The Dutch nationwide crew will face England within the semi-finals of the European Championship on Wednesday at 9 p.m. For the Dutch, it’s the first time in 20 years that it has reached the semi-finals of a European Championship. For the Three Lions was {that a} bit more moderen: in 2021 the ultimate of the European Championship was reached. What can the groups anticipate from one another in Dortmund?
The lads of nationwide coach Ronald Koeman didn’t get via the group stage unscathed. Poland was solely defeated within the closing part (2-1), towards France it was a cold draw and Austria proved too robust for the Dutch after 90 minutes (3-2). With a 3rd place behind Austria and France, the Netherlands nonetheless certified for the eighth finals.
England will even look again on the primary three matches of the event with combined emotions. The opening match was received towards Serbia (1-0), a draw towards Denmark was entered on the rating sheet (1-1) and the group stage was concluded by England towards Slovenia: 0-0. Nationwide coach Gareth Southgate and his males did end prime of the group.
Knock-out fase
Within the spherical of 16, the Netherlands confronted Romania. It was the most effective match of the Dutch crew on the European Championship to date. The Romanians had been simply pushed apart: 3-0. England escaped loss of life towards Slovakia. Deep into harm time, Jude Bellingham was the savior in want. With a good looking bicycle kick within the ninety fifth minute, he compelled further time towards Slovakia. The English finally received 2-1.
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Within the quarter finals, the Netherlands confronted Turkey. The Dutch crew fell behind, however managed to interrupt away from the Turks with nice problem. Because of targets from Stefan de Vrij and an personal aim, the Dutch crew was in a position to finish the match with a jubilant environment. England confronted one of many surprises of the event, Switzerland. It was the Thee Lions once more not a simple process. England wanted penalties to eliminate the Swiss.
Cross-connections
A cross-connection between each groups is that each the Netherlands and England obtain a whole lot of criticism from former gamers, analysts, journalists and their very own individuals. With prime gamers comparable to Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Phil Foden (Manchester Metropolis), Jude Bellingham (Actual Madrid) and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) they hoped for flashy attacking soccer in England. In observe that is fully completely different. The criticism is principally in regards to the boring and conservative recreation view of the nationwide coach. England creates few possibilities, solely shot between the posts sixteen instances on this European Championship and scored solely 5 targets. The Netherlands shot 20 instances on aim, 9 of which had been transformed right into a aim. The criticism of the Dutch crew has the identical undertone. It’s a boring recreation and never very artistic.
Each groups solely appear to get up when they’re behind. It occurred to the Dutch towards Poland, Austria and Turkey. England fell behind within the knockout part towards each Slovakia and Switzerland. On the one hand, it exhibits the resilience and preventing spirit, however on the similar time additionally how weak the Netherlands and England are.
Many gamers of the Dutch nationwide crew will face some teammates towards England. Bart Verbruggen, Nathan Aké, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Micky van de Ven, Mark Flekken and Ryan Gravenberch all earn their dwelling within the Premier League. Up to now, Georginio Wijnaldum, Daley Blind, Wout Weghorst, Memphis Depay and Steven Bergwijn have additionally performed in England. Jeremy Frimpong has by no means performed on the highest stage in England, however the pace demon is aware of the nation like no different. He emigrated to England on the age of seven and grew up within the youth of Manchester Metropolis. By the way, Frimpong’s mom tongue is English.
Penaltydrama’s
If it leads to penalties, each international locations will begin with trembling knees. Within the Netherlands, now we have fairly a couple of hangovers from penalties. The Dutch crew appeared on the penalty spot eight instances in closing tournaments after which walked off the sector as losers six instances. The Three Lions will not be doing significantly better, with 4 wins from eleven penalty shootouts, with the outlier being the misplaced closing towards Italy on the earlier European Championship. At Wembley, thoughts you, the nationwide stadium of the English soccer crew.
If it comes all the way down to penalties, will probably be an thrilling sequence. Maybe England will begin with a bit extra self-confidence. England shot 5 nearly good penalties towards England within the quarter closing.
Netherlands versus England
The Sign Iduna Park in Dortmund would be the major venue for the thirty third assembly between the Netherlands and England. Of the 32 earlier matches, England have received 13 instances, in comparison with 9 victories for the Dutch nationwide crew. The remaining ten matches resulted in a draw. Many of those victories for England had been booked greater than a decade in the past, all in pleasant matches.
England has a significantly better monitor report towards the Dutch nationwide crew, however in the event you have a look at the massive matches, you get a very completely different image of the mutual relationships. In closing tournaments or qualification for a closing spherical, the Netherlands confronted England a complete of six instances. The Dutch crew received half and shared the factors twice. England received solely as soon as.
The primary main encounter between the 2 international locations was throughout the 1988 European Championship in Germany. Within the group stage, the Dutch crew received 3-1 towards England, due to a hat-trick by Marco van Basten. As is well-known by now, the Netherlands took residence the medals.
The Netherlands and England additionally met on the 1990 World Cup in Italy: 0-0. The groups then confronted one another twice to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. In England it ended 2-2, however the residence recreation was received 2-0, partly due to a aim by the present nationwide coach Ronald Koeman. The 1996 European Championship in England ended dramatically for the Netherlands. The Dutch crew was within the group with the host nation and was humiliated with resounding figures: 4-1. The nationwide coach of England, Gareth Southgate, was within the beginning line-up of the Three LionsThe final notable assembly was in 2019 throughout the closing spherical of the Nations League. The Netherlands defeated England 3-1.
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