Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League Semi Final - Netherlands v England - Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal - June 6, 2019 England manager Gareth Southgate during the match Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine
PORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - Before England's Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands, manager Gareth Southgate made it clear that his team were taking the new tournament very seriously.
"We want to get into the habit of winning big matches," he said. But after Thursday's 3-1 loss, after extra time, to Ronald Koeman's Dutch side, England are left contemplating a different kind of habit -- losing semi-finals.
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