England will look to seal their place in the Euro 2024 final later this week when they take on the Netherlands, live on talkSPORT.
Gareth Southgate’s side are now just one match away from making it to the Berlin showpiece, where they would face Spain or France.
The Three Lions qualified for the semi-finals thanks to a 5-3 penalty shootout win over Switzerland after a 1-1 draw.
England again came from behind as Bukayo Saka cancelled out Breel Embolo’s opener with a stunning left-footed curler.
And their reward for beating the Swiss is a tie with the Dutch.
Holland beat Turkey 2-1 in their quarter-final thanks to Stefan de Vrij and a Mert Muldur own goal.
They started the tournament slowly but are starting to look better with each passing game.
England vs Netherlands: talkSPORT coverage
This Euro 2024 semi-final will take place on Wednesday, July 10.
Kick-off at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund is scheduled for 8pm UK time.
talkSPORT will have live coverage of the game, with Adrian Durham your host.
Commentary will then come from Jim Proudfoot and England icon Stuart Pearce.
Commentary will come from Joe Shennan and former England striker Darren Bent.
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The game will be shown free-to-air on ITV 1.
- England have won just one of their last nine meetings with Netherlands in all competitions (D4 L4), winning a friendly match 1-0 in Amsterdam in March 2018.
- This is the fourth meeting between England and Netherlands at a major tournament; the Oranje won 3-1 at EURO 1988 (thanks to a Marco van Basten hat-trick), followed by a goalless draw at the 1990 World Cup, and a 4-1 win England win at EURO 1996.
- Of all nations England have faced 20+ times in their history, only against Brazil (15%) do they have a lower win rate than they do against Netherlands (27% – W6 D9 L7).
England vs Netherlands: Results
This is how both sides reached this stage.
England
Group stage
- England 1-0 Serbia
- England 1-1 Denmark
- England 0-0 Slovenia
Last-16
Quarter-final
- England 1-1 Switzerland (5-3 on penalties)
Netherlands
Group stage
- Netherlands 2-1 Poland
- Netherlands 0-0 France
- Netherlands 2-3 Austria
Last-16
Quarter-final
- This is England’s fourth appearance in the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship; having been eliminated in the first two in 1968 (vs Yugoslavia) and 1996 (vs Germany), the Three Lions reached the final of the competition last time out at EURO 2020 after beating Denmark 2-1.
- Netherlands have been eliminated from four of their five semi-final ties at the UEFA European Championship, with this their first since 2004. The exception was a 2-1 win against hosts Germany in 1988, when they went on to lift the trophy.
- England reached the final of EURO 2020 – there have been five occasions of a team reaching the final of consecutive editions of the UEFA European Championship; USSR (1960/1964), Germany (1972/1976, 1976/1980, 1992/1996) and Spain (2008/2012).
England vs Netherlands: Struggling Kane
Harry Kane is England’s captain and record goalscorer.
He has delivered countless times for his country and has scored twice at Euro 2024.
However, he has looked off the pace all tournament.
Against Switzerland, he was barely involved and wasn’t in the box for a couple of dangerous crosses from Saka, so there is a genuine debate over whether he should start this game.
Now, a few weeks ago, this wouldn’t have even been a conversation, but tournament football can change opinions very quickly and Kane is struggling.
Ivan Toney and Ollie Watkins are waiting in the wings, but it remains to be seen if Southgate is brave enough to make a change up front.
- Netherlands have won two different matches having conceded the first goal at EURO 2024, beating Poland 2-1 in the group stages and Türkiye by the same score in the quarter-final. Only Czechia at EURO 2004 have ever won three games having conceded first a single edition of the UEFA European Championship.
- England have gone to extra-time in both of their EURO 2024 knockout ties so far. Only Portugal at EURO 2016, Spain at EURO 2020, and Italy at EURO 2020 have ever gone to extra-time three times in a single edition of the finals.
England vs Netherlands: Team news
England have no suspensions for this match and all of their previous yellow cards are now wiped.
Southgate has a fully fit squad to choose from and will welcome Marc Guehi back into the fold after his suspension.
However, Ezri Konsa performed well in his place and could keep that spot in the defence.
Southgate must also decide whether to stick with three in defence or return to a back four.
But no matter what formation he plays, Luke Shaw is surely a contender to replace Kieran Trippier after finally returning to fitness.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands have no players suspended either.
Koeman has largely stuck with the same back four, while Jerdy Schouten and Tijani Reijnders have formed a strong midfield partnership.
Steven Bergwijn might be replaced on the left, while Wout Weghorst will hope to start.
- In Memphis Depay (17 shots, 10 chances created) and Cody Gakpo (13 shots, 11 chances created), Netherlands are the only side with more than one player to have both 10+ shots and 10+ chances created at EURO 2024. Indeed, one or both of Depay and/or Gakpo have been directly involved in 47 of Netherlands’ 74 shots at this EUROs (63.5%), and six of their nine goals (66.7%).
- Coming into the EURO 2024 semi-finals, no player has scored more knockout stage goals in the competition’s history than England’s Harry Kane (5, level with Antoine Griezmann). Kane scored in the semi-final of EURO 2020 against Denmark; only two players have ever scored at this stage of consecutive UEFA European Championships – Viktor Ponedelnik and Valentin Ivanov, both for USSR in 1960/1964.
England vs Netherlands: What has been said?
talkSPORT’s Jamie O’Hara thinks Kane should be dropped.
Speaking on The Sports Bar, he said: “He’s a problem in this tournament, he really is, he’s been miles off it. He just slows the game down.”
But co-host Jason Cundy doesn’t think it’s that easy.
He said: “That’s a big call, that’s like Martinez dropping [Cristiano]Ronaldo last night [against France].
“But imagine he didn’t play him and they go out, people would say, ‘Why you dropping Ronaldo?’
“That’s a toughy, there ain’t no right answer there, because I understand the question you’ve asked, and I agree with you, Kane is off it.
“But, we were talking against Slovakia to get Kane off – he scores the winner! So you’ve got to think about that.
“That is a big call, and it’s easy for people now sitting in their cars, their homes, you and I sitting here [talkSPORT studio].
“When you’re sitting there with Steve Holland [England assistant] and you’re picking your team, do you drop Kane?
“That’s a massive call, and I’m not sure right now it’s the right one to make, because you’ve then made a statement.”
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