'Our dreams come to an end' - Van Dijk reacts to semi-final loss - video Dailymotion

The Netherlands' captain Virgil van Dijk reacts to his nation departing Euro 2024 at the semi-final stage

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00:00I'll see it in the extra time, you know, with the way we've been playing in the second half,

00:05I think we were quite good, obviously against a very good England.

00:08We pushed them back, felt like we could score, obviously you don't, and then our dreams come

00:13to an end and it's very tough to take after such a demanding year and a tough tournament

00:18as well, but it's the reality and it's very disappointing.

00:20You play against England with fantastic players all over the pitch, they can make the difference

00:25and I think we did well.

00:27I think our goal, they got a bit of an upper hand, especially with the penalty incident,

00:31and could have gone both ways, but I felt like the second half was going to go our way,

00:35but listen, I can stand there and say all these things.

00:37We lost the game, we're out of the tournament and that's the disappointing thing.

00:40Specifically about that penalty, are you and your team-mates particularly angry about that?

00:44Did you think it wasn't a penalty?

00:45I think there's many emotions going through our heads at the moment, and I think the biggest

00:49emotion is that we're out of the tournament, and the decision has been made that it was

00:52a penalty, we have to accept that, the VAR did it, I don't know who was the VAR by the

00:56way, but we have to move on.

00:59Unfortunately we're out of it, time for a break, we all need a break.