Euro 2024: ‘Dutch need to be perfect to win’ – Koeman

Ronald Koeman says his Netherlands broadside will request to beryllium cleanable to hit England successful nan Euro 2024 semi-final.

The 61-year-old won nan European Championship connected German ungraded arsenic a subordinate successful 1988 and is aiming to repetition nan feat arsenic a head successful Berlin connected Sunday evening, wherever Spain dishonesty successful hold successful nan final.

First-up it’s England successful Dortmund – a metropolis which holds fond memories for nan Dutch arsenic they hit Brazil location successful nan 1974 World Cup semi-final.

Full attraction connected tomorrow! ⏳#NothingLikeOranje #NEDENG pic.twitter.com/GBXd7mDhgU

— Ronald Koeman (@RonaldKoeman) July 9, 2024

Koeman expects a tight affair, telling uefa.com: “We cognize location is not a large quality betwixt nan 2 nations. It is really 50-50 successful my opinion.

“We cognize we request to do nan cleanable crippled to win.”

England person shifted statement arsenic nan tourney has worn connected but Koeman insists Oranje will beryllium fresh to woody pinch a back-four aliases a back-three depending connected what Gareth Southgate decides.

“It’s ever bully to cognize successful what benignant of strategy they will start,” he said. “We are prepared for some ways to compete against them and we cognize they person a batch of individual qualities.

“Both teams are really beardown and it will beryllium a bully fight. There are different ways to win. You can’t ever play nan shot that you for illustration to play. Sometimes you request to activity harder and beryllium much aggressive.

“We are some knowledgeable coaches, Gareth has overmuch much years arsenic a nationalist coach, but we cognize each different well.

“We played respective times against each other. We played against each different successful nan semi-final of nan Nations League (which nan Dutch won 3-1 successful 2019) – let’s dream we get nan aforesaid result

“It’s bully to cognize we person a large support from our country. Let’s dream we tin make them really happy.”

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