Euro 2024: Poland 1-2 Netherlands: Cody Gakpo also scores, and former Manchester United striker Wout Weghorst scores the game's winning goal.

Report from Euro 2024: Adam Buksa's looping header puts the Netherlands behind Poland in the first-round match of Group D in Hamburg, but Cody Gakpo equalises; Wout Weghorst comes off the substitute to score a late winner; on Monday, France plays Austria.

In the first match of Group D at Euro 2024, Netherlands overcame an early scare to overcome Poland 2-1 in Hamburg, with a late goal from former Manchester United striker Wout Weghorst.

Due to a hamstring injury, Robert Lewandowski was unable to play for the Poles. However, Adam Buksa stood in for him, glancing Michal Probierz's side in front (16) from Piotr Zielinski's corner.

Six minutes later, Memphis Depay hoisted his shot over the bar, giving the Netherlands, who had earlier squandered fine chances through Tijjani Reijnders and Xavi Simons, the advantage. However, Wojciech Szczesny (29), who was wrong-footed by a deflected shot from Cody Gakpo, restored parity.

Gakpo wasted a lot of opportunities in the first half of the encounter, making five attempts in all, the joint-most for a Dutch player in the first half of a competition since 1980.

Poland needed the break, but came out firing in the second half. Piotr Zielinski's attempt from twenty yards out was met by another deft stop by Dutch keeper Bart Verbruggen, after Jakub Kiwior's shot had taken a nick off Nathan Ake.

Although the Polish team showed determination, Weghorst, a substitute who is still with Burnley, scored the game's winning goal five minutes after entering the game. He did so by grabbing a deft through pass from Ake and scoring his seventh goal in his last 11 Oranje appearances.

Substitute Karol Swiderski almost tied the score after meeting Jakub Piotrowski's cross, sending Verbruggen sprawling, but Piotrowski's rebound went straight into the side netting. Nevertheless, Poland showed no signs of surrendering.

As a result, the Netherlands top the group, one point ahead of France, who play Austria in the other game from the first gameweek on Monday in Düsseldorf.