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00:16England, it appears, are out-and-out favorites with the bookies.
00:22Is it coming home?
00:24This is the one.
00:25What could possibly go wrong?
00:26England, favorites in a tournament.
00:28When has that ever happened?
00:29I think they're one of four or five teams with a standout chance to win in this tournament.
00:34I think England can go all the way.
00:35England, which certainly for me, would be one of the top two or top three favorites to win the tournament.
00:40The expectation on England is huge.
00:42It's over to you, Mr Southgate.
00:43I think we have the best attacking lineup in the tournament.
00:47Is this Gareth Southgate's last tournament irrespective of what happens?
00:51Although Gareth Southgate has his critics, his approach as England manager has proved to be extremely successful in knockout tournaments.
00:57Gareth Southgate stayed on after Qatar when many thought he would go. Will that prove right or wrong? What will
01:03be the end of his story?
01:04The buntings out, the flags of St. George are flying, a nation waits.
01:18You're lucky or not, how you end is often how you're remembered.
01:22Right, so one more go. It all rests on this.
01:26This is our best chance.
01:28I understand you want to change direction, but your reasoning in the past was that certain players, certain men, brought
01:34something as valuable off the pitch as they did on.
01:37You've never been the manager that just picks the best 11 individuals and whacks them on the pitch.
01:43You assemble what you think is the best team together, for which you've taken a lot of shit.
01:50Yeah, but it's got us this far.
01:53This far. I wonder if that final mile might need something just a bit more.
02:00From us more, up, I don't want to say ruthless, that's not, but something.
02:08For this final push. A new approach.
02:11It's like Return of the King, isn't it, Matt?
02:13Yes.
02:14Er, what's that?
02:15Lord of the Rings.
02:16Like hobbits?
02:17Did I say the hobbit?
02:19No, I said Lord of the Rings.
02:21Starts off where there's this fellowship and there's loads of different geezers and different tribes and different vibes.
02:28And they all set off together.
02:30And bit by bit, one by one, folks start falling by the wayside or get their heads chopped off.
02:35And come the end, the very end, it's just Frodo and Samwise basically alone heading to Mordor.
02:42Because it's only them and, well, basically only him, Frodo, who can return the ring from, you know, whence it
02:51came.
02:53I'm saying, yeah, let's fucking do it.
02:58Escalate up a level.
03:00All the best talent the nation has in one side.
03:03It doesn't matter if it gets a bit messy, a bit testosterone-y.
03:08One of them is going to put the ball in the back of the net in a final, aka ringing
03:14the pit of lava.
03:15Job done.
03:18Some of that makes sense.
03:20And Germany, I suppose that is a bit like your Mordor, eh, boss?
03:25They came here all them years ago to your peaceful English shire and robbed the prize.
03:30And now you, you, of all people, get to go to them and bring it back.
03:36England expects.
03:42Right, let's talk England.
03:43One more friendly to go and Southgate has to name his 26-man final England squad for Euro 2024.
03:49It's exciting times.
03:50It really is.
03:51And a key part of the Southgate revolution.
03:54And what a remarkable revolution it's been.
03:56Remember eight years ago, Iceland?
03:57Yeah.
03:58What a nightmare that was.
04:00His defining thing has always been culture, conduct, mindset, being a team.
04:05Part of all of that is loyalty to the players that built it with him.
04:08And a lot of fans, they think he's too loyal and that that's a weakness.
04:17Here you go.
04:18Cheers, guys.
04:23All right, slab head.
04:25Brilliant, yep.
04:34So how you doing, Harry?
04:36Got my calf.
04:37Yeah, we can start with your calf if you like.
04:39Well, he's doing okay.
04:41Yeah, you know, physio says there's real progress and I'm doing okay.
04:44Good.
04:44Good.
04:46Truth is, we're taking a look, mate, at a few new players, different combinations.
04:50And so, I'm sorry, Harry, this isn't easy to say.
04:54I won't be taking you to Germany.
04:56I'm really sorry.
04:59Man.
05:01And that's, er, that's not in the balance.
05:07It's not a final.
05:09It is, mate, yeah.
05:13I know that will take time to come to terms with.
05:17Yeah.
05:20You built something with me, Harry, and the others, and, er, however we do,
05:25if we do well, we'll be on the back of that work.
05:29It would have been really brilliant to see her to the end, though.
05:32You're one of the ones, er...
05:36I, er...
05:38I really hope you go all the way.
05:41And I hope that for you, because I consider you a mate.
05:45I'll always be grateful.
05:49And, er...
05:52I'm sure about it, fucking hell.
05:53HE LAUGHS
06:03Yeah, I've just been focused on my recovery.
06:05I think that's really smart.
06:08I hear it's really improved.
06:10But, um, I'm afraid that's where we are.
06:18I feel like it could be okay for them.
06:26Because of me and the others, but, yeah, me.
06:30Going out there,
06:32taking the bullets we took,
06:35facing those people down.
06:37Yeah.
06:38I'm sure the next generation coming up know that.
06:43And are grateful.
06:45I know I am, Harry.
06:47All you did.
06:49All you've yet to do.
06:58It's been a long time.
07:00It's not going to work out this time, Hendo.
07:02I'm sorry.
07:03You always said, like, that, er...
07:06The care stuff, you know,
07:07the stuff around the stuff off the pitch,
07:11that that was a big reason
07:13for why we made our progress on the pitch.
07:16And that'll all, like...
07:19That'll all still be there, won't it?
07:21Without, you know,
07:23me and Maguire,
07:24a lot of us group leaders
07:26doing the chats and the check-ins.
07:28That learning doesn't go anywhere, Jordan.
07:29I know what's needed.
07:30It's okay.
07:32Honestly, boss,
07:33because of that stuff,
07:35it...
07:36It's honestly pretty much
07:37the best thing I've ever been a part of.
07:41Brotherhood.
07:42I can't thank you enough.
07:46You like, boss?
07:50There's just nothing left to do now, you know,
07:53but win.
07:53And it was always about the win, of course.
07:55But along the way, each tournament,
07:57there were little gains.
07:58Small victories, obstacles,
08:00overcome and muscle.
08:02They've all been done now,
08:04and so there's no other single reason
08:07for me left to be here
08:09except to...
08:11to do it.
08:13To bring it home.
08:14And they all know that out there,
08:16nothing else will do.
08:24I don't care.
08:25I don't care.
08:26I don't care.
08:33I don't care.
08:39I don't care.
08:41Just a few moments.
08:41I don't care.
08:41Bye!
08:42Bye!
08:42If you get the same...
08:43...one of your city...
08:45I don't care!
08:46I don't care.
08:50Bye!
09:18Let's go.
09:28Oh
09:40Fellas let's do this line up come on
09:44Get alcohol you look like a little ladder wedding hate smart stuff
09:51When was the last time you wore something smart?
09:52Caught probably
09:54Fellas enough come on
09:55Just represent
09:58Sorry boss
10:00Just joshing
10:15Basically they've only got that tree
10:17In the black forest
10:18I'm like
10:18I know
10:18I know
10:19I feel
10:32That's
10:33Are the
10:34That's
10:45This is
11:06Just a few more days now for England to wait before their first game of the European Championship
11:11after touching down in Germany and arriving at their base in Blankenheim.
11:15Pressure is very much on to manager Gareth Southgate, saying if his side aren't successful, he's likely to leave.
11:25I want to see our best players perform.
11:31Yeah, this is never easy.
11:33He's opening games.
11:34Nerves are jingling around.
11:36And good evening, everyone.
11:37Welcome to the start of another England adventure.
11:44The players believe that they can be the ones to end the now 58 years of hurt.
11:49For those watching and supporting, it is again time to straddle that fine line between hope and expectation.
11:56In by Zaka.
11:57And in by Benfica.
11:59That is how it's meant to look.
12:02Fabulous header.
12:04England's special talent.
12:06Serbia are going into this.
12:09Flyovic!
12:10And Jordan Pickford to England's rescue.
12:12While for England, this is not how it began.
12:15There's just not the same connection, the same smoothness.
12:18That was a hard watch for second half.
12:20They've had to defend really, really deep.
12:22We did what we needed to do, you know.
12:24Serbia were never going to make it easy for us.
12:26And, you know, it takes time.
12:28Time to get up to speed as a new squad.
12:31But we'll get there.
12:32And show the fans, you know, what we're made of.
12:35Welcome back.
12:36England didn't play well against Serbia.
12:38Can they change that here today?
12:41It goes Harry Kane!
12:43What did it go?
12:46Oh, that's a super hit!
12:49Denmark are level!
12:50And England have a job on here.
12:53Oh, it's a really tough one, that for England.
12:55They've got away with a draw.
12:57We can't be making any excuses, and I won't.
13:02We didn't press the ball with enough intensity.
13:05That has been a torrid match for Caruso Alphi and his team.
13:09But it's not just the results that have everyone talking.
13:12It's the lack of quality in England's overall play.
13:15With the manager under pressure to turn things around.
13:23It's finished.
13:25England nil.
13:25Slovenia nil.
13:27There are Southgate's men that are going to the knockout stages.
13:29Still searching for their spark.
13:33Get Kane off.
13:35He's our captain.
13:36Shocking.
13:38This is not a pretty sight for Southgate.
13:40Even the England fans are throwing cups.
13:43What has gone wrong at this tournament?
13:47We're nothing.
13:48We're offering nothing.
13:49Delegal waste of space.
13:54Ivory Cope sat the manager mid-tournament and then went on to win AFCON.
13:57If they're serious about doing anything, they'll do the same.
14:00Come on, England!
14:03Call themselves fans.
14:05How dare they?
14:06You hold a loved one and cups back.
14:07Fuckers.
14:08Look, Gareth, shall we, uh, quick pow-wow while the three of us was...
14:13Well done, Gareth.
14:15We're standing there doing that.
14:17Bigger man.
14:18I think he looks good.
14:19Looks strong.
14:19Yeah, I'll always stand there.
14:20I'll always do that.
14:22Guys, the fans are always going to want to express their anger.
14:25But we have to stay focused.
14:27Yeah.
14:27I mean, stay strong, but...
14:30Arseholes.
14:32What?
14:33What now?
14:35Ex-England players.
14:36They're becoming very vocal, sounding off.
14:38Fucking traitors.
14:40Rooney slam Southgate, blah, blah.
14:42Lineker too.
14:43Teams display with shit.
14:46Like I say, noise.
14:48Can't let the noise derail us.
14:50Block it out.
14:51It's like they've all forgotten.
14:52The vicious cycle.
14:54Over-negativity adds pressure, which affects the players, so they play shit.
14:58So there's more negativity, more pressure, so they play more shit.
15:02I really thought you'd fixed all this, Gareth.
15:04I can't fix everything.
15:07We're through to the next round.
15:09Not that you'd know it.
15:11Everyone get some sleep.
15:13Do you want to discuss any changes?
15:15No, we're sleep, of course.
15:17And work with the lads before bed.
15:18I think they've basically gone to their rooms.
15:20Leave it.
15:21Maybe tomorrow.
15:22It's just that, look...
15:24You know, I've always been a bit of a moaning, sceptic arsehole about all the warm and fuzzy stuff.
15:31But I hold my hands up.
15:32The vibes in the camp, they're not clicking.
15:36The social areas are empty.
15:37No one is checking in on anyone to see if they're all right.
15:40We don't have time to...
15:42We can't reinvent the wheel every time.
15:46This is our last shot.
15:48We have to just get it over the line.
15:50Okay?
15:51That's the only job.
15:52Nothing else.
15:53All right?
15:55Stay the course.
15:58Boss, can we...
15:59Not now, Harry.
16:02You all right, Harry?
16:07You all right?
16:10Yeah, he'll...
16:12He'll chat tomorrow.
16:14Okay?
16:16England players and England staff would be the first to admit they haven't played well.
16:20They didn't look as if they had any energy.
16:22They couldn't press.
16:24They didn't create any chances.
16:25They were under pressure.
16:26And they were second best most of the game.
16:31But the bottom line is...
16:35We haven't won nothing as a nation for a long, long time.
16:39You know, a lot of these ex-players were part of that.
16:42They know how tough it is, these major tournaments.
16:45They know what it's like to wear the shirt, so...
16:49I'll never dig anyone out.
16:50It's just...
16:52It's the reality of remembering...
16:56What it feels like...
16:58To wear the shirt.
17:01Critics of Gareth Southgate have said,
17:02you get ahead, you play them well,
17:04and then it gets a bit defensive, a bit negative.
17:06It's kicking off, usual thing.
17:08Underwhelming.
17:09Whatever we think.
17:10The expectation is resistance.
17:11Not good enough as a manager.
17:12Absolute shite.
17:14Absolute shite.
17:15Not good enough as a manager.
17:17That's what you get from Sinbad, you boring brat.
17:20That's what you get, you boring brat.
17:21You bloody deserve that.
18:02Bring your plan into this quest.
18:05Bring your plan into this quest.
18:10I'm going to get back there!
18:34I got a Southgate coming forward now.
18:37What's going on...
18:48I got a Southgate coming forward now.
19:01I got a Southgate coming forward now.
19:26They are out.
19:29No 1966 in 1996.
19:45So England in search of a spark, Slovakia in search of a big, big upset.
19:50Yeah, this is a huge moment for England.
19:53It's the last 16.
19:54The whole thing shifts up a gear.
19:56The knockout stage.
19:57Slovakia fearless and with everything to gain.
20:00And that is England's test.
20:02Push up!
20:05Gareth Southgate feeling this.
20:07It is not comfortable.
20:09Yeah, it looks pretty tense out there.
20:13The fans expecting, demanding.
20:15England shirts heavy on the back of England players.
20:19It's Strelak.
20:20He's played it in here for Ivan Schrantz.
20:23And Slovakia have the lead.
20:26England really needs to win their game now.
20:30Gareth Southgate's team up against it.
20:33England 0, Slovakia 1.
20:36What has he got to do in this halftime break?
20:39He's tried minimum interference.
20:40I was sat on a bench eight years ago in Nice where England played Iceland.
20:44And this has got Iceland vibes written all over it.
20:46It's now or never for Gareth.
20:48Because we've heard a lot about Spirit in the last six years.
20:50Right, they saw this group and how it's all changed.
20:51That was going back yesteryear, that was.
20:53That was a group of players who weren't together out.
20:56Shit!
20:57You're right, man!
20:58That could have been two, dude!
21:00Three!
21:01You're so nervous!
21:02You're so nervy, man!
21:04Why is it no link-up at all?
21:06I'm doing my best.
21:07I'm not blaming.
21:08I'm saying.
21:08I'm trying to put on the ball.
21:09He's not trying, dude.
21:10Why is there so much space on them, right?
21:12Let's use this moment to reset.
21:13All right?
21:13They press this high first half.
21:15Second half, they're going to bed in.
21:17We've got to take charge of the tempo.
21:18But only if we keep our heads work together.
21:20Are they a team?
21:21Are they in this together?
21:22All these question marks are there now and it doesn't look like it.
21:25All the top managers, all the really good managers out there,
21:27I always go back to it, are gamblers.
21:29They are gamblers.
21:30Sometimes on the pitch and off the pitch.
21:32Everyone needs to stay apart.
21:33Something needs to change.
21:33Shit, no, man.
21:35He needs to change something.
21:36All right, dude.
21:37Good enough, man.
21:53Okay.
21:56We aren't where we want to be.
21:58We're one nil down.
22:02And if it stays that way, we're going home tonight.
22:10And it's over.
22:14They're going to slaughter us.
22:16Slaughter us.
22:18Headlines.
22:19Chatter.
22:20You think it's bad now?
22:22If we lose to Slovakia?
22:24Don't think about something that hasn't happened yet.
22:27Slovakia?
22:27Shit aside, we should wipe the floor.
22:29We've...
22:29Listen to the boss.
22:31Do we want to give up?
22:33Or do we want to fucking fight?
22:38Okay.
22:39Phil, guys, for a second.
22:41Decompress and then...
22:43Mike?
22:45So, look here.
22:47We conceded from an inside pass down the right channel.
23:05Gareth?
23:11How did it come to this?
23:12I don't know.
23:14The fear's back, isn't it?
23:17You can see it, innit?
23:19So, what do we do?
23:22Harry looks out on his feet.
23:25Jude, for all his bluster, looks the same.
23:28You can refresh those positions.
23:30There's some hungry young bulls in there.
23:32Desperate.
23:33Some intervention.
23:34Some change.
23:35I don't want to further unbalance it all, though.
23:39The shape.
23:41Maybe.
23:46It's the real thing, you know, Steve.
23:52To have intervened so catastrophically in the course of events once.
23:59And I'd not put out my hand.
24:01And I'd just left it to fly.
24:02Yeah.
24:06But that got you here, didn't it?
24:08Yeah.
24:10And we have to do something.
24:14After all,
24:16what have we got to lose now, eh?
24:23Kevin Keegan resigned in the bogs, didn't he?
24:28Last ever game at the old Wembley.
24:31Lost to Germany.
24:34Pretty.
24:36Metaphorically.
24:38England manager.
24:40The shit and all that.
24:42What?
24:47Gareth, we're here now.
24:50And we're not going to be again.
24:59Here.
25:00Trick.
25:01You've got to switch on.
25:02Gay, you know what you're doing, alright?
25:05Boss.
25:19How lucky are we?
25:22To be here.
25:27Doesn't feel like that right now, I know, but...
25:29My God.
25:32To have found the thing we love doing.
25:35To be able to do it for our country.
25:42I'm not going to pretend that things don't feel really, really tough at the moment.
25:47You don't feel loved out there, and who doesn't want to be loved?
25:50I know I do, and I've wanted that, and that has sometimes overwhelmed me.
25:54Paralysed me.
25:55Two minutes.
25:56Yep.
25:58But we can't change that out there.
26:01England...
26:03It's...
26:04It's an angry country right now, and it's taken a lot of that out on you.
26:07Which has been surprising.
26:08Even ex-players who should know better about what this feels like.
26:12But one day...
26:14One day, that could be you.
26:17Sat commentating, watching, and wishing anything.
26:21You were back here.
26:24Doing this.
26:30I won't be England manager for much longer.
26:32Whatever happens in these coming minutes, this tournament will be my last.
26:36Garret.
26:36For real.
26:37Yes, come on, we know that. Yes, for real.
26:39And that's okay, because that means I will be the one who takes any and all flack.
26:44The slings and arrows after defeat.
26:46I will be the story, which means that you guys...
26:50Guys...
26:52You should feel free.
26:54To try anything.
26:56Create anything.
26:57Creating moments.
26:58Because that's all life is when you think about it.
27:00The right now.
27:03So let my end...
27:05liberate your present now.
27:08From the very beginning, we dreamt of writing a new history.
27:13Well, you all know that historically, England's pattern has always been score early and then sit back, get hammered, concede.
27:18And we've repeated that in each exit.
27:20Russia, Wembley, Qatar, England loses faith as time goes on.
27:28Don't rewrite that part of our story.
27:33If only that.
27:35Keep believing.
27:37Keep going right up until the final whistle.
27:40Because one day, you will look back and give anything to be back here.
27:50With this team.
28:05Home's delivery.
28:06Kane's header!
28:08England need to be fighting the target.
28:11These are tenth times.
28:12This is right on the edge now.
28:15And time is running seriously short for England here.
28:21Four seconds tip away.
28:24More nerves have been shredded.
28:26Southgate is his own harshest critic.
28:29But he wasn't expecting this.
28:32People just about escaped from the group.
28:34Now they need another Houdini act.
28:39Oh well.
28:41Nice speech, but erm...
28:45Thanks.
28:47Three minutes over.
28:51This is it.
28:56Yeah.
29:02What will you do?
29:03Golf.
29:05Maybe.
29:07The wife wants us to walk places.
29:11That's nice.
29:13Maybe.
29:18It's been the honour of my life.
29:22You know that.
29:25Yeah.
29:31He has.
29:38It has just not happened for England.
29:42Walkers throw it.
29:44England need a moment.
29:45They need a special something.
29:58And England have saved it at the last.
30:02June Bennegaard is their saviour.
30:06On the very cusp of elimination,
30:09he has kept England alive.
30:14They are dramatically late in the day.
30:17And utterly brilliant.
30:19It is an exceptional goal.
30:22England won.
30:23Slovakia won.
30:25And England are still in it.
30:29It's Colt Palmer's free kick.
30:31In for Harry Kane.
30:33And the whole world has turned on England.
30:38Less than a minute into extra time.
30:42And England, from nowhere,
30:44are suddenly precisely where they need to be.
30:52England 2, Slovakia 1.
30:54Playing for England is an enjoyable feeling.
30:56There's also a lot of pressure.
30:58You know, you hear people talk a lot of rubbish.
30:59So, it's nice to know that when you deliver,
31:01you can give some of that back.
31:02Jude, people will be saying,
31:04who writes your scripts?
31:05I do.
31:07England into the quarter-finals.
31:15Got a star.
31:16Unbelievable, isn't it?
31:22We can't fluke it all the way to the final.
31:24We can do it.
31:25They're going to win it.
31:25Of course they are.
31:26Coming on.
31:32We can do it.
31:32We can do it.
31:36We can do it.
31:39We can do it.
31:40Jude, look at this.
31:42Old school.
31:44Love a good bit of cards, mate.
31:46Play?
31:47Yeah.
31:50What's your game?
31:51Blackjack?
31:52Blackjack.
31:53Blackjack, remind me.
31:54That's, um...
31:54That's 21.
31:56Which you've just turned.
31:57Only days ago.
32:01H started learning chess.
32:03He's a bit of a legend, isn't he?
32:06Everyone seems to, like, proper look up to him, don't they?
32:10Been your man since the beginning.
32:12My captain?
32:13Yeah.
32:20I feel like people...
32:23I don't know.
32:24Kind of paint me as being the opposite of...
32:29Like I'm dead arrogant or something.
32:31Jude, you're going to be one of the greats.
32:34I know that already.
32:35For your country, your club here in Germany.
32:40Yeah.
32:40Here.
32:43I burst into tears when I left Birmingham.
32:46Did you?
32:47Why?
32:48I don't know.
32:50Home, innit?
32:51Family, you know?
32:52That may have been one of the best England moments goals ever.
32:57Saved my arse, truth be told.
32:59We were set for another Iceland.
33:01The things you said at half-time was like...
33:04It was like something from an old war movie or something.
33:07I don't know. It just sank in.
33:09I think I get a lot of my values from me granddad who fought in the war.
33:13That idea of service.
33:17I remember him.
33:19Polishing his shoes, putting on his tie, even just at home.
33:22Smart suit, waist...
33:28And waistcoat.
33:33Do you think we're going to be alright now?
33:35Or is that a turning point?
33:38Nothing is guaranteed.
33:40Can't take anything for granted.
33:43Hmm.
33:44And we can't control the cards we've been dealt.
33:48But we can control how we play them.
33:59Gareth Southgate can pull them together, I think.
34:01I think what he needs to do is remember what he used to be ten years ago when he came
34:06into the job.
34:06So, er...
34:07So what's this then?
34:08Press conference.
34:09Won't be easy, but...
34:11But better than it would have been.
34:12Could have been.
34:14Feel good.
34:15New lease of life.
34:18Yeah, it all feels like a bit of a bonus, this, Gareth.
34:21Extra time.
34:25Are you trying to focus? Do you want me to stop talking?
34:28No, it's alright.
34:41Gareth.
34:55Gareth.
34:59Andraise.
35:02Erm...
35:03I'm just doing a little, er...
35:05You know.
35:06Enough of us old boys coming on, chitting the chat.
35:10Yes, and look at you now.
35:13Wow.
35:17You often...
35:19Think of that moment.
35:21I felt sort of, um, I don't know...
35:25Bound to you.
35:27In a strange way, by being...
35:30Bound to that.
35:31What?
35:32You and me?
35:35Sure it was, of course, a great moment for me?
35:38The defining one of our careers.
35:40Well, one of them, maybe not thee.
35:44I was part of the team that won the World Cup in 90.
35:48Wow.
35:50That was wow.
35:54But, um...
35:55Ours is not the one moment you play and, um...
36:01Replay.
36:02No.
36:05For me it was Croatia two years after.
36:09Losing three to zero in the quarters.
36:12Oh, my God.
36:13Such a haunting moment for Germany.
36:16Three goals I led by.
36:18I think of those players all the time.
36:22But what can you do?
36:24Yeah, I just thought that, um...
36:27Well...
36:28You know, given England, Germany, big historic rivals.
36:32England?
36:33You are not our big rivals.
36:35It's the Dutch.
36:36The Dutch?
36:37I see why you always feel this thing to prove.
36:41And maybe you will this time.
36:44Yeah, maybe.
36:47Do you want a photo with me?
36:50Sure.
36:52Well, hold up.
36:54Do you want a photo with me?
36:56Oh, yes, sure, exactly.
36:58Finally.
37:01Okay.
37:02Mike?
37:03Yeah.
37:05If you give me your number, I'll send it to you.
37:09Sure.
37:16Quarter-finals of a major tournament.
37:19Always something special in the air.
37:21But there's even more excitement than ever around this place today.
37:27Same old story.
37:29England in a major tournament.
37:31And a penalty shootout again.
37:34Cole Palmer's first up.
37:36And he scores!
37:38Bellingham with absolute certainty.
37:44And so, it is Bukayo Saka's turn.
37:47A poignant moment indeed for a young man three years on from his heart-rending moments in the Wembley Final.
37:55How broad are those young shoulders?
37:58How broad are those young shoulders?
38:09He's up to it, okay!
38:17England 3-1 up.
38:20And that Saka smile is radiant.
38:28Trent Alexander-Arnold to take England through to the last four of Euro 2024.
38:40Trent Alexander-Arnold to take England through to the last four of Euro 2024.
38:51five perfect penalties
38:58penalty pressure it seems no longer the england issue of years gone by
39:04one by one they stepped up one by one they scored and england march on
39:14everyone knows what happened back at euros you can fail once but
39:19you have a choice in life whether you put yourself in that position again or not
39:23and i believed in myself i didn't focus on the past that's done i can only focus on now
39:29and there's only two games now until we can change our lives and make history that's never been done
39:35before great thanks bucayo thanks very much thank you best of luck thank you good evening everyone
39:41welcome to dormant which is under dutch invasion
39:46there has been a lightning of the mood a skeptical positivity
39:51sometimes after coming through adversity belief throws we're ready we're gonna win we're gonna bring
40:00we're gonna win we're gonna win we're gonna win we're gonna win we're gonna win it's over
40:08it's over but here's her he is writing
40:12And that is an England penalty.
40:15Of course, it's Harry Kane.
40:20It's in!
40:24Phil Thorn, oh, top of the line.
40:29Problems for England here, and Kyle Walker has solved it.
40:35Oh, it's in!
40:36And the flag is up.
40:39The goal doesn't count.
40:42Ollie, Cole, you're on. Get warmed up.
40:45Last ten minutes, and these England changes have been coming for a while,
40:50and Harry Kane is being removed here.
40:55Cole Palmer and Ollie Watkins, each with a late chance to impact.
41:00England then with a fresh new source of ideas,
41:03a couple of sharp, creative minds and bodies.
41:07Into the last minute of the 90,
41:09Colt Palmer looking to inspire.
41:11That's a lovely ball for Watkins.
41:32What a strike that is from Ollie Watkins.
41:38Netherlands 1, England 2, and we're in to add a time in the semi-final.
41:42It seems England are set for Berlin, thanks to Ollie Watkins.
41:48Ollie Watkins!
41:49Gareth's men have brought to the final moment.
41:52They simply will not give up.
41:54And for the first time, England will play in a final on foreign soil.
42:00One more!
42:10Come on!
42:38NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANAN
42:40Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na...
43:04I wasn't sure you'd answer.
43:06Not answer?
43:07Piss off, it's you.
43:08Where are you?
43:10I'm just out for a walk, Ashley.
43:13You?
43:14Yeah, same.
43:16So well done. Another final.
43:19Another milestone. Amazing.
43:22Are there good vibes back home?
43:24Yeah.
43:26Well, now at least, anyway.
43:30Oh, it just feels so perilous at the moment, Pippa.
43:33This final moment.
43:35Perilous in what way?
43:38We tried something new, didn't we?
43:39Like you once said, and it did seem to work.
43:42Has worked, for the most part.
43:45We turned the ship around against scepticism and doubt,
43:48but I worry.
43:51How something ends is how it'll be remembered.
43:54Happy ending or a sad one kind of thing?
43:56I suppose. All the great stories have one or the other.
44:01Yeah, but life isn't as simple as the story, is it?
44:04You know, we framed this quest like that when we started.
44:10Beginning, middle, end.
44:12But things don't necessarily start and end like that, do they?
44:17Time moves on. So do we.
44:19No, but our project, though, if it gets, I don't know, reversed,
44:24if it isn't proven to work fully when it's no longer me,
44:28it might all go backwards to the old days, the old ways,
44:32and all just slip away.
44:35I hear that, but you can't control the future, can you?
44:39You can only control the now.
44:42Yeah.
44:53Good evening.
44:54I hope you've done your Sunday chores, cooked your Sunday roast,
44:58watched the Wimbledon final, stopped worrying about work in the morning,
45:02and instead are looking ahead to a night that could change the story
45:06of football in our country forever.
45:08No England team has ever won a major tournament on foreign soil.
45:12Sporting immortality is within their grasp.
45:41Look, I'm not a believer in fairy tales.
45:48But I am a believer in dreams.
45:52This is our dream.
45:54A dream no other England player has ever got to make real before.
45:59A hundred and fifty years.
46:01Our first final abroad here, Germany.
46:06Once upon a time, such moments were once in a lifetime.
46:13But here, look, England, a final.
46:16Again, you're turning the rare into something regular.
46:19A new England that comes from behind, that fights.
46:23Because your England knows nothing is ours by right.
46:26We've got to earn it.
46:29Remember this moment.
46:35Remember this dream.
46:41Come on, England!
46:44Come on!
46:45Come on!
46:46Come on!
46:46Come on!
46:48Come on!
46:49Come on!
46:49Come on!
46:50Stop!
46:50Come on!
47:02Oh, what an occasion we've got here, Guy.
47:05Good evening, everyone.
47:07I hope this England team go for it.
47:09Have no regrets.
47:11And make history.
47:19Niko Williams is closing in.
47:21And finishing with points by Pickford.
47:24Spain in front in the early moments of the second half.
47:28England caught cold at the restart.
47:31And the Spanish have pounced.
47:33Saka's on his way here.
47:35Bellingham can move it on.
47:36And Cole Palmer sweeps it home.
47:40A euphoric moment, England.
47:43It's all square with a portion of an hour to play.
47:48England alive and kicking again.
47:51All of a sudden, all things seem possible.
48:04Andra Favau has dashed onto it!
48:07And Spain have grabbed the lead back,
48:10with time running out.
48:23Spain are European champions
48:26And in the end
48:29The best team probably won it
48:37But how many times
48:39Is your heart gonna break
48:43Sometimes a picture can say more
48:46Than a thousand words
48:47And the look on Gareth Southgate's face
48:50Tells it all
48:57As a proud Englishman
48:59It's been the honour of my life
49:00To play for England
49:02And to manage England
49:04We have the best fans in the world
49:06And their support has meant the world to me
49:09But it's time for change
49:11And for a new chapter
49:14Sunday's game against Spain
49:16Was my final game
49:18As England manager
49:23I'm Casting in the Dead
49:23I'm Ron
49:23And
49:23I'm
49:49A
50:04Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the England manager, Thomas Tuchel.
50:10I'm sorry I have a German passport, but hopefully I can convince the fans that I'm proud to be the
50:15English manager.
50:17I will do everything I can to respect this role and this country.
50:23The target for the next 18 months is nothing else than putting a second star on the shirt.
50:28This is the biggest role in world football.
50:32I'm aware that I'm standing on the shoulders of a great many giants.
50:37There will be those fans who say they would have preferred the England team to be managed by an English
50:41coach.
50:41A German. I say again, a German.
50:46Well, I can assure you that I will give you my best.
50:50Thomas, Lee Cartley was asked, will you be singing the national anthem? Does the England manager have to?
50:57Mark made me understand.
50:58Mark made me understand.
51:03Gareth?
51:03Thomas.
51:04I hope that is okay.
51:06I know this thing of an Englishman's home being his castle and all that.
51:10No, of course. Please.
51:15I meant what I said about standing on your shoulders.
51:18Yeah, I meant it too when I said it. I'll be out of your in just...
51:22No, please. Take your time.
51:27It's not my place to ask, but...
51:33I did wonder your plans.
51:36Continuity or change?
51:39A clean break is often important, just as you did.
51:42But I'm building on your work of change, Gareth.
51:45You got closer than anyone else ever got to bringing it back here.
51:49You prepared the podium.
51:50You know, it's up to me now to make that last step.
51:54And hey, ten years ago,
51:57no truly world-class manager wanted this job.
52:01You mean that's why I got it?
52:02Well, yes.
52:06Exactly.
52:10But if I did say something on your record,
52:12I would remind people that for 58 years,
52:15England never made it to a final,
52:17but you took them to two.
52:20I would remind them that your run of semi-final, final, quarter-final, final
52:27is the best run in English history.
52:30I would congratulate you
52:32that you won more knockout games
52:34than every single other manager since 1966 combined.
52:38all of their games added together.
52:41You made the unsurvivable, survivable, Gareth,
52:45the impossible job possible again.
52:50I will say none of this, of course.
52:52And join in with the booing.
52:59Yeah.
53:10Look after them, won't you?
53:13Oh, they'll be fine.
53:15That's your legacy, Aerith.
53:18They're going to be fine.
53:20Yeah.
53:36Oh, that's your legacy.
53:49I remember asking my players all those years ago, when this journey first began, what they
53:58thought their England was, what's mine, what's yours, and what we want it to be.
54:09And I suppose I wanted mine to be one of hope and kindness, of progress over time, time, isn't
54:25that why we care so much?
54:27These markers every two and four years, something that frames the moments of our lives, where
54:36we were at, and who we were with, were all part of an unbreakable chain, that goes back
54:51and back, but also forwards too.
55:01And for an old country, it's the forward that matters now, the next quest, the next goal.
55:12There isn't such a thing as a beginning and an end, nothing is ever really final.
55:17A country is only the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, a series of moments seared
55:29into one memory, stitched together across time.
55:34England is a story we're all writing, and it's never over, never done.
55:56Oh, come on guys, it's started, kick off, come on.
56:03Can Thomas, who calls England, get off to a winning start under his tenureship, England
56:08versus Albania is coming up next.
56:21Since I was a young kid, the only thing I wanted to do was play football for England.
56:45What is this?
56:46In 1888, the only thing I wanted to do was play football for England.
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