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Euro 2020 Stats highlights: Netherlands, Ukraine make history in five-goal thriller

Euro 2020 Stats highlights: Denzel Dumfries was the late hero for Netherlands against Ukraine.

Denzel Dumfries

Amsterdam, June 14: The Netherlands edged a 3-2 thriller with Ukraine in the pick of the Euro 2020 matches on Monday (June 14).

Denzel Dumfries was the late hero for the Oranje with his first international goal to sink Ukraine, who had battled back from two goals down in Amsterdam to temporarily level things.

Using Opta data, Stats Perform looks at some of the best facts from this entertaining action at Euro 2020.

Netherlands 3-2 Ukraine: Oranje leave it late to edge thriller

The Netherlands ended a run of four straight defeats at the European Championship with a dramatic victory against Ukraine in Amsterdam.

All five goals were scored in the second half, making it the highest-scoring fixture in the competition's history after a goalless first half.

The first half may have ended scoreless, but the tempo was set early on as there were nine shots in the opening 10 minutes – a tournament record since Opta started recording such data in 1980.

Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring in the 52nd minute with his 15th goal in 26 appearances for Oranje, having scored only eight times in his first 50 games for his national side.

Wout Weghorst added a second soon after, but Andriy Yarmolenko pulled one back with a sublime strike to end a run of 72 shots without a goal for Ukraine at the Euros.

From the visitors' very next attempt, Roman Yaremchuk headed in an equaliser to seemingly steal a point at the Johan Cruijff ArenA.

But Dumfries found the back of the net in the 85th minute, making it the latest game-winning goal for the Netherlands at the Euros since current boss Frank de Boer scored an 89th-minute penalty against Czech Republic at Euro 2000.

Netherlands are trying to get to glory days in the European and world football after a relatively dry run and poor results in the last couple of years.

Story first published: Monday, June 14, 2021, 8:10 [IST]
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