⚽️ UEFA Euro 2020 Match-day 1- Previews, Team News, Live Updates, Stats and More

Austria have won a game at the European Championships for the first time.

Seventh time lucky.

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Marcel Sabitzer vs. Macedonia

◉ Most chances created
◉ Most final ⅓ passes
◉ Most passes into the box
◎ 2nd-most long passes completed
◎ 2nd-most passes in the opposition half

And a sublime assist to top it all off.

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David Alaba led Austria to their first win at a major tournament since 1990.

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Memphis Depay has scored or assisted in each of his last six games for Netherlands

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:a: vs. :tr:
:a: vs. :latvia:
:soccer::soccer: vs. :gibraltar:
:soccer::soccer: vs. :black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
:soccer::a: vs. :georgia:

Always involved. :triumph:

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38 - Maarten Stekelenburg (38 years, 264 days) will become the oldest ever player to play for the Netherlands at a World Cup / European Championship, overtaking Edwin van der Sar’s record set in 2008 (37 years, 236 days).

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1 - This is the first meeting between the Netherlands and Ukraine at a major tournament (World Cup or European Championship). The Dutch are unbeaten in their two previous encounters – both friendlies (W1 D1).

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HALF-TIME: Netherlands 0-0 Ukraine

Shots: 10-4

How has nobody scored yet? :thinking:

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10 - The Netherlands had 10 shots without scoring in the first half against Ukraine - all four teams to have 10+ shots in the first half of a Euro 2020 game have failed to score (also Denmark, Italy and Switzerland).

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Gini Wijnaldum attempted four shots in the first half for Netherlands vs. Ukraine, more than he managed in the whole of last season’s UCL campaign for Liverpool (9 games, 3 shots).

Looking lively in a more attacking role for his country.

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GOAL! Netherlands 1-0 Ukraine (Wijnaldum 52’).

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Gini Wijnaldum has now scored the same amount of goals for the Netherlands as Dirk Kuyt (23).

The Liverpool connection.

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15 - Georginio Wijnaldum has scored 15 goals in his last 26 appearances for the Netherlands, after scoring just eight goals in his first 50 caps for his country.

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Georginio Wijnaldum has just scored the Netherlands’ first goal at the European Championship since Rafael Van der Vaart scored against Portugal in Round 3 of the EURO 2012 group stage.

Oranje finally take the lead!

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GOAL! Netherlands 2-0 Ukraine (Weghorst 59’).

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2528 - Georginio Wijnaldum scores the first Netherlands’ goal at a World Cup / European Championship in 2528 days, when Wijnaldum himself scored at the World Cup 2014.

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June 6: Wout Weghorst scores his first ever goal for Netherlands

June 13: Wout Weghorst scores his first ever competitive goal for Netherlands

What a week.

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Wout Weghorst had just 4 apps (0 starts) and 0 goals for the Netherlands before last Sunday. Since then:

:soccer: vs Georgia (started)
:soccer: vs Ukraine (started)

A cool finish to put Oranje up 2:0!

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Netherlands have scored 2+ goals in a single European Championships game for the first time since EURO 2008 (Huntelaar, Van Persie vs. Romania).

The Dutch are back. :netherlands:

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GOAL! What a finish by Yarmolenko.

That could be the goal of the tournament! :dart:

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Andriy Yarmolenko has just the become the first player ever not named Andriy Shevchenko to score a goal for Ukraine at the European Championship.

And what a goal it was! :rocket:

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