Heerenveen secured a vital victory on Saturday evening with a 4-0 demolition of Sparta Rotterdam at Het Kasteel. The win, their second of the season, firmly plants Kees van Wonderen's side in the Eredivisie's mid-table.
Nineteen-year-old Belgian Nolhan Courtens opened the scoring in the 28th minute from a Levi Smans assist. "I gave a lovely pass to Nolhan Courtens," Smans said afterwards. Jacob Trenskow doubled the lead two minutes before halftime following a mistake by Sparta defender Joel Ideho. Early in the second half, Frenchman Maxence Rivera made it three, before substitute Marko Farji added the fourth with about fifteen minutes remaining. "The nineteen-year-old Belgian struck it hard and true," Courtens said of his goal.
This 0-4 away win lifts Heerenveen to tenth place in the table with nine points from seven matches. The team has scored eleven goals and conceded nine. Heerenveen's recent form has been mixed: after a season-opening win over FC Twente, they went on a five-match winless run before securing this emphatic away victory in Rotterdam. The full standings show the current league picture.
For Sparta Rotterdam, it's a difficult start to the season with just five points and a position just above the relegation zone. Heerenveen began the campaign with a win over FC Twente but had failed to win again until this breakout performance in Rotterdam just before the international break. The Heerenveen squad lists the players responsible for this result.
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