European Championship semi-final against England disrupted and were forced to abandon their plans to travel by train, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) said.
Instead, they had to fly to Dortmund from their base in Wolfsburg, arriving at their hotel at 21h35, some four hours later than planned. “The train service was cancelled due to a blockage on the route,” the KNVB said.
They planned to travel at 1600 local time but then had to change plans and take a plane to Dortmund, where they are staying overnight before the game on Wednesday. It meant the pre-match press conference with coach Ronald Koeman was cancelled.
The Dutch had not planned a training session at the stadium, having completed their preparations in Wolfsburg earlier on Tuesday.
Euro 2024. Now just three remain standing and, despite fans lobbing drinks at Gareth Southgate during this stickiest of runs to the last four, England are one of them. Tonight in Dortmund we’ll find out if Southgate’s men can reach their second Euros final on the trot. Standing in the way are the Netherlands, winners of this tournament way back in 1988 when their run to the final included a Marco van Basten-inspired 3-1 gubbing of England in the group stage.
While all eyes are on England and the Netherlands this evening, our pupils are only just starting to contract after Lamine Yamal’s wonder goal for Spain in their 2-1 semi-final win over France last night. He’s only 16, you know! More reaction from that and big dollops of build-up to tonight’s semi to follow. Read on!…
Source: theguardian.com
