Today is Wednesday. Netherlands and England They will meet again, this time in the semifinals of Euro 2024, with the desire to win and play in the final next Sunday, July 14 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. With the dream of, in the case of ‘Oranje’, winning their second European Championship. And in England It will be the first after losing the previous final on penalties against Italy at Wembley. Thursday is its third year.
Oh Netherlands and England two old acquaintances, who met for the first time on April 1, 1907, but it was in a friendly and the inventors of soccer won 1-8. Surprisingly, they did not meet in an official match until Euro 1988, which the Dutch won, led by the legend. Rinus Michelsformer coach of Barcelona.
In the first official meeting between ‘Oranje’ and the ‘Pros’, the Dutch team won on June 15, 1988 by 1-3 with a hat trick of Van Basten before the one England with Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton, Bryan Robson or John Barnes. Directed by the lamented Sir Bobby Robson, then coach Barcelona.
This is the historical Netherlands of golden tulips, Ruud Gullit, Van Basten and the last coach of Barcelona Frank Rijkaardthat of the siblings Ronald and Erwin Koeman.
As fate would have it, both teams met again just two years later, in group F of the first stage of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, 0-0 on June 16, 1990 in Cagliari. The England by Sir Bobby Robson, Lineker and Paul Gascoigne reached the semifinals and ‘oranje’ fell in the round of 16 against the eventual champion, Germany.
The continuation of official matches between ‘oranje’ and England, They later met in the qualifying phase for the MUnited States World Cup 1994 , 2-0 for the Dutch and 2-2. At Euro 1996, Englandhost, struck Netherlands (1-4 in group A). An ‘orange’ with many players who sooner or later will wear the Barcelona shirt, such as Jordi Cruyff, Ronald de Boer, Richard Witschge, Winston Bogarde and Michael Reiziger (in the starting eleven) and, on the bench, Patrick Kluivert, Phillip Cocu and Ruud Hesp.
On the English side, there were Paul Gascoigne, Steve McManaman and, in defence, the current England coach, Gareth Southgate. Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham each achieved a double. Kluivert scores for ‘oranje’.
And recently, in the semifinals of the 2018-19 Nations League, the ‘oranje’ left the ‘pros’ without a final result with 3-1. Harry Kane played in the second half. In the starting eleven, Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker, John Stones and Declan Rice also started today. Marcus Rashford scored first, but Matthijs de Ligt, Walker’s own goal and Quincy Promes sealed the Dutch comeback.
History says that, between friendlies and official matches, England and the Netherlands have met 31 times (only 6 official matches), with 13 English victories, 9 Dutch wins and 9 draws. In official matches, 3 wins for ‘Oranje’, one for ‘Pros’ and 2 draws.
Source: La Verdad
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