Van Dijk is upset with the referee who gave England a penalty

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Van Dijk is upset with the referee who gave England a penalty, which prevented the Netherlands from reaching the final.

  • Virgil van Dijk has slammed referee Felix Zwayer for awarding England a penalty in their Euro 2024 semi-final.
  • Harry Kane’s penalty gives England equaliser amid mixed reactions from Netherlands players
  • Substitute Ollie Watkins scored the winner as the Three Lions came from behind to win 2-1.

Netherlands captain and defender Virgil van Dijk has criticised referee Felix Zwayer for awarding England a penalty in their Euro 2024 semi-final on Tuesday night.

“I don’t know what to say about this,” Van Dijk

“I didn’t have time to shake his hand, but that’s how it is. The game is over. We lost. There were moments when it was clear that it should have been in our favor, https://ufabet999.appbut it wasn’t. No matter what the outcome was.” It’s hard to take this. It’s tough year. We had big dreams and we feel like we can achieve them.

“They’re always changing things. Small changes that can have big consequences. Maybe it’s a good thing they can take responsibility for it too.”

“They don’t come here to talk to you and explain themselves like we do when we do something wrong. That may be something, but I shouldn’t talk about other people and we have to look at ourselves.”

The Netherlands took the lead through Xavi Simons in the seventh minute, but Harry Kane converted a penalty to give England an equaliser in the 18th minute, amid a backlash from the Oranje players.

Substitute Ollie Watkins then scored the winner as the Three Lions came from behind to win 2-1 and set up a final against Spain.