Eagle-eyed viewers could have noticed an amusing second after England scored their injury-time winner in opposition to the Netherlands in Wednesday night time’s Euro 2024 semi-final.
Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate had a digicam fastened on him within the closing phases as Ollie Watkins fired the ball dwelling as the sport ticked previous the 90 minute mark to seal a second consecutive European Championship last look for England.
As you’d count on, there have been scenes of jubilation from Southgate and his teaching employees – though one member of the backroom group lower his celebrations brief after hugging the boss as he rapidly composed himself.
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That was former Dutch worldwide Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who has performed a key position in England’s run to the ultimate – and in his personal nation’s exit from the competitors.
The previous Leeds United, Chelsea and Middlesbrough striker has been a well-known face for English followers since his arrival at Elland Highway in 1997, having netted 127 Premier League objectives, whereas he additionally went on to handle Burton Albion, Queens Park Rangers and Northampton City.
Southgate moved to rent his former Boro teammate as part of his England teaching group in March 2023 and the 52-year-old has performed a big half within the group’s development to Sunday night time’s last.
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Hasselbaink gained 23 worldwide caps for the Netherlands and was part of their 1998 World Cup squad, the place present Dutch boss Ronald Koeman was working as one in all Guus Hiddink’s assistant coaches.
In addition to with the ability to use his expertise of being a part of the Dutch camp to help England’s preparations, Hasselbaink’s affect on the Three Lions squad has been clear over the previous month.
Watch any compilation video of Hasselbaink’s finest objectives and it’s exhausting to not discover simply how related Watkins’ late winner was to one of many Dutchman’s trademark finishes, whereas the coach’s fingerprints have been throughout England’s penalty success in opposition to Switzerland within the quarter-final.
“Jimmy’s obtained a whole lot of expertise within the sport, he is aware of his stuff,” Phil Foden informed BBC Radio 5 Dwell after the shootout win. “He’s been taking just a few of us after coaching to practise penalties.
“I really feel like, after I first got here into the England aspect, we have been perhaps practising them an excessive amount of and there wasn’t actually [a coach] taking them. Now we have now Jimmy for that cause: to solely take a pair, not overdo it.
“Practise your spot the place you place it and keep it up. There’s a whole lot of work that goes into it off the sector.”
These ideas have been echoed by Jude Bellingham, who additionally netted within the Swiss shootout win.
“I used to be actually assured in my preparation and the issues I’d talked by with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink,” stated the Actual Madrid man. “He’s stepped up for us massively and it’s the work he does behind closed doorways with the lads keen to tackle that data that put us in these conditions to have the ability to win.”
After his temporary second of celebration at seeing his nationwide dumped out of the competitors, Hasselbaink will now be exhausting at work getting ready for Sunday’s last and the chance to completely savour a win.
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