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00:02And England, now reach out and touch it!
00:10England are no penalties.
00:13Never, never before.
00:30Gareth Southgate looks to the skies and offers up a word.
00:37And England win on penalties!
00:52Suddenly, suddenly all things seem possible!
01:03No.
01:13He is true!
01:20He looks like he is oo puedety.
01:22I can't believe it, it can't believe it.
01:24It's unbelievable.
01:25He is a penalty whisperer.
01:55The three Lions are dreaming indeed.
02:07We're going to beat Croatia quite easily and then go on to win the World Cup.
02:17It is the first World Cup semi-final for England since 1990.
02:2390 minutes for these young England players to write their name in history.
02:27It's coming home.
02:28It's coming home.
02:32Gallus Southgate and the boys have done a fantastic job.
02:36It's coming home.
02:37It's coming home.
02:40Have you not heard?
02:41It's coming home.
02:41We're going home.
02:44We're going home.
02:45We're going home.
02:47We're going home.
02:52We're going home.
02:56We're going home.
02:57We're going home.
02:57The ghost of 66 lives on for England.
03:18No one expected Southgate to reignite the fans' passion for the national team like this.
03:23Well, I mean, just two years after the horror of losing to Iceland, they've done so much to restore England's
03:28reputation and reconnect the purpose to their football team.
03:30But now the dust is set, right?
03:33So there's also a question that's going to haunt us.
03:35Will we ever get a better chance to reach the World Cup final than we've just had?
03:50Southgate had history in his hands and the first World Cup final since 1966 in his sight.
03:56The country's expectation, right?
03:58To reach fever pitch after England took a leap.
04:00But that Luka Modric, I mean, he took control of the game.
04:03But Southgate's man faded.
04:04As the game wore on, they just were physically and mentally trying.
04:07Pickers kicked the ball long 40 times in total instead of working it up the field.
04:12Endo couldn't find a white shirt to save his life.
04:16Harry Kane, he lost the ball a total of 21 times.
04:20As history has often proven, England are, psychologically, for some reason, very vulnerable to going up and then bedding down
04:30for the age-old long period of agony.
04:32The whole team, exhausted, reverted to playing it safe under pressure, less free, less fearless.
04:37Okay, alright.
04:38A lot to unpack and learn from. Thanks. Anyone else?
04:41Without apportioning blame, and this is with respect, Pippa, I really don't mean that, but the amount of time we
04:47spent on the warm and fuzzy stuff, which I'm not against.
04:50But why then, in the end, was it the mindset that gave in?
04:53It doesn't mean the work was wasted, Mike.
04:55It means we got further than any other team in decades.
04:58But learning how to sustain your psychological resilience over a whole tournament, that takes time.
05:03Yeah, and who knows?
05:03It takes more work on this, not less.
05:06Yes.
05:06Drilling the lads in midfield on how to cope with Modric and co, then maybe...
05:10Okay, alright, okay.
05:12And what would it be in your picture in a press now, Pippa?
05:16A penalty whisperer or whatever, you...
05:18Hey, that's not me, okay?
05:21I did not put that out there.
05:23No, we not.
05:23I have not, and I would not put myself in the spotlight.
05:26Ever.
05:29Okay.
05:31If I'm wrong, I'm sorry.
05:34Hey, look.
05:36The good news.
05:37We all came in here, unexpected, last minute, stitched something together at high speed, and look what we did.
05:42Now we have the time to begin building our New England proper tactics, style of play, culture.
05:54Remember, this is a longer story, and we're actually ahead.
05:57Ahead of the clock, it's the World Cup in four years.
06:00That's the goal.
06:01We'd hoped that one would be reaching the quarterfinals, act two, semis, act three, victory, but we did one better.
06:07And more than that, the feeling in the country.
06:11We should be proud and confident now, going forward.
06:14Something is working, and we're ahead.
06:27Look, sorry, we've got Testy back there.
06:30We all just...
06:32We care.
06:33I care, Mike.
06:35Us lot.
06:36The back room.
06:37We don't go out on the pitch to the fans.
06:40It's for the gaffer and the players.
06:42Gareth asked us to share in it all, as a team.
06:45Otherwise, I'd never...
06:46Gareth's a nice guy.
06:47Too nice.
06:49What was best for him is to be the figurehead.
06:53To take the glory and him alone.
06:55Because he sure as hell would take the blame when it all goes to shit.
07:03I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold.
07:07To serve the country I know.
07:12Good afternoon.
07:13The time has come to give strong leadership and to change this country for the better.
07:19The British people have had enough of waiting.
07:22Even in the darkest moments, we can see the bright future ahead.
07:41From this evening, I must give the British people a very simple instruction.
07:46You must stay at home.
07:48In the UK, 798 people have now been infected, up by 208.
07:53Governments are determined to clamp down early.
07:5653 reported deaths across the UK.
07:58Leading to the suspension of the Premier.
08:00800 to 820.
08:01Well above the capacity of NHS and plastic tech.
08:04And the government has each in seconds.
08:05More than expected.
08:06Five and a half.
08:06To over one of thousands of restrictions yet.
08:09World sport has come to a standstill.
08:12I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this
08:17challenge.
08:19And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.
08:24But the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet, good-humoured resolve, and of fellow feeling still characterise this country.
08:35The pride in who we are is not a part of our past.
08:39It defines our present and our future.
08:43We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return.
08:51We will be with our friends again.
08:53We will be with our families again.
08:56We will meet again.
08:58Till we have built Jerusalem
09:04In England's green and pleasant land
09:24It feels almost, I don't know, like a church.
09:28That sort of hush.
09:30Still, Pele always said Wembley was the cathedral of football.
09:35Arguably, it's, you know, your stuff about stories.
09:38Almost perfect in a way.
09:40The world of football returning here in pilgrimage.
09:44It really is coming home.
09:47It's confirmed.
09:48We would host it here instead.
09:50Postponed for a year, but yes.
09:52The plan to share the Euros, different countries, nice idea, lovely in fact, but with Covid never going to happen.
10:00UEFA's asked us to pretty much host the lot.
10:06Hosting.
10:08Adds expectation, doesn't it?
10:12It demands something.
10:17And so I just wanted to say that.
10:20You just wanted to say...
10:23That the universe has conspired to give us the best opportunity to end this, Gareth.
10:29Home advantage.
10:32End this quest to bring it back.
10:35To restore something in us, in England.
10:38And if that means a change of emphasis,
10:41Yes, culture, happiness, is everyone okay?
10:43But now ruthlessly towards winning.
10:49It's always been about winning, Greg.
10:53Use everyone okay stuff that's always only ever been about getting the best out.
10:57But we set a timetable and the Euros are only act two.
11:02Too much too soon, mate.
11:05Undo some of that.
11:05I know, I know, but events and all that.
11:09Events.
11:10Dareth.
11:22What a Test.
11:48Just a chair!
11:49Milo.
11:50Un participants.
12:47Oh
12:51It might be sexy.
12:59Tournament at home. So, what about training?
13:02A camp of sorts? That's possible.
13:05Yeah, complicated. Might have to bubble, sort of, as a squad. Not simple, but...
13:09And fans in the stands, or...?
13:11Limited, test schemes, big crowds.
13:13Oh, that'll be weird.
13:14Yeah, might have to pump in sound or something to give it atmos.
13:19Squad.
13:24Look, Gareth, you're a loyal bloke.
13:28But this is a tournament at Wembley.
13:31We're gonna have to make some tough decisions.
13:34The under-21s, the talent that's there, ready, waiting.
13:38We need to make room for it.
13:41Remember something you said, when all this started, before Russia,
13:45you wanted England to feel young again.
13:50That was you.
13:52I think that might have been Tony Blair.
13:55But yeah, I think I stole and repurposed that, yeah.
13:58Well...
13:59A new story.
14:01New England.
14:03This is our time.
14:06Nice is nice.
14:09But winning is winning.
14:24Oh, Eric.
14:25It's Gareth.
14:29Yeah.
14:30It's just...
14:31It's just this tournament, you know.
14:35Feels like the tournament better.
14:36I'm sorry, Eric.
14:38What you did for your country.
14:40That fifth penalty.
14:44But if the most use I can be for the team,
14:48is to not be in it, then...
14:51Thanks, Eric.
14:53I'll see you soon.
14:54I love you.
15:10You though.
15:23Good news!
15:33No, I'm good.
15:35Yeah, you know, I get it.
15:37I've not been informed and, you know,
15:40I don't need my hand holding or my arse wiping.
15:43I'm not a child, so...
15:45It's not about being a child.
15:48It's about normal feelings of disappointment.
15:51So if you want to talk...
15:52What's talking going to change?
15:55It won't change it.
15:58So...
15:58Okay.
16:00Well, I think you might have my number.
16:01Do you have my number?
16:03Uh, yeah.
16:05Yeah, I think so.
16:10Thanks.
16:30You're going to do some therapy on me?
16:31No, but I'm here if you want to share what you're thinking.
16:35If you want to chat.
16:37What I'm thinking, um, right?
16:39I think I'm thinking about, you know, the vibes now are all about trust and be vulnerable and you are
16:46safe here.
16:46You're fucking great.
16:48I'm glad I trusted.
16:50Glad I trusted.
16:50That worked out well.
16:52It's about trusting others with what you're going through, Delhi.
16:55The good and the bad.
16:56And there's always going to be bad in sport at this level.
16:58Dude, you think I don't fucking know that, Pippa?
17:14I don't know who that is.
17:18That name.
17:20I don't speak to those people no more.
17:21They're not my family.
17:23I went to live somewhere else.
17:26Fucking passed around.
17:28I fuck them.
17:35Not fuck them.
17:37I just don't know.
17:40I feel that.
17:45They're following me around on my back.
17:50I had a lot of very different from you.
17:53But my family growing up wasn't stable.
17:58And I learned how to close those feelings down.
18:02Keep small.
18:04I feel so lucky that I realized later how wrong that was.
18:08That everything we're worried and frightened about just becomes bigger.
18:13In the dark.
18:16All I'm saying is always share this stuff, Delhi.
18:19Make it less big.
18:25What's the matter anyways?
18:30When you're being dropped.
18:34Always being dropped.
18:47England hosting the Euros.
18:48It's the first home tournament since Euro 96.
18:51What a summer that was.
18:52The Sun, Sian and the country game together.
18:55Yeah, yeah.
18:55I mean, after all that we've been through the last year and a bit, I just want to feel
18:58connected again and want to feel part of something.
19:01Yeah.
19:01I want it to feel like the summer of 96, except this time we go on and went heaven.
19:04But for a long while, we've not been feeling too good about ourselves in this country.
19:08But I think even me, TV, football can do just now.
19:23Hi.
19:24Hi.
19:25Hi.
19:51Hi.
19:52Oh, my gosh, gosh.
19:54Sorry, I'm eating a chump.
19:57I have been following the nutrition plan, I promise.
19:59Yeah.
20:00Yeah, it's okay.
20:00Just this once.
20:02One of these in my Bible.
20:03Maybe like my...
20:05Maybe like my desert island things, you know?
20:07That's great, the kind.
20:09I love that.
20:09What's your favourite, you know, bit?
20:12Uh...
20:12I don't know.
20:12I'd say the caramel, you know?
20:14It makes it sweet.
20:15It has a little something to it.
20:16I'm in the Bible.
20:18Oh.
20:19Uh...
20:19I don't know.
20:21It's all good.
20:22It reminds me that God is there, guiding me.
20:25That he has a plan.
20:27It's not the only one, Bacayo.
20:30I suppose.
20:31I suppose.
20:47What is that?
20:54Is that a true question?
20:56No.
20:58The world is about to be focused on us.
21:03On here.
21:05And these are going to be everywhere.
21:08In every car, millions of homes.
21:10And these things can be emotive and complicated.
21:14We know that.
21:16So let's own it and uncomplicate it.
21:20I set us the task before Russia of asking the question,
21:24what is your England?
21:26And you started to answer that on the pitch.
21:29Your character as a team.
21:32Great.
21:32Amazing.
21:33I just don't want us to be knocked sideways at, well,
21:36two things with this surprise new pressure of hosting.
21:39One, the expectation that comes with that to do well, better.
21:42And two, the amount of, I suppose, national introspection that comes when you host.
21:49So I'm asking what home means to you.
21:54Phil.
21:54Hello, Phil.
21:55Where's home for you?
21:56South Park.
21:57Jack?
21:59Home when?
22:00Home now.
22:00Your origins?
22:02Oh.
22:02Solly Hall.
22:03And Jaden?
22:04South London.
22:05Pennington.
22:06And you're proud of those places, right?
22:08I am.
22:09Yeah.
22:10Of course.
22:11You know, poems or paintings or the cliché of the idea of England is always hills and countryside
22:20and little village greens, but that's not where you come from, is it?
22:23Where most of the fans come from?
22:25We should be proud of that.
22:27Speak up.
22:29Declare the places you're from.
22:31I'm Gareth from Crawley.
22:38Yeah, but I'm Gareth from Crawley, which I know makes me sound like a travel agent.
22:43But for better or worse, I'm England manager.
22:46And I fell in love with this game, kicking the ball against my back wall in a small semi in
22:50Crawley.
22:51Small semi.
22:52So that's who I am.
22:54Who's next?
22:55Mosbrew.
22:56South Yorkshire.
22:59Wolfenstein.
23:00Washington.
23:01Tynanweir.
23:01England.
23:02Sunderland.
23:03Wittenshaw.
23:04Exactly, Wittenshaw.
23:05Those places we're told sound like shit places.
23:08Yeah?
23:08But they're our shit places.
23:10Yeah?
23:10They're the fans' places.
23:12Yeah.
23:12England.
23:13Yeah.
23:14Yeah.
23:15Being confident in our identity, knowing our story, is how...
23:27we're gonna win this tournament.
23:32What?
23:34You think we can win this one?
23:37I think we can.
23:38Yeah.
23:39I think we will!
23:40Yeah!
23:40Yeah!
23:42Yeah!
23:44Yeah!
23:46Yeah!
23:48Come on!
23:58England are second favourites to win this tournament, behind World Champions France.
24:02There's a real opportunity here because of the array of attacking talent.
24:06Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in world football,
24:09and our biggest asset of them all is our manager.
24:11Southgate is reshaking football off the field as well as on it,
24:14encouraging the players to step beyond their role as footballers,
24:17to see that as something that helps their game.
24:20There I am. You know what this place means to me.
24:23The place I grew up, literally in the shadow of the Wembley Arch.
24:26And now I'm about to step onto that pitch and play for my country.
24:29So my message is, believe.
24:32And come on, England.
24:34There's such a good feeling around these lads that if home advantage kicks in,
24:38there's no reason why we can't go all the way.
24:47Keep going.
24:50Keep going.
24:51Keep going.
24:52Come on up.
24:54Keep going.
25:10Do you have a minute?
25:12Pippa, yeah.
25:13Of course.
25:17Pippa?
25:18I'm sorry, Gareth.
25:21Okay.
25:21Don't think I hold any feelings towards you or any of this, because I don't.
25:25Pippa, the Euros and the new pressure they're under.
25:28I know, but I don't think I'm helping your story by becoming a part of it.
25:31And I really don't want to be the story, Gareth.
25:34And with you going in a slightly new direction...
25:37No, it isn't new.
25:37Okay, different.
25:39A different backroom structure and emphasis.
25:42But honestly, that's fine, because...
25:44Gareth.
25:46Hey.
25:48I say this with love and an awareness that you're sort of trapped here, aren't you?
25:54Trapped.
25:55You think I'm trapped.
25:56But this, me here, was never meant to be my whole life.
25:59This was never meant to be the thing that defined me.
26:03This is the clock thing.
26:04Bringing it forward.
26:06Stepping up there.
26:07Because I accept.
26:08We really are pressing forward with performance now.
26:10The end result.
26:11I accept that.
26:11Gareth, our work has always been about getting their best performance.
26:14Yes, and we've made huge strides.
26:16But now, now they need to learn to win.
26:18Gareth, that's...
26:19You have everything you need to be able to win.
26:21Well, okay.
26:22But now that we're hosting, we have to.
26:24Have to prove, inescapably, that this way works.
26:28Really?
26:30Not even a bit of this is about wanting to redefine your part in the story.
26:36Gareth, you're still there, aren't you?
26:39There?
26:39Where?
26:4096.
26:41You're still on that spot.
26:43Please don't fucking patronise me, Pippa, okay?
26:47Sorry, but, like, I haven't been on that long walk away from there.
26:50Like, I haven't done that work.
26:52I know what I did.
26:53What happened to you?
26:54Not what you did.
27:03I didn't decide.
27:04I can't help it.
27:05That that walk away from here has brought me right back here.
27:10A tournament here.
27:12With those ghosts.
27:15All I can do, try and do, is this.
27:23Seize this moment now.
27:31And what I need to do is step away.
27:39It's okay.
27:42It's okay.
27:46Tripp, wait a minute.
28:07How are you doing, Marcus?
28:10All right.
28:11You're writing in your journal, that's good.
28:13No, I tried, but you don't believe in, like, superstitions and stuff, do you?
28:20Well, it doesn't matter what I believe, does it?
28:22What do you believe?
28:27You know, H doesn't shave if he's on a scarring streak.
28:30I think Eric's been wearing the same socks for about nine years.
28:34They all know I tacked my boots together four times before a game, but I also, secretly, I know it
28:42sounds daft, but I also look up to my nan and say a couple words.
28:52But I can't remember if I did that in Russia, when we went out for that final game, but I
28:58didn't play well, and we lost, and I know it's ages ago, but I still think about it.
29:04Well, okay.
29:08It doesn't matter when you do it, does it?
29:11Do it now.
29:12We'll do it together.
29:12Nah, come on, no, it's daft.
29:14What's her name, your gran?
29:19Cillian.
29:26Cillian, I'm...
29:34I wanted to say, your grandson, he was one of five young men back against Colombia, who did something for
29:45his country no others have ever done.
29:49And that's locked forever.
29:52No one can ever take that away.
29:55So, yeah.
29:59Yeah.
30:01And then your feet.
30:07One, two, three, four.
30:28It is a very different type of challenge, tight surrounds, stark close-up partisanship.
30:37This is the nuts and bolts of tournament qualifying for this emerging young England team.
30:44Raheem Sterling, and Barkley sees it home.
30:49They're Kane again.
30:51England have five.
31:04Winned, the monster.
31:06Married the country to deliver.
31:08Let's go!
31:08Keep it on top, shut down, comparta.
31:11In view of the tournament maguism are simple, strong.
31:17Oh that is debt.
31:18Here's the deal of three different types of minu소�.
31:18Under the next kind of minu earning could besenable.
31:22But you're fine.
31:22So, yeah.
31:23And we're Mesmer's punto cut over it, and umm.
31:29I'm sorry, I didn't hear it. I wasn't listening for it. I'm sorry. Raheem, Marcus, are you?
31:35It's fine. It's fine. Look, it's not like it's the first time we heard that stuff, right?
31:39Like monkey chancing shit. It's like, oh, wow, like, so fucking original.
31:44What do you want to do? Should we, all of us, collectively say something maybe?
31:48What? What, just like that? You think it's that easy?
31:51No, no, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound easy.
31:54And I have been saying. And say what, anyway?
31:58What, like, that racist abuse is bad? Like, it's upsetting? Like, that needs saying?
32:03Then we should say something. All right? Can't always just be you guys.
32:09They'll just tell us to show up, stick to football. They always do.
32:12You know, you talk about, with the flags, what is our England? This is a part of it.
32:18People that think that some of us shouldn't be wearing the shirt.
32:21Right, right. Because today we'll just be like, oh, well, we're playing abroad.
32:24Abroad that happens. But I'm like, no, no. It happens at home too.
32:28Our home, Gareth. Our England. He's right. This is a part of this.
32:34So you're going to include that? Talk about that?
32:38Yeah.
32:40We talk about that.
32:50So England's European Championship campaign is precisely a week away.
32:56Here is the last dress rehearsal for Gareth Southgate's squad.
33:00And England take a knee in the ongoing campaign to eradicate racism from football.
33:08Would you take the knee, my minister?
33:10I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what I do. I'll tell you honestly what I do.
33:12Is there a yes or no?
33:13My answer is...
33:14Boris Dobson refuses to condemn fans booing England.
33:16That's absolutely clear.
33:17Nobody defends booing of England.
33:20Gareth Southgate insists his squad will show solidarity with those fighting for change.
33:26I was taking the knee thing.
33:27Maybe it's got a broader history, but it seems to be taken from the game's right.
33:31English fans booing our boys was a disgrace.
33:36It's so un-English to boo.
33:38I just don't support gesture politics to a certain extent.
33:41I don't support it because I see it as a divisive, simple.
33:44I see it's associated with right lives matter.
33:46There are probably other managers that may have been more likely than the woke Mr Southgate.
33:53We're wasting time arguing as to whether we should take a knee or not,
33:56rather than a child who's talking about it.
33:58When he said we are about more than football, no Mr Southgate.
34:01The idea that it's right for the football team to get involved with political gestures is a mistake.
34:09I thought there'd be more a sense of togetherness maybe,
34:12going into this after what we all went through.
34:16I don't know, it feels so un-edged, doesn't it?
34:20Maybe someone needs to say that.
34:25Like you said, sort of name it, the mood, where we are.
34:31I'm not sure people want to hear any more from us, from me.
34:34What do I know anyway?
34:36I hate social media.
34:38I'd rather eat my own face.
34:42Well, I don't know.
34:46A letter, then.
34:48Like wartime.
34:50A letter to home.
35:00Looking sharp, fellas.
35:02Nice one.
35:03That was a good idea.
35:03Here you go.
35:09Look, I backed your whole life thesis.
35:11I always do.
35:12Players owning their story.
35:15But, Christ, is this what you meant?
35:18Political protests and...
35:21I thought we wanted to unite the country.
35:23This, it's so...
35:24It's so divisive.
35:25It's what the players are dealing with, Greg.
35:28We can't bury our heads.
35:29We have to carry the, you know, the mood of the nation.
35:34Wow.
35:35One man, Gareth.
35:36The mood of a nation.
35:40It's good, the players.
35:41They feel like they can express.
35:45But how do we keep this as a celebration, too?
35:48That's all.
35:49I mean, don't we all need that, too, right now?
35:51It will be a celebration, Greg.
35:52I promise.
35:54I'm not as one.
36:06Hey, see you too long.
36:13Hey, good.
36:15Yeah.
36:16Keep in mind, you can't see the camera, we can't see you.
36:20Yeah, it's a lot of people in my life.
36:34I think this is the most divided England has ever felt.
36:38Be proud to be British.
36:39Yes, don't we, North.
36:39All about immigration.
36:40Riminals.
36:41Traitor.
36:41Terrorism.
36:42No, no, it's not like politically correct.
36:43No, we can't help each other anymore.
36:45Level up.
36:45No, Max, these farmers have brought rights.
36:47We're not the country that we have now today.
36:48We'll get a job.
36:49There are no jobs.
36:50Well, there's a certain amount of self-esteem.
36:52That goes up to six months later to the working class.
36:54Oh, gosh.
36:55Morning, all right.
36:56How was it?
36:56Don't you like it?
36:57We're all there.
36:58It really is.
36:59It's all like something like Martin.
37:03Oh, no, it's not.
37:09Dear England, I can't possibly hope to speak for an entire country, but I would like to
37:19share a few things with you as we begin this journey.
37:23It's been an incredibly difficult time.
37:26It's given us all a new understanding of the fragility of life.
37:31And in the grand scheme of things, perhaps football doesn't seem so important.
37:37And what I want to speak about is much bigger than football.
37:43I tell my players that what they are a part of, what we are all a part of, is an
37:51experience
37:51that lasts in the collective consciousness of our country.
37:57Every game has the potential to create a lifelong memory for an England fan somewhere.
38:09Why do we care so much?
38:12What I know is, what is often forgotten is, how much it means to the players.
38:19Players are fans too.
38:22The idea that they don't care has become a false narrative.
38:25And we must give them confidence to stand up for their teammates.
38:31I have never believed that we should just stick to football.
38:36Of course, I know my players and I will be judged on winning matches, believe me.
38:41But the reality is that the result is just a small part.
38:47It's about how we conduct ourselves.
38:51And how we bring people together.
38:54That lasts beyond the summer.
38:59That lasts forever.
39:16The journey starts here.
39:19The first chapter in what England hope will be an epic tale.
39:23Starts with a rematch of the World Cup semifinal.
39:31And Raheem Sterling is the man.
39:33It's a good start for Southgate.
39:35Can he keep this up throughout the tournament?
39:42Happy to tease the Czech defence.
39:44Does that?
39:44And he's heading in.
39:48But England have won and they've topped the group.
39:50They will play in the round of 16 against whom we'll have to wait to see.
39:55Now after all the talk about the ghosts of history, it is down to these players to take their own
40:02places in the saga of this great international fiction.
40:07There's your spark.
40:10Wembley nice.
40:10Boy from Wembley.
40:12Yeah.
40:12Boy from Wembley.
40:13Grill is in.
40:16Incomplication.
40:17Now Southgate can add beating Germany into his incredible list of achievements.
40:21What is lovely is we've given people another day to remember.
40:31There's McQuire.
40:36I got a great connection on it.
40:38It was always going to end up at the back of the night without connection.
40:41A lot of people have fallen out of love for football.
40:43These guys and the manager have made people think again in how special football is and can be.
40:47Okay.
40:49Penalties.
40:50Penalties.
40:51What you think that's it.
40:53We've cracked them and we won't have to face them again.
40:55Come on.
41:00Let's go Russia.
41:16Well done.
41:22The stage is set.
41:25Harry Kane steps up.
41:40Yes! Yes! Yes!
41:45The long, long wait is over.
41:49A Wembley roar to hail England's history makers into the final for the first time in 55 years.
41:59Unbelievable. Final at home. What a feeling.
42:02Obviously, it's going to be a tough game against Italy, but yeah, it can't wait.
42:44I just had to tell Saka the other day, it's not always like this. Don't get used to it.
42:49And now to finish their job?
42:50Yeah, that's it. Finals are there to be won.
42:58It was a long time coming. But the best part is, it's arrived.
43:06It's excitement and emotion around Wembley that hasn't been felt since, you know when.
43:13Are England's young lions ready for the game of their lives?
43:18Yes!
43:20It's hard not to feel the stars aligning.
43:25That England should find themselves back here, at home, with all its ghosts of the past, and hopes for the
43:33future.
44:06And now the game that so many have waited a lifetime to see, is underway.
44:11way. Walker is charging past Trippier, it's Trippier who will cross, and it's Luchaw!
44:22It's the start of dreams! The excitement around Wembley now has reached levels never hit
44:31before. England, the second half started with that one goal lead. He needs to swing it in,
44:51flicks across, this is a problem! Into the L level, and it is Bonucci!
45:00Italy's second half response has been admirable, and Genie has altered his personnel, he has
45:06altered the dynamic, and it is England now who have to find answers.
45:13Time for the Kaius after! Come on boys! One, two, three, four! Extra time!
45:30Hurry! General! Walker's going direct. Southgate!
45:37Just looks a little bit concerned now about Southgate. Looking to see if there are any signs of an England
45:44change.
45:47Go. We're sticking with the data, the strongest penalty takers. If you want them on, we have to do it
45:52now.
45:53I can't believe it's come down to this. Here? Yeah.
46:04That's Jadon Brown. It is going to be Sancho and Rashford on for England for the last few minutes.
46:26Time to steal yourselves at home. England once again are involved in a penalty shootout.
46:33It had to come to this, didn't it? After a month of hard work, hard yards, it is down to
46:42kicks from 12 yards, 11 meters.
46:46Aaron Southgate has talked about penalties a lot. He's had to.
46:52Let's go! Let's go! What's the trip?
47:03Well, here we go folks. Cross your fingers, hide behind the sofa, do whatever you do. And hunt.
47:09Christ, this can't be over. This is really awesome.
47:15First up for Italy is Domenico Verratti
47:21One out of one for Italy
47:23One hurricane
48:00Sets the standard for Arbis Tepolo
48:09Andrea Polotti
48:23Big moment for Harry Maguire
48:26Another leader in the England camp
48:44Scores
48:50Advantage England
48:52Benucci next
49:04Marcus Rashford up next for England
49:08Only came into the game for the last two minutes of action
49:14He's had to sit and watch
49:16Keep his legs fresh and ready for this
49:39He tried to place it
49:41He got the angle wrong
49:552-2 after three
49:58Now the pressure goes back on England's players
50:12The Italians take the upper hand
50:15England behind
50:19Up next
50:19Who was brought on at the very end
50:21As a kind of special teams player
50:23It's going to be Jadon Sancho
50:35He's really got to score this one
50:44Saved by Donnarumma
50:50Italy a warm kick away from European glory
51:00And it is Jorginho
51:02Who has missed the 100%
51:05From the penalty spot
51:07Sword of Pickford tells himself
51:09No problem
51:09He's up to this
51:10But he has to be
51:12He has to be
51:30He's up to this
51:34Left kickford is down to stop him
51:35England are still alive
51:38It is the same
51:40It is the same
51:52He can do no more than the rest of us
51:55Than turn and watch
51:5919 years old
52:01Hukai Usoca
52:04Step up and take huge responsibility
52:06On his young shoulders
52:07Saka has to score
52:50Saka has to score
52:52Saka has to score
52:53Saka has to score
52:56Saka has to score
52:56Saka has to score
52:57Saka has to score
52:57Saka has to score
52:57Saka has to score
52:59Saka has to score
53:09I don't know.
53:45I don't know.
54:13I don't know.