Denzel Dumfries rescued the Netherlands with a goal in the 85th minute to give his team a 3-2 win over Ukraine at the European Championship.
2020 European Championship
3-2
Match Report
The Dutch had lead 2-0 with a pair of goals early in the second half but Ukraine scored two late goals to equalize.
Dumfries then headed in a cross from Nathan Ake to get the victory. He had missed a similar chance in the first half.
The Netherlands was playing at a major soccer tournament for the first time in seven years.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
1' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
2' Depay's chance missed
5' CLOSE! Dumfries' shot blocked
25' Bushchan makes a good save
27' Yarmolenko goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
38' CHANCE! Wijnaldum's shot denied
40' Dumfries misses a golden chance
51' GOAL! Netherlands 1-0 Ukraine (Wijnaldum)
55' Weghorst's shot denied
57' GOAL! Netherlands 2-0 Ukraine (Weghorst)
72' Yaremchuk's shot stopped
74' GOAL! Netherlands 2-1 Ukraine (Yarmolenko)
78' GOAL! Netherlands 2-2 Ukraine (Yaremchuk)
84' GOAL! Netherlands 3-2 Ukraine (Dumfries)
Line-ups
Netherlands XI: Stekelenburg, Wijnaldum, Blind, Van Aanholt, De Vrij, De Roon, Depay, Weghorst, Dumfries, De Jong, J. Timber
Subs: Krul, Luuk de Jong, Veltman, M. Bizot, Berghuis, Klaassen, Ake, T. Koopmeiners, C. Gakpo, O. Wijndal, D. Malen, Gravenberch
Ukraine XI: Yarmolenko, S. Sydorchuk, H. Bushchan, Malinovskiy, O. Karavaev, R. Yaremchuk, Zinchenko, M. Matvienko, O. Zubkov, V. Mykolenko, I. Zabarnyi
Subs: A. Pyatov, Marlos, T. Stepanenko, S. Kryvtsov, Y. Makarenko, Sobol, O. Tymchyk, A. Besedin, A. Dovbyk, M. Shaparenko, D. Popov, A. Trubin