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Virgil van Dijk destroys standard of English referees in furious post-match interview after disallowed goal vs France

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Updated 09:44 22 Jun 2024 GMT+1Published 09:43 22 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Virgil van Dijk destroys standard of English referees in furious post-match interview after disallowed goal vs France

Virgil van Dijk didn't hold back on English referees after his Netherlands side had a goal controversially disallowed against France.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Virgil van Dijk destroyed the standard of English referees after the Netherlands had a goal controversially disallowed against France.

The Red Bull Arena in Leipzig played host to the first 0-0 of Euro tournament as two of the giant nations had a stalemate in their second game in Group D.

But the Dutch did have the ball in the net in the second half when Xavi Simons thought he had put his side ahead in the 68th minute.

After Memphis Depay had an effort saved by Mike Maignan, the ball dropped to Simons who smashed home the rebound from just inside the box.

He wheeled away in celebration but the goal was chalked for offside.

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It emerged that Denzel Dumfries was clearly in an offside position when the strike beat Maignan.

Yet even though Maignan did not dive, a lengthy VAR check decided he had interfered with play.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

Premier League referees Anthony Taylor and Stuart Attwell were responsible for the call, with the latter on VAR.

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And captain Van Dijk, who has been refereed by both in the Premier League wit Liverpool, didn't hold back.

"We scored a goal that is a fair goal. He had no chance to get into that corner. But yeah, the English referee decided to disallow it."

Taylor and Michael Oliver are the two referee representatives from the Premier League in the showpiece, with Attwell and David Coote working on VAR.

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Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman was left furious with the decision to rule out what would have been a winning goal.

"I think the position of Dumfries is offside, that’s true but he isn’t disturbing the goalkeeper and when that doesn’t happen, then it’s a legal goal," he said post-match, as per The Athletic.

“You need five minutes to check it because it’s so difficult? I don’t understand. He’s not disturbing the goalkeeper. I think the goal should have stood.”

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Featured Image Credit: BBC & Optus Sport

Topics: Virgil Van Dijk, Netherlands, France, Premier League, Liverpool, Euro 2024

Josh Lawless
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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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