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The Netherlands-England semi-final is unlocked. "Tulipans take advantage in front of "3 lions". The team led by Ronald Kuman found the advantage goal in the 7th minute of the meeting. Simons scored a fantastic goal from outside the box to stun goalkeeper Pickford.
This is the first semi-final in 10 years for the "tulips" in a major competition, after the 2014 World Cup, where they were defeated by Argentina on penalties. This particular decade has been the darkest in the history of the Netherlands, where they have only had disappointments in every event they have participated in, but not in this European one, as they have the golden chance to once again return the honor they deserve.
Their fans have been ardent throughout the competition, supporting their team in every match and producing an amazingly choreographed party. Just today, the German media show that there are 80,000 "tulip" fans in Dortmund, who are producing a "show" in the streets of the city.
Today is the fourth meeting between England and the Netherlands in a major tournament; The Orange won 3-1 at EURO 1988 (thanks to a Marko van Basten hat-trick), followed by a goalless draw at the 1990 World Cup and a 4-1 victory for England at EURO 1996.
– England have won just one of their last nine meetings with the Netherlands in all competitions (D4L), winning a friendly 1-0 in Amsterdam in March 2018.
– Of all the nations England have faced more than 20 times in their history, only Brazil (15%) have a lower win rate than the Netherlands (27% – 6 wins, 9 draws, 7 losses) .
– With Memphis Depay (17 shots, 10 chances created) and Kodi Gakpon (13 shots, 11 chances created), the Netherlands is the only team with more than one player who has +10 shots and +10 chances created. One or both of Depaji and/or Gakpo have been directly involved in 47 of the Netherlands' 74 shots this European.
– England have gone to extra time in both of their direct elimination matches at EURO 2024 so far. Only Portugal in "EURO 2016", Spain in "EURO 2020" and Italy in "EURO 2020" have gone to extra time three times in a single edition of the finals.
- The Netherlands won two different matches, after conceding the first goal in "EURO 2024", beating Poland 2-1 in the group stage and Turkey with the same result in the quarter-finals. But the English have also shown strength of character against Slovakia and Switzerland, seeing themselves at a disadvantage.
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