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Dear England S01E02
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00:02And England, now reach out and touch it!
00:11England, you have no purchase.
00:13Never, never before.
00:30Gareth Southgate hoops to the skies and offers up a word.
00:37And England win on penalties!
00:53Suddenly, suddenly all things seem possible!
01:03Music
01:14Music
01:14Music
01:20You're gonna sleep on a penalty shoot town, Bill!
01:23I believe it! It's unbelievable!
01:24It's unbelievable!
01:26It's a penalty whisperer!
01:38Harry Maguire got up biggest
01:47it's Lingard's club
01:49it's Deliani's finish
01:51for Justin Thun
01:53oh my
01:56the 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
02:2290 minutes for these young England players to write their name in history
02:27it's coming home
02:28it's coming home
02:32Gareth Southgate and the boys have done a fantastic job
02:36it's coming home
02:37it's coming home
02:38coming home
02:39coming home
02:39coming home
02:39coming home
02:40coming home
02:41blood
02:42in England
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 Eichmann, they've done so much
03:27to restore England's reputation and reconnect the purpose to their football team.
03:31But now the dust has settled, right, so there's also a question that's going to happen.
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, to reach fever pitch after England took the league.
04:00But that Luka Modric, I mean, he took control of the game and Southgate's men faded.
04:04As the game wore on, they just were physically and mentally trying.
04:08Pickers kicked the ball long 40 times in total instead of working it up the field.
04:12And no, 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,
04:26very vulnerable to going up and then bedding down for the age-old long period of agony.
04:32The whole team, exhausted, reverted to playing it safe under pressure, less free, less fearless.
04:37OK, all right. A 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,
04:46but the amount of time we spent 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. It 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?
05:04It takes more work on this, not less.
05:06If we spent more time drilling the lads in midfield on how to cope with Modric and co, then maybe...
05:10OK, all right, OK.
05:12What would they be in your picture in a press now, Pippa?
05:16The penalty whisperer or whatever you...
05:18Hey, that's not me, OK? I did not put that out there.
05:23I have not and I would not put myself in the spotlight. Ever.
05:29OK.
05:31If I'm wrong, I'm sorry.
05:35Hey, look. The good news.
05:37We all came in here, unexpected, last minute, stitched something together at high speed,
05:41and 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.
05:56And we're actually ahead.
05:57Ahead of the clock.
05:58It's the World Cup in four years.
06:00That's the goal.
06:01We'd hoped that one would be reaching the quarter-finals, act two, semis, act three, victory.
06:06But 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.
06:16And we're ahead.
06:27Look, that's what I got testy back there.
06:30We all just...
06:32We care.
06:33I care, Mike.
06:35Us long.
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 never...
06:46Gareth's a nice guy.
06:47Too nice.
06:49But what's best for him is to be the figurehead.
06:53To take the glory and him alone.
06:55Because he sure as hell will 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.
07:14The 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 280.
07:53Government are determined to clamp down early.
07:56comfortably 3 recorded deaths across the UK.
07:58Record breaking 9...
07:59Leading to the suspension of the Premier.
08:01600,920.
08:02Well above the capacity of NHS and passage 10.
08:04More deaths.
08:06Over one thousand, the restrictions yet have...
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
08:18challenge.
08:19And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.
08:25But 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.
08:40It defines our present and our future.
08:44We 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
09:03In England's green and pleasant land
09:23Feels almost, I don't know, like a church.
09:28That sort of hush.
09:30Still, Pele always said Wembley was the cathedral of football.
09:36Arguably, 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.
09:49We would host it here instead.
09:51Postponed for a year, but yes.
09:53The plan to share the Euros, different countries, is a nice idea.
09:56Lovely, in fact, but with Covid, never going to happen.
10:00UEFA's asked us to pretty much host the lot.
10:07Hosting.
10:09Adds expectation, doesn't it?
10:13It demands something.
10:17And so I just wanted to say that.
10:21You 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, yes, culture, happiness, is everyone okay, but 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 of them.
10:57But we set a timetable and the Euros are only active.
11:02Too much too soon might undo some of that.
11:05I know, I know, but events and all that, events, Gareth.
11:49Have a great day.
11:55That's amazing.
12:59Tournament at home.
13:00So, what about training?
13:03A camp of sorts?
13:04That's possible.
13:05Yeah, complicated.
13:06Might have to bubble, sort of, as a squad.
13:08Not simple, but...
13:09And fans in the stands?
13:11Limited test schemes, big crowds.
13:13That'll be weird.
13:14Yeah, might have to pump in sound or something to give it atmos.
13:16Of course.
13:19Squad.
13:25Look, Gareth, you're a loyal bloke.
13:28But this is a tournament at Wembley.
13:31We're going to have to make some tough decisions.
13:34The under-21s, the talent that's there, ready, waiting.
13:39We need to make room for it.
13:41Remember something you said?
13:43When 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, a new story.
14:02New England.
14:03This is our time.
14:06Nice is nice.
14:09But winning is winning.
14:24Well, Yerick, it's Gareth.
14:29Yeah, it's just...
14:32It's just this tournament, you know.
14:35It feels like the tournament that I...
14:37I'm sorry, Yerick.
14:38What you did for your country.
14:40That fifth penalty.
14:44But if the most you suck can be for the team
14:48is to not be in it, then...
14:51Thanks, Yerick.
14:53I'll see you soon.
15:32I'll see you soon.
15:36Yeah, you know, I get it. I've not been informed. And, you know, I don't need my hand holding
15:42or my arse wiping. I'm not a child, so.
15:46It's not about being a child. It's about normal feelings of disappointment. So if you want
15:52to talk...
15:53God's talking going to change. We won't change it. So.
15:59Okay. Well, I think you might have my number. Do you have my number?
16:03Uh, yeah. Yeah, I think so. Thanks.
16:30You gonna do some therapy on me?
16:32No. But I'm here if you want to share what you're thinking. If you want to chat.
16:37What I'm thinking? Um, right. I think I'm thinking about, you know, the vibes now are all about
16:43trust and be vulnerable and you are safe here. Fucking great. Glad I trusted. That worked
16:51out well.
16:52It's about trusting others with what you're going through, Delhi. The good and the bad.
16:56And there's always going to be bad in sport at this level.
16:59Did you think I don't fucking know that, Pippa?
17:12Sorry. I, um, I don't know who that is. That name. I don't speak to those people no more.
17:21They're not my family. I went to live somewhere else. Fucking passed around. Like, fuck em.
17:37I just stumble. I feel that. You're following me around on my back.
17:50I had a lot of very different from you. But my family growing up wasn't stable. And I learned
17:59how to close those feelings down. Keep small. I feel so lucky that I realised later how wrong
18:07that was. That everything we're worried and frightened about just becomes bigger. In the dark.
18:16All I'm saying is, always share this stuff, Delhi. Make it less big.
18:25What's the matter anyways? When you're being dropped. Always being dropped.
18:47England hosting the Euros. It's the first home tournament since, uh, Euro 96. What a summer
18:51that was. The Sun, Sharn, and the country came together. Yeah, yeah. I mean, after all that
18:56we've been through the last year and a bit, I just want to feel connected again and want
19:00to feel part of something. Yeah. I want it to feel like the summer of 96, except this time we're
19:04going on and whatever. But for a long while, we've not been feeling too good about ourselves
19:08in this country. But I think even me too late. And football can do just that.
19:24Mike. Mike. You too.
19:52Kyle. Oh my gosh. Sorry I'm... I'm eating a chump. I have been following the nutrition plan. I promise.
19:59Yeah. Yeah. It's okay. Just this once. One of these in my Bible. Maybe like?
20:04right it'd be like my desert island things you know that's great bakaya i love that what's your
20:10favorite you know beer uh i don't know i'd say the caramel you know makes it sweet has a little
20:15something to it i'm in the bible oh uh i don't know it's all good it reminds me that god
20:24is there
20:24guiding me that he has a plan it's not the only one bakaya that's blessed
20:47what is that
20:54is that a trick question no
20:59the world is about to be focused on us on here and these are going to be everywhere in every
21:08car
21:09millions of homes and these things can be emotive and complicated we know that so let's own it
21:19and uncomplicated i set us the task before russia of asking the question what is your england and
21:27you started to answer that on the pitch your character as a team great amazing i just don't
21:34want us to be knocked sideways that well two things with this surprise new pressure of hosting one the
21:40expectation that comes with that to do well better and two the amount of i suppose national
21:46introspection that comes when you host so i'm asking what home means to you
21:54phil hello phil where's home for you it's not part jack uh home when home now your origins
22:02oh it's ollie hall and jaden uh south london pennington and you're proud of those places right
22:08oh yeah yeah yeah of course you know poems or paintings or the cliche of the idea of england is
22:17always hills and countryside and little village greens but that's not where you come from is it
22:23where most of the fans come from we should be proud of that speak up declare the places you're from
22:32i'm gareth from crawley
22:33yeah but i'm gareth from crawley which i know makes me sound like a travel agent but for better
22:44or worse i'm england manager and i fell in love with this game kicking a ball against my back wall
22:49in a small semi in crawley small semi so that's who i am who's next mosbrew south dorkshire
22:59well from start washington tiningware eiland sutherland with inshore exactly with inshore those
23:05places were told to sound like a shit place yeah but they're our shit places yeah they're the fans
23:11places yeah england yeah yeah being confident in our identity knowing our story is how
23:27is how we're gonna win this tournament
23:34what do you think we can win this one i think we can yeah i think we will
23:40yes
23:47come on
23:58england are second favorites to win the tournament behind world champions france there's a real
24:03opportunity here because the array of attacking talent harry kane is one of the best writers in
24:08world football and our biggest asset of them all is our manager southgate is reshaking football off the
24:13field as well as on it encouraging the players to step beyond their role as footballers to see that
24:18as something that helps their game here i am you know what this place means to me the place that
24:24grew
24:24up literally in the shadow of the wembley arch and now i'm about to step onto that pitch and play
24:28for
24:29my country so my message is believe and come on england there's such a good feeling around these
24:36lads that if home advantage kicks in there's no reason why we can't go all the way
24:44the way
24:48keep up
24:49come on up
24:57you
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...
25:52sort of trapped here, aren't you?
25:54Trapped? You 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, because I accept.
26:08We really are pressing forward with performance now.
26:10The end result, I accept...
26:12Gareth, 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, but now that we're hosting, we have to.
26:24Have to prove, inescapably, that this way works.
26:28Really?
26:31Not 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? Where?
26:4196. You'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.
26:51Like I haven't done that work. I know what I did.
26:53What happened to you, not what you did.
27:03I didn't decide. I can't help it.
27:06That that walk away from here has brought me right back here.
27:10A tournament here, with 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.
27:40It's okay.
27:42It's okay.
27:46Pippa, wait a minute.
28:07How are you doing, Marcus?
28:10Alright.
28:11You're writing in your journal, that's good.
28:14Nah.
28:15I tried, but...
28:16You don't believe in, like, superstitions and stuff, do you?
28:20Well, it doesn't matter what I believe, does it?
28:23What 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.
28:37But I also, secretly, I know it sounds daft, but I also look up to my nan and say a
28:50couple words.
28:52But I can't remember if I did that in Russia, when we went out for that final game.
28:57But I didn't play well.
28:59And we lost.
29:00And I know it's ages ago.
29:02But 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.
29:13Nah, come on, no.
29:14It's daft.
29:15What's her name?
29:16Your gran?
29:19Cillian.
29:25Cillian, I'm...
29:34I wanted to say...
29:37Your grandson...
29:39He was one of five young men back against Colombia...
29:44Who did something for his country no others have ever done.
29:49And that's locked.
29:51Forever.
29:52No one can ever take that away.
29:55So, yeah.
29:59Yeah.
30:01And then your feet.
30:07One, two, three, four.
30:29It is a very different type of challenge.
30:32Tight surrounds.
30:33Stark, close-up partisanship.
30:37This is the nuts and bolts of tournament qualifying for this emerging young England team.
30:44For the final game.
30:45Raheem Sterling.
30:47And Barkley sees it home.
30:49Third can again.
30:51England have победed.
30:55It's right.
30:56Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.
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. Look, it's not like it's the first time we heard that stuff, right? Like monkey chancing shit.
31:41It's like, oh, wow, it's 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. Right? Can't always just be you guys.
32:09They'll just tell us to shut up. Stick to football. They always do.
32:13You 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.
32:24A broad that happens. But I'm like, no, no. It happens at home too.
32:28Our home, Gareth. Our England.
32:31He's right. This is a part of it.
32:34So you're going to include that?
32:36Talk 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, Prime Minister?
33:10I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, I'll tell you, honestly what I do.
33:12Is this a yes or no?
33:13My answer is...
33:14Boris Johnson refuses to condemn fans booing England.
33:16That's absolutely fair.
33:17Nobody defends booing of the England side.
33:20Gareth Southgate insists his squad will show solidarity with those fighting for change.
33:26So I was taking the knee thing.
33:28Maybe it's got a broader history that seems to be taken from the game's throat.
33:31English fans booing our boys was a disgrace.
33:36It's so un-English to boo.
33:39I just don't support gesture politics to a certain extent.
33:42I 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.
33:54We're wasting time arguing as to whether we can take a knee or not,
33:57rather than trying to be talking about it.
33:58When he said we are about more than football,
34:00no Mr Southgate,
34:01the idea that it's right for the football team
34:03to get involved with political gestures is a mistake.
34:09Thought there'd be more a sense of togetherness, maybe,
34:12going into this after what we all went through.
34:16I don't know, feels so unedged, doesn't it?
34:20Maybe someone needs to say that.
34:25Like you said, sort of name it.
34:27The 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.
35:01Lookin' sharp, fellas.
35:02That was good as you get.
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.
35:26It'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.
35:37The mood of a nation.
35:40It's good, the players.
35:42They 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.
35:55Have an honest one.
36:04Great.
36:25There's always be an England
36:32while there's a country laid.
36:35I think this is the most divided England
36:37has 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.
36:44Level up.
36:45Come back, these members have brought rights, Henry.
36:48We're not the country that we have now today.
36:49Get a job.
36:49There are no jobs.
36:50There's a certain amount of self-pitching.
36:52That goes on to things like this.
36:54To the working class, oh gosh, more joy.
36:56Get on with it.
36:57Don't you like it?
36:57We're all there.
36:58It's brilliant.
36:59I do.
37:00It's brilliant.
37:01It's brilliant.
37:01I'm not in the field.
37:09Dear England,
37:13I can't possibly hope to speak for an entire country,
37:18but I would like to share a few things with you
37:20as 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 that lasts in the collective consciousness of our country.
37:57Every game, every game has the potential to create a lifelong memory for an England fan somewhere.
38:09Why do we care so much?
38:13What 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.
38:32I've never believed that we should just stick to football.
38:36Of course, I know my players and I will be judged on winning matches.
38:40Believe me.
38:41But the reality is that the result is just a small part.
38:47It's about how we conduct ourselves and how we bring people together that lasts beyond the summer, that lasts forever.
39:17The journey starts here.
39:19The first chapter in what England hope will be an epic tale.
39:24Starts with a rematch of the World Cup semi-final.
39:28The first goal of the European Championship.
39:31And Raheem Sterling is the man.
39:33It's a good start for Townscape.
39:35Can he keep this up throughout the tournament?
39:42It's a tease to check defence.
39:48But England have won and they've topped the group.
39:51They will play in the round of 16 against 2.
39:54We'll have to wait to see.
39:56Now, after all the talk about the ghosts of history is down to these players
40:01to take their own places in the saga of this great international fiction.
40:07There's your spark.
40:10Wembley ignores.
40:10Boy from Wembley.
40:11Yeah, boy from Wembley.
40:13Wembley ignores.
40:15Wembley ignores.
40:16Incomplication.
40:17Now, the Southgate can have beaten Germany into his incredible list of achievements.
40:22What is lovely is we've given people another day to remember.
40:36I've got a great connection on it.
40:38It was always going to end up in the back of the night with that connection.
40:41A lot of people have fallen out of love for football.
40:43These guys and the manager have made people think again and how special football is in
40:47companies.
40:47Okay.
40:50Penalties.
40:52What, you think that's it?
40:53We've cracked them and we won't have to face them again.
40:56Come on.
41:22The stage is set.
41:25Harry Kane steps up.
41:40Yes!
41:41Yes!
41:42Yes!
41:43Yes!
41:44Yes!
41:45Yes!
41:45The long, long wait is over.
41:48A 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.
42:03Obviously, it's going to be a tough game against Italy, but yeah, we 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.
42:48And now to finish their job?
42:50Yeah, that's it. The finals are there to be won.
42:58It was a long time coming.
43:02But the best part is, it's arrived.
43:06It's excitement and emotion around Wembley that hasn't been felt since, you know when.
43:14Are England's young lions ready for the game of their lives?
43:21It'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.
43:38Let's go.
43:43Let's go.
43:56Let's go.
43:59Let's go.
44:01Let's go.
44:06Now the game that so many have waited a lifetime to see is underway.
44:22Let's go.
44:24The dreams!
44:27The excitement around Wembley now has reached levels never hit before.
44:41England get the second half started with that one goal lead.
44:49He needs to swing it in.
44:51Flicked across.
44:52This is a problem!
44:54Italy on level!
44:56And it is Bonucci!
45:00Italy's second half response has been admirable.
45:04And Gini has altered his personnel.
45:06He has altered the dynamic.
45:07And it is England now who have to find answers.
45:13Time for the Kaiusaka.
45:16Come on boys!
45:22One!
45:22Two!
45:23Three!
45:23Four!
45:24Four!
45:24One!
45:24Extra time!
45:29Hurry!
45:31Channel!
45:34Go!
45:34The walk is going direct.
45:35Southgate!
45:38Just looks a little bit concerned now about Southgate.
45:41You can see if there are any signs of an England change.
45:48Don't stick with the data the strongest penalty takers if you want them on we have to do it now
45:53can't believe it's come down to this yeah yeah
46:04That's jaded but it's gonna 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
46:41It is down to kicks from 12 yards 11 meters
46:46Aaron Southgate has talked about penalties a lot he's had to
47:03Well here we go folks cross your fingers hide behind the sofa do whatever you do
47:08Oh
47:09This can't be open
47:15First up for Italy is Domenico Verratti
47:22How he came
48:01Sets the standard for this to follow
48:09Andrea Pellotti
48:10Andrea Pellotti
48:14And take good saves
48:16Big moment for Harry Maguire
48:26Another leader in the England camp
48:29Another leader in the England camp
48:56Scores
49:04Marcus Rashford
49:05Marcus 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
49:36A rush for this mist
49:39He tried to place it
49:41He got the angle wrong
49:42A rush for this mist
49:46He tried to place it
49:49He got the angle wrong
49:49A rush and up
49:542-2
49:56After 3
49:582-2
49:59Now the pressure
49:59Goes back on England's players
50:13The Italians take the upper hand, England behind.
50:19Up next, who was brought on at the very end as a kind of special teams player, it's going
50:23to be Jadon Sancho.
50:35He's really got to score this one.
50:44Saved by Donnarumma.
50:51Italy, a warm kick away from European glory.
51:00And it is Jorginho who has missed the 100% from the penalty spot.
51:07The Lord of Pickford tells himself, no problem, he's up to this.
51:11Well, he has to be.
51:34England is still alive.
51:39It is the same of his own.
51:52Now, he can do no more than the rest of us.
51:56Then turn and watch.
52:00Nineteen years old, Hukayu Saka.
52:03Step up and take huge responsibility on his young shoulders.
52:08Saka has to score.
52:10Go back...
52:29I have to wait...
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