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England lost 3-1 to the Dutch in the semi-final of the UEFA Nations League after the game went to extra time.

And fans leaving the tiny city of Guimaraes to get trains to Porto have reported a horror show with three-hour queues and dangerously overcrowded stations.

More than 20,000 England fans arrived in the city - which has a population of less than 160,000, roughly the size of Peterborough.

England fan Scott tweeted: "Someone kindly point me in the direction of the articles and outrage over policing tonight and near-on crushes at Guimaraes station?"

Stefan Jackson, who also travelled to the game, wrote on Twitter: "What a joke of an organisation UEFA is. Had to queue for just under three hours to get a train home in the rain."

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He added: "We were one of the lucky ones by the sounds of it. Town, station and stadium inadequate for such an occasion."

Nigel, another Three Lions fan, tweeted: "Nice little place Guimaraes but not big enough to hold a game like that. Should have had both semis at the Dragao in Porto. UEFA clowning it up again."

Porto's Estadio do Dragao holds 50,000, while the stadium in Guimaraes has a capacity of just 30,000.

Daily Star Online spoke to England fan Ciaran who described some of the scenes in Portugal — including aggressive behaviour from the Portuguese police towards supporters.

He told us: "There was clearly tension between fans and police with what happened in Porto.

"Silly things like police confiscating a football that fans were kicking about."

Ciaran also said he was told some fans were hit with batons when they asked police about issues with their tickets.

Describing the whole travel situation as "a joke", Ciaran added: "I think it was just too small of a place to hold England fans, they'd clearly never seen anything like this before."

The game finished at around 10.20pm local time, but many fans weren't able to get out until long past 1am.

Paul also tweeted his anger at the travel chaos after the match.

He wrote: "Well not only was that hugely disappointing but this was followed by a walk in the rain to the train station and then a 90-minute wait outside in the rain with thousands of fans."

Manchester City defender John Stones had a torrid time in defence for England, as his two costly mistakes in extra time gifted the Dutch two goals after Matthew de Ligt had cancelled out Marcus Rashford's penalty.

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England fans trolled Stones on Instagram following his horror show in Portugal.

It could have been so different after Manchester United's Jesse Lingard looked to have given England a second-half lead with the scores tied at 1-1.

But the celebrations were short-lived when the goal was ruled out for offside by VAR.

England fans fumed at VAR after the match, accusing it of "killing the game".