England fans excitement reaches fever pitch ahead of the Three Lions' crunch Euro 2024 semi-final with the Netherlands tonight after learning Spain will be their opponents if they make it through

Excitement is reaching fever transportation up of England's crunch Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands arsenic the federation dares to imagination the Three Lions could spell each the way.

Around 40,000 members of the Barmy Army are acceptable to beryllium successful Dortmund for tonight's lucifer to soak successful the atmosphere, adjacent though lone a tiny fig volition person been capable to get tickets for the must-see event.

They person been joined by 100,000 Dutch fans, galore of whom have made the comparatively abbreviated journey from their location federation to the westbound German metropolis successful a bid to crook the streets orange.

It means England fans volition beryllium outnumbered for the archetypal clip astatine this year's Euros, but that, on with the stuttering quality of their team's advancement successful the tournament, hasn't stopped them bringing a enactment ambiance to their travels.

Despite having to contend with extortionate prices for tickets, accommodation and travel, galore Three Lions supporters who are successful Germany accidental it is worthy it to cheer connected Gareth Southgate's squad successful their bid for glory.

Many successful Dortmund were successful a bully temper yesterday, with chants of 'It's coming home' echoing into the nighttime sky.

England fanatics Andy and Kirsty, who are determination for the match, said it would beryllium 'unbelievable' if England went each the way.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Andy said: 'It's my 16th tourney and it's a momentous tourney due to the fact that they ever are. We'll spot what happens, we're feeling comparatively positive. I'm feeling zen-like, we're ready. 

'If we triumph it that's my status from planetary shot arsenic a fan. I consciousness similar we could beryllium connected a winning streak of semi-finals aft truthful galore disappointments. 

'We won the past semi-final against Denmark astatine Wembley (at Euro 2020), I consciousness similar it's an adjacent accidental tonight.'

Kirsty added: '[I'm feeling] semi-confident, I've got to say. I'm truly hoping to spot them coming retired warring tonight. It's a big, strong, carnal broadside we're against successful the Netherlands but I'm ever hopeful. 

'Could you ideate if we won?! Unbelievable.'

Tanya, who has been successful Germany to travel the team, told Good Morning Britain contiguous that she believed shot could beryllium coming home. 

She said: '[I've been here] since the 3rd radical game. It's been amazing, we're having a fantastic clip and the champion is yet to come.'  

Many of the travelling contingent person arrived successful Dortmund implicit the past mates of days, with plentifulness basking successful the glorious sunshine and lukewarm temperatures yesterday.

Among those was the Fairbank family, made up of begetter Scott, parent Sam and their 13-year-old girl Freya, who had been owed to instrumentality location connected Sunday but decided to widen their stay. 

Scott, 43, from Sheffield, said the determination to enactment connected for the 'once successful a lifetime' lucifer came astatine a terms - 2 rooms for 2 nights successful Dortmund has outgo them £1,600.

'They've ripped our eyes retired with the terms of those rooms', helium said. 'And the accommodation is somewhat basal - but we fell successful emotion with the full acquisition astir the Switzerland game'.

With a wry smile, Scott said the household drove retired connected Friday - having told Freya's schoolhouse that she had 'German measles'.

But helium added: 'When we decided to enactment retired we had to telephone up the schoolhouse again connected Monday and travel clean.'

Sam, who turned 41 yesterday, added: 'We came retired earlier connected for the radical crippled against Slovenia. The lucifer was disappointing but we had the champion clip successful Cologne.

'After Switzerland we were perfectly buzzing. We've loved our clip successful Germany, yet it's determination we would've astir apt ne'er thought to question to if it wasn't for the Euros.'

Brothers Denny and Ronnie Lovett from Dartford, Kent, besides moved connected to Dortmund from Dusseldorf, but saved currency by staying successful an AirBnB extracurricular the metropolis for conscionable £50 per night.

Denny, 22, an property agent, added: 'We've already booked accommodation successful Berlin (for the final) - we're confident. You've got to backmost the team. I similar it retired present and don't privation to spell home, but I'll person to person a speech with the brag if we triumph against the Dutch.'

It's not conscionable England fans successful Dortmund, with astir 100,000 Dutch supporters expected to invade the area, which lies conscionable an hr from the borderline with the Netherlands. 

On the adjacent table, Dutch students Yan Doldersam, 25, and Lucas Kalverla, 23, drove 90 minutes from their location municipality of Emmen. They were enjoying a brew successful the cardinal quadrate successful Dortmund with countryman Goleos Sepanial, 43 who lives successful the city.

Yan said: 'We person had a akin tourney to England - the fans expected a batch much from our squad than they person showed truthful far. I deliberation time they volition amusement it!'

In the borderline municipality of Aalten, galore of its 27,000 residents person taken vantage of the adjacent proximity of the matches and the deficiency of borderline restrictions to travel Ronald Koemen's Dutch squad passim the tournament. 

Dutch edifice manager Loes Oonk, who has decorated the beforehand of her location with a elephantine Dutch emblem with the lion emblem, volition marque the 60-minute travel implicit the borderline with 7 friends for today's lucifer successful a mini bus.

She said: 'It is precise casual for america to scope Dortmund, but not truthful casual for the English supporters. I deliberation it volition springiness our squad an vantage to person truthful galore radical successful orangish shirts successful the stadium to enactment them.

'Maybe the English volition person to enactment and volition not beryllium capable to travel successful truthful galore ample numbers due to the fact that of their jobs, but we volition beryllium capable to travel location the aforesaid evening from Germany.'

'The lucifer is the speech of Holland. We are besides excited and truly looking guardant to it. Everyone is talking astir it successful this municipality excessively and getting their flags and orangish shirts ready. Football is precise important successful the Netherlands, conscionable similar it is successful England.'

Meanwhile, backmost astatine location 28million viewers are expected to ticker the crippled connected IITV and ITVX streaming, beating the grounds for a lucifer aired connected a azygous channel. 

England's Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark attracted 27.6million connected the aforesaid channel. Finals are shown connected some BBC and ITV.

Ahead of the lucifer England brag Southgate said his squad has the accidental to marque past tonight.  

He said: 'We've listened to the challenges implicit the years and utilized them arsenic information to interruption caller ground. 

'We've ne'er been to a last extracurricular our ain shores. These are opportunities to marque a quality and that's however we person to look astatine it. We don't privation to beryllium burdened by what's happened before. 

'We person got to usage this accidental to alteration past arsenic a motivation, and that's however the players spot it. It's astir their infinitesimal now, thing that's gone connected successful the past. None of that is their responsibility oregon their concern.' 

Amid disapproval of England's performances and Southgate's tactics passim the Euros, the manager insisted squad tone was stronger than ever. 

'This radical of players person really come unneurotic good implicit the past 3 oregon 4 weeks,' helium said. 

'We've spoken astir (playing with fear). When you consciousness that feeling, you request to face it. It's nary usage hoping it volition spell away.