Virgil van Dijk and John Stones have been bizarrely blamed for the poor quality of England's European Championship semi-final against the Netherlands.
Virgil van Dijk and John Stones have been bizarrely blamed for the poor quality of England’s European Championship semi-final against the Netherlands.beat the Dutch to reach their second consecutive European Championship final, coming from behind after Xavi Simons’ first-half opener.
But not everyone was impressed with the standard of the performance from either side, with Steve McManaman blaming two players in particular.“Brilliant result. Overjoyed for a lot of the lads there because I know them personally,” he said. McManaman felt the introduction of Watkins and Palmer helped change the complexion of a game which had become stale.
“But when you just go from side to side to side. It drives you mad. The opposition then gets dragged into doing exactly the same when they had the ball. They went from side to side. It was ridiculous.“Virgil van Dijk must have had more passes than anybody on the pitch. That shows you what it was like defensively. John Stones, on one side, had more passes than anybody. Virgil van Dijk, the other side. That should not happen. It looked as if both teams wanted to get to extra time.
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