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00:00Ron Atkinson, this is an occasion I think we're all looking forward to.
00:03Yes, perfect for a great game of football.
00:07The best side in the competition so far, Germany,
00:10with the addition of probably the best centre-forward in the world
00:12against a very talented side that must win to stay in the tournament.
00:18Germany win, and at least a draw against Italy in their final game
00:22would be enough to see Dan through to the quarterfinals.
00:26Klinsmann, very quickly into the action,
00:29and very quickly feeling the effects of that hard challenge by Kovtun.
00:38And the long throw-in taken by Zygut.
00:43In towards Klinsmann.
00:46And the shot wasn't far off target from Helmer.
00:50The Russian defence attracted towards the blonde figure of Klinsmann
00:55and Helmer sneaked in on Mark.
00:57Yes, well I think this is an alternative they've now got in their locker, the Germans.
01:01Long throws from either side.
01:03Klinsmann or Bierhoff are both capable of getting the touch-ons in the danger zone.
01:07Borussia Dortmund, and was the first from the old East Germany
01:10to play to play for the new unified team.
01:18Good skill by Hessler.
01:21Reuter trying to get the cross in and trouble in this effort.
01:23And that was a brilliant save from Karrin.
01:26Muller can't believe it.
01:28Awesome, great football there.
01:29Great work on the right between Berthold and Hessler.
01:32Quality ball in.
01:34Muller doing what he will do so many times.
01:36Arrives in, what's his birthday?
01:38Sorry.
01:40Reuter's cross.
01:40Great ball in.
01:42Beautiful ball in.
01:43Should have scored.
01:44Good save, should have scored.
01:46A great arrive from some great football.
01:48First corner to Germany.
01:52They could have been celebrating the first goal.
01:56And the Chelsea goalkeeper, Dimitri Karrin,
01:59has already justified his inclusion in the side.
02:09Whipped in to the near post.
02:11That was the intention anyway.
02:12But the two players in the German world did well.
02:14Zimbala's shot.
02:15Oh!
02:18Kolivanov missing the rebound
02:23after Zimbala's excellent shot had struck the post
02:26and Germany ride their luck then.
02:29Well, we should be 1-1, shouldn't we?
02:31A chance Muller at that end
02:32and certainly the chance Kolivanov had there.
02:35He looks as if he was claiming a bit of a push
02:37as he went in on the rebound header.
02:39I'm not too sure of that.
02:40That wasn't the only bit of an excuse for it.
02:42A very good chance missed.
02:44The great effort from Zimbala.
02:45The ball came out to him.
02:47Left-footed shot in Canada.
02:48Left-footed shot off the post.
02:51Foul there on Hessler by Kovtun.
02:58The ball down the line for Hessler.
03:01He shows his close control and skill.
03:04And Bierhoff's header!
03:05Excellent build-up by the Germans again.
03:16There's some good work by Hessler already.
03:18He floats all over the field.
03:20Gets, curls that one into the near post.
03:23Bierhoff just gets across the defender
03:24and can't get quite enough on it for a strike at goal.
03:26The game has settled into a chess-like pattern now
03:31as Eilts goes forward for Germany
03:32and finds Müller.
03:37And it goes to a Fierhoff.
03:39And now Klinsmann!
03:39He must have felt his first goal of these championships
03:45was on the way then.
03:46So must he.
03:47Oh, you'd have put money on it, wouldn't you?
03:50As soon as the ball dropped down to him
03:51on the outside of his left foot,
03:52I put one-nothing.
03:54Bierhoff makes a little bit of a scramble.
03:56Just there, you think, yeah, he's going to hit it.
03:58Tries to take it one more.
04:00And they force the Russian defenders
04:02and up-court force him wide.
04:03But that was, that was for an instant,
04:05an excellent chance for a player like Klinsmann.
04:08There!
04:09And he's let it go away.
04:11Just took it away from immediate danger.
04:14The Germans stepping up the pace.
04:15Zama.
04:16That was a good interception.
04:19However, Germany have been beaten in the challenge again
04:22and Russia have got a real counter-attack on here.
04:24They've got a lot of men forward
04:26and one of them is Kaklov
04:27and Kaklov finds Mostovoy
04:29and Mostovoy denied by the goalkeeper.
04:32And then when the ball spun loose,
04:34they couldn't make the most
04:36of their best opening so far.
04:39Kupka doing really well.
04:42That's a great break.
04:44Well, well overloaded.
04:46Kaklov puts it right into Mostovoy's run.
04:48His first touch is awful.
04:51His first touch should really...
04:52Kolovanov, acute angle,
04:55no blame attached to him.
04:56Big old German player,
04:57a good enough player to play amongst the others in there.
05:00Not to say he's a bad player,
05:02but on the other side,
05:03the Russians,
05:03they've been very, very effective coming forward.
05:05And that's it.
05:11We have reached the interval at Old Trafford without a goal.
05:17Mostovoy will curse himself for missing one golden opportunity.
05:21Zimbala almost opened the account
05:24with a shot against the foot of the post.
05:26The Germans have looked fleetingly dangerous,
05:29but no more than that.
05:30And the halftime score, I think, adequately reflects the half.
05:33Russia nil,
05:35Germany nil.
05:35Thank you, Bob.
05:38And it's Russia, in fact,
05:40who've made a change
05:40during the halftime interval.
05:42Radimov coming on
05:43to be replaced by Valeri Karpin.
05:47And he's more of an attacking player.
05:52Radimov, an out-and-out midfielder.
05:54Karpin, who played in a forward role
05:56against Italy in the first game,
05:58plays in Spain.
06:00In fact, he's just moved to Valencia
06:01for five million pounds
06:03from Real Sociedad.
06:06He's on.
06:07Radimov off.
06:09But, uh...
06:09Vierhoff, still out there for Germany,
06:11who didn't make any changes
06:12during the interval.
06:14What do you make of that, Lin-Man?
06:16Well, I was surprised to see Karpin
06:18not in the side of the start.
06:21I'm a little bit surprised to see
06:22the position he's occupying here,
06:23wide on the left.
06:25Mostovoy going forward immediately.
06:27The interception was by Helmer
06:29to stop Kanchelskis.
06:33And I think unless Tredzi moves over
06:35and fills in the right-hand side,
06:37I think it looks as if
06:37there's going to be a greater onus
06:39on Kanchelskis
06:40to fill in that right-hand
06:41midfield position.
06:45Germany come forward with Ziegup.
06:50And yet another ball that, uh...
06:53never had a hope of finding
06:54its intended target.
06:59There's Kanchelskis.
07:02Tetradza.
07:04And back to Nikiforov.
07:05And Mopko alongside him.
07:09The Russians who won the European Championships
07:11back in 1960 as the Soviet Union
07:15and have three times been losing finalists.
07:17Germany have been in four
07:20of the last six European Championship finals.
07:23Incredible record.
07:26Tesla going forward for that
07:27finds Bierhoff,
07:28who must be on borrowed time,
07:29I would think,
07:29in terms of making an impact
07:31in this game.
07:32Oliver Bierhoff
07:33has been disappointing
07:34as Klinsmann's partner so far.
07:36And there are a number of options
07:38who could take his place on the bench.
07:40Yeah, I think it should be said
07:41about Bierhoff.
07:41He's one of those.
07:43I described him as
07:44maybe an English-type centre-forward.
07:46He's better at, sort of,
07:48in box plays.
07:49He's got about 17 goals
07:50last year for Udinese.
07:52And the majority,
07:53all right, he scored a few penalties,
07:54but the majority, you know,
07:55have been from close-in,
07:56six-yard boxes,
07:57head-ins, tap-ins,
07:58and things like that.
07:59Now, the Germans,
08:00when they're at the best,
08:01play with a great mobility,
08:02great fluidity at the front.
08:04And I think that's where
08:05he's having a problem.
08:06He's being asked to,
08:07sort of, if you like,
08:08balance off Klinsmann
08:11and make runs in timing with him.
08:12Now, to be fair,
08:14nobody's really done that
08:15since Bola finished.
08:21Rasha come forward
08:23with Tietreza,
08:24now Kovtun.
08:26Rasha return Bola from Karpin,
08:27despite the challenge on him
08:29by Reuter.
08:32Everyone apart from
08:33the German keeper,
08:34Kupke,
08:34is inside the Russian half now.
08:38Tremendous run forward
08:39by Zemmer!
08:41And still,
08:44it's a goal!
08:45Germany take the lead!
08:47Zemmer the scorer!
08:57Wonderful run
08:58from the back
08:59by Matthias Zemmer!
09:01And Germany in front!
09:05As you so rightly said,
09:06a magnificent split run
09:08from the back.
09:09Goalkeeper fumbles
09:09the first one,
09:10there's a little bit
09:11of a scramble.
09:12Perhaps doesn't get
09:13a second reaction
09:14quite as much,
09:15but Moller's picked him out,
09:16but Moller's picked him out,
09:16Moller's picked him out
09:17right through the gap.
09:19He's emerged from a position
09:20that's hard to stop.
09:26And actually,
09:27that's a goal
09:27that's probably
09:28come against,
09:28slightly against
09:29the runner play.
09:30Chelskis with the layup.
09:32Kogtun,
09:35it's a new tank off.
09:38Great challenge by IELTS,
09:39and then the challenge
09:40on him by Kogtun
09:41wasn't a good challenge
09:42at all.
09:42It's a red card.
09:43And the man
09:46with the worst
09:47disciplinary record
09:48in Russian football
09:49lives up to his reputation,
09:51I'm afraid,
09:52with a red card
09:53for that really
09:54wild tackle here
09:56on IELTS.
10:01The unfortunate thing
10:03is he's been sent off
10:04really for the earlier foul,
10:05hasn't he?
10:06Which was quite needless.
10:09With the earlier booking,
10:11but that'll mean that.
10:13That's they shall not go past
10:15that any sort of
10:17stretch of the imagination.
10:26Willers-Corne
10:27hung that one up
10:28really high,
10:29and danger here!
10:31And the shot
10:32very close
10:33from Dierhoff,
10:34although he was
10:35close to goal,
10:36and you might argue
10:37he should have done better.
10:40That's where his best moments
10:41have come in the tournament,
10:42the two in a couple of occasions.
10:44When he's in range there...
10:47Good play there by Ziga.
10:49And Germany
10:49throwing the ball
10:51from one side of the field
10:52to the other
10:52with some skill now.
10:54Biahoff.
10:54Klinsmann.
10:57Klinsmann's done
10:57brilliantly here.
10:58Can he finish it off?
11:02How could you doubt it?
11:07Jürgen Klinsmann
11:08sets the seal
11:10on another German victory
11:12and becomes the first player
11:14ever to score
11:16in three successive
11:17European championships.
11:21Well, that's worth
11:22the admission
11:22for your loan, isn't it?
11:24Some good link up
11:25by Bera.
11:26Bera feels him in.
11:27Turns brilliant
11:28against Nicky Furrer.
11:30And then he's just
11:30outside of his right foot,
11:32high into the corner
11:33of the net.
11:33That is a magnificent finish.
11:35That'll be a contender.
11:36That'll be in with Gascoigne
11:37for goal of the competition.
11:39Look at this.
11:41There he is.
11:42Confidence of a top man.
11:47Superb finish
11:48for his 37th
11:49international goal now
11:51in 86 games.
11:54A magnificent record.
11:56A man who's been a success
11:57in four different countries
11:58in Europe.
12:00As Zimbala
12:01left it there
12:03to Kempchelskis
12:04to try and bring Russia
12:05back into the game
12:06with some hope.
12:07But the real
12:07start of the show
12:08at the moment
12:09Jürgen Klinsmann
12:10for a goal
12:10that will surely
12:11see his side
12:13through to the quarterfinals.
12:14Effectively anyway.
12:19Denied
12:19the opportunity
12:21to play
12:22in the opening game
12:22because the portions
12:23received in the
12:24qualifying competition
12:25something I think
12:26UEFA should seriously
12:27look at changing
12:28in future.
12:29There should be
12:30a ruling whereby
12:33all those portions
12:35and dismissals
12:35are wiped clean
12:36at the start
12:37of the finals
12:38like this
12:38but Klinsmann
12:39has taken one game
12:41to make an impact.
12:48The leader of the pack
12:49as his coach
12:50has called him
12:51has underlined
12:53his fantastic value
12:54to his country.
12:55and at the moment
13:02it looks like
13:03the only thing
13:04that could undo
13:05the Germans
13:05will be
13:06players being
13:07either injured
13:08or suspended
13:09and they prefer
13:09a few of both categories.
13:10but they also have
13:15an immensely strong squad
13:16in depth.
13:20The Russians
13:21dispirited now
13:23they know
13:24their championship
13:25is virtually over.
13:26Kalyvanov wins it
13:33back for them
13:33though offside
13:34the moment he set off
13:38Sinyutenkov
13:40who plays in Italy
13:41by the way
13:41for Reggiano
13:42knew
13:42I suspect he was offside.
13:44Klinsmann
13:45scoring a contender
13:47for one of the goals
13:48of the championship
13:49so far
13:50as we see it
13:51from the other side
13:51of the ground
13:52look at that
13:52pick it up turn
13:53see you later
13:54bang
13:55challenge
13:58and Ziga continues
14:01his run
14:01Muller
14:02will look to find him
14:03on the left
14:03and does so
14:04with a good ball
14:05Deerhoff in the middle
14:07that might be
14:10his last contribution
14:10to this game
14:11I wonder what the coach
14:12would have done
14:13if he'd stuck that one
14:14in the back of the net
14:14which possibly
14:15he ought to have done wrong
14:16not possibly
14:17he should have done
14:18I felt sorry for him there
14:19he's looked
14:20he's looked the odd man
14:21out in the team
14:22the ugly duckling
14:23if you like
14:24and as you say
14:27he's now on his way
14:28you don't know
14:30how much
14:31that could have done
14:32for him
14:32that could have
14:32that could have
14:33given him such a lift
14:34Kuntz moves forward
14:43as the clock
14:44ticks in to stop
14:45its time
14:45use a little ball
14:48as well
14:48Klinsmann's in a good
14:49position here
14:49as Kuntz finds him
14:51as well
14:51back it goes
14:56to the same player
14:58as Kuntz
14:58who applauds
15:00the delivery
15:01from Jürgen Klinsmann
15:03everyone in this squad
15:04looks up to Klinsmann
15:05he's extremely popular
15:06with his teammates
15:07no wonder
15:08I think you saw
15:09there his captaincy
15:10coming out as well
15:11a lot of strikers
15:12there you know
15:12would have tried to
15:13take the last one
15:13and gone in for a goal
15:14but he's trying to
15:16set something up
15:16for somebody else
15:17and I think that's
15:18the maturity
15:19the captaincy
15:20coming out of him
15:21great success
15:25in his one year
15:26in English football
15:26with Tottenham of course
15:27huge success
15:29Germany and Italy
15:31as well
15:31where he's played
15:32now then
15:32Russians got themselves
15:34caught there
15:34with a man at the back
15:35and Kuntz lays it on
15:37and Klinsmann could have
15:37another
15:38he's only played one game
15:45he's joint top scorer
15:47in the championships
15:48already
15:48Jürgen Klinsmann
15:53and the mess there on
15:59seemed to be
15:59that for some reason
16:01the key for off
16:02was back
16:03when the German
16:05attack had
16:05initially failed
16:07yeah I think
16:07it either got injured
16:09in the previous attack
16:10or he's picking himself up
16:11dusting himself down
16:12because the rest of
16:14the Russians
16:14thought the German
16:16players were well
16:17offside
16:17at the shop
16:19and they saw
16:19the keeper
16:20up about 30 yards
16:21behind
16:21that was a strange
16:22old goal
16:23that one
16:23because certainly
16:24I'll tell you what it was
16:25it's a goal
16:27where your team
16:28is demoralised
16:28dispirited
16:29you played in the heat
16:30you haven't had a break
16:32all day
16:33and I think
16:33the team is feeling
16:34sorry for themselves
16:35yeah
16:36I'm sure you're right
16:37I think it's a
16:37it's more of a
16:38demoralised situation
16:40more than anything else
16:41well now Klinsmann's
16:42on a hat-trick here
16:43Ron
16:43and the ball
16:44whipped in towards him
16:45as well
16:45and his teammates
16:48want a piece of the action
16:49too
16:49come through the header
16:50the Russians want the game
16:52to be blown up
16:53they want to go home
16:55he's looking at his watch
16:59Russians are going to get
17:00their wish any moment
17:01but they're going to get
17:01a free kick first
17:03no that's it
17:05that is the final whistle
17:06and Jurgen Klinsmann
17:08has emulated
17:09what Alan Shearer
17:10and Episto
17:11Stoichkov
17:12and Kassiraghi of Italy
17:14have done
17:15with two goals
17:16in his case
17:16in his first appearance
17:18in these championships
17:19and they have helped
17:21Germany
17:21to a 3-0 success
17:23here
17:23Zama scoring the first goal
17:25to send them on their way
17:26and if anyone
17:28had
17:28the slightest doubt
17:30that Germany
17:31are very much
17:32contenders
17:33to win this championship
17:34it will be removed
17:36by this performance
17:37and that scoreline
17:38Russia 0
17:39Germany 3
17:41is going to be
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