Holland-England 1-2. England for the second time in a row in the final of the European Football Championship, after the one lost three years ago against Italy which has now disappeared from the radar: the Three Lions beat the Netherlands 2-1 at the end of the second half. thanks to Watkins’ decisive goal and will face Spain next Sunday for the title.
The first half of the game beautiful and played at a good pace. The Netherlands took the lead in the 7th minute with a great play from Xavi Simons. The English responded and began to press for an equalizer from a penalty in the 18th minute by Kane, who fouled Dumfries in the 14th minute. The Whites pressed on and came close to scoring again on at least two occasions, always with Foden as the protagonist (except for Dumfries off the line in the 23rd minute and the top corner in the 32nd minute). Holland hits the woodwork too, with a header from Dumfries. Pay for injury.
In the second half a slower pace of play with Koeman’s men who were constantly pressing Southgate’s goals for a good 35 minutes. However, there were few scoring opportunities. In the 80th minute Saka’s goal was disallowed for England due to Walker’s millimetre. In the 90th minute the English scored with Watkins. After 4′ of injury time, the referee’s final whistle dictates victory for the Whites to fly to Sunday’s final against Spain,
England-Holland – UEFA Euro 2024 – goal by Harry Kane
Opening England try to win the game, but in the 4th minute the Netherlands will only have two passes on the counter: the ball is too long.
Already 7′ Orange ahead with a great shot from Simons.
Southgate formation try to respond. He earns a free kick but the action is deadlocked after that.
Al 14′ chance against Kane who pounces on a loose ball and fires the ball high, but due to Dumfries’ foul challenge on the England striker the referee awards the penalty.
Kane himself the penalty changes in the 18th minute. Verbruggen takes the corner, but Kane’s penalty is perfect and the ball goes into the corner to the right of the Orange goalkeeper. Holland-England 1-1 in Dortmund
Balance achieved, Southgate’s men took over. Kane takes the ball on the left side, Walker triggers on the other side, but when the latter tries to put it in the middle, the Dutch defenders manage to recover the ball on the goal line.
In the 30th minute the Netherlands close to the new advantage. From the development of the corner it is Dumfries who stand out with a header. The ball hits the crossbar and goes high.
England respond in the 32nd minute: Saka to Foden, who moves the ball to the left from over 20 meters and paints an unusual trajectory that hits the top corner.
White people are still dangerous in the 39th minute with Walker backing Foden, who tries another diagonal shot, this time low, but Verbruggen is alert, stretches out and saves.
At 44′ a good game from Bellingham for England then looks for the tip in the area, but Van Dijk does not surprise himself and puts it away.
At 45’+4′ the first half ends: 1-1 between Holland and England.
Starting again slower rhythms.
For the first 10′ of the second half Holland closed the spaces for England, which is now more difficult to create play.
The first shock of the second half it arrives in the 65th minute with the Orange close to the lead, from a lateral free kick, a ball in the middle, Van Dijk hits and a great save from Pickford deflects it into a corner.
Dutch again pressing Southgate’s men, closed in half of the pitch, for the entire first half hour of the second half; when Gakpo puts it in the middle in the 78th minute, Xavi Simons comes in and tries a shot but Pickford saves.
In the 80th minute the goal was disallowed to England. Foden for Walker, who catches Saka in the area from the back, and Verbruggen leaves no chance for his first time shot. But Walker is a millimeter off.
In the 90th minute the English scored by Watkins. After 4′ of injury time, the referee’s final whistle dictates victory for the Whites to fly to Sunday’s final against Spain,
Before the game five people were injured in clashes between England and Holland fans and Dortmund. This was announced by the German policeaccordingly More than 100,000 football fans were expected in Dortmund, mostly Dutch and many without tickets. A torn flag may have sparked the brawl. At the moment there is talk of ten arrests and a half-destroyed pub; the fights between the fans of the two teams took place in the central bar area in Dortmund, full of clubs, between Altmarkte Kleppingstrassebar.
AppNetherlands vs England, caught, Dortmund 10 July 2024
Fights between fans aside, the event was on second semi-final of Euro 2024 with a challenge between the Netherlands and England al BVB Dortmund Stadium.
Free to air live TV on Rai 1, streaming and text news on Rainnews.it. The winner, the England national team, will face Spain in the final, scheduled for Sunday at 9pm, after the Red Furies eliminated France 2-1.
Both are chasing a second European Championship final in their history: the Three Lions to redeem themselves from the defeat against Italy in Euro 2020, the Orange to repeat the 1988 victory.
Meanwhile, there is no shortage of them in England the controversies to appoint the referee Felix Zwayeryears ago he was convicted of betting on football, and was chosen to referee the semi-final against the Netherlands. The German whistle43 years old, a few years ago Jude Bellingham, the midfielder of Borussia Dortmund at the time, criticized him harshly, for the past it was not exactly impossible, and in London the referee was afraid of revenge or to achieve revenge.
The English coach praises the group in the press conference the day before: “I’m very lucky to have a great group of players, we work as a team and we always have to. The way all 26 bonded over the last few weeks was special, half the team had no experience. This is an opportunity to make history.”. Southgate doesn’t say too much about the team he will field, but suggests Shaw could start: “He was injured for four months. We have to decide if he is ready to start, but we are very happy to have him back.” Also worth considering is Jordan Pickford, a spot-kick strategist who can get the best of “damn penalties” for the Three Lions national team.
LaPresseGareth Southgate and Ronald Koeman
The Netherlands were forced to cancel their pre-match press conference of coach Koeman and Akè due to a problem on a railway line. The Dutch were supposed to take a train from Wolfsburg to Dortmund, but the service was canceled due to a blockade: “The Dutch team will not arrive in Dortmund until this afternoon (yesterday’s edit). Due to a blockage on the tracks, the planned train service between Wolfsburg and Dortmund has been canceled – we read in the note from the Dutch Football Federation – The team will arrive in Dortmund by plane at 9.20pm. For that reason, unfortunately, the press conference in the Borussia Dortmund stadium with coach Ronald Koeman and Nathan Ake, scheduled for 7.45pm, cannot take place. We are currently looking at other options.”
Koeman’s words, to the microphones of “The Telegraph”, at the end of Holland’s victory over Türkiye: “We are in the semi-finals of the European championship and nobody expected it. We may not have faced the strongest teams, but it is not so clear that we will be able to move forward. England have great players, but so have we.” Coach for Koeman he will still be able to rely on the solidity of Stephan de Vrij.
Before this between the two national teams: The Netherlands lead with 7 wins against England 6, 9 games.
Holland this event came about after eliminating first Romania (3-0) and then Turkey (2-1) in the head-to-head stage.
England they got the better of Slovakia after extra time (2-1) and in the quarter finals they eliminated Switzerland only after penalties (1-1 in the 120th minute, then 6-4 after penalties) .
WikipediaThe Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, not far from Signal-Iduna-Park