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00:00Germany playing from left to right.
00:23They have just left one up.
00:25First piece of backtracking for Anderton.
00:33David Platt did not keep it in, which is perhaps as well.
00:38Surprised to see Anderton down the right flank.
00:40Perhaps they think he'll track Ziger back better,
00:42but three at the back and five in midfield.
00:46Platt, Ince and Gascoigne, the three central ones,
00:49and Anderton on the right and McManaman back on the left-hand side.
00:52Much to my surprise again.
00:55Tony Adams.
01:05David Seaman says he doesn't really like the kit he has to play in tonight.
01:13Can't entirely play with.
01:23Touched by Gascoigne, this is McManaman.
01:27Shearer Fafo sharing him even wider for Pierce's cross.
01:37Back in numbers the Germans.
01:39Here's Paul Ince.
01:40That's a good strike.
01:41And it is Koepfer living up to his usual style.
01:47Doesn't like to catch if he can possibly punch.
01:51Took no chances with this one.
01:53It was a long way out.
01:55I suppose it was a good save, but your timing's got to be perfect when you're punching those.
02:00You only had to tip it over, you've got the same in-product.
02:03Goal!
02:04Goal!
02:06Goal!
02:07Goal!
02:08Goal!
02:09Madamam, is in front of the goalkeeper.
02:11Goal!
02:12Goal!
02:13Goal!
02:14Goal!
02:15and the referee's sorting out a little bit of pushing and shoving, Stephen Pruynt and
02:22McManaman, Nicole and Imbash and Schiller, wonderful start, his fifth goal in his fifth
02:33match, they can't quite believe it on the bench in the European Championship, before
02:38coming here, it took him 23 games to score five goals, when it's met at most, Gascoyne's
02:47corner, they're gone from Adams and in by Shearer, well straightforward stuff wasn't it, to the
02:54near post, clears the first man, Tony Adams between the two, the faintest of touches and
03:00where was the marker for Alan Shearer, they're not complaining, the ball's in the back of
03:04the net and a wonderful start.
03:08England taking the lead in two minutes and 15 seconds, Germany started with one man up,
03:26they're going to have to change that a little quickly, although I'm sure their experience
03:33will come into play, among the many things that have been said and written, as we look
03:39again at the goal.
03:45Reuter again.
03:49Port of an hour, joined the match late, the goal came after two minutes and 15 seconds and
03:55was scored by Alan Shearer in the corner, this is Helmer, this is Müller for Germany.
03:58Helmer, Koontz, it's 1-1.
04:04And a man who hadn't scored for Germany since September 94, Woodsburg evokes team level.
04:20It's following Alan Shearer, whose last goal was that date, before the championship.
04:26They got men up here all right, and Koontz supplied the finish.
04:31When that ball is played in, Stuart Pearce the other side, like Gareth Southgate, puts his
04:36hand up for offside, he's not offside and as he comes back across it's a vital yard then
04:41that Koontz has got ahead of Stuart Pearce, and that cost the equaliser.
04:48Tony Adams, apart from the group matches, a trick full apart from the drama and the intensity
05:02of that drama here on Saturday, quarterfinals and indeed the first semifinal of this championship
05:08has been very disappointing, this looks as though it's going to be the exception.
05:12As I said, before the game this was going to be a very tight match with one goal deciding
05:20it, and after 16 minutes we already had two.
05:22Oh wait, no comment Trevor.
05:27Anderton, flat.
05:37That's well played, two going to the middle, in comes Shearer, had rather a lot to do.
05:55The referee has sharp words with two players as we look again at the replay, he noted the
06:02challenge and the build up there.
06:04You can see Anderton if he can get the crosses in from that area, just a little bit too high
06:09for Alan Shearer, running away from goal as well, but it wasn't far off.
06:13Goal came from a corner on the opposite side to the one from which this one's being taken.
06:21Shearingham away by Reuter.
06:28Really got round that well, Teddy Shearingham.
06:31Good crack.
06:32It's the old Spurs corner kick, isn't it, just behind Teddy Shearingham, so he does very well.
06:38Look, has to turn, drop that left shoulder, it was just squeezed in at the post.
06:43Vital block.
06:44Ince.
06:45Gascoigne.
06:46Southgate.
06:47Good ball to get through that, and Isles has to get back, but he hasn't succeeded yet.
07:04Anderton with the cross.
07:05Shearer!
07:06Goal kick.
07:07Powerful header.
07:08Just the wrong side of the post.
07:09Good play by Darren Anderton.
07:10IELTS couldn't make the challenge.
07:11Good cross pulled back to a player coming onto it, and all the muscles of the neck were delivering
07:13the head onto that.
07:14Is that a good first half, Darren Anderton?
07:15Excellent cross.
07:16I don't think that would have got to it.
07:17Terry Bennewood, what does he think of it so far?
07:26Sounds for the right words, we'll come up in a minute.
07:29of the neck we're delivering the head on to that is that a good first half there in
07:33and it's an excellent cross i don't think what the curve would have got to it that he
07:38terry venner was what does he think of it so far sounds for the right words we'll come up in a moment
07:48they're coming home and the players are going back to the dressing room
07:51alan shearer having given england a wonderful start with a goal inside three minutes but prince
07:58stefan kunst and visitas equalizing for germany and they cleared their heads very well
08:07really good opening half enjoyable but also a little nervous to watch one one it is at halftime
08:21so away we go on the second 45 minutes england left to right
08:28it's
08:34mcmanemann
08:36right
08:37mcmanemann left at the start
08:40here is mcmanemann
08:43is given against stefan reuter and stefan reuter is to be bought and should germany be successful
08:51stefan reuter will not play in the final
09:05just a little tug back they're costly aren't they
09:10just going to take the free kick look at the shooting line there
09:14heal away by sheringham meant comfortably by thomas helmer
09:19not as good as good as the one at the beginning because it always looked as
09:46as good as it was going to clear the crossbar but when he gets forward and shoots like that
09:51i don't wonder why he doesn't do it more often
09:56he scored twice for his country
09:58helmer
10:06shoal
10:09in spite of his presence
10:10i think that's the furthest forward
10:22i think that's the furthest forward
10:28else has been the whole tournament whether his teammate just got in his way helmer
10:44but on his left foot expected him to get it on target
10:56he's going with a chance
11:03and it's in the head
11:05gas going again
11:07telling for the invite Thomas helmer
11:11huge grin on the face of the boy footballer and that he will always be
11:17did well then because he could well have gone down
11:19just beaten to it by the stretching foot of thomas helmer stretch which has cost him a bit
11:27corner of the second half
11:29and it's entered to take it
11:31england scored from a corner at the outset
11:33he met well by helmer
11:38he met well by helmer
11:40out with difficulty
11:42zama
11:43prince
11:50with all that ziga was hoping for
11:51he gets a check from both lines
11:56looks again at the watch
11:58and the golden goal would not come for either side during the 90 minutes
12:08so it's extra time with the first to score going through
12:13which of the two coaches is going to be the more daring here who will go and seek the victory
12:20victory rather than play on until it reaches a penalty competition
12:25victory checks
12:29and away we go
12:34this is reuter
12:38pierce
12:38time for south
12:50others
12:59I'm afraid of all the people who thought that the tournament would really take off once
13:13it got to the knockout stage, it's been almost more tight in the knockout stage than it was
13:18in the league stage.
13:22Nobody wanted to make the error.
13:26Ziga.
13:26Möller.
13:31Test for him, he's in the same position as Gascoigne was in Turin, knowing that he won't play.
13:37Accidental, says the referee, that handball by Hessler.
13:41He'll play in the final, that is, if they get there.
13:43Helmer.
13:45Ziga.
13:47Out by Southgate.
13:52And whence cometh the hero.
13:54Enderton.
13:59Pearce.
13:59Battle between Reuter and Shearer, and the free kick is against Shearer.
14:09I think he grabbed the shirt a little bit as they went together.
14:12Ince.
14:13That.
14:14McManaman.
14:15Anderton waits for the pullback, and he hit the post, and it goes straight back to Kürker.
14:27Kürker.
14:28How unlucky can you get?
14:32The Germans were appealing for offside.
14:34Terry Vanderbilt, Brian Robinson, cannot believe that.
14:38Oh, goodness me.
14:41McManaman got away, the Germans looked for a flag that didn't come.
14:45Back to Anderton, off the post, and straight back to the lucky Andreas Kürker.
14:50Well, you won't get any closer than that, will you?
14:56Just behind him, wasn't it?
14:57He got in there a bit early, McManaman pulled it back.
15:00Still, I'm sure, would feel he should have scored, but against the post.
15:05Now Helmer.
15:06And Kunt to the far, boost!
15:07Oh, goodness me.
15:09What were we saying about people not taking chances?
15:13Well, they haven't, but there have been two on offer.
15:17That's almost a shot.
15:19Helmer again venturing forward.
15:21It's too hard to be the cross.
15:23Look, he's beaten in everyone.
15:25David Seaman knowing, and deciding to leave it.
15:28Another wave to be started by Pearce.
15:32To Shearer.
15:35Shearded it well.
15:37Anderton.
15:42Helmer.
15:43Muller.
15:44Muller again.
15:46And it's three on three here.
15:47Muller trying to run Adams.
15:49Hesler coming in from the right.
15:51Muller against the shot.
15:52Oh, fine save by David Seaman.
15:59He hasn't had much to do in this match.
16:02Got hold of this.
16:04Did Muller.
16:05And well turned the way.
16:07Good save.
16:08The sort of height I would expect David Seaman to make the save.
16:11That would be absolutely gripping drama, isn't it?
16:14But to make the save when you know that the slightest error, there will be no chance of a reprieve.
16:21It's tough on the goalkeepers and might be tougher if it gets to the penalty competition.
16:24It's curling and it's in.
16:29No, a push.
16:31A push is not to be allowed.
16:33Huge applause.
16:36Free kick to England.
16:37Oh, goodness me.
16:38Oh, goodness me.
16:41The country's pulse rate.
16:47Must be beyond natural science.
16:49Oh, massive players.
16:56It was Kuntz who got the header.
16:58And a free kick given for a push.
17:00Well, it's clear the referee spotted something there.
17:04I wasn't too sure about that decision.
17:06But, well, what an escape.
17:08Led off by both sides.
17:09Here's Hessler.
17:11This is arguably the most exciting part of the entire championship.
17:14Muller.
17:15The players are making it that way.
17:16The player coming to the back.
17:18It clicked off the head of McManaman.
17:23It's a corner to Germany.
17:26And all credit to the teams.
17:28They are trying to go and settle this without the penalty competition.
17:33Dr. Surgery will be full in the morning.
17:45Coaches remaining seated.
17:48Remaining calm out with me.
17:54They've got the touch from Pearce or did it?
17:59Answer no.
18:01Commentator right.
18:04But it's become the sort of match now where a goal in normal play deserves to be the winner.
18:11It shouldn't go to penalties because it's been so many near misses now.
18:15And even just in this extra time period, one side deserves to do it with a golden goal.
18:20Paul Inch trying to make sure that that side is England.
18:25This is Stuart Pearce.
18:26A couple to cover.
18:31Header by Dieter Heitz.
18:32Hesler.
18:33Hesler.
18:35Lost out.
18:37Sheringham.
18:38Looks for Shearer who loses his man.
18:42Gascoigne!
18:43I don't believe it.
18:44Just couldn't get the left to it when the goal was yawning at his mercy.
18:51This is unbelievable stuff.
18:55Just have a look at Gascoigne's run.
18:57He thinks the goalkeeper's going to get a touch.
18:59And he just stops.
19:00And then he has to go again.
19:01And he's just lost that vital yard.
19:03He thought the goalkeeper was going to get a touch.
19:05Thomas Hesler.
19:23Square of him is Muller.
19:26What he's getting forward for Germany.
19:28One of them was Zemmer.
19:31Again, it's Adams after help from Stuart Pearce.
19:35Anderton.
19:37Two minutes from half-time in extra time.
19:42Break on the right side.
19:44Anderton.
19:44Gascoigne!
19:49That's two.
19:51Wasn't quite as close.
19:54This time.
19:58Heavy breathing.
20:00The shrug of the shoulders.
20:01And I don't mean from Gascoigne.
20:02I mean from the coach.
20:03Good early cross.
20:05That one was always going to be beyond it.
20:07But it's great to see Paul Gascoigne making those forward runs so late in an extra time period like this.
20:14It's been a wonderful 15 minutes.
20:15It's put the rest of the contest in the shade.
20:23It's taken the extra period to make the sides go for the victory.
20:28After the two early goals.
20:32Here's Shearer.
20:32Just watched it going away, Kepke from this man Anderson.
20:46Last 15 seconds, now 10.
21:03Last 15 seconds, now 10.
21:07And that is half-time in extra time.
21:23Hugely exciting, but no golden goal yet.
21:27So we're all set for the start of the second period of extra time.
21:31But still, it's the first goal which will decide it.
21:33And of course, the news will follow at the end of our transmission here.
21:40So this second semi-fighter is there to be the most joyful news from Wembley.
21:47Quick kick, Germanic.
22:04Ooh, he's finding it hard, isn't he?
22:06Bobby Charlton, rather be playing, I'm sure.
22:09So would Gary Neville behind him.
22:10Second sort of extra time in Bobby's day.
22:18It was all decided then.
22:192-2, 4-2.
22:24Jeff Hurst's day of triumph in particular.
22:31Teams, though, playing the other way around from that occasion.
22:34Now.
22:36This is Ziga.
22:37Müller, Ziga, wide.
22:472 went to him, but it was the German foot that played the ball last.
22:54Well, I'm not sure we can all cope with this.
22:56I mean, you just think each time it's going in the penalty,
22:59you've got to be so careful here not to bring him down.
23:02He's just dragged it wide at the post.
23:073rd corner of the extra time.
23:11All of them for the Germans.
23:14Battle at the back.
23:16Out by Ince.
23:18Shot was from Boda.
23:25Good volley on the turn.
23:26A lot of bodies to get through.
23:28Then it didn't.
23:28Five German players in the 18-yard area.
23:36Back to Zama.
23:38England push out.
23:41Pass beats the offside, but the cross doesn't beat anybody.
23:47Zama again.
23:48Gascoigne.
23:50Zama's out of the way.
23:52This is Iltz.
23:53McManaman wants the ball through.
23:55And he's inside Iltz.
23:56Iltz strapping to get there.
23:58Steve McManaman looks for support.
24:00Didn't have any.
24:01Had to go for the shot.
24:02But the angle was always getting harder and harder.
24:05I was getting the whip out there, trying to increase his pace there, but he couldn't quite get the right angle.
24:11He quite...
24:12Iltz did exceptionally well.
24:15Didn't bring him down.
24:16And was never going to beat Cook for them from that tight angle.
24:19This is Gascoigne.
24:21Anderton.
24:22Comes back inside.
24:23There's a shooting chance on the right foot.
24:25Iltz alongside him.
24:37McManaman inside.
24:39And now Iltz goes inside.
24:42But he really didn't get hold of the ball at all.
24:44And there was no support arriving.
24:47But he's not in time.
24:48Time the referee has allowed.
24:50But the stoppages...
24:55One look at the watch.
25:07In Chando Poole.
25:13Out comes Seaman.
25:15One last attempt for England.
25:16No, it's cut off in its prime.
25:19They fought might and main.
25:21Both sides, particularly in the first period of extra time,
25:24to make this new golden goal idea work.
25:28But not to be, once again, a contest between England and Germany,
25:33as six years ago in the World Cup.
25:36Has to be decided in a penalty competition.
25:39The goal scorers during the normal match were Shearer and Kunz.
25:43And now they wait for the penalty competition against David Seaman and Andreas Kupka.
25:55Gascoigne has turned around on the halfway line.
25:58He's facing the other way as Alan Shearer places the ball.
26:02Shearer against Andreas Kupka to open the penalty competition.
26:15England 1-0.
26:20And Sully found it.
26:21Went the wrong way in the end, no charge.
26:34Wonderful penalty.
26:36So focused was he waiting to take it.
26:40Big intake of breath by David Seaman.
26:43And by a man of smaller stature, has to beat him.
26:51Thomas Esler.
26:58Beautiful penalty.
27:00Two good strikes.
27:02Different style.
27:05Both successful.
27:06Kept it low.
27:11Right in the corner.
27:12No chance at all.
27:19The order of Saturday continued.
27:22Encouragement for both sides there.
27:24Some German supporters.
27:28David Platt.
27:312-1 England.
27:36They look relaxed, but I can assure you they're not.
27:44Just lifted it.
27:45Went the right way.
27:47All being good penalties.
27:59Right of the lip.
28:02Thomas Strunsk on later to substitute.
28:06Spres it at 2-all.
28:14He won't get many better penalties than that.
28:16As you say, he was on the early second.
28:18Seaman the wrong way.
28:19At the moment, there's not been a glimmer of a fleet.
28:24How can you joke at this stage?
28:26Oh, but how nice it is to see.
28:31And here is Stuart Piss.
28:34And he's in the lead.
28:42Another cracking penalty by Stuart Piss.
28:48What if he wiped away the memory of Turin on Saturday?
28:51He's totally buried it now.
28:56Many feet out of the ground.
28:59Changed sides, didn't he?
29:01He's getting used to it now as well.
29:03A very controlled celebration.
29:05Next to go for Germany.
29:17Steffen Reuter won't be able to play in the final.
29:21But he's with his side there.
29:23It's 3-3, but David Seaman was close to this.
29:37That was the nearest so far, definitely.
29:50I don't know if he clipped his hand on the way in.
29:52You can see the frustration.
29:55Paul Gascon.
29:56England's fourth.
30:02Oh, what arrogance, what impudence.
30:05What a natural goal.
30:09Still he can't watch.
30:11He couldn't get it any further in the corner.
30:20It hit the side netting.
30:22I think he's having to watch it closely just to make sure.
30:25No, he wasn't even worried, was he?
30:26Christian Ziga replaces Gascoigne.
30:38And again, a despairing hand of David Seaman.
30:43And again, it's all square.
30:48Well, again, it's a good penalty.
30:49He's gone the right way, but nowhere near it.
30:51And, well, it's virtually sudden death straight away.
30:53Oh, the agony upon agony.
30:59Teddy Sheringham with England's last of the five.
31:13Yes.
31:16England lead 5-4.
31:19Word of encouragement to David Seaman.
31:29And it's going to be Stefan Kunz who steps forward.
31:36Pass the score.
31:45And as...
31:47Couldn't get a sudden death goal in extra time.
31:52But we're moving on now to sudden death.
31:57Good penalty.
31:59The quality of penalties defies belief after such a contest.
32:04That they could compose themselves to place the ball so well.
32:07Claire's being offered this time.
32:18Gareth Southgate.
32:23Oh, no!
32:25You're going to have nothing but sympathy.
32:36Didn't really get hold of it.
32:38The goalkeeper gets right.
32:44Poor fellow.
32:46Poor coach.
32:47The other player's going to try and console Gary Southgate.
32:53But there is no consolation unless he can be saved by David Seaman.
32:57Gascoigne can't believe it.
32:59It's all down to David Seaman.
33:02Who faces Andreas Muller.
33:05Who scores.
33:07The Germans go through again.
33:10England again suffer the torment of losing in a penalty competition in a semi-final to the Germans.
33:20But just listen to the crowd chanting England, England.
33:28It's so, so tough on the man who doesn't score.
33:37Germans in total congratulations.
33:40Sepp Meyer there knows all about these things.
33:42That's a nice touch.
33:43Jürgen Klinsmann with his former Spurs colleague Teddy Sheringham whom he rates so high.
33:48But the celebrations are all for Germany.
33:52It's the end of the run for Terry Venables.
33:55And like his predecessor, one of his predecessors, Bobby Robson,
34:00he's lost in the most unfortunate way and has to find consolation with Gareth Southgate.
34:08Stuart Pearce.
34:10This time it's not him.
34:12But the England team, as they've said all the way through, have been in this together.
34:16And they will surely not allow one man to take the fall of the failure on his own.
34:26This time it's been a good one.
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