Joshua Zirkzee scored his first objective at worldwide degree throughout the Netherlands’ 5-2 victory in opposition to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday evening.
The Manchester United striker broke the impasse of an exhilarating match at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven because the Oranje opened their UEFA Nations League marketing campaign with a formidable win.
On his third look and first begin for his nation, Zirkzee grabbed his first Netherlands objective, heading in after a shot from Xavi Simons was blocked.
In direction of the tip of the primary half and with the scores degree at 1-1, Zirkzee teed up Tijani Reijnders for the Netherlands’ second objective of the night.
“Sure, very proud, a proud second,” mirrored to UEFA.com post-match.
“My household was right here, my grandparents got here to observe me for the primary time in a really very long time, so it was an excellent day for all of us.
“Clearly Bosnia-Herzegovina defended in their very own half and it was as much as us to search for mixtures and to seek out one another, and we may have been much more medical right now regardless that we did an excellent job. So general I believe it was OK.”
In an interview with Dutch TV, Zirkzee was slightly extra essential of his efficiency, reckoning he ought to have discovered Reijnders extra usually.
“It went OK, I really feel like I made a pair errors. I may have one other help for Reijnders. We had a very good ‘click on’ throughout the recreation,” he added.
The Netherlands are again in motion on Tuesday at dwelling to rivals Germany. After that, Zirkzee will return to United to arrange for his or her Premier League journey to Southampton on Saturday.
