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00:00and opposition will emerge now this is how they stand with spain desperately needing a win
00:05against the group favorites france to stay in contention romania remember are already eliminated
00:12now jack these two sides are unbeaten for a long time aren't they it's quite a contest this
00:16yes it is i mean france went into the last tournament in the european championships and
00:20they were unbeaten for quite a long time and didn't have a very good tournament
00:23this time they've got to they've got to get a result against the spanish and the spanish
00:26you've got to get a result against them i mean somebody's got to win this game they can't
00:30neither the two of them can afford a draw now so it's got it's got to be a but france are in the
00:35driving seat having got a win under their belt yeah but i mean it's still if they drop a point
00:39and lose today who knows who knows let's have a look at the teams uh kevin and alex and uh there
00:45are changes aren't there kevin three changes for france yeah three changes for france pretty much
00:50the same side that finished the game actually at saint james's park and uh the one person i'm looking
00:55forward to see he's loco he's had his problems he's took the place of dugary who's a very very
00:59good player and uh up front they have got a lot of exciting players they didn't play well at saint
01:05james's park but they always had too much for the romanians and angloma and liz are also the other
01:10two players in there now uh spain um alex the four changes in that side yeah well they've brought in
01:16an extra defender which is interesting but obviously they're two fullbacks sergi notera they're going to
01:21drive on all the time i i think spain have a good look about them you know they're a good manager
01:27and have some useful players hiero in the midfield is always a threat for goals i think it's going to
01:32be a classy player isn't he a very good player it's going to interesting game this yes france really
01:38would almost settle for for one point wouldn't make heaven yeah i slightly disagree with jack i don't
01:42think it draws a great result for anybody i think someone's got to win it but uh i think france have
01:49got so much more to offer than the offer the other night i'm not sure spain are any better than what
01:53we saw at ellen road i've got my doubts it's the first time you two have disagreed all afternoon
01:57because you know you've been shouting for england and alex there is sandwiched in the middle sandwiched
02:01i don't know where we disagreed could you explain that again to me uh we've got 10 minutes but it
02:08it should be a quality game anyway oh it's going to be a quality game i mean you've got two teams that
02:13play very similar type of game both possession football both good good class players all good on the ball
02:18and we're going to get a lot of movement and a lot of good good play in this game well we hope so
02:21time now to join our commentary team at ellen road you'll be hearing from me in st john but first of
02:26all it's alan parry and welcome to ellen road this fixture inevitably overshadowed by today's little
02:33tiff at wembley but i have a hunch that this could be one of the better games of the opening week
02:38of the championships the referee today vadim žup of belarus this one of the few group matches
02:44described as a sellout mind you we've come to mistrust that particular phrase the french my tip
02:50for euro 96 and if they win tonight remember they're definitely through to the quarter finals
02:55and spain as you've heard effectively also need to win with bulgaria already on four points
03:03spain will get us underway and of course great interest in the outcome throughout england and
03:07scotland remember the top two in this group meet the top two in their group in the quarter finals
03:15otero one of the new man who's come into the spanish side today they have to make one change
03:20at least with kitsi one of the two men sent off in their opening game against bulgaria
03:29change on the left flank as well for the french dimeko left out
03:32lisa razu who you saw briefly then into his place foul there by alcorta eighth international tonight
03:44yes i is clearance caminero beaten to it on the halfway line but wins it back again and a terrific run
03:52now he goes down and the referee does not see fit to point to the penalty spot a very relieved
03:59lot on blonde a very very angry contingent of spanish fans here that looked a very decent claim to me
04:06we'll come back to that as yokaf goes forward and pushes the ball into loco's path but very good
04:13defending by sergi oh excellent play by him and the visco goes down the left and runs into trouble
04:24looks like we've got one of the more lenient referees here he's given a free kick now
04:30but ian that looked from our distance an impressive penalty claim
04:35well it was a lovely run by caminero he certainly cut across the front of the defender there and well
04:42well i'm not too sure about it could well have been that uh you know he just felt the presence of the
04:47defender there and uh with a little dive he's got run into trouble now karen burgh to the ball forward
04:55for jockayette and karen burgh continues his run looks for loco in the box it was an excellent ball
05:01the layoff to girand brilliant save by zuby zereta
05:08that's more like it that's certainly more like it it was a lovely bit of play i thought actually it was
05:13offside there but he laid the ball back and get on with the shot kept it low and the keeper made really
05:19a fantastic save there's a layoff on the byline he's looking up there was three white jerseys in the
05:30box he's got to pick one in the mouth it was a real sloppy cross zidane loses his man and whips one in
05:38which was not very far away i fancy from that far post particularly as zidane was moving on to it
05:47well i think he tried this didn't he i think he tried to whip one round and uh from that angle of
05:51a yard wide or so but it was worth the effort sweeping it out to luis enrique otero on the overlap
06:02poor cross by otero de champ in trouble on the edge of the box he could well have been made to pay for that
06:08as luis enrique caught him in possession what was this you're thinking about i mean he instead of
06:15just knocking the ball away he was right in the danger area there and he looked to play a little
06:19ball or did he just try to control it and play it anyway whatever he put his team in real trouble
06:24there and uh luis enrique should have knocked that one
06:31zidane and that's the end of a disappointing first half for devon row between france and spain
06:39things as they say can only get better let's hope so it certainly looks good on paper this it's not
06:43proving that good in reality though france nil spain nil we'll be back after this break france prepare to
06:50get the second half underway here remember one thing is certain if they win this match they will
06:54be through to the quarterfinals if however spain win then they would only need a draw
06:59from their final game against romania to take their place in the quarterfinals
07:04if this match is a draw then it would go to the final games in the group to decide which
07:11of the top two teams in this group make progress remember bulgaria with four points at the start of
07:17play so they can sit back relaxed and happy knowing they are virtually home and dry
07:28caminero finding otero down the right trying to release luis enrique desai is clear and straight to
07:33caminero the game already into the pattern of the first half
07:47it's short that ball from otero and zuby zareta didn't seem too happy with it
07:56i think he wants to kick it with his uh with his left foot island and it wasn't coming that way was it
08:02giving the whole picture shall we say and they've been much the same tonight even less so
08:08here's karambu attacking for them and that's an excellent ball
08:12short now we see some of the real french style
08:33that's more like it
08:34well spain got caught again flat that one ball beat the lot of them and his control was lovely
08:42there and dispatched it the outside of his foot that was a classy goal lovely little goal
08:48i mean the spiners will be a bit annoyed the way they lost it but having said that i was mentioning
08:53before that we were looking for somebody with a little bit of individual skill and that was there that
08:58was it there york a beautiful two minutes into the second half the french take the lead
09:05yuri is your kf who was the top scorer in the qualifying competition with five goals that's now 11
09:12in 18 internationals for him a very impressive record from a player with a real history in the game his
09:17father jean played in england 30 years ago for france in the 1966 world cup finals but spain have hit back
09:26they've got a free kick and luis enrique let it run on and that proved to be a mistake they could
09:31have been caught absolutely out on that one and they've uh wasted the opening anyway
09:40well we needed a goal to liven up we've got the goal now surely the second half will really bubble
09:46jacques team are in front
09:49this is a really good position this free kick for spain they packed the six yard box there's a lot
09:59going on there
10:03and the shot was not again what anyone else was expecting apart from the spanish players who
10:09presumably have worked on that on that one in training the arrow is twice done that now
10:14i mean it's a difficult angle isn't it really i mean he needs an awful lot of bending now i never
10:24thought maybe the near course would have been his best back
10:30it's noticeable how much the french have been pushed back into their own heart but as they
10:34counter-attack here they still look dangerous and sure kf has a marvelous chance here and teases it forward
10:40for loco and still loco and now zidane
10:47they really ought to have got a goal out of that in well yes i mean that two against one surely the
10:53ball has got to be rolled in his path a little bit better than it was here
11:03france are ready to make another change
11:05foul on niserazou will enable them to do just that alan roche
11:11the player is going to come on another of the paris saint-germain contingent
11:16and he will take the place of engla
11:18certainly not injured i don't think so so he seemed a bit displeased with being replaced
11:32i would think he's had a very good game hasn't he
11:34manharin will take the free kick lamar looks on anxiously
11:46keep towards hiero headed away by caran bull and lamar was uh concentrating hard then and had to be
11:55it was a useful effort by amavisca wasn't it as it got headed out there just chest control and then thumped it
12:05fortunately the goalkeeper stay on good and it goes to dugary whose control was poor
12:10the ball
12:19what an inviting ball that was right across the face of gold
12:29i'll tell you that that was terrific play there lovely penetrating ball and kiko there just threw
12:35his foot round and and hooked it across inches away really from getting equaliser there weren't they
12:40he did ever so well here he just whipped it across oh we were so close in that one
12:48rush with the clearance tremendous header by Dugary
12:53Zhokaev looks for him again Dugary with the header
12:57that was lovely play i enjoyed that that was terrific football great ball to the back
13:07post there for the for the big fellow in the back post Dugary great header across as well
13:15here we see there's a ball across up he goes nods it down and actually he's looking to score obviously
13:20and hitting long towards Julio Salinas who touches it on now Kiko
13:33dangerous ball and still danger as Manjarin pulls it back Caminero
13:49just over five minutes to go and Spain are backing it
14:01what a good goal it was too but the big fellas had a part to play in it you know they put them under a
14:08bit of pressure and then when the ball came back there just slotted in the corner there by Caminero
14:14who's had an excellent game even before that goal the man who scored three times in four
14:20world cup games two years ago gets off the mark in these championships he won't score a more
14:27important goal for his country than this one it's given them hope it might have given them a point
14:33and Clemente the coach has made another very very significant substitution Julio Salinas
14:41certainly played his part in that goal and anything can happen now in the last five minutes
14:46we may have been starved of drama and excitement for much of this game
14:50but it could all be going off here in the final stages and Spain have the upper hand at the moment
14:56no doubt about that Caminero
14:58Caminero
14:59yeah well blocked
15:01well Spain have gone all uh all Wimbledon here haven't they get it in the box for the big men
15:11well no joke in here the Wimbledon managers amongst the crowd here today he'll approve of that
15:17a touch of cloud lane as it was brings Spain's European championship hopes alive
15:24well we talk about the skills of the of the Europeans and the Spaniards
15:28and here they are they're inverted two big fellas up the front get them up there stick the ball in
15:33the air and let's have a go on and here comes another free kick in headed away by Blanc
15:39Caminero tries to touch it on for Julio Salinas but the whistle is gone and that's going to be a free kick to France
15:46Julio Salinas whipping it on away by Blanc and that's it it's all over Spain's late equaliser scored by Caminero
16:02cancelling out Joakyev's early second half goal for France and both these teams go into their final games in the group knowing there's still
16:12some work to do for them
16:14in terms of qualifying for the quarterfinals Spain will be the more relieved though
16:18it looked as though they were on their way to a defeat but they never say die attitude has gained them a vital point
16:26final score here is Alan Road France one Spain one
16:32thank you Alan and here's confirmation for you that that late goal has kept Spanish hopes alive Bulgaria
16:37and France on four points Spain on two Spain must beat Romania on Tuesday it's wide open in Group B and
16:44of course implications for England with the winners and runners-up facing the respective teams in Group A as
16:50well well Spain the great underachievers just managed to hang on in there Kevin they did and
16:56I think they deserved something out the game although I I think France were a little bit more impressive
17:00tonight than they were at St James's Park in the first game I still don't think they've got that real
17:05killer instinct that we all thought they were going to have what what they do have of course uh Alex is
17:09class uh finishing because Jorky up there it's a class touch and a class finish absolutely superb but
17:15the good interception here Carambo plays a marvellous ball in one touch from Dugat Djerker early finish
17:22before the goalkeeper can react a really good really good finish that good finish Jack a great
17:29finish I was a bit disappointed in the French actually they started messing about with the back
17:33forward and bringing substitutes on all over the place when they were winning the game quite well
17:37and I just thought why is he making these changes he obviously thought they'd won it didn't
17:42he obviously well yeah but I mean you don't start bringing I mean it's it's just one of those
17:47situations where when you're winning a game and your team are playing as well as the French were at
17:51that time and they're nicely balanced then you make changes and then you go into the to the realms
17:56of the unknown I mean it was I just just surprised me greatly when they messed it about as much as
18:01that let's have a look at the equalizer Kevin yeah it's it's it's a good crossing you know it's in the
18:06danger zone but it's de champ who's heading it he's not a defender but then when he squares it back in here
18:12it's Caminero this is his eighth goal in 20 appearances and the keeper is a little bit
18:17unlucky because when this ball comes back I mean here's de champ again he should have had it out
18:21for a corner really tries to flick it on typical midfield player possibly knocks it back in here
18:26watch the goalkeeper set himself for a real cracking shot what does he do he scuffs it and nine times out
18:32of ten against good goalkeepers if you don't make good contact you'll beat them because they're ready for
18:37the good shot they're ready for the 100% one yeah Alex for you and Kevin and we've been waiting for
18:41the time to say well there's no Cantona and there's no Ginola in the in the French side and everybody's
18:46waiting for Jacquet to pay the consequences yeah well I think that's it I think everybody's waiting for
18:51that you look at France and you say well you understand why he's not bringing Ginola and Cantona
18:58and his team because as we see it's a very committed team it's a very aggressive team but you you
19:03sometimes see yourself well just a touch of classes missing you know the Cantona class or the Ginola
19:08class yeah I think yeah I think they really work hard for each other and possibly Jackie feels that
19:14David Ginola and Eric Cantona don't work hard enough I don't know that's the only thing I can think
19:19of because ability wise they'd be very much at home in this competition yeah okay thank you very much
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