The Dutch nationwide staff already had their fingers full as they put together for his or her semifinal sport in opposition to England on Wednesday, however journey points created one other hurdle for the Netherlands at Euro 2024.
Initial journey plans had the Dutch taking a prepare from Wolfsburg to host metropolis Dortmund. But Dutch media reported gamers and employees have been on the prepare platform once they discovered their prepare was canceled resulting from a “blockage” on the prepare line.
The staff then took to the air, flying 186 miles to Dortmund, and in flip lacking their pre-match press convention at Westfalenstadion the place head Ronald Koeman and defender Nathan Aké have been supposed to talk to the media.
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England head coach Gareth Southgate stated he did not imagine the Dutch’s journey delay would have any impact on the sport.
“We don’t play till 9 p.m. tomorrow, so there’s loads of time,” Southgate stated with a smile. “I’m certain they’ll nonetheless get dinner once they arrive.”
The Dutch went 1-1-1 within the group stage, defeating Poland 2-1, tying France 1-1, and falling to Austria 3-2.
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Members of the Dutch nationwide staff pose for a staff picture previous to the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D soccer match between the Netherlands and Austria on the Olympiastadion in Berlin on June 25, 2024. (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP)
In the spherical of sixteen, Netherlands shutout Romania 3-0 earlier than defeating Turkey 2-1 in a come-from-behind win within the quarterfinals on Saturday to advance to the semifinals.
It is commonplace for groups to stroll across the subject the day earlier than the sport through the Euro 2024 match, however resulting from their delayed journey, the Dutch staff will be unable to take action.
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Stefan de Vrij of Holland celebrates 1-1 with teammates through the EURO match between Holland vs. Turkey on the Olympiastadium on July 6, 2024 in Berlin Germany. (Roy Lazet/Soccrates/Getty Images)
On their street to the semifinal, England went 1-0-2 within the group stage, defeating Serbia 1-0 whereas tying Denmark 1-1 and Slovenia 0-0.
England beat Slovakia 2-1 within the spherical of sixteen earlier than taking down Switzerland in penalties 1-1 (5-3) to arrange their semifinal match in opposition to the Netherlands on Wednesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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