England’s unattractive football ‘giving Dutch fans hope’published at 07:29
Netherlands v England (20:00 BST)
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Dutch journalist Marcel van der Kraan was on 5 Live Breakfast earlier.
He said 80,000 Netherlands supporters are preparing to make the short hop across the border to watch Wednesday’s semi-final against England in Dortmund.
Van der Kraan added that England’s style of football under Gareth Southgate has given the Dutch fans cause for optimism:
“Watching Southgate, every Dutchman in this
country thinks England are boring – and this is so in contradiction with what we
see in the Premier League,” he said.
“The
football England are putting on is really not attractive. It’s giving the
Dutch fans so much hope.”
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