For the second time in a row Eurothe England he will try to the end to bring it… home! Gareth Southgate’s team prevailed 2-1, with a reversal, of the Netherlands in Dortmund and booked a place for the final in Berlin, where they will face Spain on Sunday (14/07).
One of his collars Simmons in the 7th minute he put “Oranie” in front of the score early on, but they saw him Kane to quickly equalize with a penalty (18′) and, while everything looked like we were going to extra time, a terrible shot by Watkins in the 90′ he brought the ups, downs and redeemed the “three lions”.
The match
The Dutch entered the match dreamily, as just at 7′ they managed to take the lead. THE Simmons won the ball and unleashed a terrific shot from outside the area, with Pickford unable to react and prevent the 1-0.
The English managed to react quickly, with Kane to have two good shots in a few seconds between the 13th and 14th minute, with Dumfries finding his opponent on the second phase and Zweier going for an on field review, ultimately giving the penalty kick.
The execution was undertaken by himself Kane, who scored for 1-1 in the 18th minute. This development raised the morale of the “three lions”, who five minutes later touched the turning point but saw the Dumfries to stop Foden’s effort on the line.
The Dutchman almost put his team back in front, but his header in the 30th minute hit the crossbar. beamwith his long shot Foden in 32′ to have a similar ending.
The last notable phase in the first half was another shot by the Manchester City midfielder, who found Ferbruchen on hand (39′).
The match was very different in the second half, with both teams appearing much more composed.
We reached the 65th minute to finally see a good moment, when after Fairman’s free kick, Van Dijk he got on the ball but saw Pickford make an impressive save for a corner.
Seconds later, Dumfries’ header went wide, while in the 69th minute another header from Van Dijkdid not trouble the English goalkeeper, who blocked comfortably.
In 77′ it was his turn Simmons to threaten, with a crappy shot that also didn’t particularly trouble him Pickfordwith England… waking up and having disallowed goal with Saka two minutes later.
An attempt by Palmer in the 88th minute ended up going wide and, while everything seemed to be headed for overtime, in the 90th minute, the Watkins.
The Aston Villa striker, who had entered the match a little earlier, nailed the ball into the Dutch net with Terrible diagonal shot and… he teased the “oranie”, who didn’t have time to react and thus saw the British getting the ticket to the final at the last moment!
MVP: He may have played only a few minutes, but such is the importance of the goal he scored that we must give Ollie Watkins the title. Terrible goal that will be remembered in the history of English football by the striker of Aston Villa, while the ball was… sizzling!
The teams’ lineups
Netherlands (R. Koeman): Fairbrucken, Dumfries (90+3/ Zirkzei), Van Dijk, De Frei, Ake, Southen, Simmons (90+3′ Brombay), Raiders, Mullen (46′ Weghorst), Depay (35′ Fairman), Gakpo
On the counter: Bylow, Flecken, Hairtrauda, De Ligt, Wijnaldum, Fribong, Van De Fen, Blind, Maachen, Bergwein, Hraffenberg
England (G. Southgate): Pickford, Walker, Stones, Gueye, Saka (90_3′ Konsha), Mainu (90+3′ Gallagher), Rice, Trippier (46′ Shaw), Foden (80′ Palmer), Kane (80′ Watkins), Bellingham
On the counter: Ramsdale, Henderson, Alexander-Arnold, Dunk, Toney, Gordon, Bowen, Eze, Gomes, Wharton
Referee: Zweier (Germany)
Assistants: Loop, Achmiller (Germany)
4th: Zimbert (Germany)
VAR: Dankert (Germany)
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Source: Sport Fm
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