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Dear England Season 1 Episode 2
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00:22How is your heart beating?
00:30And England, now reach out and touch it!
00:39England, no penalties, never, never before!
01:00Gareth Southgate moves to the skies and offers up a word...
01:07And England win on penalties!
01:24Suddenly, suddenly all things seem possible!
01:33Na-na-na! Na-na-na!
01:37Na-na-na-na!
01:42Na-na-na!
01:43Shoot!
01:45Speed shoot!
01:46Na-na-na!
01:47Na-na-na-na!
01:52We've actually won a penalty shootout, Neil!
01:55I can't believe it! It's unbelievable!
01:56It's unbelievable!
01:58She's a enemy whisperer!
02:00No one more than you!
02:06Na-na-na!
02:08Na-na-na!
02:08Na-na-na!
02:12Na-na-na!
02:12Harry Maguire got out biggest!
02:15Na-na-na-na!
02:18Na-na-na!
02:19Na-na-na!
02:20Na-na-na!
02:20Na-na-na-na!
02:21It's Lingard's cross!
02:22It's Deliany's finish!
02:25Oh, Justin Sun!
02:28Oh, five stops from Pickford!
02:30The Three Lions are dreaming indeed!
02:35Go!
02:36Go!
02:38Go!
02:43Go!
02:48Go!
03:09Go!
03:10Fantastic dog.
03:12Coming home is coming home.
03:14Coming home!
03:14Coming home!
03:15Coming home!
03:16I'll get off the head.
03:17Coming home!
03:18I'll get off the head.
03:21England!
03:34The gush of 66 lives on for England.
03:56No one expected to have going to reignite the fans' passion for the national team like this.
04:01Well, I mean, just two years after the horror of losing to Iceland,
04:05they've done so much to restore England's reputation and reconnect the public to their football team.
04:09But now the dust has settled, right, so there's also a question that's going to haunt us.
04:13Will we ever get a better chance to reach a World Cup final than we've just had?
04:30Southgate has history in his hands, and the first World Cup final since 1966 in his sight.
04:35It's because of his expectation, right, to reach fever pitch after England took the league.
04:40But that Luka Modric, I mean, he took control of the game, and Southgate's been fading.
04:44As the game wore on, they just were physically and mentally trying.
04:48Pickers kicked the ball long 40 times in total instead of working it up the field.
04:52And no, couldn't find a white shirt to save his life.
04:57Harry Kane, he lost the ball a total of 21 times.
05:01As history has often proven, England are, psychologically, for some reason, very vulnerable to going up
05:09and then bedding down for the age-old long period of agony.
05:14The whole team, exhausted, reverted to playing it safe under pressure.
05:17Less free, less fearless.
05:19OK, all right.
05:20Well, a lot to unpack and learn from.
05:23Thanks. Anyone else?
05:23Without apportioning blame, and this is, with respect, Pippa, I really do mean that,
05:28but the amount of time we spent on the warm and fuzzy stuff, which I'm not against.
05:32But why then, in the end, was it the mindset that gave in?
05:36It doesn't mean the work was wasted, Mike.
05:38It means we got further than any other team in decades.
05:41But learning how to sustain your psychological resilience over a whole tournament, that takes time.
05:46No, it takes more work on this, not less.
05:49But arguably, if we spent more time drilling the lads in midfield on how to cope with Modric and co,
05:53then maybe...
05:54OK, all right, OK.
05:56And what would they be in your picture in a press now, Pippa?
06:00The penalty whisperer or whatever, you...
06:02Hey, that's not me, OK?
06:05I did not put that out there.
06:07No, we not.
06:07I have not, and I would not put myself in the spotlight.
06:10Ever.
06:13OK.
06:16If I'm wrong, I'm sorry.
06:19Hey, look.
06:20The good news.
06:22We all came in here, unexpected, last minute, stitched something together at high speed,
06:26and look what we did.
06:27Now we have the time to begin building our new England.
06:32Proper.
06:33Tactics.
06:34Style of play.
06:35Culture.
06:36Mm-hmm.
06:39Remember, this is a longer story.
06:41And we're actually ahead.
06:43Ahead of the clock.
06:44It's a World Cup in four years.
06:46That's the goal.
06:47We'd hoped Act 1 would be reaching the quarterfinals, Act 2, Semis, Act 3 victory,
06:52but we did one better.
06:53And more than that, the feeling in the country.
06:57We should be proud and confident now going forward.
07:01Something is working.
07:02And we're ahead.
07:14Look, sorry, I've got a testy back there.
07:17We all just...
07:20We care.
07:21I care, Mike.
07:23Uslo, the back room.
07:25We don't go out on the pitch to the fans.
07:28It's for the gaffer and the players.
07:30Gareth asked us to share in it all as a team.
07:33Otherwise, I never...
07:34Gareth's a nice guy.
07:35Too nice.
07:37But what's best for him is to be the figurehead.
07:41To take the glory and him alone.
07:44Because he's sure as hell will take the blame when it all goes to shit.
07:52I will shortly leave the job, but it has been the honour of my life to hold.
07:56To serve the country I love.
08:01Good afternoon.
08:03The time has come to give strong leadership and to change this country for the better.
08:09The British people have had enough of waiting.
08:12Even in the darkest moments, we can see the bright future ahead.
08:32From this evening, I must give the British people a very simple instruction.
08:37You must stay at home.
08:40In the UK, 798 people have now been infected.
08:43There have been 11 COVID-related deaths.
08:45Government are determined to clamp down early.
08:47There have been three recorded deaths across the UK.
08:49A hundred and three deaths.
08:50Record-breaking nine...
08:51Leading to the suspension of the Premier League until 820.
08:54Well above the capacity of NHS...
08:56And the government...
08:56Each in-segment...
08:57More deaths...
08:58More deaths...
08:58More deaths...
08:59Over 1,000 more restrictions yet...
09:01World sport has come to a standstill.
09:04I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this
09:10challenge.
09:12And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.
09:18But the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet, good-humoured resolve, and a fellow feeling still characterise this country.
09:29The pride in who we are is not a part of our past.
09:33It defines our present and our future.
09:38We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return.
09:45We will be with our friends again.
09:48We will be with our families again.
09:51We will meet again.
09:53Till we have built Jerusalem
09:58In England's green and pleasant land
10:19Feels almost, I don't know, like a church.
10:24That sort of hush.
10:27Still, Pelé always said Wembley was the cathedral of football.
10:32Arguably, it's, you know, your stuff about stories.
10:35Almost perfect, in a way.
10:37The world of football returning here, in pilgrimage.
10:41It really is coming home.
10:44It's confirmed.
10:46We would host it here instead.
10:48Presploned for a year, but yes.
10:50The plan to share the Euros, different countries, nice idea, lovely in fact, but with Covid, never going to happen.
10:58UEFA's asked us to pretty much host the lot.
11:05Hosting.
11:06It adds expectation, doesn't it?
11:11It demands something.
11:16And so I just wanted to say that.
11:20You just wanted to say...
11:22That the universe has conspired to give us the best opportunity to end this, Gareth.
11:29Home advantage.
11:32End this quest to bring it back.
11:35To restore something in us, in England.
11:38And if that means a change of emphasis, yes, culture, happiness, is everyone okay, but now ruthlessly towards winning.
11:50It's always been about winning, Greg.
11:53The is everyone okay stuff, that's always only ever been about getting the best out of them.
11:58But we set a timetable and the Euros are only act too much, too soon, might undo some of them.
12:07I know, I know, but events and all that.
12:11Events.
12:12Tariff.
12:14Tariff.
12:17Tariff.
12:27Tariff.
12:28Tariff.
12:29Tariff.
12:40Tariff.
12:41Tariff.
12:42Tariff.
12:51Tariff.
12:52Tariff.
12:53Tariff.
12:56Tariff.
12:57Tariff.
13:18We've got a Southgate Creek going now.
13:51I don't know.
14:05A tournament at home. So, what about training? A camp of sorts, that's possible.
14:12Yeah, complicated. Might have to bubble, sort of, as a squad. Not simple, but...
14:16Yeah, and fans in the stands, or...
14:18Limited test schemes, big crowds.
14:20Oh, that'll be weird.
14:21Yeah, might have to pump in sound or something to give it atmos.
14:24Of course.
14:32Look, Gareth, you're a loyal bloke.
14:36But this is a tournament at Wembley.
14:40We're gonna have to make some tough decisions. The under-21s, the talent that's there, ready, waiting.
14:47We need to make room for it.
14:50Remember something you said? When all this started, before Russia, you wanted England to feel young again.
14:59No, it was you.
15:02I think that might have been Tony Blair.
15:05But, yeah, I think I stole and repurposed that, yeah.
15:08Well, a new story.
15:12New England.
15:13This is our time.
15:16Nice is nice.
15:19But winning is winning.
15:35Oh, Yerick, it's Gareth.
15:41Yeah, it's just...
15:43It's just this tournament, you know.
15:46It feels like the tournament that, uh...
15:48I'm sorry, Yerick.
15:50What you did for your country.
15:52That fifth penalty.
15:56But if the most use I can be for the team...
16:00Is to not be in it, then...
16:03Thanks, Yerick.
16:05I'll see you soon.
16:46No, it's just...
16:48I'm good.
16:50Yeah.
16:51But, you know, I get it.
16:52I've not been informed.
16:53And, um, you know, I don't need my hand holding or my arse wiping.
16:58I'm not a child, so...
17:01It's not about being a child.
17:03It's about normal feelings of disappointment.
17:06So, if you want to talk...
17:08What's talking gonna change?
17:10It won't change it.
17:14So...
17:14OK.
17:16Well, I think you might have my number.
17:18Do you have my number?
17:19Uh, yeah.
17:22Yeah.
17:23I think so.
17:26Thanks.
17:47You gonna do some therapy on me?
17:49No.
17:50But I'm here if you wanna share what you're thinking.
17:53Or if you wanna chat.
17:54What I'm thinking?
17:56Um, right?
17:57I think I'm thinking about...
17:58You know, the vibes now are all about trust.
18:02And be vulnerable.
18:04And you are safe here.
18:05Fucking great.
18:07Glad I trusted.
18:08That worked out well.
18:10It's about trusting others with what you're going through, Deli.
18:14The good and the bad.
18:15And there's always gonna be bad in sport at this level.
18:17But do you think I don't fucking know that, Pippa?
18:33I don't know who that is.
18:39I don't know who that is.
18:49I don't know who that is.
18:49Like, fuck em!
18:56Not, fuck em.
18:58I just stumble.
19:00I feel that.
19:05You're following me around on my back.
19:11I had a lot of very different from you.
19:16But my family growing up wasn't stable.
19:20And I learned how to close those feelings down.
19:24Keep small.
19:26I feel so lucky that I realised later how wrong that was.
19:31That everything we're worried and frightened about just becomes bigger.
19:36In the dark.
19:38All I'm saying is, always share this stuff, Deli.
19:42Make it less big.
19:49What's the matter anyways?
19:53I mean, you're being dropped.
19:57Always being dropped.
20:11England hosting the Euros.
20:12It's the first home tournament since Euro 96.
20:15What a summer that was.
20:16The sun, Sean, and the country came together.
20:19Yeah, yeah.
20:20I mean, after all that we've been through the last year and a bit,
20:22I just want to feel connected again and want to feel part of something.
20:26Yeah, I want it to feel like the summer of 96,
20:28except this time we go on and whatever.
20:30But for a long while,
20:31we've not been feeling too good about ourselves in this country.
20:34But I think even me, too, Lee,
20:36football can do just that.
20:50Mike?
20:52You're done.
21:18Kyle.
21:20Oh, my gosh, boss.
21:22Sorry, I'm eating a chump.
21:24I have been following the nutrition plan, I promise.
21:27Yeah, yeah, it's okay.
21:28Just this once.
21:30One of these in my Bible.
21:31Maybe like my desert island things, you know?
21:36That's great, Bakaio.
21:37I love that.
21:38What's your favorite, you know, bit?
21:40Uh, I don't know.
21:41I'd say the caramel, you know?
21:43Makes it sweet.
21:44It has a little something to it.
21:45I'm in the Bible.
21:47Oh, uh, I don't know.
21:50It's all good.
21:51It reminds me that God is there, guiding me.
21:54That he has a plan.
21:56Well, it's not the only one, Bakaio.
22:00Thanks, boss.
22:17What is that?
22:24Is that a trick question?
22:26No.
22:29The world is about to be focused on us.
22:34On here.
22:36And these are going to be everywhere.
22:39In every car, millions of homes.
22:42And these things can be emotive and complicated.
22:46We know that.
22:47So let's own it and uncomplicate it.
22:52I set us the task before Russia of asking the question, what is your England?
22:58And you've started to answer that on the pitch.
23:02Your character as a team.
23:04Great.
23:05Amazing.
23:05I just don't want us to be knocked sideways at, well, two things with this surprise new
23:11pressure of hosting.
23:12One, the expectation that comes with that to do well, better.
23:15And two, the amount of, I suppose, national introspection that comes when you host.
23:22So I'm asking, what home means to you?
23:27Phil, hello, Phil.
23:29Where's home for you?
23:30Stock Park.
23:30Jack?
23:32Uh, home when?
23:34Home now.
23:34Your origins?
23:36Oh, it's Oliall.
23:37And Jaden?
23:38Uh, South London.
23:39Kennington.
23:40And you're proud of those places, right?
23:43Yeah.
23:43Yeah.
23:44Yeah.
23:44Of course.
23:46You know, poems or paintings or the cliche of the idea of England is always hills and
23:54countryside and little village greens, but that's not where you come from, is it?
23:58Where most of the fans come from?
24:00We should be proud of that.
24:03Speak up.
24:04Declare the places you're from.
24:07I'm Gareth from Crawley.
24:09Hey!
24:10Oh, yeah.
24:13Oh, yeah, but I'm Gareth from Crawley, which I know makes me sound like a travel agent,
24:19but for better or worse, I'm England manager, and I fell in love with this game, kicking
24:24the ball against my back wall in a small semi in Crawley.
24:27Small semi.
24:29That's who I am.
24:31Who's next?
24:32Mosbury.
24:33South Yorkshire.
24:36Wolfenstein.
24:37Washington.
24:38Tynan, where are you?
24:38Ely.
24:39Sutherland.
24:40Whithenshaw.
24:41Exactly, Whithenshaw.
24:42Those places we're told sound like shit places.
24:45Yeah?
24:45But they're our shit places.
24:47Yeah?
24:48They're the fans' places.
24:49Yeah.
24:50England.
24:50Yeah.
24:52Yeah.
24:53Being confident in our identity, knowing our story, is how...
25:05it's how we're going to win this tournament.
25:11What?
25:12You think we can win this one?
25:15I think we can.
25:17Yeah.
25:17Come on.
25:17I think we will!
25:19Yeah!
25:21Yeah!
25:22Come on, boys!
25:24Yes!
25:25Yeah!
25:29Yeah!
25:29Yeah!
25:30Come on!
25:31Come on!
25:32Yeah!
25:33Yeah!
25:34Come on!
25:34Come on!
25:38England are second favourites to win the tournament behind world champions France.
25:42There's a real opportunity here because of the array of attacking talent.
25:46Harry Kane is one of the best writers in world football
25:49and our biggest asset of them all is our manager.
25:52Southgate is reshaking football off the field as well as on it,
25:55encouraging the players to step beyond their role as footballers,
25:58to see that as something that helps their game.
26:01There I am. You know what this place means to me.
26:04The place I grew up, literally in the shadow of the Wembley Arch.
26:07And now I'm about to step onto that pitch and play for my country.
26:10So my message is, believe and come on England.
26:16There's such a good feeling around these lads that if home advantage kicks in,
26:19there's no reason why we can't go all the way.
26:53Do you have a minute?
26:55Pippa, yeah.
26:57Of course.
27:00Pippa?
27:02I'm sorry, Gareth.
27:04Okay.
27:05Don't think I hold any feelings towards you or any of this because I don't.
27:09Pippa, the Euros and the new pressure they're under.
27:12I know, but I don't think I'm helping your story by becoming a part of it.
27:15And I really don't want to be the story, Gareth.
27:19And with you going in a slightly new direction...
27:21No, it isn't new.
27:22Okay, different.
27:24A different backroom structure and emphasis.
27:27But honestly, that's fine because...
27:29Gareth.
27:31Hey.
27:33I say this with love and an awareness that you're sort of trapped here, aren't you?
27:40Trapped?
27:41You think I'm trapped?
27:41But this, me here, was never meant to be my whole life.
27:45This was never meant to be the thing that defined me.
27:49This is the clock thing.
27:51Bringing it forward.
27:52Stepping up there.
27:53Because I accept we really are pressing forward with performance now.
27:57The end result.
27:58I accept that.
27:58Gareth, our work has always been about getting their best performance.
28:01Yes, and we've made huge strides.
28:02But now, now they need to learn to win.
28:05Gareth, that's...
28:06You have everything you need to be able to win.
28:08Well, okay, but now that we're hosting, we have to.
28:11Have to prove, inescapably, that this way works.
28:15Really?
28:18Not even a bit of this is about wanting to redefine your part in the story?
28:24Gareth, you're still there, aren't you?
28:27There? Where?
28:2896, you're still on that spot.
28:31Please don't fucking patronise me, Pippa, okay?
28:35Sorry, but like I haven't been on that long walk away from there.
28:39Like I haven't done that work.
28:40I know what I did.
28:41What happened to you?
28:43Not what you did.
28:52I didn't decide.
28:53I can't help it.
28:55That that walk away from here has brought me right back here.
29:00A tournament here.
29:01With those ghosts.
29:05All I can do, try and do, is this.
29:13Seize this moment now.
29:22And what I need to do, is step away.
29:30It's okay.
29:33It's okay.
29:37Pippa, wait a minute.
29:59How are you doing, Marcus?
30:02Alright.
30:04You're writing in your journal, that's good.
30:06Nah, I tried, but you don't believe in, like, superstitions and stuff, do you?
30:13Well, it doesn't matter what I believe, does it?
30:16What do you believe?
30:20You know, H doesn't shave if he's on a scarring streak.
30:24I think Eric's been wearing the same socks for about nine years.
30:27They all know I tapped my boots together four times before a game.
30:31But I also, secretly, I know it sounds daft, but...
30:38I also look up to my nan and say a couple words.
30:46But I can't remember if I did that in Russia.
30:49When we went out for that final game.
30:52But I didn't play well.
30:53And we lost.
30:55And I know it's ages ago.
30:57But I still think about it.
30:59Well, okay.
31:03It doesn't matter when you do it, does it?
31:06Do it now.
31:07We'll do it together.
31:08Nah, come on, no.
31:09It's daft.
31:10What's her name?
31:11Your gran?
31:15Cillian.
31:22Cillian, I'm...
31:30I wanted to say...
31:34Your grandson...
31:35He was one of five young men back against Colombia...
31:41Who did something for his country no others have ever done.
31:46And that's locked forever.
31:49No one can ever take that away.
31:52So, yeah.
31:57Yeah.
31:59And then your feet.
32:00Great.
32:05One, two, three, four.
32:28It is a very different type of challenge.
32:31Tight surrounds, stark, close-up partisanship.
32:37This is the nuts and bolts of tournament qualifying for this emerging young England team.
32:48We're the two, three, five, five.
32:56No, no, we don't have to do it.這球
33:31I'm sorry. I didn't hear it. I wasn't listening for it. I'm sorry. Raheem, Marcus, are you?
33:38That's fine. Look, look, it's not like it's the first time we heard that stuff, right?
33:42Like, monkey chants and shit. It's like, oh, wow, like, so fucking original.
33:47What do you want to do? Should we, all of us, collectively say something, maybe?
33:51What? What, just like that? You think it's that easy?
33:54No, no, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound easy.
33:57And I have been saying. And say what, anyway?
34:01What, like, that racist abuse is bad. That it's upsetting. Like, that needs saying.
34:07Then we should say something. Right?
34:11Can't always just be you guys. They'll just tell us to show up. Stick to football. They always do.
34:17You know, you talk about, with the flags, what is our England. This is a part of it.
34:22People that think that some of us shouldn't be wearing the shirt.
34:25Right, right. Because today we'll just be like, oh, well, we were playing abroad. Abroad that happens.
34:30But I'm like, nah, nah. It happens at home too. Our home, Gareth. Our England. He's right. This is just
34:38a part of it.
34:38So you're gonna include that? Talk about that? Yeah. We talk about that.
34:56So England's European Championship campaign is precisely a week away. Here is the last stress rehearsal for Gareth Southgate's squad.
35:07And England take a knee in the ongoing campaign to eradicate racism from football.
35:15Would you take the knee, Prime Minister?
35:17I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what I'll tell you honestly what I'll tell you.
35:19Is this a yes or no perspective? My answer?
35:21Boris Johnson refuses to condemn fans booing England. That's absolutely fair.
35:25Nobody defends booing of the England side.
35:28Southgate insists his squad will show solidarity with those fighting for change.
35:34It's taken the knee thing. Maybe it's got a broader history, but it seems to be taken from the game
35:38of thrones.
35:40English fans booing our boys was a disgrace. It's so un-English to boo.
35:47I just don't support gesture politics to a certain extent.
35:50I can't support it because I see it as a divisive, simple, I see it's associated with Black Lives Matter.
35:55There are probably other managers that may have been more likely than the woke Mr Southgate.
36:03We're wasting time arguing as to whether we can take a knee or not, rather than trying to do something
36:07about it.
36:08When he said we are about more than football, no Mr Southgate.
36:11The idea that it's right for the football team to get involved with political gestures is a mistake.
36:20I thought there'd be more sense of togetherness, maybe, going into this after what we all went through.
36:26I don't know, feels so on edge, doesn't it?
36:31Maybe someone needs to say that.
36:36Like you said, sort of name it. The mood. Where we are.
36:42I'm not sure people want to hear any more from us, from me.
36:46What do I know anyway?
36:48I hate social media.
36:50I'd rather eat my own face.
36:54Well, I don't know.
36:58A letter then.
37:00Like wartime.
37:02A letter to home.
37:06A letter then.
37:09Fuck!
37:13Looking sharp, fellas.
37:15Nothing, nothing, nothing.
37:22Look, I backed your whole thesis. I always do. Players owning their story, but...
37:29Christ, is this what you meant?
37:32It's political protests, and I thought we wanted to unite the country.
37:37This, it's so, it's just, it's so divisive.
37:40It's what the players are dealing with, Greg.
37:42We can't bury our heads.
37:43We have to carry the, you know, the mood of the nation.
37:48Wow.
37:50One man, Gareth, the mood of a nation.
37:55It's good, the players, that they feel like they can express.
38:00But how do we keep this as a celebration, too, that's all?
38:04I mean, don't we all need that, too, right now?
38:06It will be a celebration, Greg, I promise.
38:10But an honest one.
38:23Hey, see you, come on.
38:24Yeah.
38:27Bye.
38:52I think this is the most divided England has ever felt.
38:55Are they proud to be British?
38:57Yes, don't we know.
38:57It's all about immigration.
38:58Riminals.
38:59Traitor, terror.
39:00No, no, it's not, like, politically correct.
39:02Level up.
39:03No, Max, these farmers have robbed rights, Henry.
39:05We're in the country that we have now today.
39:07Get a job.
39:08There are no jobs.
39:08Well, there's a certain amount of self-pitching.
39:10That goes up to 60% of our listeners to the working classes.
39:13Oh, gosh, more joy.
39:14Get out with it.
39:15Don't you like it?
39:16It's brilliant.
39:18It's almost like somebody saying,
39:28Dear England,
39:32I can't possibly hope to speak for an entire country,
39:38but I would like to share a few things with you
39:40as we begin this journey.
39:43It's been an incredibly difficult time.
39:47It's given us all a new understanding of the fragility of life.
39:51And in the grand scheme of things,
39:53perhaps football doesn't seem so important.
39:58And what I want to speak about is much bigger than football.
40:04I tell my players that what they are a part of,
40:09what we are all a part of,
40:11is an experience that lasts
40:15in the collective consciousness of our country.
40:19Every game has the potential to create a lifelong memory
40:24for an England fan somewhere.
40:31Why do we care so much?
40:35What I know is,
40:36what is often forgotten is,
40:39how much it means to the players.
40:42Players are fans too.
40:45The idea that they don't care
40:47has become a false narrative,
40:48and we must give them confidence
40:51to stand up for their teammates.
40:55I have never believed that we should just stick to football.
41:00Of course, I know my players and I will be judged on winning matches,
41:05but the reality is that the result is just a small part.
41:11It's about how we conduct ourselves
41:14and how we bring people together
41:18that lasts beyond the summer,
41:24that lasts forever.
41:41The journey starts here.
41:45The first chapter in what England hope will be an epic tale
41:49starts with a rematch
41:51of the World Cup semi-final.
41:54It's the first goal of the European Championship.
41:58And Raheem Sterling is the man.
42:00It's a good start for Southgate.
42:02Can he keep this up throughout the tournament?
42:05In the end,
42:05I'm looking to tease the check defence.
42:11He does that,
42:11and he's headed in.
42:15But England have won,
42:16and they topped the group.
42:18They will play in the round of 16
42:20against two.
42:21We're about to wait to see.
42:23Now, after all the talk
42:25about the ghosts of history,
42:27is down to these players
42:29to take their own places
42:30in the saga of this great international fiction.
42:36Where's your spark? Wembley ignores.
42:39A boy from Wembley.
42:40Yeah, a boy from Wembley.
42:42Greal is in! Incomple, captain!
42:46Now the Southgate can now beat in Germany
42:48into his incredible list of achievements.
42:51What is lovely is we've given people another day to remember.
43:01And there's McQuire!
43:06I got a great connection on it.
43:08It was always going to end up at the back of the net with that connection.
43:10A lot of people have fallen out of love with football.
43:13These guys and the manager have made people think again
43:15about how special football is and can be.
43:20OK. Penalties.
43:22What, you think? That's it.
43:24We've cracked them and we won't have to face them again.
43:26Come on.
43:30Let's go, Lassie.
43:33Come on, lad.
43:54The stage is set.
43:57Henry K steps up.
44:13Yes! Yes! Yes!
44:18The long, long wait is over.
44:22A Wembley roar to hail England's history makers
44:26into the final
44:28for the first time in 55 years.
44:33Unbelievable.
44:34Final at home.
44:35What a feeling.
44:37Obviously, it's going to be a tough game against Italy,
44:39but, yeah, we can't wait.
44:45Touch it now.
44:49Reach it out.
44:52Touch it.
44:54Touch it up.
44:59Touch it up.
45:00Touch it up.
45:00Switch it down the line.
45:02Look up, look up, look up.
45:04Cause I've been looking so.
45:07Soldier!
45:08Soldier!
45:09Soldier!
45:10How did you fly?
45:13Look up, look up.
45:15To Billy then you're a boy.
45:20I just had to tell Saka the other day, it's not always like this, don't get used to it.
45:25And now to finish the job?
45:26Yeah, that's it. Finals are there to be won.
45:35It was a long time coming.
45:39But the best part is, it's arrived.
45:43It's excitement and emotion around Wembley that hasn't been felt since, you know, Wembley.
45:51Are England's young lions ready for the game of their lives?
45:58It's hard not to feel the stars aligning.
46:03That England should fight themselves back here at home with all its ghosts of the past and hopes for the
46:11future.
46:19It's endless, glorious, happy and glorious.
46:31Long till they come for us, God save us.
46:47Now the game that so many have waited a lifetime to see is underway.
46:55Walker is charging past Trippier.
46:58It's Trippier who will cross.
47:03It's the start of dreams.
47:08The excitement around Wembley now has reached levels never hit before.
47:23England get the second half started with that one goal lead.
47:31He needs to swing it in.
47:33Flicked across.
47:35This is a problem.
47:43Italy's second half response has been admirable and Gini has altered his personnel.
47:48He has altered the dynamic and it is England now who have to find answers.
47:56Time for the Kaiosaka.
47:59Come on, boys!
48:05One, two, three, four!
48:08Extra time.
48:13Hurry!
48:15General!
48:18Walker's going direct.
48:20Southgate!
48:22Just looks a little bit concerned about Southgate.
48:26Looking to see if there are any signs of an England change.
48:32Gareth, if we're sticking with the data, the strongest penalty takers.
48:36If you want them on, we have to do it now.
48:38Can't believe it's come down to this.
48:42Here.
48:43Yeah.
48:50That's Jadon Pappas.
48:51It is going to be Sancho and Rashford on for England for the last few minutes.
49:13Time to steal yourselves at home.
49:15England once again are involved in a penalty shootout.
49:20It had to come to this, didn't it?
49:24After a month of hard work, hard yards, it is down to kicks from 12 yards, 11 meters.
49:34Aaron Southgate has talked about penalties a lot.
49:38He's had to.
49:40He's got to.
49:41He's got to.
49:42Come on!
49:42Come on!
49:43Come on!
49:44Come on!
49:45What's the trick?
49:52Well, here we go, folks.
49:54Cross your fingers.
49:55Hide behind the sofa.
49:56Do whatever you do.
49:57Oh, Christ.
49:59This can't be open.
50:00Is this really open?
50:04First up for Italy is Domenico Verratti.
50:11One out of one for Italy.
50:14Now Harry Kane.
50:27Second up for Italy.
50:29Second up for Italy.
50:31Next up for Italy.
50:31First up for Italy.
50:32I'll take the Gap and the meat of the Plane.
50:42First up.
50:44Second up for Italy.
50:47First up.
50:52Second up for Italy.
51:01Andrea Palocci
51:16Big moment for Harry Maguire
51:19Another leader in the England camp
51:38Scores
51:39Toe the middle
51:45Advantage England
51:47Benucci next
51:59Marcus Rashford up next for England
52:03Only came into the game for the last two minutes of action
52:09He's had to sit and watch
52:12Keep his legs fresh and ready for this
52:36He tried to place it
52:37He got the angle wrong
52:522-2 after three
52:56Now the pressure goes back on England's players
53:10The Italians take the other hand
53:13England behind
53:17Up next
53:18Who was brought on at the very end
53:20As a kind of special teams player
53:22It's going to be Jaden Sancho
53:35He's really got to score this one
53:44Saved by Donnarumma
53:51Italy a warm kick away from European glory
54:01And it is Jorginho
54:03Who is Mr. 100% from the penalty spot
54:08Jordan Pickford tells himself
54:10No problem
54:11He's up to this
54:11He has to be
54:13He has to be
54:16He has to be
54:41It is the same
54:55Now he can do no more than the rest of us the turn and watch
55:0419 years old will tie you Saka
55:12Saka has to score
55:52Saka has to score
55:55Saka has to score지가
55:56is over Saka
55:56has to score Saka
55:57is over Saka
55:58is over Saka
55:59is over Saka
56:11is over
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