Stan Collymore hails England’s fine display in win over Netherlands Former footballer praises England’s excellent performance, beating the Netherlands to reach the Euro final.
- The Three Lions scored the winning goal in stoppage time in the second half.
- They will go on to compete against top contenders Spain in the final.
Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore has praised England under manager Gareth Southgate for their performance in beating the Netherlands 2-1 in the Euro 2024 semi-finals and successfully advancing to the final.
Collymore said: “I was delighted with England’s performance against the Netherlands. They looked more confident, more brave and more aggressive. When the Netherlands scored I thought ‘there they are again’ (going down early) but they came back.”
England were lucky to get a penalty. I would have disappoint.
If that had happened to me as a player. The Netherlands. I were surprise at the end that the referee called it a foul. They were incredibly lucky. But after that, overall, I thought England were the better team for the whole game, 70 minutes or so.”
“It shows how far. We have come from being https://ufabet999.app underperforme at the start. Of the tournament to now and for England to have dominated the Netherlands was quite remarkable and maybe that doesn’t take away from the criticism.”
“It is testament to the success of the St George’s Park project (the Football Association’s national football centre) that employs English coaches and demonstrates our ability to produce quality personnel on a par with other nations.”