Patrice Evra has branded referee Felix Zwayer as man of the match after England’s controversial win over the Netherlands in tonight’s Euro 2024 semi-final.
Ollie Watkins scored for England in stoppage time to present Gareth Southgate’s aspect a memorable 2-1 victory over the Dutch nationwide aspect, who had earlier taken the lead via a improbable strike by Xavi Simons.
There was additionally a extremely controversial second, nonetheless, because the referee determined to present Harry Kane a penalty within the first half, for which even probably the most die-hard England followers was simply clearly the improper choice.
Former Manchester United and France defender Evra was clearly not impressed and he hit out on the referee’s choice, saying he was man of the match…
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For now, England received’t care about getting a little bit of assist, as they had been greater than worthy winners ultimately in what was in all probability their finest all-round efficiency of the Euros to this point.
In earlier video games, England weren’t significantly spectacular and scraped via, however they performed some high-quality soccer in opposition to the Netherlands and should effectively have discovered the win anyway even when not for the slightly beneficiant penalty in Kane’s favour.
England will now tackle Spain in Sunday’s closing after they beat France within the different semi-final tie on Tuesday.
