Cody Gakpo finished the season in fantastic form for Liverpool, which carried over to the Euros, where he scored another goal.
After a first half in which the Netherlands fell behind and was on the verge of finishing third in their group, our guy came through.
The attacker’s finish put them back in the game, and the 25-year-old took his goal extremely well, cutting in from the left side.
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After finishing third in Group D, they could face England in the final 16 on June 30 in Gelsenkirchen, depending on other results. Meanwhile, courtesy to Robert Lewandowski’s late penalty to salvage a 1-1 draw for Poland against France, the Austrians will most likely meet either Turkey or the Czech Republic as group winners on July 2 in Leipzig. Ralf Rangnick admits to being a major fan of the late Cruyff as a boy, and his Austrian underdogs put on a show to celebrate the great man himself. In the sixth minute, winger Donyell Malen of the Netherlands scored the earliest Euros own goal in history, giving Austria the lead.
Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo levelled the scores in the 46th minute, but the Austrians responded just before the hour mark with Romano Schmid.
Memphis Depay made it 2-2 in the 75th minute with a magnificent impulsive volley, but it couldn’t match Marcel Sabitzer’s fantastic winning goal five minutes later.
After starting the day atop the group, Ronald Koeman will be perplexed by his Dutch dawdlers, who have made three changes from the 0-0 draw with France.
Lutsharel Geertruida replaced Denzel Dumfries, Joey Veerman took over for Xavi Simons, and Malen replaced Jeremie Frimpong.
