Yahoo Finance Netherlands 2-0 Austria: Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfries secure top spot in Euros Group C
The Netherlands booked their spot in the last-16 of Euro 2020 as Group C winners after goals from Denzel Dumfries and Memphis Depay secured a 2-0 win over Austria in Amsterdam.
Depay opened the scoring from the penalty spot early on after Dumfries had been fouled and the full back sealed the result with a tap-in midway through the second-half.
Depay’s strike was his sixth goal in his last five internationals and was superbly converted after Austria captain David Alaba stepped on the foot of Dumfries and referee Orel Grinfeld pointed to the spot following the intervention of the Video Assistant Referee.
Depay missed an excellent opportunity to make it 2-0 when he sliced a shot wide with the goal at his mercy, but the home side added a second when Dumfries scored his second goal in as many games in the tournament after being teed up by substitute Donyell Malen.
The Dutch, on six points, cannot be overtaken at the top of the group going into their final game against North Macedonia on Monday.
Austria and Ukraine, who have three points each, meet at the same time in Bucharest in a winner-takes-all tussle for second place, though they could yet both progress via the best-third-place route.
Additonal reporting by Reuters.
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