Netherlands followers have been left fuming on the failure to award a nook earlier than England booked their place within the remaining of Euro 2024.
The Three Lions will tackle Spain on Sunday after beating the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday evening, with Ollie Watkins coming off the bench to attain a last-minute winner.
The sport had heading to further time when the Aston Villa ahead fired residence, triggering ecstatic scenes from the England devoted as they have been left readying their tickets for the weekend.
However there have been strategies that the purpose ought to by no means have occurred, with many arguing a unsuitable name was made simply moments earlier than Watkins’ strike.
Referee Felix Zwayer awarded England a purpose kick as an alternative of Netherlands a nook on the different finish of the pitch following a free kick, with John Stones seemingly heading out, and Dutch followers took to social media to slam the decision.
‘NO nook kick + A FREEKICK FOR for England + a yellow card for Virgil van Dijk!,’ one fan wrote on X, previously Twitter. ‘THIS REFEREE IS F***ING TERRIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!’
One other posted: ‘Not even a nook for Netherlands??? This ref is blind.’
A 3rd added: ‘This ref is so unhealthy…how is that not a nook.’
Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk, in the meantime, stated after the sport: ‘The referee ran again inside straight after the total time whistle, that claims quite a bit.’
Replays confirmed that the free kick, swung in by Joey Veerman, had come off Stones, although the referee appeared to suppose it had been headed extensive by Van Dijk.
The Liverpool defender was booked for his protests, and, simply seconds later, England attacked and Watkins fired into the underside nook previous Bart Verbruggen.
‘I really feel for Netherlands I can’t lie trigger the ref has carried out them soiled,’ one other fan wrote on X. ‘Even the final 5 minutes they need to’ve had a nook & Gakpo given a foul towards him for nothing.’
Followers additionally questioned the choice to award England a penalty within the first half, with Harry Kane taking place below a problem from Denzel Dumfries.
Calls have been initially waved away, earlier than a VAR verify resulted in a spot kick, and Harry Kane netting.
