Netherlands edge Ukraine in five-goal thriller
Netherlands made an emphatic go back to major tournament football by snatching a 3-2 win over Ukraine on Sunday in an exciting Euro 2020 match after they looked to have thrown away a two-goal lead.
Defender Denzel Dumfries headed the winner in the 85th minute after Ukraine had clawed their way back into the game from two goals down thanks to a beautiful curled strike from Andriy Yarmolenko and a Roman Yaremchuk header.
The Dutch had dominated large parts of the frenetic Group C match and deservedly went in the front in the 52nd minute when captain Georginio Wijnaldum smashed a loose ball high into the net and striker Wout Weghorst doubled the advantage six minutes later with a scrappy finish.
Dumfries had wasted a glaring chance to score the opening goal late in the first half when he missed the mark with a glancing header but he a lot more than made amends along with his late strike, helped by erratic goalkeeping by Ukraine's Georgi Bushchan.
