Louis van Gaal named Netherlands coach for third time

Louis van Gaal has been named as the new coach of the Netherlands, signing a deal through to next year’s World Cup final in Qatar, the Dutch football association said. It will be the 69 year old’s third stint as head coach of the national team.

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Czech Republic stun 10 man Netherlands to reach quarter-finals

Tomáš Holeš and Patrik Schick struck for the Czech Republic as they knocked the Netherlands out of Euro 2020. Netherlands were favourites ahead of the game but the dismissal of Matthijs de Ligt turned the game in the Czechs favour and they will now play Denmark in the quarter-finals.

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Dutch delight as they secure last 16 berth with win over Austria

Netherlands booked their place in the last 16 of Euro 2020 with a fine 2-0 win over Austria thanks to goals from Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfires. The result puts the Dutch in control of Group C with Ukraine and Austria poised to battle it out for second spot in the next round of games.

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Dumfries the hero as Netherlands deny Ukraine comeback

Denzel Dumfries scored the winner for the Netherlands in a thrilling 3-2 Group C encounter with Ukraine. Georginio Wijnaldum and Wout Weghorst had the Dutch two clear before the Ukraine drew level through Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk with Dumfires finding a late winner.

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