Netherlands, one of six teams with the advantage of playing all their group matches at home, begin their European Championship campaign with a Group C match against Ukraine, who were unable to progress from the group stage when hosts in 2012 or in France four years later. Both sides are led by hall of fame players – Frank de Boer, one of the greatest Dutch defenders, had two penalties saved in the Oranje’s semi-final against Italy in 2000 and Andriy Shevchenko, his country’s finest player of the post-Soviet age, who never made it to the finals.
The Telegraph: Euro 2020 – Netherlands vs Ukraine
Ukraine's coach Andrey Shevchenko (C) talks to his players during a training session in Voluntari on June 11, 2021, ahead of their UEFA EURO 2020 match against Netherlands.
