HOLLAND have beaten Ukraine in a thriller in Amsterdam.
Georginio Wijnaldum netted a powerful effort at the start of the second half to put the Dutch ahead before Wout Weghorst doubled their Dutch lead.
But Andriy Yarmolenko curled in a screamer to give Ukraine hope before Roman Yaremchuk headed home an equaliser.
However, Denzel Dumfries then headed the decisive goal in the last ten minutes.
Before the game, Dutch fans paid tribute to Christian Eriksen at the Amsterdam ArenA – the stadium where he made his name with Ajax.
THAT’S ALL FOR TONIGHT!
What a day of football and the final game of the day provided the most entertainment.
Five goals in 45 minutes isn’t bad!
Plenty of footy still to come, including Scotland’s long awaited return to the European Championships tomorrow.
Poland take on Slovakia and Spain take on Sweden.
Goodnight!
AJAX FOLLOW ALONG
Ajax followed the game from minute one on their Twitter feed!
THROWBACK
The last player to score a later winning goal for the Netherlands at the EUROs was current manager Frank de Boer at EURO 2000 against Czech Republic.
GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
Best game of the tournament so far with some cracking goals, starting with Wijnaldum’s opener.
The 30-year-old pounced on Bushchan’s parry and passed the opener high and home.
Weghorst decided he wanted in on the action, and minutes after Wijnaldum’s opener, he doubled the Netherlands’ lead.
Smart finish from the big man.
Just when Ukraine looked down and out for the count, captain Yarmolenko waived his magic wand of a left foot.
And the West Ham man found the top-left corner with an emphatic finish.
Minutes later, Malinovskiy delivered a good free-kick into Holland’s penalty area, and Yaremchuk headed the equaliser home.
Game on at this point, and you could hear the tension and unrest in the crowd.
An unlikely goal source in Dumfries scored the winner to spare the Dutch’s blushes.
He got up well to meet Ake’s cross and his powerful header got the beating of Bushchan.
In conclusion, what a game of football!
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Well, then. What a second half of international football!
Captain Wijnaldum took charge early on in the second half and latched onto the loose ball fumbled by Bushchan.
The 30-year-old placed the ball high into the back of the net to hand his team the lead.
Minutes later, Weghorst smashed the second past Bushchan to put the Netherlands in dreamland.
The game looked lost for Ukraine, until Yarmolenko decided he was going to cut inside and use his wand of a left foot.
The West Ham man cut inside and unleashed a powerful curing effort, picking out the top-left corner.
Malinovskiy stepped up and delivered a good free-kick into the box in the 79th minute.
And big man Yaremchuk managed to shake off his marker and head the equaliser home.
The crowd thought they were in for a nervy end to the game – but it was Dumfries who scored the winner.
Ake delivered a good cross towards the back post, and the right-back rose high to head the ball past Bushchan.
What a game!
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
THE FULL-TIME WHISTLE GOES IN AMSTERDAM!
NETHERLANDS AVOID A LATE SCARE!
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90+4. It looks like the Ukrainian’s have run out of time.
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90+2. YELLOW CARD!
Sydorchuk is booked late on for pulling down Sevilla’s De Jong.
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90. Five additional minutes to be added on at the end of the second half.
The Dutch make one last change and prolific goal-scorer Malen comes on for Depay.
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89. Zinchenko holds onto possession well deep inside the Netherlands’ half.
But as he goes to find Yarmolenko out wide on the right, he mis-places his pass and the ball goes out of play for a Dutch throw-in.
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87. SUBSTITUTIONS!
Goal-scorer Weghorst and Timber make way for De Jong and Veltman.
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85. A Netherlands corner finds it’s way to Ake out wide on the left flank.
The Man City man gets his head up and delivers a good cross towards the far post.
Dumfries – in an advanced position – rises highest and beats Bushchan at the far post!
WOW!
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!
DUMFRIES MAY HAVE JUST SCORED THE WINNER!!!
UNBELIEVEABLE!!!
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83. De Jong and Yaremchuk have a little coming together on the halfway line.
And the Dutch midfielder goes down holding his leg; it looks like cramp so nothing serious.
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81. The Netherlands are in for a ROUGH end to the game. Ukraine have their tales up.
And the visitors have managed to come up with two goals in a matter of minutes!
De Boer is absolutely furious, and who can blame him.
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79. Malinovskiy – who has been largely disappointing tonight – delivers a powerful free-kick into the Netherlands’ penalty area.
Yaremchuk loses his marker and plants the ball into the bottom left corner, completing the comeback!
WOW!
WHAT. A. GAME. OF. FOOTBALL!
UKRAINE ARE LEVEL!!!
UNBELIVEABLE!!!
YAREMCHUK DRAWS THE VISITORS LEVEL!!!
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77. Game on and the crowd are in for a nervy final 13 minutes or so!
Ukraine have a real spring in their step, and their captain has just scored an inspirational goal.
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74. The ball falls to Yarmolenko on the edge of the Netherlands’ penalty area.
The Ukraine captain opens up his body and bends the ball into the top-left corner!
Unbelievable…. WHAT A GOAL!
Captains’ inspiration!
WHAT A GOAL!!!
YARMOLENKO FIRES THE BALL INTO THE TOP CORNER!!!
WONDER-STRIKE!!!
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71. The Netherlands win the ball back inside Ukraine’s half and the ball falls to Depay.
The forward has the chance to slip his strike-partner Weghorst in hind Ukraine’s backline.
But he opts to cut the ball back and run through some blew shirts.
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69. Wijndal travels down the left-hand side and delivers a good, deep cross towards the far post.
Weghorst tries to peel off his marker to reach the ball, but he runs out of time.
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67. Shevchenko clearly wasn’t happy with Marlos’ performance as he hooked him off for Shaparenko.
The midfielder should allow the technically gifted Malinovskiy to push forward.
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65. Weghorst is penalised for a foul on the halfway line…. a rather unfortunate call to go against him.
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62. SUBSTITUTIONS!
Blind and Van Aanholt are taken off for Man City’s Ake and Wijndal.
And for Ukraine, Shaparenko is coming on – replacing Marlos who came on in the first half.
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