"Nobody is impressed with England" | Dutch journalist Marcel van der Kraan on Euro 2024 semi-final

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Dutch journalist Marcel van der Kraan previews Wednesday's Euro 2024 semi-final between England and Netherlands.
Van der Kraan says the Dutch fans are confident and believe they can beat England. He also discusses Ruud van Nistelrooy's expected move to Manchester United as assistant plus the club's interest in Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt.
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[@SimSimma.]

The Netherlands have 17 million inhabitants and I can guarantee you if you ask every single one of them to name the top 50 Dutch football experts, no one would mention Marcel vd Kraan 😂.

[@markphc99]

having said that , he is a master of the obvious

[@saidhammar5006]

Having said that, he is right tho.

[@z3ro7o]

i am dutch and never seen this guy in my life? LOL

[@blue_red_screen]

He made you lash out

[@richardpaulrogers9673]

I always used to want the English team to be admired by other nations, but now quite frankly I couldn't care less. I just want England to win.

[@neil930]

Yes but , you must be impressed by the way we pass sideways and backwards, surely. We are masters at that 😂

[@ronmey7500]

You're excellent at protecting your opponent's lead.

[@Imalwaysthevictim]

The Art of Bore 📖

[@Peradabo]

@neil930 France look mightily impressive, unable to score a goal in open play. 🤣

[@mikefraser4513]

If you like chess...

[@alanbrown4703]

We got used to sideways passing watching '' the crab '' Ray Wilkins in the eighties, he must have inspired the entire England team somehow??

[@stephano2996]

Im dutch and its kinda our nature to have a bit of a superiority complex and same goes for the british. We always think we are better than everyone else but in reality its a miracle both England and the Netherlands have made it to the semi finals. Some fairytale luck. Both sides have good and several weak points. Its going to be a interesting game and who can expose and exploit the other sides weakness the most will win. Good luck to both nations but i hope we win ofc ;)

[@Butterbean1]

We are better 😅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Thomas-zs5wt]

as an englishmen we have better players with a worse manager

[@tonyroovers7295]

I'm English with Dutch family..I agree..both lucky to be there..good luck and may the best/worse team win 😂🎉

[@ejkalegal3145]

We're better than you. Our Empire was better as well 😆

[@Thomas-zs5wt]

@@ejkalegal3145 who

[@dondodo8129]

Many years from now: “July 10th 2024, the day the beer ran out.”

[@joefranklin4922]

It would probably become a national holiday where everyone goes back to the pub 😂

[@SunRiseNightFall]

🤣😂

[@bobbypukes605]

😮

[@vinodiyer-wd4mm]

😂

[@jamesstevo7289]

I’m Norwegian and my impression is that Southgate is a tactical genius.The way he has drilled his players into their sideways/ sideways / backwards passing game is totally admired by all the other managers. To have some of the best forward players in the world and still manage to hardly score any goals is almost perfection. Go Southgate.

[@PC1974]

I'm loving your sarcasm 😂😂😂

[@billsimmons3469]

Yeah. So clever. You should be a pundit.

[@BigSmokeMUFC]

Norway should appoint Frank Lampard then

[@Luuuuucas]

i like this guy 😂

[@TT-fq7pl]

I think you intended this for Deschamps and the French. In any case, passing sideways and backwards is better than not passing at all, which is what Norway is doing.

[@FavreianVengeance]

Spain and Germany have looked the best to me. That quarterfinal was tasty but still a shame that the matchup came too soon.

[@sokrteukchannaren6151]

Yes if you look at offense they might be. However beware and be cautious of out-of-nothing goals. I wish Spain can beat France so they can Face England in the final.

[@MADFORIT-m8r]

Spain always look the best at football, they spread the ball about well................... however, it never works like that in football does it.

[@generalpierogi7781]

@@MADFORIT-m8rit’s worked already 3 times this century mate

[@MADFORIT-m8r]

@@generalpierogi7781 Didnt work in 2018 when England beat you at your home 2-3........................ Start Worrying Son lol !

[@sanmateoflights]

The Dutch media are right about England - not impressive but hard to beat.

[@robertkralt6934]

we are the same though, its winable. but its not gonna be free. if we manage to beat england i think we can handle the final aswell

[@robertkralt6934]

to add on: to come back from behind 0-1 in 45 minutes, and win 2-1 against the turks, with that fanbase.. thats impressive.

[@MMAOdin]

⁠@@robertkralt6934if Holland beats England, spain is going to be much much tougher.

[@Fractalchemystical]

Maybe the Dutch should worry more about how thoroughly unimpressive they themselves are before pointing the finger at others.

[@FastestSuDokuSolver]

Spain has been the most consistent among the four left.

[@gohumberto]

We (England) have been dreadful, that's a fact. However .... it's probably better that you beat us BEFORE taking the piss.

[@nightmaresquad7453]

We (Netherlands) have been bad as well, that's a fact. However.... just like British media/people all believe you'll have a shot at winning, so do we, because neither side has been good. What can be said in our favor is that Southgate hasn't made England press high up the pitch in a single match. Our only good moments have come when were allowed to play our own game, cus that's what our players ARE good at. Unless Southgate seriously changes his approach, they'll play right into our strengths.

[@juismac]

@@nightmaresquad7453 Netherlands have played much more forward attacking football than England. They have scored nine goals and yes allowed five because their pressing can leave some big spaces behind. But they have been more exciting to watch than England. There is an opportunity for Southgate to exploit the spaces in their half but I doubt he’ll take advantage.

[@luciusesox1luckysox570]

@@nightmaresquad7453 Your much closer to how well Holland can play.. England have come nowhere near. They are the most underperforming team in the Euros. I would hold off giving it large because if they do start to play ... BYE...

[@alexojideagu]

@@juismac The dutch also conceded a ton of goals and were lucky to not conceed 3 V Turkey.

[@nightmaresquad7453]

@@alexojideagu the Dutch have conceded 5 goals, 4 of them shared between Austria (3) and Turkey (1). Those 2 countries happen to be the only two that pressed us deep. England won’t press high up the pitch and you know it.

[@BabzV]

As a Dutchie I think neither team has been playing very well so far. We've had some good moments here and there just like England, but nothing special. We're both capable of more, hopefully it'll finally come out in both teams on Wednesday and we all get to see an entertaining match. ....which we will win of course...... 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱😉🌷

[@therunawaykid6523]

Good luck babz I am from England will be a interesting match 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Monztxr]

England 4-0 Harry Maguire hat trick

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@Monztxr Netherlands vs England 6-0

[@ktkee7161]

First sensible comment. England have much better players, but as usual they are less than their parts. 50/50 game.

[@BennyBlancoNL]

Against Roemania i think they played really well. Total control and many chances. I think football all comes down to creating chances , i think the Netherlands is good in that.

[@namrofni6236]

Southgate's team talk - make the opposition sleepy and nick a goal.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah we have been pretty bad I agree I hope we play better, but yeah honestly wouldn’t be surprised if a similar performance happens again

[@steves1460]

I hope Keoman wears his socks like that for the game!

[@davidcopson5800]

Boring play doesn't mean the team playing like that is easy to beat. And a tournament full of own goals, including Stopgap.

[@51bikerboy]

As a football fan I like to see excitement, no boring games as Jose Mourinho and Gareth Southgate seem to like!

[@andyukmonkey]

Owngoal has been France's best player

[@ellefc]

Only Gakpo's been impressive

[@footyball66]

yeah, Holland aren't anything special.

[@var9828]

That’s already one more then england then

[@F_Reduction]

@@footyball66what is holland? It’s just a provincial name bud

[@nxtlvlnlkr5312]

Ake has been impressive, Verbruggen has been impressive, Dumfries has been impressive, there are 3 more.

[@TT-fq7pl]

It's Cody Gakpo. Not Only Gakpo.

[@TheBarnster75]

The Netherlands have hardly been tearing it up.

[@qxponix589]

Stop diverting. England suck when they should not

[@itsmeprasad1987]

True Netherlands haven’t really faced a decent team

[@schipbreukeling3]

@@itsmeprasad1987 no we have to wait till the final when we meet Spain

[@nxtlvlnlkr5312]

@@itsmeprasad1987 The Netherlands had a draw against France, and got robbed from a goal. So tell me, which decent team has England faced? Offensively, Turkey was more dangerous than Switzerland. The Netherlands has scored 9 goals (shouldve been 10). So tell me how the goal scoring machine called England has played better than the Netherlands. You guys have such misplaced arrogance haha.

[@foreigncurrency83]

​@@schipbreukeling3😂😂😂😂

[@Thegoodbadson]

Man City’s Punishment should be SOUTHGATE managing them for 5 years💯

[@Saimah92]

Calm down Satan

[@PaulRichardson4678]

Of course, you mean non-binary City under Southgate.

[@Whotta]

Lol😂

[@northleedspoppa]

England 1950-2017 4 semi finals England 2018-2024 3 semi final Murdoch drones are the most worthless ppl in society

[@barryonyett8638]

I think they’d prefer to plead guilty get relegated and work there way back up from div 1 then have Southgate ( oh we can dream

[@terencewhite8105]

To be fair there has not been any earth shaking game in this competition

[@ronmey7500]

Turkey v Georgia was all attack from start to end.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@ronmey7500 still was shite ..

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Wednesday shock defeat for England incoming!

[@Wladislav]

You must have missed Georgia vs Turkiye.

[@phase_1471]

Spain vs Germany was a brilliant game

[@mgpunya1]

No team has a "football style" identity now, except for Spain. Long gone are the days when we see battles & clash between style...

[@napolean_ragland]

Spains style was tiki taka possession football. Now they just play generic premier league football. Theyre literally playing English style football

[@mgpunya1]

They've evolved definitely. Last time, it was like, walking pace at times & you could doze off literally. But, now they've added pace & their football is attractive to watch, minus the theatrical & rolling on the turf...

[@simonjess8471]

@@napolean_ragland I thought that when I watched their quarter final. They were so much more loose with possession than I recall from the past.

[@avinanuami]

Very Poor football played by England and still qualified for semifinals 😂

[@raynor4797]

We could say the same about the Netherlands

[@tomscott4438]

Both are true. The reality is that England are in the semis. The reality also is that they have played some terrible football. The play is bland, there are no tactics, and yet the draw and good fortune have allowed them to move on. If they somehow manage to lift the cup on Sunday it will be a combination of the other sides falling apart, one moment of brilliance, and pure dumb luck.

[@gregthomas1346]

Bang average

[@CharlesFitzgerald-pm5uk]

Exactly and France

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@CharlesFitzgerald-pm5ukyeah that is true but they have mbappe and griezman sure they haven’t done much so far but with talent like that they can produce moments of magic out of nothing - should be a very entertaining match against Spain

[@staomruel]

Dutchie here! Erm, who is Marcel vd Kraan?

[@wytsemusic1215]

Haha, hij is van de Telegraaf en vreemd genoeg een best wel internationaal gerespecteerde sportjournalist. Hij komt ook wel eens voorbij bij ESPN US en UK. Maar in NL kruipt Valentijn Driessen voor de camera bij de Telegraaf(joepie).

[@staomruel]

@@wytsemusic1215 sssst, ook al komt t niet van n NL speler of staflid, de Engelsen mogen niet gemotiveerd raken.

[@eimkei1339]

I'm English and I was surprised to hear a Dutchman speaking English with a Yorkshire accent. ;-)

[@rorygee482]

Just pin this up in the England dressing room.

[@TT-fq7pl]

Footballers can't read. Certainly not on something that you can pin up. They can scroll through pictures though.

[@jingle1161]

Nobody knows this Dutch journalist here in the Netherlands. This guy has zero authority overhere

[@rorygee482]

@@jingle1161 they will now.

[@heroicDale]

@@TT-fq7plwhy would they need to read a video??

[@TT-fq7pl]

@@heroicDale How can you "pin up" a video?

[@yingyang1008]

Personally, I'm impressed at how they can play that badly It's almost impressive to find a formation and selection that stifles the natural game of so many hugely successful footballers

[@xfph1LLy]

Truth hurts Spain vs Netherlands is the true final we want

[@vandammejam]

Dutch aren’t that good .

[@rahrah5484]

Lmao said who? Hahahahahahahah Spain would spank the dutch so bad lmao England would be tougher Lmao cody fucning gakpo would change the final lmaoooo Dutch have 0 chance

[@stephandelaat]

@@rahrah5484sure but atleast you would get an entertaining match. Let’s all hope the final won’t be France against Engeland and let boring football win. Southgate and Deshamps should be put on trial for letting them play their teams the way they do. Best players in the world playing like cowards!!!

[@napolean_ragland]

@@stephandelaat nobody in england or france cares how theyre playing as long as theyre winning

[@simonjess8471]

I am just guessing you are not neutral with that comment. I am pretty sure no neutral wanted that as the final.

[@Oscar_s_World]

More fun to come on OW, follow us all the way to the final 🥇⚽😊

[@bradleyndlovu4599]

Eh Memphis is not delivering?he’s been one of they’re best players,he’s just not scoring that’s all but does help the team

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Agreed but as shown in 2nd half against Turkey he's way better if he's not in the striker position.

[@bradleyndlovu4599]

True

[@michaelpower4372]

Real Madrid must be wondering who's the bright spark that suggested signing Mbappe.

[@renew5751]

Memphis makes weird choices on the pitch and for his headgear. Plus he's no nr. 9 striker yet he plays up front.

[@yingyang1008]

If you pick Kane you have to build the team around him - which means allowing him to play deep as a 10 That in turn means re-arranging the midfield accordingly to stop everyone getting in each other's way That's the main problem, combined with insane decision to abandon all width on the left

[@ed7384]

Got to love the dutchies

[@QuietManUK]

This aged well.

[@Peradabo]

Nobody is impressed with Holland either. Austria beat them, and they finished 3rd in their group and are lucky to be here. England have far superior players. If England play well, they win.

[@Yow531]

At least Holland won 3-0 against Romania and they're the only team in the quarters who won in regular time. So they are definitely more impressive than shitty England

[@dilksjoel]

​@@Yow531Romania played so naively so that doesn't compare

[@brianshava4689]

The other team they played was France, and they drew against them. And Austria were playing some seriously good football though. But it doesn't matter about who's more impressive, let's just see what happens when they play against each other.

[@arunmahabier8447]

Who are these far superior players everybody is talking about? Bellingham and Kane possibly, the others are not better than most of the dutch players. Playing in the PL doesn't mean that you are far superior.

[@STST]

​@@arunmahabier8447Nobody outside the netherlands could name more than 3 players of the Dutch team. England would be 8 or 9.

[@craig5420]

Really excited for the match, hopefully England will finally prove the doubters wrong🙏...but if not I wish the Netherlands all the best in the final!

[@Marenqo]

Lol, dutch blunt and honest as always

[@andyukmonkey]

I'm impressed how they tackled their tendancy to drop back and defend a lead by letting the opposition always score first

[@kevinlemon6537]

We're not too impressed with the Dutch either .

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Neither are the Dutch. Although they did show flashes of entertaining and winning football.

[@thatJAWNraps]

don't get cocky Netherlands, underestimating an opponent has NEVER helped a team ever

[@FastestSuDokuSolver]

France and England won't be so lucky anymore. Netherlands is a completely different team than Switzerland.

[@simonjess8471]

You are not much better. You just squeezed passed a team 30 places lower than Switzerland in the FIFA rankings.

[@peterkuiper5363]

Who is Marcel van der Kraan?

[@ashfly]

Great banter

[@lw7918]

it really is

[@TheDaverobinson]

That is premier league

[@doemijmaarfriet]

Marcel is spot on. Dutch are in danger of underestimating the brits. 50-50

[@gazof-the-north1980]

You're right England *HAVE* been dreadful.......

[@ArjunGhag-ix7te]

Dutch just fired up Jude & 3 Lions thanks

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

Lions are native to africa . . ..

[@Edge-of-Reason]

​@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361and Asia. If your going to get pedantic get it right😂

[@dixienormus997]

​@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 Roosters arent native to France but theres one on their flag. Has nothing to do with where the animal is native to ya gammon

[@katies2067]

@@Edge-of-Reasonboth continents that England is not in 😂

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@dixienormus997 its a cockerel ..and yes they are indigenous to France ....'Gammon' is a racist slur dont you know that? when in Europe act accordingly .

[@FastestSuDokuSolver]

England better fear the Dutch attacking football. Especially counterattacks.

[@Rob-cy8xc]

Yea. We didn’t .

[@asrian3]

GK De vrij, a captain,VandeVen Dumfries,Schouten,Maatsen Reynders,VeermaGakpo,Ziekzee,Frimpong

[@MichaelHattem]

Finishing third in your group is impressive?

[@HanSime]

Strategy! Easier knock-out draws. Like England!

[@punchline2529]

The final we want is Spain - Holland - if you like watching football. If you prefer tactical chess - England - France

[@dontbewoke]

The Dutch and the Spanish have proved that you don't have to bore the pants off everyone to make the semis. I for one hope its a Holland Spain final and I'm English.

[@Jules-us8qr]

England v France final.

[@simonjess8471]

You have not played anyone good yet. It is not hard to go toe to toe with Turkey, who rank 30 places lower than Switzerland in the FIFA list.

[@dontbewoke]

@@simonjess8471 Who are you talking to? I already said I'm English...

[@bruceniwagaba81]

You are not English

[@dontbewoke]

@@bruceniwagaba81 Well its tough to prove of course....but I watched Maradonas handball in 86 , Waddle and Pearces penalty misses in 90 , England fail to qualify in '94 , Beckhams petulance and Owens brilliance in '98 , Phil Nevilles mistake in 2000 , the Golden generations consistent failures (with Ronaldinhos hit over Seaman included) Capellos uselessness , leading against Croatia in '18 , Saka and Rashford penalty misses in '21 and this event so I'm doing a good impression of being English I guess.....but let me caveat my OP ; I was punching the air when Watkins scored , my OP was borne of frustration at just how turgid we've been. Even the Dutch game we were poor after the first half an hour or so. But to clarify , I very much want us to win the final , good performance or not.

[@sanjayd7]

England impress me with how lackluster they are

[@Rob-cy8xc]

And keep winning….

[@NotoriousIP]

Who's here after England knock the Dutch out 😂

[@Nathansview56]

It’s all about winning, nothing else matters!! The Dutch had the best team in the 74 World Cup by a mile, but it was west Germany who lifted the trophy….

[@RichardBates-wd3if]

Yes we know that. But is anybody inpressed with Neverlands? Jog off mate.

[@schipbreukeling3]

The Irish, Scots and Welsh are all in favor of orange. How did that happen?

[@Its2025]

Not even with the fans?😋

[@ninobrown8332]

@@Its2025 The fans are top class as always!

[@everythingexplored5233]

What and Holland (finished 3rd in group) and France (scored 1 goal from open play) are so good, let’s face it all the football has been shite at this tournament but who cares we just need to win

[@Ells4x]

Some of the fans are atleast

[@jbomb1981]

What I do know is the Dutch are supremely confident. Keep it coming, we’ll thrive being underdogs.

[@richardhawkins4621]

If england have played badly and still won when we do play good we will surprise everyone england are no mugs

[@Lifelongloser]

We havnt won though. Only one win in 5 games in 90 minutes against inferior tesms. Having said that we are favourites v the Dutch who are also not that great.

[@VP-qk9xm]

​@@Lifelonglosereng should be happy that they arent facing spain and germany😂😂😂

[@mpinto79]

He is absolutely right

[@matthewsill-ei5gf]

The Slovakia manager said the same we still beat them

[@richardbrown-gt3dq]

Slovakia. Good job. 👏

[@clarencegaultieri8293]

And they were 39 seconds from Winning . They outplayed England and should have moved on

[@matthewsill-ei5gf]

@@clarencegaultieri8293 But they didn't did they

[@matthewsill-ei5gf]

@clarencegaultieri8293 Slovakia had very little of the ball and just tried to defend a 1'0 lead if they wasn't.throwing themselves on the floor for most of the game we wouldn't have had 6 minutes of added time and scored so they only have themselves to blame

[@michaelpower4372]

​​@@matthewsill-ei5gfIn the spain Germany game both side were going down more than Slovakia game but that ref only add on four minutes the Slovakia game was nothing like that game so I'm still bamboozled as to were the ref got six minutes from. May be they added it on to hope the English wouldn't cause trouble like they allways do.Ye'r kane and Bellingham are two of the biggest divers in the history of football well Francis Lee was another one.

[@Seanwilliamsmart]

Why are we surprised that the media for the opposition team are knocking England?

[@davva360]

I don’t think England fans have been impressed either with the performances. The one against Switzerland was a little better especially in the first half but still nothing that would scare anyone. The best thing so far is they have come back twice after going behind but the negative style is impossible to ignore especially when they go ahead. Need to play better if they are to progress.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah very true come on England M

[@sugoshiyer1540]

This could denmark 92 or greece 2004 for England ...Southgate bores the opposition , fans and plays sideways becoz he knows he can release rhe handbrake if they go down and he has the players to pull off magic moments out of nowhere...

[@basementsnaxx]

For the sake of football in general, we cannot let a France/England final happen.

[@jakim2020]

France will need to first beat Spain .

[@RichardBates-wd3if]

Yes we can. Wtf is up with you?

[@adeyinkabenjamin9537]

It's going to happen...France will beat Spain by 1 goal ​@johnakimana1134

[@clarencegaultieri8293]

It will happen we all know it with England doing a Portugal 2016z mainoo will be Eder this time

[@wft15]

France haven’t scored a single goal from open play this whole tournament - really can’t see them winning.

[@lukeluke7082]

Victory will be even sweeter now

[@thedirtytrader7807]

0-0 1-1 penalties written all over this game 😂

[@FixYourGameplay]

It's written over most of the games this tournament.

[@CVDPDNB]

Nah The Dutch have scored 9 goals.

[@thedirtytrader7807]

@@CVDPDNB when they played a “big nation” they didn’t score though 😂

[@BobWillem]

@@thedirtytrader7807 England isn't a big nation though.

[@mitchelloverbeeke5820]

@@thedirtytrader7807 1 game lol, how many goals did England score even against smaller countries? 🤣🤣🤣 no own goal doesn’t count lmao

[@davidebanks8289]

Lol, he thinks he's telling England something we don't already know!

[@danielwalker3813]

Haven't played the best football, yet we've made the semi final.

[@JonDiRoma]

No trophy in 58 years and not this year because Kane the loser is English 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielwalker3813]

​@@JonDiRomait take it you're a Italian?

[@rmyikzelf5604]

So have the Dutch

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@danielwalker3813yeah probably and they won’t be in the World Cup next year as they failed to qualify 🤭

[@dushyantchaudhry4654]

England will win it. Been watching for 35 years now. Spain 3 : France 1, England 2 : Netherlands 0 England 1 : Spain 0. Spain the better side but England will play their heart out knowing that.

[@totylkojaful]

So watching makes you an expert? On the couch I imagine.

[@dushyantchaudhry4654]

@@totylkojaful not at all... just saying it's my rubbish prediction. Should have said that clearly.

[@liljayseke371]

England are riding their luck...soon that luck will run out

[@Peradabo]

Nobody is impressed with Holland either. Austria beat them, and they finished 3rd in their group and are lucky to be here. England have far superior players. If England play badly, England win, and if England play well, they win easily.

[@UndertakerShowdown]

England are riding their luck… soon that luck will turn to sublime football ⚽️

[@semgoedhart1144]

Far superior lol. Low football knowledge.

[@PaulRichardson4678]

The Dutch are superior in ever way....as a team, as a nation, as a culture. I doubt the English even know who Erasmus is let alone understand the complexity of his work.

[@SheffKhalid]

England have big moments in them

[@nickname4486]

I’m Dutch, but who is Marcel van der Kraan?

[@raftea219]

England playing crap football with dumb luck facing weak teams so far. Southgate worst coach in this competition.

[@mikeoglen6848]

Blud, dey is no bad teems in dis Euro Final, maybe one?

[@Butterbean1]

True we got another weak team to beat 😂 nice easy run tbf

[@NuggetOG]

@@Butterbean1so netherlands is weak despite never failing to show good football and england played as if they were san marino with 0 experiance but with top potential to beat top teams

[@Butterbean1]

@@NuggetOG ya weak team. No world beater are yous. 😂England wining with poor performance. What you going to do if England actually turn up.

[@For_Cruyff_Sake]

Why do they always wear orange but their national flag isn't orange?

[@DerekLangdon]

Orange represents the Dutch Royal family….ps as an afterthought what colour are Oranges? Did the colour, come before the Orange. Or did the Orange come before the colour?

[@For_Cruyff_Sake]

@@DerekLangdon why haven't you added an orange stripe to the flag?

[@For_Cruyff_Sake]

@@DerekLangdonwhy not all vote to just make the flag entirely orange

[@waimunyan7007]

Dutch are getting complacent

[@FixYourGameplay]

I don't think so. We are not playing very good at all. And we constantly talk about that. But we beat the Turks in a game that was all about effort. And if you can beat the Turks on effort you are doing something good in my mind. I was certainly proud of that.

[@RS__7]

​@@FixYourGameplaySo what even Wales can beat the Turks

[@Jules-us8qr]

And this guy is arrogance. Southgate wise words last weekend about people in England carried away with a sense of entitlement. Hopefully it will serve to keep our feet on the ground but not stifle the team

[@alexandregravanita]

Boss response to the dutch journalist by the english reporter (minute 07.31). Comon England!!!!

[@staomruel]

7:31 if you type it like that, anyone reading can jump to that precise second.

[@michaelpower4372]

The ref in the Slovakia game robbed Slovakia of victory by adding on 6 minutes bellingham getting the equaliser in the fifth minute but the spain Germany game with a lot more time wasting and going down had only 4minutes added time. England would be out only for the ref.

[@alexandregravanita]

@@staomruel thanks you for the advice! Comon England!!!!

[@braddersfam1754]

Doesn't matter whether he's impressed, we are getting the results.

[@jeroenbakker8643]

50/50

[@simonwolfe529]

SHAME AS ALL THOSE 80,85,000 DUTCH FANS WILL HAVE TO WALK BACKACROSS THE BORDER ON THURSDAY

[@bierzuip7169]

nuh uh

[@bjornbdr]

if the tunnel is closed and planes dont fly, have fun swimming

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

The Dutch will play the English of the field and kick them across the channel, no plane or boat needed. 😂 Football won't be coming home again, and will be staying in Europe, again and again and again.. 😂😂😂

[@sphughes01]

I have news for the Dutch we here in England are not impressed with Gareth Southgate's team. They are boring, predictable, tactically inept and lack a real cutting edge. However, they are lucky and what did Napoleon say about generals ...

[@Its2025]

If it turns out to be penalties then England wins, but I think the Dutch only need 90 minutes to beat England😃

[@Rob-cy8xc]

This is awkward

[@Its2025]

@@Rob-cy8xc not for me

[@richardveekens2195]

Well both teams arent in the same league as Spain or France, still I believe its gonna be a great game.

[@simonjess8471]

Are you kidding? France have not scored a goal from open play yet. If that were the English team, there would be riots.

[@Onthemove6801]

At least England have a world class No 9. Her name is Alessia Russo.

[@DerekLangdon]

Russo blows hot and cold! And like her buddy, Ella toone, does not deserve automatic selection for the lionesses!!

[@Onthemove6801]

@@DerekLangdon I suppose Kane and Co do. You're 'avin' a laugh!

[@Onthemove6801]

@@DerekLangdon I suppose Kane and Co do. You're 'avin' a laugh!

[@MarcusWellstead]

May the best team win. And if they don’t then the Netherlands go to the finals. 😂

[@martin-hall-northern-soul]

Says a journalist about a team that were unable to qualify for the tournament without scraping in via a playoff game against Ireland. Once in to tournament via the back door, they were unable to qualify from their group without scraping through as a third place team in a group also containing Austria and Poland. Let's get it right, nobody is impressed with the Dutch team of today.

[@martin-hall-northern-soul]

@@AntzWar it does seem like the players have all the talent and creativity coached out em these days

[@RaymondvanGelderen]

Never underestimate your enemies. Lesson one.

[@XBludclahtX]

This tournament has really cemented for me the delusion of the English Media and fans. England are an average team all things considered. You can scapegoat Southgate all you like but your "superstars" are poor. I will be laughing my ass off if the Dutch win. And of course English fans will think deserved to win and are the better side. Pathetic lot of fans and pundits.

[@finnyuk4906]

Rent free

[@XBludclahtX]

@@finnyuk4906 No your mum pays me rent. Never free. Batty boi!

[@MultiBurger1]

Hey there, Irish guy. 🖐😃

[@mikeoglen6848]

@@XBludclahtX Blud, dis fuball

[@barryanderson3568]

Every team passes sideways and backwards …

[@creepingdread88]

Very true, but it's more about the passing back to the keeper from a corner. That kind of negativity.

[@staomruel]

It's more the neglect of an unmentioned direction.

[@beecee2205]

lots of Dutch whining fans on here, only able to scrape past the Irish and still dtreadful

[@michaelpower4372]

So why have ye a Dutch ex footballer on ye'r coaching staff Jimmy Floyd hasselbank. And another coach called Holland😅😂 ye must have a thing for Holland.

[@JordenM-_-]

I cannot pronounce the Netherlands normally, I say the nedderlands

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

The Dutch are going to play the English of the field and kick them back across the channel, leaving football in Europe, again...😁😁😁

[@PsvEindhoven-el7wp]

Before the euro. I would say we have Not any change against england. But now we have

[@martinvanstein.youtube]

WTF is Marcel van der Kraan? I am Dutch, never heard of him

[@waltersheens1087]

From a Dutchman can I please be 1st to congratulate the Brits ? Hope you beat Spain....England deserve it just for English football atmosphere in all the leagues.....brilliant tradition/stadiums/supporters 😀.

[@ispeeeaaakeeewhaaaleee]

I'm Dutch and this guy is talking from where the sun doesn't shine. The Netherlands are just as awful as the English; it will still be a historical match!

[@Gekrompensok]

i'm afraid the defence is like our cheese we got so incredible lucky with the cards and players still on the pitch to kick in all desperation the balls away. That should be fixed but not enough time.

[@TheCriticalPolitician]

Being the boss of the one and only Dutch football expert Valentijn Driessen doesn't make you an expert yourself. Next time: phone Valentijn and you will get a far more realistic view.

[@JamesDunmore99]

He’s incredibly vein and confident given that Holland haven’t played particularly well either and haven’t performed well at a major tournament for 1,000 years. Let’s see what happens

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Only team not to lose a match in the last world cup. Lost on penalties against the eventual champions. No too shabby.

[@vespapx5334]

Will there be any vans

[@Meribatohein]

It will be an even game.

[@JamesBranch]

Not yet...

[@ramontas-b5r]

In the end...probably Spain will win it but mostly France due to their experience and determination!

[@barryvanderdong]

Dutch fans are the best fans any team could hope for. They have so much fun there, even the competative fans are having fun with the orange army.

[@PaulKoelman]

Never heard of him before. Maybe a good sports journalist

[@ivorproblem1332]

This aged well 😁

[@thatJAWNraps]

if u think being closer to the stadium is gonna matter IN the stadium you're insane, ask my Dad, he lives in England and hasnt missed a knock out match in over 30yrs

[@gadegroof]

Never heard of this man as a Dutch person. Back to reality: England with Saka, Kane, Bellingham, Palmer, and Foden has world-class players. I estimate a 70 percent chance of winning for England. Our run to the semi-finals so far has only been helped by our "weaker" opponents.