Dutchman Denzel Dumfries (left) and Ukrainian Vitaly Mykolenko.
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“I feel great relief, we have achieved an important goal. It was not my best match of all, but it was definitely the most beautiful,” Dumfries said. “The reason we scored the winning goal was because we still believed in ourselves. We knew there would be more chances, and we just had to prepare to take advantage of them,” added PSV player Eindhoven.
Not only did he score the first goal of the national team at a crucial moment, he also made some of his previous unchanged chances forget. “It was a great moment. I was a little frustrated because I wanted to hit in the first half. But when I changed this chance, I was quite relieved,” Dumfries said with a smile, who was declared the man of the match.
GOOD TEAM PERFORMANCE! ????????
So happy to score my first goal with @our orange! ???????????? #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/f8IwkUzCpC— Denzel Dumfries (@DenzelJMD2) June 13, 2021
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Thanks to his goal, the Dutch successfully returned to the big stage, where they were missing for seven years. After the bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships, they could not qualify for the 2016 European Championships or the 2018 World Championships. Trustees of Frank de Boer, who replaced Ronald Koeman last year after his departure for Barcelona, but is currently in good shape. They have lost only one of the last 11 matches and have scored at least two goals for the eighth time in a row.
The Dutch have lost a two-goal lead, but may eventually rejoice
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“I think we can be proud of our performance. We saw a quality Dutch team that was compact, dominated and created chances. But what we didn’t want to see were the two goals collected. It was too easy,” said De Boer. a passage in which Andriy Jarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk took over.
The match entered the history of the European Championships as the first in which five goals were scored in the second half after the opening one ended without goals. “We have to deal with these situations more sensibly next time. It is clear that opponents can create chances, but we have to eliminate as much as possible to get to them after our own mistakes. In addition, these situations do not hurt me well, so I will believe that we will not allow such a thing, “added De Boer.
In the next duel, his team will challenge Austria on Thursday in the fight for first place in Group C, which initially defeated Northern Macedonia 3: 1.
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