Jason Donohue’s side know they must improve in a number of areas to bounce back from an error-strewn loss at DVS’33 Ermelo when the sides meet again at the same venue.
Poor decision-making by the Irish youngsters was ruthlessly punished by the highly regarded Dutch outfit but Donohue believes his players can learn from the experience.
“There's no other way of putting it other than saying that all of the goals conceded were disappointing. The number of errors made in one game was enough to cover a whole season let alone one fixture," he said.
“The Netherlands were better than us on the day and that's fair comment but we missed a lot of glorious chances to get back in the game. We conceded a penalty just before half-time to go 3-1 and some of the missed opportunities we passed up on early in the second half could have brought us level.
“There was a lot of learning from that game. The Dutch had ten players from Ajax who’ve grown up together so that’s to their advantage but ultimately there were a lot of basic errors.
“The players looked at the video - we gave them the opportunity to identify the problems and facilitate them coming up with the answers because that's the environment we're trying to create with the group.
“We’ll compete tomorrow and we'll go again. We’ll learn from this. They’ve had the opportunity to see the level they have to reach in international football now and we'll be hopeful that they'll respond in the right manner."