For the first time in a long time, Joachim Low can breathe easy. How Germany needed a night like this. This is a nation that has see-sawed from crisis to humiliation over the past eighteen months. First came the calamitous exit from the World Cup in Russia. Then a bitter race row and a splintered dressing room saw Mesut Ozil turn his back on the country. Germany suffered the indignity of relegation from the UEFA Nations' League. Searching for answers, Low reached for the axe. He dropped World Cup winners Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller from his squad entirely. In Amsterdam, Low's decisions paid off spectacularly to launch their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign in dramatic fashion. Low placed his faith in Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry, who each scored, and then introduced Marco Reus as a substitute in the 88th minute and the winger laid on the winner for Nico Schulz within two minutes of his arrival. Nico Schulz scored a last-minute winner as Germany beat Holland in a dramatic Euro 2020 qualifier at the Johan Cruyff ArenA Germany began their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with three points after a topsy-turvy game in Amsterdam on Sunday Twenty-three-year-old Manchester City star Leroy Sane scored the opening goal for Germany after a quarter of an hour Former Arsenal man Serge Gnabry doubled the away side's advantage with a fine individual effort on 34 minutes Teenage defender Matthijs De Ligt gave Holland hope of a comeback by pulling a goal back for the hosts just after half-time Holland No 10 Memphis Depay, pictured celebrating with team-mate Georginio Wijnaldum, drew Holland level on 63 minutes MATCH FACTS Holland: Cillessen, Dumfries, De Ligt, Van Dijk (c), Blind, De Roon (de Jong 90), Wijnaldum, F. De Jong, Promes, Memphis, Babel (Bergwijn 46) Goals: De Ligt 48, Depay 63 Booked: Blind Germany: Neuer (c), Kehrer, Ginter, Kimmich, Kroos, Schulz, Sule, Rudiger, Gorezka (Gundogan 70), Sane, Gnabry (Reus 88) Goals: Sane 15, Gnabry 34, Schulz 90 On Thursday evening in Wolfsburg, Sane endured one of the most haunting nights of his professional career. As Germany slumbered to a timid home draw against Serbia, the Manchester City winger was subjected to racist abuse from his country's own supporters. Sane, however, is a formidable character. Life has not always been easy in a German shirt and he was left out of the squad for the World Cup last year. For Sane to hide away would only satisfy the bigots. Instead, Sane delved into the reservoirs of his resilience and produced the finest performance yet of his international career. He punished a rare Mathijs De Ligt slip to score Germany's opening goal and his direct running gave Virgil van Dijk a rare chasing on a night Joachim Low's team discovered a semblance of their former selves. As Gnabry's glorious curling strike nestled into the top corner, Germany soared into a two-goal advantage and Joachim Low pumped the air twice with his fist and let out a roar. Sane fired powerfully home to give Germany the lead after No 3 De Ligt's slip had allowed him to collect a low cross in the box With both feet off the ground, winger Sane watched on as his bullet of a shot flew past Holland goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen It was 2-0 to Germany after No 20 Gnabry got the better of Holland defender Virgil van Dijk before finishing spectacularly Germany were outstanding in the first-half and this seemed to be a return to normality. Yet a fragility remains. Germany do not blow two-goal leads, do they? They do these days. Holland missed out altogether on the last World Cup but under Ronald Koeman they have reached the final four of the Nations League and a young side, further energised by Ajax's Champions League achievements, showed in the second-half how good a side they may yet become. Certainly, there will be plenty to concern Gareth Southgate ahead of this summer's tournament in Portugal. On the third anniversary of Johan Cruyff's passing, Holland pressed frantically and moved the ball sharply to turn up the heat and rescue the game. First De Ligt glanced in from a Memphis Depay cross and then the former Manchester United forward drilled in an equaliser. For Germany, it seemed to mark another setback. They had won only three of their previous fifteen international fixtures over the past 16 months and scored just fourteen goals during a doomed spell. The bitterness and resentment between these two nations lingers on. It could be heard in the Dutch whistles that drowned out the German national anthem and in the ferocity of the home response in the second-half. This was never likely to be a repeat of the infamous Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Voller episode but there were scores to settle. In the Nations League group stage, Holland destroyed their neighbours by a three-goal scoreline in Amsterdam. Low described his team as 'headless chickens' after that defat and here they sought vengeance in a Euro 2020 qualifier. Gnabry curled an excellent shot through a sea of orange shirts to put Germany into a strong position in the first half Holland keeper Cillessen dived into the air and to his left but he was unable to prevent Gnabry's rocketed shot from going in A header from De Ligt got Holland back into the match early in the second half, much to the delight of the home supporters De Ligt was congratulated by centre back partner Van Dijk as Holland celebrated scoring their first goal of the evening Germany were rapidly out of the blocks, Sane teed up Gnabry whose well struck show stung the hands of Jesper Cillessen. Sane then drove a finish into the far corner from close range when De Ligt slipped over. Holland should have drawn level but twice Ryan Babel was denied by a blend of his own weak finishing and the reactions of Manuel Neuer. Gnabry then undid Van Dijk, slipping in behind the Liverpool defender and then checking back inside to caress the second goal into the top corner. Germany threatened to score a third. Gnabry threaded a pass in behind for Sane who ran beyond Van Dijk but thwarted by Jesper Cillessen. But instead, the fightback came and Germany seemed to wilt under duress. Yet just as Holland's hopes of a winning goal rose, Schulz struck the winner. Depay levelled for Holland when he got a low shot away despite pressure from German Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger Wijnaldum jumped on Depay's shoulders as Holland celebrated their equaliser at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam Holland's players celebrated their equaliser with a choreographed routine in front of the cameras and their home supporters Holland were not celebrating at full-time after No 14 Schulz placed a low shot out of Cillessen's reach to win it for Germany Schulz sprinted off in celebration after sealing victory for Germany in a thrilling encounter at the Johan Cruyff ArenaAll rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility