Dutch fans claim they were ‘robbed’ by a disputed penalty decision in their 2-1 semi-final defeat to England on Wednesday night.

The Netherlands took the lead after seven minutes by Xavi Simons, but England responded with a penalty 11 minutes later.

Bukayo Saka slalomed into the area before his attempt was blocked, and the rebound fell to Harry Kane, who fired over the crossbar before being grabbed by Denzel Dumfries’ ankle.

It was a stinging blow for the Three Lions skipper, and after a VAR intervention, a penalty was awarded, which Kane scored to bring England level.

However, new film appears to show Saka touched the ball before Kane attempted his shot and was fouled by Dumfries.

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Harry Kane was deemed to have been fouled by Denzel Dumfries as England won a penalty

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But he ball appeared to brush Bukayo Saka’s right hand in the build-up

‘VAR even missed or didn’t care about Saka’s handball on both hands before the penalty situation. Lucky England should thank the refs.’

Another fan tweeted out a longer clip, adding: ‘Tweet out the first handball as well, he didn’t just touch it once in this situation but multiple times’.

The foul on Kane appeared to be a dubious judgement, with Gary Neville calling it a ‘disgrace’ that a spot-kick was awarded.

However, some argue that VAR should not have looked at the tackle on Kane because Saka may have handled the ball in the buildup anyhow.

However, they chose to send referee Felix Zwayer over to the monitor, where he pointed to the spot after a second look.

Zwayer’s appointment as referee for the semi-finals created controversy in the lead-up because he had previously served a six-month ban for his involvement in a match-fixing incident.

His suspension came after he was discovered to have received a €300 (£253.82) bribe from fellow referee Robert Hoyzer in a 2005 controversy.

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Virgil van Dijk was furious with the performance of the officials and called for them to be ‘held accountable’

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Felix Zwayer (pictured) was given the semi-final despite having previously served a six-month ban for his involvement in a match-fixing scam.

However, UEFA supported Zwayer after completing an investigation into whether he was the suitable individual for the role.

The Netherlands were also left perplexed by a decision in the buildup to Ollie Watkins’ 90th-minute winner for England.

They felt they should have received a corner kick after John Stones headed the ball away from a Dutch free kick, but Zwayer granted England a goal kick.

England then went up the other end and scored, securing their spot in Sunday’s final versus Spain.

Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk was dissatisfied with the officiating during Wednesday’s game and demanded that the referee be ‘held accountable’.

‘I think it says it all that the referee went in quite quickly after the game,’ Van Dijk told beIN Sports.

‘I had no time to shake his hand. But it is what it is, the game is done, we lost, certain moments were obvious that they should have gone our way, but they didn’t, whatever the outcome.

‘It is difficult to accept this. It has been a tough year. We had a big dream and we felt we could have achieved it.

‘They keep changing certain things, small changes that could have a big impact. Maybe it’s a good thing that they could be held accountable as well. 

‘They didn’t come here and speak to you and explain themselves like we have to when we do something wrong.

‘That might be something. But I shouldn’t speak about others and we have to look at ourselves.’