The Netherlands dominated the dramatic end of the second match of Group C and entered the tournament victorious

The second match of Group C was played on the ground of the Netherlands, who hosted the players of Ukraine. In the best match of the tournament so far, the Oranjes beat Ukraine 3:2.

Right after the opening whistle, the Netherlands took the reins of the match, and in
the second minute after a Memphis Depay breakaway, but his shot
Bushchan made a quick save.

In the fifth minute, the players in orange had a second big chance when
Wijnaldum sent Dumfries face to face with the goalkeeper, but he again shot
…but he cleared it again.

After this great start by the Dutch, the game gradually evened out. The Ukrainians threatened from quick breaks, but couldn’t convert any of them into goals.

One such break could have been used by Yarmolenko in the 28th minute, who was brilliantly sent in by Yaremchuk, but Yarmolenko chose to fall in the penalty area instead of shooting.
Referee Brych did not correctly whistle the penalty.

In the 39th minute, while conquering the Ukrainian defence, after a rebound in the penalty area
…Wijnaldum was able to get a shot off, but goalkeeper Bushchan made a great save against a slightly deflected shot.

The second half continued in the same vein as the first. The Dutch were conquering the Ukrainian defence and overcame it in the 52nd minute. Wijnaldum got to a deflected ball and sent the ball under the crossbar of Buschan’s goal with his left foot from the penalty spot.

In the 58th minute, the players in orange rejoiced for the second time. Weghorst again found a deflected ball and uncompromisingly shot past Bushchan. The goal had to be reviewed by VAR to see if it was offside, but it too sealed the Dutch lead 2-0.

In the 75th minute, Ukraine also managed to get on the board and reduced the score to 2:1. Yarmolenko scored a beautiful shot from outside the box to make it the best goal of the European Championship so far.

In the 79th minute, Stekelenburg scored for the second time. Zinchenko was fouled dangerously close to the penalty spot and the Ukrainians took advantage. Malinovski sent the ball in from a standard behind the Dutch defence and Yaremchuk headed over.

The goal scoring continued in the 85th minute when the Dutch took the lead back. Substitute Nathan Aké centred and Dumfries headed just wide of the post.

Nothing serious happened in the final minutes and the Dutch deservedly won by a narrow 3:2 margin.

Source: UEFA EURO 2020