Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman says he regrets not making a late defensive switch after Germany scored a last-minute winner in their Euro 2020 Group C qualifying game in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nico Schulz’s goal ensured Joachim Low’s side gained revenge over their hosts, who had scored two late goals against\u00a0Germany in November\u00a0to reach the Nations League finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I wanted to bring in Nathan Ake for Quincy Promes to get the point. Maybe I should have done that,” Koeman told Dutch broadcaster NOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We got chances for 3-2 and when you are on the field, you can feel that 3-2 is in it. In the final phase, the last two to three minutes, Germany became more dangerous.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like in last year’s Nations League contest, the Dutch again recovered from a two-goal deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leroy Sane confidently slotted in the opener following Matthijs de Ligt’s slip and Serge Gnabry curled in a superb second to put the visitors in the ascendency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
De Ligt’s header and Memphis Depay’s drilled effort in the second period drew the Dutch level but midfielder Schulz stroked in late on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What pleases me is that the team never lost the belief that they could win the game, and in the end we got our reward,” Low said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Northern Ireland top Group C after\u00a0beating Belarus 2-1 at Windsor Park\u00a0to add to their 2-0 win over Estonia in their opening qualifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koeman’s side, who have also played twice, drop to third place following their agonising loss against Germany, who have only played once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman says he regrets not making a late defensive switch after Germany scored a last-minute winner in their Euro 2020 Group C qualifying game in Amsterdam. Nico Schulz’s goal ensured Joachim Low’s side gained revenge over their hosts, who had scored two late goals against\u00a0Germany in November\u00a0to reach the Nations League finals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":8832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n