England players celebrating Harry Kane's goal

WATKINS CONVERTED THE WINNING GOAL IN THE 90'

England beats the Netherlands in stoppage time and will play the Euro Cup final against Spain (1-2)

Published:10/07/2024 - 22:59h

Updated:10/07/2024 - 22:59h

A goal from Ollie Watkins in the 90th minute completed England's comeback against the Netherlands (2-1) to put Gareth Southgate's team in the Euro Cup final against Spain. Xavi Simons had overtaken the Dutch at the start

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England will look for revancha after the final of the Eurocopa 2020 in front of Italy the Sunday against Spain in Berlin. In the second semifinal, the ones of Gareth Southgate traced back to Low Countries (2-1) with goals of Harry Kane and Ollie Watkins, this last with a control and finish remarkable in the minute 90 when the English seemed resignarse to play another extention.

The party began with a frantic rhythm. In the minute 7, Xavi Simons opened the marker with a powerful finish of half distance. The mediocentro finished of right slipping, but the balloon took an odd effect that surprised to a Pickfort that, equally, had something of responsibility in the so much. In spite of the early disadvantage, the English reacted fast, presionando the Dutch exit with an excellent work of Crimp and Mainoo in the centre of the field.

Kane equalised the marker in a first very good part for England

On the chamber of hour of party, Harry Kane tried to finish in the area a loose ball, but his volley left high. However, the '9' accused an iron of Dumfries that, in principle, was not warned by the referee, but if by the VAR. After a pair of minutes of review, the main confirmed the fault after chequear in the monitor and the English captain did not fail in the execution of the penalti, finishing crusader and hit to the stick. Eleven minutes after the so much of Simons, the marker equalised again.

The 1-1 sharpened the command of a very offensive England in the initial stretch. Foden Brushed the 2-1 in the 22' with a shot that Dumfries saved on the line and, in the 31', the extreme of the Manchester City went back to warn with a powerful far shot that hit in the crossbar. A pair of minutes before, Dumfries also had found with the crossbar with a head butt after a corner.

The party was a taking and daca brutal until, in the 35', Memphis Depay asked the change by a muscular prick. Consciente of the British superiority in the centre of the field, Ronald Koeman put to the mediocentro Joey Veerman by the ex forward of the FC Barcelona. The change did that Low Countries attained to go down the rhythm of the party, neutralising the good handle of balloon that Mainoo, Crimp and Bellingham had done until then. Before the halftime, Foden went back to warn, this time with a finish embolsado by the goalkeeper Verbruggen.

Low countries balanced the formality in the complement

Both trainers took advantage of the rest to retouch his alignments. Koeman Put to Wout Weghorst by Donyen Mallen to accompany to Cody Gakpo in the area, whereas Gareth Southgate opted for removing to Trippier so that ingresar Luke Shaw. In the first 15 minutes of the complement, Low Countries saw much more comfortable, attaining balance the possession and showing with danger in the English area.

In the 62', Go Dijk demanded to Pickford with a finish back to a free shot and Bellingham, victim of the impotence, saw the yellow in the 72' by a strong crash with Of Vrij. Xavi Simons went back to test to Pickford with a shot that painted very bad for the English, but the balloon hammered him badly to the Dutch and his finish went out without power and to the hands of the guardameta. The English reacted in the 79' with a good wall between Saka and Walker that finish in goal of the forward of the Arsenal, but the side of the City was offside.

Watkins Avoided the extention with a golazo in the 90' to put to England in the final

The final stretch did not offer a lot of emotions, with both teams accusing the physical wear. When the extention seemed unavoidable, appeared Ollie Watkins, the one who there was ingresado by Kane in the 81', to go down a long balloon of Cole Palmer in front of Of Vrij and finish crusader of right, beating to the goalkeeper Vergbruggen. The Sunday, in Berlin, the ones of Southgate will confront to Spain by the trophy.

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