Denzel Dumfries’s 85th-minute header ruined Ukraine’s comeback and gave the Netherlands the perfect start to their 10th European Championship challenge, with victory to match Austria’s earlier in the day.
Roman Yaremchuk’s equaliser moments before had appeared the final salvo of a scintillating second half. It seemed also to have averted a sixth consecutive loss at the competition finals, stretching back to their opening win at Euro 2012, for Ukraine, and given Andriy Shechenko’s side a sense they might make it into the knockout stage. But the draw was not to be.
