PSV end year as Dutch winter champions

THE HAGUE, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- PSV Eindhoven ended the year 2012 as Dutch Eredivisie "winter" champions for the 19th time in history, with FC Twente finishing the year on goal difference as the second placed team.

PSV had no difficulties with NAC Breda on Saturday, beating the home team 6-1.

Jeremain Lens opened the scoring with two goals, after which Jordy Buijs equalized.

The consolation¹ goal of NAC was not the precursor² of more. Georginio Wijnaldum, Mathias Zanka Jorgensen, Luciano Narsingh and Jurgen Locadia completed the six of PSV.

"The most important thing is that we have won, not the winter title," PSV coach Dick Advocaat said. "I rather have the real title in summer."

On Friday, FC Twente booked a 3-0 win at AZ Alkmaar, but their performance was not convincing. AZ was the dominating³ team in most of the match, but the home team was not able to find the net.

Nacer Chadli scored just after half-time, Luc Castaignos added the second and Chadli made it three with a beautiful lob.

Ajax had the chance to move within one point of the leaders, but wasted that opportunity at FC Utrecht.

Coach Frank de Boer side played well and had several chances, but drew 0-0.

Utrecht finished the match with ten men after Dave Bulthuis was sent off in the 90th minute with his second yellow card.

"I think we created around seven hundred percent chances," De Boer reacted. "My players just made the wrong choices."

Feyenoord booked a narrow 2-1 win on Sunday against FC Groningen. Striker Graziano Pelle broke the deadlock⁴ for Feyenoord in the 58th minute, but defender⁵ Virgil van Dijk managed to equalize. Three minutes from time Pelle added another goal and became match winner.

Feyenoord moved up one place to the fourth, because Vitesse Arnhem suffered a 2-1 loss against sc Heerenveen on Saturday. Filip Djuricic and Alfred Finnbogason scored for the home-team and Guram Kashia's goal was not enough for Vitesse.

PSV now enter the new year with 40 points from 18 matches, leading Twente on goal difference. Ajax and Feyenoord trail by three points and Vitesse by five.

PSV became "winter" Eredivisie champions for the 19th time. They also ended up as champions in 13 of the 18 previous occasions. The Dutch league will resume⁶ after the winter break on January 18.

1 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。

2 precursor   

n.先驱者；前辈；前任；预兆；先兆

参考例句：

• Error is often the precursor of what is correct.错误常常是正确的先导。
• He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。

3 dominating   

adj.有领导作风的；统治的，独裁的v.控制( dominate的现在分词 )；在…中占首要地位；在…中具有最重要（或明显）的特色；在…中拥有最重要的位置

参考例句：

• He is dominating and active in manner. 他有领导作风而且能采取主动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Gradually commodity production becomes the dominating form. 商品生产逐渐地成了统治的形式。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源

4 deadlock   

n.僵局，僵持

参考例句：

• The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
• The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。

5 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

6 resume   

v.（中断后）继续，恢复；n.摘要，简历

参考例句：

• We'll stop now and resume at two o 'clock.我们现在停下来，到两点再干。
• My resume shows that I have the right qualifications for the job.我的简历表明我正符合这项工作的条件。