Gary Neville has labelled the decision to award England a penalty in their Euro 2024 semi-final clash with the Netherlands “an absolute disgrace” and has not held back when talking about the controversial incident.
The Three Lions were handed a way back into the match after Denzel Dumfries went to block a shot from Harry Kane. The Dutch defender was a little late but made a genuine attempt to stop the Bayern Munich star’s attempt.
Fans were left shocked when the referee went to the VAR monitor to have a look at the incident as it is not something people want to see a penalty awarded for.
Kane stepped up to score the spot-kick to level the tie at 1-1 and it was a goal that gave England a big lift.
ITV pundit Gary Neville was not happy with the awarding of the penalty and at halftime, the former Man United star labelled it “an absolute disgrace.”
“As a defender, I think it is an absolute disgrace,” Neville said on ITV.
“He goes in naturally to try and block the shot and it’s not a penalty for me. It’s nowhere near a penalty.”
?? "It's an absolute DISGRACE… It's nowhere near a penalty."
?? "That was RECKLESS from Dumfries."#Euro2024 | #NEDENG | @IanWright0 | @GNev2 pic.twitter.com/MBcwzzIgxi
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 10, 2024
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