Seventeen-year-old Pepijn Reulen scored the decisive goal in the 87th minute, securing a crucial 1-0 victory for NAC against FC Volendam on Saturday evening at the Rat Verlegh Stadion. Reulen, who came on as a substitute, capitalized on an assist from Raul Paula to net the winning goal. NAC, managed by Carl Hoefkens, was without injured players Leo Greiml and Moussa Soumano but saw a disallowed goal from new signing Amine Salama in the first half. Despite a late scare from FC Volendam following a mistake by NAC goalkeeper Daniel Bielica, the home team held on for the win, earning three vital points that help them distance themselves from the bottom of the Eredivisie standings.