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Depay is crucial for 'careless' Netherlands, says Koeman

Ronald Koeman accused Netherlands of a "careless" display despite beating Belarus 4-0 in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier, though he was impressed with Memphis Depay.

Netherlands had no issues seeing off their visitors in Rotterdam, taking just 50 seconds to take the lead when Depay seized upon a defensive error before tucking away from a tight angle.

Depay then set up Georginio Wijnaldum, before dispatching a penalty that had been won by the Liverpool midfielder.

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Wijnaldum's Reds team-mate Virgil van Dijk completed the scoring in the Group C fixture when turning in Depay's ball across the face of goal, but Koeman was not entirely happy with the performance, particularly between going 2-0 up in the 21st minute and half-time.