Poland 1-2 Netherlands: Former Manchester United forward Wout Weghorst scores late winner after Cody Gakpo nets his 10th international goal in come-from-behind victory The Netherlands beat Poland 2-1 in their Euro 2024 Group D opener on Sunday Wout Weghorst scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute in Hamburg Click here to follow Mail Sport's Euro 2024 WhatsApp Channel for all the latest breaking news and updates from Germany By Ian Herbert Published: 15:54, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 16:36, 16 June 2024 e-mail 3 View comments When the Dutch won the European Championships in this country 36 years ago, they were practitioners of total football; a nation for whom the game could only be beautiful. But these are more modest days and when in need, a target man will do. Time was running out in a desperate Dutch search for an equaliser in a game they had overwhelmingly dominated when substitute Woug Weghorst stepped with the direct finishing needed, taking a ball from Nathan Ake and driving it into the net to score.
This is a city and a stadium which holds so much for the Dutch, whose semi-final win over West Germany here in 1988 was in many ways more significant and poignant than beating Russia in the final. Memories of the German occupation of the Netherlands during the war were still fresh and Koeman, who had scored the equalizing penalty before Marco van Basten slid home the winner, stood in front of the Dutch fans at the end and pretended to wipe his backside with the German shir.