Netherlands players celebrate after Denzel Dumfries scored his side's third goal. Photo / AP
Denzel Dumfries made up for an earlier mistake by heading in an 85th-minute winning goal today, giving the Netherlands a 3-2 victory over Ukraine at the European Championship.
Dumfries missed an open header in the first half, but he converted when the team needed it most, heading in a cross
from Nathan Ake only minutes after his team had squandered a two-goal lead.
The Dutch were playing in their first major soccer tournament in seven years. The last time was at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when they reached the semfinals.
Georginio Wijnaldum put the 1988 European champions in the lead in the 52nd minute, and Wout Weghorst made it 2-0 in the 59th.
But Ukraine captain Andriy Yarmolenko curled a shot over Maarten Stekelenburg in the 75th minute and Roman Yaremchuk dived in front of Weghorst to head in a free kick from the left four minutes later.
