The Netherlands and England got their UEFA Euro 2024 campaign to a winning start with victories on Sunday in Germany.

The Netherlands beat Poland 2-1 in Hamburg on Sunday after conceding an early goal. Adam Buksa opened the scoring at the Volkspakstadion with a 16th minute score for the Polish.

On the half hour mark, the Liverpool player, Cody Gakpo, equalised for the Dutch, but it was only in the 83rd minute that the winning goal was scored when Wout Weghorst found the back of the net.

Jude Bellingham - UEFA

Over in Gelsenkirchen, the 2020 runners-up England kicked off their campaign with a 1-0 win against Serbia. The only goal of the game came in the 13th minute when the 20-year-old Real Madrid midfielder, Jude Bellingham, scored for the English.

In Stuttgart, Slovenia and Denmark played to a 1-1 draw. The Manchester United midfielder, Christian Eriksen, opened the scoring in the 17th minute of the game at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Erik Janza equalised for Serbia late in the second half for the share of points.

Meanwhile, on Monday at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Romania will be in action against Ukraine. This game kicks off at 15:00.

At 18:00, it's over to the Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt when the Red Devils of Belgium will be in action against Slovakia.

At 21:00 at the Merkur Spielarena in Düsseldorf, Austria will be in action against France.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport