Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk scored a 93rd-minute penalty to give the Netherlands a crucial victory against Greece in Euro 2024 qualifying.
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Van Dijk converted from the spot after Denzel Dumfries was fouled in the box to edge his team up to second place in Group B.
Greece coach Gus Poyet received a red card for his protestations.
The Netherlands are level on points with third-placed Greece but lead the head-to-head having beaten them twice.
If the Dutch now beat the Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar in their final two games they will be guaranteed to reach next summer's tournament in Germany behind France, who have already qualified from the group.
Match Events
8' CLOSE! Ake makes timely block
13' Yellow Card! Lutsharel Geertruida booked
24' ClOSE! Reijnders shot saved by Goalkeeper!
28' Penalty Missed! (Weghorst)
47' Bergwijn misses a good chance!
51' CLOSE! Ioannidis shot wide out
86' Yellow Card! Vangelis Pavlidis booked
93' Penalty Goal! Greece 0-1 Netherlands (Van Dijk)
Line-ups
Greece XI: Petros Mantalos, Dimitrios Kourbelis, Anastasios Bakasetas, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Masouras, Retsos, Tsimikas, Mavropanos, Fotis Ioannidis, Lazaros Rota, Konstantinos Koulierakis
Subs: Alexandros Paschalakis, Bouchalakis, Manolis Siopis, Sokratis Dioudis, Taxiarchis Fountas, Dimitrios Pelkas, Georgios Giakoumakis, Dimitrios Goutas, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Vangelis Pavlidis, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis, Giannis Konstantelias
Netherlands XI: Ake, Van Dijk, Weghorst, Bergwijn, Dumfries, Lutsharel Geertruida, Tijjani Reijnders, Mats Wieffer, Bart Verbruggen, Xavi Simons, Quilindschy Hartman
Subs: Blind, De Vrij, De Roon, Nick Olij, Andries Noppert, Stengs, Joey Veerman, Donyell Malen, Brian Brobbey, Jeremie Frimpong, Maatsen, Micky van de Ven