Amsterdam, June 18

This time, the Netherlands never looked like throwing away their two-goal lead. Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfries scored a goal in each half as the Dutch comfortably beat Austria 2-0 Thursday to advance to the Round of 16 at the European Championship.

“We showed some different qualities today,” Netherlands coach Frank de Boer said. “Defensively we were much better than (against) Ukraine.” Depay sent a penalty kick low into the corner in the 11th minute for his 27th goal in 66 international matches. Dumfries then scored his second goal of the tournament in the 67th after an unselfish pass from PSV Eindhoven teammate Donyell Malen. Austria rarely threatened to equalise against a well-ordered Dutch defence led by Matthijs De Ligt on his return from a groin injury. — AP