HOLLAND fans were left fuming after having a goal ruled out in their clash with France.
The two sides played out a goalless draw in Leipzig on Friday night in their second match of Euro 2024.
Despite being a tight encounter, the Dutch thought they had taken the lead during the second half.
Xavi Simons' strike was ruled out for offside by Anthony Taylor, though, before VAR agreed with the on-field decision.
The midfielder's low strike from the edge of the box beat Mike Maignan in the France goal to find the bottom corner.
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However, Denzel Dumfries was stood in an offside position to the goalkeeper's left.
Both Taylor, his assistant referee and the VAR officials agreed Dumfries was interfering with play due to his proximity to Maignan and disallowed the goal.
The decision was finalised after a lengthy VAR check, to the anger of supporters.
Reacting to the decision on social media, one fan wrote: "Typical that the first offside decision to take ages... comes when English referees are using the technology."
Another added: "Didn't even need to see them to know it's an English VAR team."
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A third supporter also commented: "Terrible decision by the English ref and English VAR, what a shock, not."
Meanwhile, one more said: "Trust the English refs to take absolutely forever to make the wrong decision."
Taylor is one of two English referees at Euro 2024, with Michael Oliver also at the tournament.
Oliver has already taken charge of Spain's win over Croatia and Ukraine's victory against Slovakia, with Friday night's match Taylor's first assignment.
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Neither side was able to find an opener following Simons' disallowed goal.
The draw also means both France and Netherlands are yet to book their place in the last 16.
