Portugal edge past Slovenia in penalties | 01:38The Netherlands swept into their first Europe an Championship quarter-final since 2008 as Donyell Malen scored twice in a 3-0 win over Romania in the last 16 on Tuesday.
The victory put the Oranje on course for a quarter-final clash with Turkey or Austria, who beat the Netherlands 3-2 in the group stage. Koeman said “the only critical point was that it took us too long to score the second one”, but praised the performance overall. Romania went close when Dennis Man latched onto a superb diagonal ball from Nicolae Stanciu, but the Parma winger blasted over.
Gakpo eluded Andrei Ratiu and seemed to catch goalkeeper Florin Nita off-guard, blasting in at the near post.Netherlands' forward Donyell Malen celebrates. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFPThe Netherlands wasted a perfect chance to double their lead with halftime approaching when Denzel Dumfries picked Bogdan Racovitan’s pocket and found Simons, who got tangled up and failed to get a decent shot away.
Gakpo, the player of the match, took matters into his own hands with seven minutes remaining, dribbling through a crowded penalty area and finding Malen who tapped home.
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