Xavi Simons had a second-half purpose controversially dominated out because the Netherlands and France performed out the primary goalless draw of Euro 2024.

The French began with out Kylian Mbappe after he broke his nostril within the win towards Austria on Monday and so they clearly missed their captain as they did not take various probabilities.

However it is going to be the Netherlands who will really feel most aggrieved at not claiming the three factors after Simons’ strike was chalked off.

The 21-year-old’s drive from distance was disallowed by the on-field officers, led by referee Anthony Taylor, for an obvious obstruction on the goalkeeper by Denzel Dumfries, who was standing in an offside place.

That prompted a prolonged verify by the video assistant referee, who finally backed up the unique choice.

It was harsh on the Dutch, however they might have been two or three objectives down earlier than then if Antoine Griezmann had not missed various huge probabilities.

He first missed a shot from shut vary within the first half after being arrange by Adrien Rabiot, who maybe ought to have shot himself. Griezmann then despatched an honest probability broad earlier than prodding a tame effort at Bart Verbruggen after good work by N’Golo Kante.

Wout Weghorst, who scored a late winner towards Poland within the Netherlands’ first sport, was once more despatched on within the closing levels however couldn’t discover the web this time.

The end result means either side are on 4 factors in Group D, whereas Poland are eradicated.