England to face Netherlands in Euro semi Finals

EURO 2024, 

Saturday, 7 July, 2024 

McCreadie Andias 

Netherlands Ons Orange will face a weary England in the EURO 2024 semi Finals clash on Wednesday 10th after both teams fought hard to secure Semi Final qualifications on Saturday night.

This will be the first time the Dutch national team will be making it into the semi Finals of the tournament since 2004 while Three Lions will be looking to set up another Final after a disappointing loss in the penalty Shootouts against Italy in the Final in 2020.

Orange needed two goals in less than 6 minutes to perform a magic against an aggressive turkey after they fell behind in just 35 minutes of the first half by a goal to Turkey's Samet Akaydin.

Memphis Depart delivered a classic pass that was headed in by Stephan De Vrij for an equalizer in the 70th Minute before Muldur put the ball into his own net six minutes later after falling into pressure by Denzel Dumfries cross.

England needed a late Bukayo saka equalizer at the 80th minute to force the match into penalty Shootouts after a dry extra time.

England had gone behind to Swiss in the 70th minute after Embolo sent a wild strike past Jordan Pickford.

The three lions will be heading to the Semis in doubt of form winning only once in regular time in their last 5 matches.

Meanwhile, Netherlands have shown a spirited form being the only team in the Semi Finals to have secured knockouts from the third spot at group stages.

The other Semi Final pot will world cup Finalists France battle 2012 champions Spain on Tuesday 9th.