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Giovanni van Bronckhorst was shown in a video joking about the plan against Meerdink, including the remark that his team would play with 12 men. A later video showed him joking about opportunities to make a profit; the available text provides no further details.
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Feyenoord beat AZ 2-0 at De Kuip in the Eredivisie and took over first place from the Alkmaar side. Nacho Ferri scored after 13 minutes and Javi López added the second goal after half-time. AZ suffered its first league defeat of the season. At 1-0, referee Danny Makkelie withdrew a penalty awarded to AZ after VAR intervention, according to one report. Feyenoord now leads AZ and PSV by one point.
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The Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 in Eindhoven in the Nations League, ending Xavi Hernández’s first international window as national coach unbeaten. Joshua Zirkzee scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute. The result was the Netherlands’ second win over Serbia in a week and leaves the team on eight points from four matches; Germany and Greece drew 0-0 in the other match. Captain Virgil van Dijk played his 100th international, becoming the 11th Dutch player to reach that mark, and was honoured after the match. Denzel Dumfries made his 80th appearance. Teun Koopmeiners started alongside Van Dijk in central defence, while goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen made several saves, according to a single report. Xavi said the team had struggled to impose its possession-based approach but had shown a desire to win.
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Feyenoord coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst said Anis Hadj Moussa is available for Saturday’s home match against AZ and can start. The attacker had suffered a minor injury while on Algeria duty against Zambia. Tsuyoshi Watanabe remains doubtful, while Shaqueel van Persie is unavailable.