The Czech Republic pulled off the shock of the European Championship so far by defeating the Netherlands and booking their place in the last eight after defender Matthijs de Ligt was sent off.

Holes then turned provider for Schick as the Czechs doubled their lead on 80 minutes.

The Netherlands, down to 10 men for over half an hour, had a huge chance earlier on as Donyell Malen raced through one-on-one with goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik.

But the Czech Republic, ranked 40th in the world, 24 places behind the Dutch, went on to silence those in orange at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, setting up a quarter-final with Denmark on Saturday, 3 July.

Red card proves costly for vulnerable Dutch

The Netherlands have shown attacking intent throughout the tournament and that did not change in Budapest as wing-backs Denzel Dumfries and Patrick van Aanholt caused problems early on.

Dumfries was their main threat, getting in behind at one point on the left and flicking it over the keeper but unable to beat the last defender.

Memphis Depay was heavily involved too, while Malen got into some dangerous positions.

But while the Netherlands caused problems out wide, so did the Czech Republic, as Vladimir Coufal exploited space in behind left by the roaming Van Aanholt.

Both teams looked susceptible in defence but when De Ligt tripped and pulled the ball back with his hand in the second half, it left referee Sergey Karasev with no choice but to overturn his original decision to show just a yellow card.

And then the Netherlands were on the back foot.

Dumfries made a goal-saving block to deny Pavel Kaderabek but Holes punished the Dutch minutes later, finishing off a knock-back from Tomas Kalas on a corner.

Schick’s fourth goal of the tournament finished it off after the Netherlands had pushed for an equaliser – only Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has more goals than the Czech forward so far.

They travel to Azerbaijan to take on Denmark next, who they beat 3-0 in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004.

Player of the match

SoucekTomas Soucek

with an average of 7.84

Netherlands

1. Squad number22Player nameDumfries

   Average rating

   6.11

2. Squad number8Player nameWijnaldum

   Average rating

   6.07

3. Squad number21Player namede Jong

   Average rating

   5.73

4. Squad number10Player nameDepay

   Average rating

   5.64

5. Squad number6Player namede Vrij

   Average rating

   5.34

6. Squad number12Player namevan Aanholt

   Average rating

   5.27

7. Squad number18Player nameMalen

   Average rating

   5.26

8. Squad number1Player nameStekelenburg

   Average rating

   5.23

9. Squad number17Player nameBlind

   Average rating

   5.20

10. Squad number15Player namede Roon

    Average rating

    5.13

11. Squad number3Player namede Ligt

    Average rating

    4.55

12. Squad number11Player namePromes

    Average rating

    4.13

13. Squad number25Player nameTimber

    Average rating

    3.98

14. Squad number19Player nameWeghorst

    Average rating

    3.97

15. Squad number7Player nameBerghuis

    Average rating

    3.82

Czech Republic

1. Squad number15Player nameSoucek

   Average rating

   7.84

2. Squad number10Player nameSchick

   Average rating

   7.69

3. Squad number9Player nameHoles

   Average rating

   7.64

4. Squad number5Player nameCoufal

   Average rating

   7.56

5. Squad number6Player nameKalas

   Average rating

   7.32

6. Squad number1Player nameVaclik

   Average rating

   7.02

7. Squad number12Player nameMasopust

   Average rating

   6.99

8. Squad number7Player nameBarak

   Average rating

   6.98

9. Squad number2Player nameKaderábek

   Average rating

   6.92

10. Squad number3Player nameCelustka

    Average rating

    6.91

11. Squad number13Player nameSevcik

    Average rating

    6.89

12. Squad number11Player nameKrmencik

    Average rating

    6.71

13. Squad number14Player nameJankto

    Average rating

    6.70

14. Squad number21Player nameKral

    Average rating

    6.69

15. Squad number19Player nameHlozek

    Average rating

    6.62

16. Squad number26Player nameSadilek

    Average rating

    6.48

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