-0 score not telling the tale of the game.

The first goal was scored by Wesley Sneijder in the 16th minute and was more than a little controversial.

Replays showed the midfielder punched the ball out of the hands of Roda goalkeeper Bram Castro after he had collected a Ryan Babel cross.

The team's second goal, however, had no controversy in it.

Zdenek Grygera scored his second of the season just before the break to give Ajax a commanding lead heading into the second half.

On the first goal, referee Kevin Blom had a poor view of the incident, and even though it should have been reversed, it probably didn't affect the final outcome.

The second goal occurred when Tom De Mul took a corner kick to Thomas Vermaelen who flicked it on to leave Grygera who finished rather easily into the far corner.

Ajax dominated the second half giving Roda only a couple outside chances at the goal, which were snapped up rather easily by goalkeeper Dennis Gentenaar.

Roda drop to 12th in the standings, tied with NEC, Utrecht and Vitesse with 25 points.

In other Eredivisie action on Wednesday, Twente Enschede topped AZ Alkmaar 3-0 to drop the losers to third in the table, NEC Nijmegen fell to Heerenveen 2-0, NAC topped Vitesse 2-1, Utrecht was held to a 0-0 draw with Heracles and bottom-two Den Hag and Waalwijk battled to a 1-1 tie.

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