The Netherlands - England

In the match where the Netherlands had to beat England to reach the semi-finals, it was mainly caution. The English had more ball possession but took few risks. The Netherlands mainly tried to keep the English from scoring and gambled on a failure. England clearly had the best opportunities, but keeper Schellekens kept a fine first half, but in the 14th minute he had no answer to a hard-placed shot in the far corner. Half-time score was 0 – 1.

In the second half, the Netherlands took more risks and came closer to the English goal more often. However, that did not yield any real opportunities. In the 59th minute, Matt Crossen decided the game by shooting hard from a counter-attack.

Final score 0 - 2