England supervisor Gareth Southgate desires his group to grab their alternative once they play the Netherlands within the semi-final of EURO 2024 in Dortmund on Wednesday night.
Previewing the sport, the Three Lions boss additionally mentioned his facet’s fast turnaround after Saturday’s quarter-final win over Switzerland and what he expects from the Dutch.
Here’s what he needed to say in full.
Reflections on the Switzerland win…
“I believed we improved loads of elements of our recreation, definitely with the ball. We have been in a position to preserve it higher underneath strain, we had extra management and it felt like our possession was in higher areas. We had an apparent risk with Bukayo Saka and Switzerland defended ever so nicely. They defended their field, they blocked loads of photographs. We knew it was going to be tight and defensively we needed to be affected person at occasions. We pressed nicely and naturally it got here right down to nice margins. We carried out tremendously nicely within the penalty shootout.”
On the standard of the penalties…
“Fairly a number of of them have both taken them for his or her golf equipment repeatedly or have been in that shootout scenario earlier than. I felt we had a peaceful course of they usually responded to that. I imagine it is one thing you possibly can put together for. It does not imply you all the time get the result however we wished to take as a lot management as we might.”
Working. 🏋️ pic.twitter.com/7bLAwwbgop
— England (@England) July 8, 2024
On the standard of Jordan Pickford…
“The goalkeeper that likes to take centre stage in these moments could be an vital attribute and he is snug within the highlight. He is proven time and time once more that he could make huge saves and he is been actually vital. We have gained three of the 4 shootouts we have had and he is given us that chance.”
On his feelings after the victory…
“We’re very proud to succeed in a 3rd semi-final in 4 tournaments, it is nice to have the ability to have a good time with our followers. We’re now within the part of the competitors the place you are dreaming about what’s potential. I believe there was a mindset shift after the Slovakia recreation. If you happen to go residence sooner than you are anticipated to, that comes with an enormous weight and I felt we performed that manner for a few matches earlier within the event. Nevertheless it has felt completely different across the camp since then, there is no doubt about that. We’re making an attempt to make historical past by reaching our first ever last away from residence.”
We’re stay from basecamp 👋
Watch as all 26 #ThreeLions gamers step out for our final coaching session earlier than tomorrow’s semi-final! https://t.co/OfcbJxYuI3
— England (@England) July 9, 2024
On Bukayo Saka’s efficiency…
“I used to be vastly pleased with him. His general efficiency was so vital for the group and he was our main attacking risk. He did an excellent job defensively as nicely. Then he stepped up in that second of huge strain, which everyone is aware of was completely different for him in comparison with everyone else. He transformed that brilliantly. I used to be so blissful to see that beaming smile of his.”
On the strain of a semi-final…
“It is slightly completely different for us this time as a result of we hadn’t reached a last for 55 years final time and we felt the burden of that at residence. This time we’re slightly bit freer I believe, however no much less motivated or decided. The very fact is we’re now knocking on the door constantly and it is that consistency which can present the second that will get us over the road. If you happen to’re in these latter phases repeatedly it stands to purpose that you’ve got a greater likelihood of successful. You learn to win. We’re much less happy with a semi-final now. You wish to benefit from the second of qualifying however no one is considering that it is job performed.”
On the quick turnaround time between video games…
“You need to do much less on the coaching pitch and extra when it comes to conferences however gamers are used to that with their membership turnarounds. We performed Croatia in Russia the place that they had been concerned in back-to-back matches and located a manner. It is about your psychological resolve and that is an space we’re rising to.”
On Harry Kane…
“He went down with cramp when he landed on my lap within the dugout so we made a fast choice to make a change. I believe at that stage to have contemporary legs was vital and we knew with Ivan Toney we additionally had an excellent penalty taker. Harry is a crucial chief for us and he offers capacity to hyperlink the sport and the purpose risk he is already delivered with. He additionally has management inside the group.”
On what to anticipate from the Netherlands…
“There is not any query they’ve higher high quality than the groups we have performed thus far. We have performed groups which have had some superb gamers and been very nicely drilled. The Netherlands are the identical however with slightly bit extra high quality in sure areas. There’s much less room for error. We must be a degree up once more when it comes to each a part of our recreation. I imagine we are able to ship that. We have had so many of those challenges. We hadn’t gained in Italy for 50 years, in Spain for 50 years. We have to be ready to grab an excellent alternative.”
Preparation. Expertise. Management.
The skipper previews our #EURO2024 semi-final… pic.twitter.com/qkBKn5R37m
— England (@England) July 9, 2024
Three Lions striker and captain Harry Kane additionally spoke on Tuesday forward of the sport, as they goal to grow to be the primary senior England males’s group to succeed in a significant last on international soil.
“It is an unimaginable recreation forward for positive, at the most effective stadiums there’s in world soccer and clearly a semi-final in a significant event is without doubt one of the largest video games in world soccer.
“We’re actually wanting ahead to it, we should be right here and we have put loads of onerous work in to get right here.
“Now it is about going on the market and acting on the massive stage in entrance of our followers and make one thing particular occur.
“It’ll be a tricky recreation, they’ve proven that all through the event, particularly in assault so we’ll should be prepared and convey our greatest if we’ll get by way of.”
Kane additionally revealed he is striving to enhance on a private degree so as to add extra targets to his tally at this event.
“I would all the time love to attain extra targets, however it’s been a strong event,” he added.
“In fact there are areas I can enhance on and areas the group can enhance on and that is what it is about tomorrow.
“I’ve received a few targets and now we have a giant recreation tomorrow in order a striker I wish to rating targets to get us to that Remaining.”
Netherlands in profile
Nickname: The Oranje
Coach: Ronald Koeman
Captain: Virgil van Dijk
FIFA World Cup finest efficiency: Runners-up in 1974, 1978 and 2010
UEFA EURO finest efficiency: Winners in 1988
Face to face
The Three Lions have performed the Netherlands at males’s senior degree on 22 events, registering six wins, drawing 9 and dropping seven occasions. The primary assembly got here again in 1935 when the nations met in a pleasant recreation in Amsterdam that led to a 1-0 victory for the Three Lions.
Final three conferences v Netherlands
England 1-3 Netherlands, UEFA Nations League semi-final, 6 June 2019
A primary-half penalty from Marcus Rashford put the Three Lions forward in Portugal, within the inaugural UEFA Nations League Finals marketing campaign. Nevertheless, a late equaliser from Matthijs de Ligt took the sport to further time, when an personal purpose from Kyle Walker and a strike from Quincy Promese sealed victory for the Dutch.
Netherlands 0-1 England, Worldwide Match, 23 March 2018
Jesse Lingard’s second-half purpose was sufficient to safe victory for Gareth Southgate’s group on the Amsterdam Area as each groups ready for the 2018 FIFA World Cup later that 12 months.
England 1-2 Netherlands, Breast Most cancers Care Worldwide, 29 March 2016,
A gathering at Wembley Stadium noticed Jamie Vardy put England forward earlier than the Dutch staged a second-half comeback due to targets from Vincent Janssen and Luciano Narsingh.
● That is the fourth assembly between England and Netherlands at a significant event; the Oranje gained 3-1 at EURO 1988 (due to a Marco van Basten hat-trick), adopted by a goalless draw on the 1990 World Cup, and a 4-1 win for England at EURO 1996.
● Of all nations England have confronted 20+ occasions of their historical past, solely in opposition to Brazil (15%) have they got a decrease win charge than they do in opposition to Netherlands (27% – W6 D9 L7).
● That is England’s fourth look within the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship; having been eradicated within the first two in 1968 (vs Yugoslavia) and 1996 (vs Germany), the Three Lions reached the ultimate of the competitors final day out at EURO 2020 after beating Denmark 2-1.
● Netherlands have been eradicated from 4 of their 5 semi-final ties on the UEFA European Championship, with this their first since 2004. The exception was a 2-1 win in opposition to hosts Germany in 1988, once they went on to raise the trophy.
● England reached the ultimate of EURO 2020 – there have been 5 events of a group reaching the ultimate of consecutive editions of the UEFA European Championship; USSR (1960/1964), Germany (1972/1976, 1976/1980, 1992/1996) and Spain (2008/2012).
● Netherlands have gained two completely different matches having conceded the primary purpose at EURO 2024, beating Poland 2-1 within the group phases and Türkiye by the identical rating within the quarter-final. Solely Czechia at EURO 2004 have ever gained three video games having conceded first a single version of the UEFA European Championship.
● England have gone to extra-time in each of their EURO 2024 knockout ties thus far. Solely Portugal at EURO 2016, Spain at EURO 2020, and Italy at EURO 2020 have ever gone to extra-time 3 times in a single version of the finals.
● In Memphis Depay (17 photographs, ten possibilities created) and Cody Gakpo (13 photographs, eleven possibilities created), Netherlands are the one facet with multiple participant to have each ten plus photographs and ten plus possibilities created at EURO 2024. Certainly, one or each of Depay and/or Gakpo have been straight concerned in 47 of Netherlands’ 74 photographs at this EUROs (63.5%), and 6 of their 9 targets (66.7%).
● Coming into the EURO 2024 semi-finals, no participant has scored extra knockout stage targets within the competitors’s historical past than England’s Harry Kane (5, degree with Antoine Griezmann). Kane scored within the semi-final of EURO 2020 in opposition to Denmark; solely two gamers have ever scored at this stage of consecutive UEFA European Championships – Viktor Ponedelnik and Valentin Ivanov, each for USSR in 1960/1964.
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