Andriy Yarmolenko may have scored the goal of the tournament so far at the Euros - but was to end Ukraine's opening game of the tournament disappointed, having finished on the losing side.
With Ukraine two goals behind, the West Ham forward scored a worldie from the edge of the penalty area after cutting inside from the right and sending a dipping drive over the head of Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg to bring his side back into the match.? Will there be a better goal than THIS Andriy Yarmolenko golazo in the first round of games?@GazpromFootball | #EUROGOTR | #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/9hoOxy8wcH
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Five minutes later the East Europeans completed an unlikely comeback, levelling through Roman Yaremchuk - before losing in the closing minutes thanks to Denzel Dumfries' late winning goal for the Netherlands in the Amsterdam Arena, in front of a partisan crowd.
And a frustrated Yarmolenko, speaking after the game and having registered his 41st strike for his country - an effort not dissimilar to his winning goal against Chelsea at the end of the 2019/20 season, revealed that the Ukrainian camp was hugely disappointed.
"They are all upset with the result because we pulled it back from being two-nil down but lost," he said. "It's a pity that we conceded in the last few minutes.
"But we're not so worried as there are two more games [to play] - and if we play with similar dedication, I'm sure that we'll get the points we need [to progress to the next stage] without any problem.
"We need to understand who we played against and where - and with their best teams on the field. It was difficult for us as they had the advantage.
"It wasn't a one-sided game. It was 2-0, then 2-2 but we lost. We need to analyse it with our coaching staff, they will point out our mistakes and we'll move forward."
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