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By James Cormack Expectations for Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands were fairly tame heading into Euro 2024, but the one-time winners are now just a game away from the competition’s showpiece event in Berlin. Outings against England on the big stage have come few and far between for the Dutch, but one of these two serial underachievers – relative to the talent they’ve had available – will be in Sunday’s final. Since their memorable victory in 1988, the Netherlands have lost three out of three Euros semi-finals and this is their first final four berth since 2004. Koeman has seemingly stumbled upon a …

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