IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA EURO 2024 (Day 27)
Picture : Ollie Watkins has scored the latest ever goal (before extra time) to qualify a team (England) for the Euro final (90 min 01 sec).
The statistics on 2024 Euro day 27 (10 July) - Semi-finals
Netherlands vs England 1-2
*It was the first semi-final in Euro history to see 4 starters aged 21 or under (Xavi Simons, Bart Verbruggen, Jude Bellingham all 21, Kobbie Mainoo 19).
*Euro 2024 becomes the first ever major tournament with a team (England) facing 5 different countries all beginning with the same letter (Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Spain).
*England have reached the final in 2 of their 4 major tournaments under Gareth Southgate (also Euro 2020).
They had only reached 1 of their previous 23 World Cup and Euro appearances (1966 World Cup) in the era before Southgate.
*England are the first team in Euro history to reach the final despite being in losing position in both the quarter-final and semi-final.
*For the 3rd time in Euro history, the beaten finalist has reached the final again during the next tournament. In both previous occasions such a team lifted the trophy (Germany in 1980 and 1996).
*For the 5th time, a team reached the final in consecutive Euro editions:
Soviet Union (1960 and 1964),
Germany (1972, 1976 and 1980),
Germany (1992 and 1996),
Spain (2008 and 2012),
England (2021 and 2024).
*England remain unbeaten in the Euros under Southgate (8 wins and 5 draws in 13 games).
It is longest such series of a coach in the Euro history.
There was a longer one achieved by a team (Spain, 14 unbeaten games between 2008 and 2016) but it was not made by a single coach.
*Southgate became the 3rd coach in Euro history with 2 finals in a row, after:
Helmut Schön (Germany, 1972 and 1976),
Berti Vogts (Germany, 1992 and 1996).
*Xavi Simons became the earliest scorer (7th minute) in a Euro semi-final since Alan Shearer for England vs Germany in 1996 (3rd minute).
*Simons is the youngest ever player to score in a Euro knockout round game for the Netherlands (21 years 80 days).
*Simons’ goal was the 18th scored in this Euro with a shot from outside the area.
*Harry Kane has scored his 3rd goal in this tournament joining the group of its top scorers (Gakpo, Dani Olmo, Musiala, Mikautadze, Schranz).
*Kane has equaled Alan Shearer as the English player with the most goals in the Euro history: 7 each (the next is Rooney with 6).
*Ollie Watkins has scored the latest ever goal (before extra time) to qualify a team (England) for the Euro final (90 min 01 sec).
He surpassed the Philipp Lahm’s goal for Germany against Turkey in 2008 (89 min 30 sec).
Marco van Basten with his goal for Netherlands against Germany in 1988 (88 min 46 sec) is the third in this historical round.
*England reached the final of Euro 2021 also after coming from behind in the semi-finals (Kane scored 2-1 in extra time against Denmark).
*It was already 9th comeback win in this tournament (England and Netherlands have 2 such wins): the record of competitions.
The previous maximum (6 such wins) was achieved at Euro 2004.