Ireland vs Netherlands 0 - 1 Best Of Moments Euro 1988

Euro 88
Holanda x Republic Of ireland
18 June 1988
15:30
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 64,731
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
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Goal
Netherlands
Kieft 82

[@clemensgruber7278]

I was watching that game when I was 12. That goal by Wim Kieft was indeed a real curiosity - in fact, Ronald Koeman (still one of my favourite players) admitted that he attempted to score directly, but instead of the goal the ball hit his teammates head. And from there it somehow went in. Yes, Holland was extremely lucky at Euro 88, but finally justice came back to them as they had been so unlucky in many occasions throughout the years before. Just remember their curious failure at the qualification for Euro 84, not to mention their lost WC finals back in the 70`s.

[@markequinox]

We lost only 1-0 to arugably the greatest football team in football history. Thats a win for us Irish I say.

[@markdeschim8253]

As a dutchman I totally agree. The Irish team put up a hell of a fight and proved to be our toughest opponent.

[@Trancymind]

@@markdeschim8253 What about the Soviet Union in group stage? The Soviets did 3 things the irish couldn't do against the Dutch, score a goal, win the game and leave the dutch scoreless in a match in euro 88.

[@markdeschim8253]

@@Trancymind True, but the Netherlands pretty much outplayed the Soviet Union in large portions of that first match. More so than in the final, ironically. They created lots of chances but Dasajev had a fantastic game.

[@gertvink]

@@markdeschim8253 Exactly... and although this short film shows a mainly offending Dutch team, I do believe that they were more dominant against the Soviet Union in the first match, than they were on this field against the Irish, who fought hard for themselves and a 0-0 final score wouldn't have misfit them.... We were lucky that day! (but we deserved to win the tournament, let me be clear on that! What a team it was!!

[@saganspirit]

Looooooooollllll - USSR beat them in the first game

[@johnmurillo257]

Given the speed of the ball and distance from the net in the header strike thar occurs at 1:09, I can say it has to be one of the best saves a defender has ever made. It's just tremendous, unbelievable.

[@fanssolperez3430]

Without a doubt, the best Eurocup in history by the German organization for Dutch soccer, one of the best teams in soccer history, great players like Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and one of the best goalkeepers in soccer history, Hans van Breukelen. .

[@anthonymcken6050]

Nope Euro 2000.

[@amersdeniz]

@@anthonymcken6050’88 squad will play with 9 man and still beat ‘00s squad

[@Panchinski80]

What a great tournament this was! One of the best in a very defensive era

[@Halotest100]

If Ireland had Liam Brady, David O'Leary, Mark Lawrenson & Jim Beglin who were all missing by injury and suspension, it would have been a different tournament.

[@apelikaan1.039]

Who💀

[@joseparcenary4706]

Except they had all them for years and never even qualified for anything. The best "team" isn't necessarily the best players. Moran and McCarthy at the back were a better partnership than Lawrenson & O'Leary, Beglin had effectively been finished for 18 months at this point and a player like Brady was of no use in a system like Charlton's.

[@Halotest100]

@@joseparcenary4706 Ireland qualified with some of these players. Lawrenson got a valuable winner away to Scotland and Brady was still playing for Ireland. I do take your point about Beglin but Lawrenson, Brady and O'Leary would have been a great additions to the squad for Euro '88.

[@Joejoesan]

I remember coach Charlton saying before the match (something like): win or lose: I think after this match I'll be getting very drunk. Again, we (Holland) were very lucky in this match. Kieft's goal was offside and Ireland had some great chances.

[@martijnburgers4905]

Kieft niet

[@Joejoesan]

@@martijnburgers4905 Klopt, maar volgens de buitenspelregels van toen had de goal afgekeurd moeten worden omdat Van Basten buitenspel stond

[@chow3566]

nee hoor van basten mengt zich niet met het spel@@Joejoesan

[@antonellaluque4532]

​@@chow3566not relevent back then if lnterfere or not, its clear offside by the rules back then

[@user-xy6lc6fk4h]

Euro 1988 was the best Euro in history in my opinion. I watched that tournament and my age was 17 at that time.

[@FionanOMurchadha]

Luckiest goal ever. We had then held to a stalemate for 82 minutes until that absolutely fluke of a goal.

[@joseparcenary4706]

5:30 Note that Van Basten is offside when Koeman takes his shot. In this era, there was no interpretation of "interfering with play". Offside meant offside. The goal should have not been given.

[@Resenbrink]

I almost had a nervous break down watching this game.

[@friedrich4632]

what a strange goal!

[@stefanpavlovic5603]

Great job, good match. All best until next video soon

[@amsterdope73]

Crazy, looking at the footage now and comparing it to the quality of the footage now, it seems like this was 100 years ago.. It has something magical about it nonetheless

[@colinryan315]

No Irish player 2day would have getting on the 88 team sad to say 😢

[@davidpryle3935]

Liam Brady would have been back for this game after getting his international suspension reduced to two games, but then got badly injured near the end of the season playing for West Ham. Oh! how we could have done with him that day. Also missing from the Irish team for that tournament, Liverpool players Mark Lawrenson and Jim Beglin.

[@Halotest100]

Don't forget David O'Leary of Arsenal.

[@davidpryle3935]

@@Halotest100 Indeed indeed. But I was referring specifically to the injured players.

[@johnbuggy9121]

Just had a look at the Eng v Neth game on this channel, and commented that I thought this Dutch side were a tad over-rated and quite lucky to beat an average English side. This game confirms my suspicions even more. If memory serves, Ireland had beaten England and earned a draw against a good Soviet side. They were at the time considered the "Wimbledon" of international football - relentless defensive midfielders paired with grimly determined defenders playing a seemingly inexorable long ball game. Again, Holland just about - and I mean "just about" by the thinnest of margins - deserved to win this game, with a very jammy goal. Happy memories though. Probably the last good quality European Championship - not a patch on Euro '84 though. Just thinking about it Euro 2000 had some memorable games too, and the Dutch side that played in that were pretty good.

[@zebra3433]

8 teams at this time and now a down level with 32 ! 😮

[@condelevante4]

I remember this game. Ireland should have won against the USSR but the Netherlands were really awesome. We defended like lions clearing the ball away but Koeman and Rijkaard would just start another attack, and another and then another. It was a lucky goal but they were worthy winners, even though I was totally gutted when they scored.

[@7701lewis]

How on earth that header bounced like that and found the box😮???I watched this match on Tv that time but I can see just now this wierd twisted way of the ball.

[@Wrestlelesson]

That's timing you just can not beat timing. Timing and precision beats speed. It is a verry rare moment in time

[@WEMBLEY-qm1st]

❤EUROCOPA ⚽️ALEMANIA '88

[@MrJeepsters]

Les irlandais avaient choisi une tactique ultra défensive. Clairement le match le plus difficile des néerlandais.

[@martinsmith1538]

Good to get this with Motty.

[@user-kg9lh9ip5u]

Тогда правила пассивного оффсайда еще не было, боковой сразу поднимал флаг, когда кто-то из атакующей команды в оффсайде и судья свистел. Голландец не успел выйти - оффсайд несколько метров по тогдашним правилам, непонятно почему гол засчитали.

[@rolandzarka5191]

A draw would have eliminated Netherlands.

[@charlenegatt1769]

My Great Netherlands

[@zoranorlic2423]

The unwatchable Jackie Charltons Irish team. Best fans in the world.