Netherlands manager Frank de Boer: "This is the team that I would like to see for the most part - obviously not throwing away a 2-0 lead but I have seen a team that played in a very balanced way, and was very dominant. There was still time for one more twist in the game of the still fledgling tournament to date, as Dumfries made amends for his earlier miss with a strong header from Ake's cross to restore the Netherlands lead in the dying minutes, before finally seeing out victory to get off to a winning - if far from perfect - start in Amsterdam. Malinovskyi's free-kick was powerfully met by Yaremchuk ahead of Weghorst, and suddenly the visitors were level with 12 minutes to go. Just as they had been hit by a quick one-two, so would Ukraine reply in kind. The visitors looked out of ideas until Yarmolenko was given space to turn inside by Patrick Van Aanholt and, having opened up space on his left, beat Maarten Stekelenburg with an unstoppable dipping curled effort. ![]() ![]() Ukraine had barely caught their breath when they were two goals behind, as Dumfries' pressure on Vitaliy Mykolenko released a loose ball to Weghorst to beat Bushchan again, but had to wait for conformation of his first tournament goal due to a lengthy VAR offside check. Subscribe to Sky Sports Euro 2020 podcast
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