Football
Reuters 18y

Soccer-Huntelaar helps Heerenveen trounce future club Ajax 4-2

By Theo Ruizenaar

AMSTERDAM, Dec 30 - Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored one
goal and set up another to inspire Heerenveen to a stunning 4-2
win over his future employers Ajax Amsterdam on Friday.

Huntelaar, the Dutch first division's leading scorer with 17
goals, doubled Heerenveen's lead in the 38th minute, three
minutes after Greek Georgios Samaras had opened the scoring.

Midway through the second half Andre Hanssen added a third
after being set up by Huntelaar and Samaras scored his second to
put Heerenveen 4-0 up.

Defender Thomas Vermaelen pulled one back from close range
11 minutes before time and Tomas Galasek converted a disputed
penalty for Ajax in injury time.

Heerenveen finished with 10 men after Paul Bosvelt's late
dismissal.

The 22-year-old Huntelaar will join Ajax in January in a
nine million euro (

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