Ronald Koeman says the Netherlands deserve a point against Germany | Football News

The Netherlands came back from two goals, but still lost 3-2 against Germany

Dutch coach Ronald Koeman said his team was "eager" to conquer Germany, but his team deserved a point in the European qualifiers on Sunday night.

His Dutch team defeated 2-0, but Nico Schulz's goal at the last minute ensured victory for the Germans in Amsterdam.

Later, Koeman acknowledged that his team was struggling to resist the unorthodox German configuration.

He said: "I thought we had not started well, we did not know exactly how Germany would play, and they were very good with three players and a lot of movement up front.

"We were not good and we did not keep the ball in the first half, but in the second half, I was proud of the fact that we did not go down. we were 2-0 and the second half was brilliant, but we should have scored a point. "

Joachim Low's players had not won any of their last five international competitions, but the goals of Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry and Nico Schulz helped kick off their qualifying campaign at Euro 2020.

But Low quickly pointed out that, despite their victory, his German experimental team still had a long way to go.

"The first half was fantastic, we had control of the game," Lowe said. RTL.

"The goal in the second half came at a very bad time and today we had the chance of the match we missed in previous matches.

"A victory in Holland is very good, it will help us in our subsequent process, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us."