Frank de Boer believes Netherlands conceded two avoidable goals but other than that he was proud of the performance in the 3-2 victory over Ukraine.
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Netherlands showed many faces during the game, but de Boer told the UEFA press conference, “The face I want to see is what I’ve seen most of the time. Of course we don’t want to see the two goals against. To be honest, those would have been easy to prevent.”
Netherlands were 2-0 up through Georginio Wijnaldum and Wout Weghorst, but then conceded twice to make it 2-2 before Denzel Dumfries got a late winner.
On the two Ukraine goals, De Boer said, “You could see that Yarmolenko was going to take on this action ten seconds before the first goal. Then you know with his left foot…. it is famous, we must cover it. At that second goal, from a free kick, two men eliminate offside. Sour, because we played dominant. You don’t hope that your opponent will get opportunities through your own mistakes.”
However, De Boer is proud, “I have seen a good Netherlands. We were compact, dominated and had chances. I think we can only be proud. Hopefully we can extend this to the next matches.”
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Nothing to be proud, first of all FDB must question if 3-5-2 is the right system, if Holland is willing to go far in the tournament, they took 2 goals against an average team like Ukraine in just 4 minutes, what will happen if they play against France!!??
Hey Ori, I definitely think there is some things to be proud of. They played well despite the short lapse where they conceded the 2 goals. That’s something to work on. This Ukraine team had beaten and tied Portugal, topped their qualifying group without losing, drew France, etc. So I don’t think ukraine are just an average team at all. If you had followed other qualification groups, then you’d know.