England vs Netherlands: Southgate jokes after Koeman cancels Euro 2024 media call

England caput coach Gareth Southgate saw nan funny broadside aft nan Netherlands cancelled a property convention connected nan eve of their Uefa Euro 2024 semi-final against nan Three Lions.

Transport complications forced Oranje to alteration plans and make a precocious departure for Dortmund, wherever they will effort to go nan first squad to hit England astatine nan finals.

Head coach Ronald Koeman and Manchester City defender Nathan Ake will not speak to nan media arsenic scheduled connected Tuesday evening because their train from to Dortmund was cancelled.

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Netherlands v England: Semi-final successful Dortmund

The 1988 champions had been travelling from their tourney guidelines successful Wolfsburg, wherever they person been training astatine nan AOK Stadion.

They will now alert to Dortmund arsenic a consequence of a blockage connected portion of nan train way they were group to recreation upon to scope nan city.

Asked what he would do successful a akin predicament astatine a property convention earlier successful nan day, Southgate replied: “If it did happen, I would enactment calm and support everything nether control.”

Speaking astatine Borussia Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park, wherever nan crippled will beryllium played, Southgate quipped: “I suppose they tin get a repast present precocious tonight. The game’s not until 9 o’clock tomorrow night.”

England v Netherlands: Kane ‘prepared’

In nan first semi-final of nan tourney connected Tuesday, Spain and France are playing for nan correct to meet England aliases nan Netherlands successful nan last successful Berlin connected Sunday.

“From a squad constituent of view, we cognize what we request to achieve,” said England skipper Harry Kane, who answered questions alongside Southgate.

“We person a really important game, a really reliable crippled which we request to beryllium fresh for. We’ve prepared for that.”

England could scope a 2nd successive Euro final, having mislaid connected penalties to Italy successful nan decider of nan 2020 version astatine Wembley.

“Some will usage [the pressure] arsenic motivation,” said Kane. “Some will conscionable artifact it retired and attraction connected what they request to do. Everyone’s different.”