The head coach of the Netherlands U-21 national team, Michael Reiziger, commented on his team’s victory over the U-21 national team of Ukraine (2:0) in yesterday’s match of the group stage of Euro-2025 (U-21).
Michael Reiziger“It was a tough game, Ukraine is a good team with a good style of play. It was a good game.
Our team showed good energy at the start of the match, especially the pressure we were putting on Ukraine — it was good. We didn’t have big moments in the beginning; they came later. But we worked well with the ball.
Yes, Ukraine improved in the second half. We didn’t need to press high, we had to change that because it was causing problems. We changed it — and everything worked.
At the end of the match, we played with ten men, so we were waiting and enduring. We maintained density between the lines, and when we got the ball, we accelerated and tried to play vertically,” Reiziger’s words are quoted by the Telegram channel “Suspilne Sport”.
