Dutch coach Ronald Koeman claims England were fortunate to win after his Netherlands side are defeated in Germany | OneFootball

Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman believes England’s semi-final win in Dortmund was not wholly deserved.

Ollie Watkins scored a 90th minute winner after a controversial Harry Kane penalty cancelled out an early stunning strike by Holland’s Xavi Simons.

Kopeman said afterwards: “Did England deserve it?: “First half, yes. Second half, not.

“In the second half, it was more 50/50, there were problems in our midfield in the first half. We didn’t control how they played between the lines with Bellingham and Foden, that was really difficult.

“We had to change to put one more in midfield. Then it was a 50/50 match.

“My feeling was in the last 20/25 minutes, maybe our team is a little bit more fresh than England.

“But they scored a late goal in the last minute and that’s football. Sometimes I don’t say it’s unlucky because it’s a great goal.

“Maybe we deserved extra time, but it’s like that. We can be proud about our team, our players because we had a great tournament and unlucky that it stops tonight.”

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