Czechs Kicked Netherlands Out Of Euro 2020, De Ligt: We Lost Because Of Me

Matthijs de Ligt (Instagram @mdeligt_)

JAKARTA - Matthijs de Ligt admitted that he was to blame for the elimination of the Dutch national team from Euro 2020. The Juventus player was shown a red card when the Orange team lost 0-2 to the Czech Republic in the last 16 matches at the Puskas Arena, Budhapest, Sunday local time.

De Ligt was shown a red card by referee Sergei Karasev after being caught committing a handball foul on the Czech counter-attack.

After losing De Ligt, the Dutch game was difficult to develop so Tomas Holes and Patrik Schick were able to use him to bring the Czechs to a 2-0 win.

"Of course it feels really bad. We basically lost because of me," De Ligt told NOS TV after the match.

Matthijs de Ligt to NOS, "I feel very bad. We lose the game because of my action."

— Dutch Football 🇳🇱 (@FootballOranje_) June 27, 2021

"Come to think of it, I shouldn't have let the ball bounce before," he added.

According to De Ligt, the Netherlands seemed to be able to control the situation in the first half with many chances, but in the end, his red card changed things.

"I thought we could control the game. There were some chances, especially in the first half, I don't think they created many chances either," he said.

"But, of course, the red card made everything different," concluded De Ligt.

FT Netherlands 0-2 Czech Republic

Netherlands are out of the European Championships.

De Ligt's red card leads to a disastrous result.

— Dutch Football 🇳🇱 (@FootballOranje_) June 27, 2021

This defeat meant that the Netherlands, which had been seeded for being one of the three teams that wiped out victory in the group stage, had to go home early.