The semi-final game - Netherlands versus England
The Oranjes are playing against the Three Lions today and it will be an exciting evening of football for a place in the final in Berlin
The football game will be broadcast live on ARD
Dortmund. Euro EM 2024. "The ball is round", "a game lasts 90 minutes" and "there can only be one winner", and for the English fans "it's football time"... The football semi-final game Netherlands versus England starts today at 9 p.m. in Dortmund's Westfalenstadion, the Signal-Iduna-Park. After all, this largest stadium at the Euro 2024 can accommodate a whopping 81,365. The football game will be broadcast live on ARD. In this decisive game, the team will be determined which will compete against Spain in the final in Berlin. Around 100,000 fans from England and the Netherlands are expected in Dortmund.
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| The Oranjes jump from “left to right”, that is the name of the European Championship song by the Dutch party band Snollebollekes, after which the fans jump through the city center of Dortmund. Here is our grasshopper, photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
The "Three Lions"
Gareth Southgate, the England coach, wants to send his boys to the final and to Berlin. The "Three Lions", as the football nation England calls its heroes - because the English coat of arms shows three golden lions on a red background - have never won a European Championship final. After all, they were runners-up in 2021.
Star striker Harry Kane will sweep across the pitch with the English national team today and live up to his reputation from FC Bayern. He is a winner and his fans are counting on him.
The city center was already colored orange in the afternoon
"Nederlands elftal", the Dutch "collection of 11 things", as the national team from the Netherlands is also called, or the "Oranjes" for short - a nickname derived from the royal house of Orange-Nassau, have been out and about in the city since midday.
It's just 200 km from Amsterdam to the BVB stadium, which almost sounds like a home game for the Oranjes. The Dutch fan march is currently going through the city center and is turning everything orange; the newspapers are already talking about the biggest fan walk of all time in Dortmund!
Oranje has mobilized many fans and now wants to know. After all, the Dutch won the European Championship in 1988 and Ronald Koeman wants his team to follow suit.
At 9 p.m. referee Felix Zwayer will blow the whistle for the semi-final game in Dortmund!
The final of the European Football Championship
On Sunday, July 14th, all of Europe will be there in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
