Netherlands begins the Euro Cup with a suffered comeback against Poland (1-2)
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Netherlands has begun Euro Cup achieving a hard-fought victory (1-2) against Poland in the match corresponding to the first day of the Group D which was played this Sunday afternoon at the Volksparkstadion stadium in Hamburg.
Although Robert Lewandowski was missing from the Polish ranks, injured in the last friendly prior to this tournament, Poland managed to take the lead on the scoreboard after a quarter of an hour. It was due to the work of Adam Buksawith a great header off a corner.
The Dutch team responded with a couple of good combinations between Cody Gakpo and Tijjani Reijnders, turning the offensive game towards the left wing, but without luck until the Dutch team himself Gakpo he equalized the contest in the 29th minute.
With seven minutes remaining, Wout Weghorstwho had just entered the field, took advantage of another assist from Aké to give the Netherlands the victory.
DATA SHEET
1- Poland: Szczesny; Frankowski, Bednarek, Salamon (Bareszynski, min. 86), Kiwior, Zalewski; Zielinski (Piotrowski, min. 77), Romanczuk (Slisz, min. 55); Urbanski (Swiderski, min. 55), Buksa and Szymanski (Moder, min. 46).
2- Netherlands: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké (Van de Ven, min. 87); Schouten, Veerman (Malen, min. 62), Reijners; Simons (Wijnaldum, min. 62), Memphis (Frimpong, min. 81) and Gakpo (Weghorst, min. 81).
Goals: 1-0, min. 16: Buksa; 1-1, min. 29: Gakpo; 1-2, min. 83: Weghorst.
Referee: Arturo Soares Dias (Portugal). He showed Veerman a yellow card (min. 15) for the Netherlands.
Source: Eitb
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