Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman feels his workforce had a objective wrongly dominated out in its 0-0 draw with France on the European Championship on Friday.
Xavi Simons thought he scored within the 69th minute when he fired inside the precise put up from a rebound after France goalkeeper Mike Maignan saved Memphis Depay’s effort.
The linesman raised his flag and a prolonged VAR verify discovered Denzel Dumfries, who was offside, obstructed Maignan from trying to avoid wasting Xavi’s shot.
“Dumfries is offside. That is true. However he is not disturbing the goalkeeper. And when that’s not occurring, then it is a authorized objective for my part,” Koeman mentioned on the post-game press convention.
“And also you want 5 minutes to verify it as a result of it is so tough? I do not perceive this,” he added. “For my part, as soon as once more, he isn’t disturbing the goalkeeper.”
France counterpart Didier Deschamps agreed with Koeman concerning the VAR verify taking too lengthy, however he felt Dumfries was clearly obstructing the goalkeeper.
“After I noticed the photographs, I believed it was a no brainer,” Deschamps mentioned.
Simons spoke after the draw, “Clearly, I am actually upset the objective was not allowed.”
Their groups’ draw was the primary goalless recreation at Euro 2024.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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