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Dear England Season 1 Episode 3
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00:24Hello again, glad you've tuned in.
00:26You've obviously heard there's a football match on tonight.
00:27The biggest football tournament seen in England since 1966.
00:32It was the age of chivalry.
00:34England was a country of castles, cathedrals and small communities
00:38who revered the flag of St George, our patron saint,
00:42and a hero reputed by legends who have taken on a mighty foe.
00:46But beware, because right now that same foe is in the Royal Tunnel here at Wembley,
00:52still very hot and very volatile.
00:59There's only one worse in the whole world we can call for now,
01:03the mighty St George.
01:04And here's Gascoing.
01:06That's unbelievable!
01:08Oh, take a bow for that!
01:10It's all happening for England!
01:12And the charts are suddenly reflecting the mood of football mania
01:15that appears to be sweeping the nation.
01:16That's the gluten telly all weekend.
01:18I mean, you can see the effect that it's had on me.
01:21I've never experienced a Wembley Stadium like it.
01:22It's taken a game of football to bring the whole nation together.
01:25Salihiro!
01:26Salihiro!
01:27He's gone!
01:28Brilliant play for England!
01:30And in comes Scheringer!
01:32And England are getting the Duster Dremix!
01:35I think for English football fans, I think this tournament has seen a real change of heart.
01:39Given the country something to smile about.
01:41It was a wonderful game, I much enjoyed it.
01:45Well, he's fired up for that.
01:47And England go into the semi-finals of the European Championship.
01:51British politicians must wish they could tap into the crowd-pleasing powers of football more often.
01:57I think politics has got a lot to do with football.
01:59Salihiro from the flick-off!
02:00And a goal!
02:01England have scored!
02:03The Scotland equalises!
02:05On the mic!
02:06No!
02:07How unlucky can you be?
02:09And that's that.
02:10The final whistle has gone here at Wembley.
02:12You know what that means?
02:14Though we go into sudden death penalties.
02:21Gareth Southgate coming forward now.
02:24Sing it!
02:26Oh my word!
02:26And suddenly, England screams of the European glory.
02:30And the Germans go into the final!
02:32And England are out!
02:43Oh my word!
02:48Gary?
02:51Gary?
02:52It's John.
02:55It's okay, just one moment, please.
02:59John?
03:00Uh, Major, the...
03:05How are you feeling?
03:12Um...
03:19I'm awfully sorry.
03:22The miss.
03:25The Germans go into the final.
03:27And England are out.
03:36I've had a little trouble with Europe, myself, recently.
03:44It's hard when things don't pan out as one hopes.
03:47Or expects.
03:50I just...
03:51I feel like I shouldn't have even, um...
04:00You know?
04:02You know, I just offered because I wanted to...
04:04Um...
04:06To lead.
04:07By example.
04:15My predecessor.
04:17You probably remember.
04:19Or are you too young?
04:21She was toppled.
04:25Leaders.
04:28I only became leader because the other favourites, much louder, more colourful than me, they sort of wiped each other
04:36out.
04:38There I was.
04:40Asked to steady the ship.
04:43She saw football as a...
04:46I think she called it this.
04:48A national stain.
04:50Which I can understand.
04:52The thuggery.
04:53That felt so part of it for a while.
04:57And then...
04:59I don't know.
05:00This summer.
05:02Something shifted.
05:03And the sun came out.
05:08And that's what I'm worried I've ruined.
05:11I'll try for you, aren't you?
05:13Saved it!
05:15Oh, my word.
05:25No.
05:27It just ended up not being the answer, that's all.
05:30But there was hope in it.
05:37He was there.
05:38Watching.
05:41God.
05:41No, Blair.
05:44Oh, that's funny.
05:45Yes, I bet some people think he is.
05:48Maybe he's starting to believe that he is.
05:52My all but certain, uh...
05:54sub off the bench.
06:02I think we often arrive at a moment and think...
06:05This must be our time.
06:08And then things don't pan out and we're left wondering why we're here anymore.
06:14Maybe it's just that our sort of purpose is...
06:17Something else.
06:20Not something we imagined.
06:22Maybe not even something we'd much want.
06:26But there we are.
06:33I think to lead...
06:36When leadership is sort of thrust upon us...
06:39All we can do, strive to do, is stand by our...
06:43Values.
06:44Those things that make us who we are.
06:47As the noise gets louder all about us.
06:53Go be with your friends.
06:55Your family.
06:58Nice to meet you, Gary.
07:20It was a day to shame English football.
07:22Only ten minutes after England kicked off their final with Italy.
07:26Ticketless fans stormed the stadium in Wembley.
07:28Chaotic scenes outside Wembley as pre-match celebrations descended into chaos and violence.
07:33Fueled by alcohol and drugs.
07:35The dark underbelly of England and English football that blighted the game for so many years.
07:39Returned before a goal had even been scored.
07:42So much for Gareth Southgate's call for national unity ahead of the tournament.
07:47Well, if you didn't know the name Bakayo Saka before last night's match, you do now.
07:53The Euros final has been followed by an onslaught of racial abuse.
07:57Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bakayo Saka all targeted.
08:01This mural of Marcus Rashford defaced.
08:03It does feel like something of a return to the dark ages.
08:07Football once again at the center of a wider societal issue.
08:11The decision as to who should be the penalty takers was mine and mine alone.
08:18Any thoughts, opinions and strong feelings about that, which I totally get that there are,
08:23should be directed at me.
08:26The racist attacks and abuse being delivered by a loud minority is unforgivable.
08:34The players who stepped up bravely in a moment of pressure that no England player has ever had to experience
08:39before
08:39a shootout, in a final, those players have earned nothing but the admiration that the majority of fans have shown.
08:47Here was three lads who was brilliant all summer and had the courage to step up and take a pen
08:55when the stakes were that high.
08:57If you abuse anyone on social media, you're not an England fan and we don't want you.
09:03Now this is all Southgate's ball.
09:04We have a different manager, a different approach we would have won.
09:07I've got a toy and a text for a hundred and seventy minutes.
09:09If you look at the penalty selections, I only take them.
09:12It's an absolute chuckle.
09:13The Rashford and Sancho coming on.
09:15They haven't had a touch.
09:16Why do you take a minute?
09:16Yeah, I mean, especially since Southgate knows the first pound of treatment you get for.
09:20The entire match was proof that he doesn't have the balls or tactics to make fun.
09:24I mean, it's just basic strategy, one-on-one stuffy.
09:26You know, promise Sunday, leave, stop.
09:28Should we do better than this?
09:29Look to the World Cup, just under a gear.
09:31Don't do our team to run that'll move it off.
09:37Pass still works.
09:40Pippa?
09:41I was just passing through nearby.
09:48Really?
09:49Sort of.
09:50Ish.
09:51A couple of hundred miles.
09:57I thought you might fancy a walk.
09:59Oh, like a long one, off a short pier.
10:03Well, we'll see how we get on.
10:07Can't stop thinking about them.
10:09Those three lads.
10:13I gave them this thing to live with, didn't I?
10:15The thing I've had to live with, and yeah, it doesn't feel great.
10:18You also gave them the tools to deal with it.
10:21Better than you have, probably.
10:24No, that's not on me, that's them, all them.
10:28I don't know.
10:29If it's this way or that.
10:32Had Marcus's ball been that much more to the right, we'd have a completely different story.
10:36Everyone's a hero, all the right choices made, destiny fulfilled, and it'd be over.
10:43Over.
10:45That way, I stand awake, keeping everyone stuck, and unhappy, and trapped.
10:56But long-term plan.
10:58It's on track.
10:59Ahead of track, isn't it?
11:01Getting further every time.
11:03Not like before, falling behind.
11:06You decided to try something new, a different way, of which I and others contributed.
11:12You did, my God.
11:13All brought in, and it's working.
11:16You've resurrected England, Gareth.
11:19Come on.
11:21Now tell me why, when everyone else feels it, what's this great doubt?
11:27Hanging about you like a cloud.
11:33I don't know.
11:34It's okay.
11:35I'm okay.
11:43I just feel a bit of foreboding.
11:46Some unease I can't shake.
11:48And I'm not the best manager in the world, but I know that tactics, strategy.
11:52Of course not.
11:53No, I'm not asking you to contradict me.
11:54And what is best?
11:56Best at which bit?
11:58Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
12:00Look how far you've got them.
12:02This is it now.
12:03Qatar next.
12:04The final act.
12:06This is crunch time.
12:11Why can't we just win?
12:16You have everything you need to be able to win, Gareth.
12:20I'd argue very humbly, what England needs to learn isn't how to win.
12:26It's how to lose.
12:27Look at the last few days.
12:31Who are we when we lose?
12:33That's how one day you make it possible to win.
12:40Honestly, there are no words to tell you how disappointed I was with the result and my penalty.
12:46Just a young boy of 19 and gave absolutely 100%.
12:50You're fed up of what's going on here in terms of online...
12:53I've been playing in my head over and over since I struck the bar.
12:56And there's probably not a word to quite describe how it feels.
12:58And here we are at this mural of Marcus Rashford where the entire community has taken to the streets to
13:03show their support.
13:05Final.
13:0755 years.
13:08One penalty.
13:09History.
13:10All I can say is sorry.
13:12We should back them and support them, no matter the outcomes.
13:16I was hurting so much and honestly I felt like I let you all down.
13:19But I can promise you this.
13:20I won't let that moment or any of the negativity I've received this week break me.
13:26Racism has no place and anyone who has these thoughts is not welcoming to echo Harry Kane.
13:32We don't want you.
13:33I am proud of this England team.
13:36I don't want any child or adult to have to receive the hateful and hurtful messages that me, Marcus and
13:42Jaden have received this week.
13:43I can take critique of my performance all day long, but I will never apologise for who I am.
13:49So to the majority of people coming together to call out the people sending these messages, we will win.
13:56The players on the pitch that day, in particular the black players, are all still very much heroes.
14:01They're all still kings.
14:02Love always wins.
14:04I'm Marcus Rashford, 23-year-old black man from Wibbington and Wibbingshire.
14:09If I have nothing else, I have that.
14:23Irony is, Gareth, I thought I was on brand.
14:26Our values, your values, sticking up for the players.
14:29Just the wrong language, that's all.
14:33I thought they used...
14:36Coloured...
14:36No, see, still getting it wrong.
14:39People of colour, not...
14:40Right, right, God.
14:45In front of a parliamentary committee for all the world to see.
14:50Then do we all become politicians, eh?
14:52Even in sport.
14:55I suppose some of that I should thank you for.
15:00Suppose it's inevitable, really.
15:02Speak for long enough in the modern world, you'll say the wrong thing eventually.
15:09Anyway, I don't want all the, the, what do you always call it, the noise, to harm you.
15:20Because believe it or not, I do care about all this, you know.
15:27Dinosaur, though I may be.
15:32I'll see you around, Gareth.
15:42I deeply, deeply regret using an outdated and offensive term when referring to our black and ethnic minority players.
15:54I am proud of the way this organisation, under my leadership, alongside Gareth Southgate, has strove to be more inclusive
16:03to all fans.
16:04An hour ago, Boris Johnson resigned as leader of the Conservative Party and will step down as Prime Minister for
16:09a new leader.
16:09And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world.
16:14But then's the brakes.
16:15In the last half an hour, Liz Truss has been formally appointed as the country's new Prime Minister.
16:20I have just accepted Her Majesty the Queen's kind invitation to form a new government.
16:26We will transform Britain into an aspiration nation.
16:29I'm ready to make the hard choices.
16:32You can trust me to do what it takes.
16:40Do we have to have it in the room with us?
16:42Well, it's a motivator reminder.
16:44Yeah, well, I liked it. Reminded me we had a couple of practice goes. Now it's just yelling at me
16:49that time's almost up.
16:50Time is almost up. This is it. This is the big one, isn't it? This was always the one, according
16:57to the master plan. The one we aim to win.
17:02That's right. This is the one.
17:05Yeah, yeah. So the challenges are the players have less time to reset and repair. Because of the Covid delay,
17:11it's only a year and a bit gap, not two.
17:13Christmas World Cup. You can't get me head around it. It's mad.
17:17Okay, well, those are the cards we've been dealt, all right?
17:20Also, Qatar. I mean, not to state the obvious, but it really is quite hot. I've been here on holiday.
17:25Well, next door. The buyer. Sort of next door, innit? Next door but one.
17:32Okay, listen. We have to turn those things into our advantage, all right? Psychologically. As in, less time means we
17:39keep momentum, all right? We nearly got there, guys. Yeah?
17:43We nearly touched it. So come on, act three now.
17:46Nothing, yes. We bring it home.
17:48Yes.
17:52Here we go, then. This is what it's all been building towards, not just over the last month, but over
17:57the last years, the last decade. Can England stretch out their hands and seize it?
18:13No more years of hurt. No more knees. You're dreaming. Because dreams have become reality.
18:22We're dream. At Wembley.
18:24I'm gonna be. I am the tiger.
18:27Dancing through the fire.
18:30Because I am the dream.
18:33And you're gonna hear me roar.
18:38And you're when I am.
18:41Because I am the champion.
18:44And you're gonna hear me roar.
18:49The Lionesses have brought football home.
18:52Now it's down to the rest of us to make sure it stays here.
18:54You think it's all over? It's only just begun.
19:01It's coming on. It's coming. Football's coming on.
19:06Yeah, thanks. Rest intense. Now.
19:09Serena.
19:10Garris.
19:11I'm over the moon.
19:12What a history.
19:14Wow.
19:15Well done.
19:16Yeah, thanks.
19:17Wow.
19:20I'm heading up quickly for the celebrations. You too?
19:24Yeah, I thought I'd, if that's okay, not to crash. Yeah.
19:30Do you want to hold it?
19:33That's okay. It's yours.
19:35It's only a replica.
19:38Oh, well, in that case.
19:41They take the real one back somewhere.
19:43It's the only reason I've been trusted with this one.
19:45Yeah, not even real.
19:47Piece of crap.
19:48Oh, I'm so sorry.
19:51It's fine.
19:52You're fine.
19:58How do you think you, what you put it down to?
20:01Can I ask?
20:03Put it down to?
20:06Yeah.
20:08How did you win?
20:10We had the best team.
20:14Yeah.
20:32The men, they have to fight with the expectations so high.
20:37But the women struggled just as much for the lows.
20:40No one expecting anything from them.
20:44Two different crosses to bear.
20:46They've played with such joy, so it's fearless.
20:50Congratulations, Serena.
20:54Your clock is still ticking, Gareth.
20:56It's our next.
20:57All okay?
20:58Yes, new camp round the corner.
21:02Yep.
21:03Floor, nine.
21:05Door opening.
21:27Mark, hello.
21:29Mark Bullingham, hi.
21:30Stay here.
21:31Pleasure to meet you.
21:31Mark.
21:32Please do.
21:33Please.
21:34All of you.
21:37And, er...
21:38Congrats on the appointment.
21:40Oh, thanks, Gareth.
21:42Yeah, most...
21:43Most kind.
21:44Tricky time, too.
21:46Post-Greg.
21:47He was quite, er...
21:50Wasn't he?
21:52He was.
21:53Yeah.
21:54So, we thought we'd...
21:58Emily?
21:59Er, yes.
22:00In this climate.
22:02We just want to keep flagging the noise around Qatar.
22:05I don't think we can pretend that you won't face a constant barrage of questions about everything
22:08except a back four over a back three, Gareth.
22:11You know, geopolitics, human rights, gay rights.
22:15Yeah, except he's not the Archbishop of Canterbury.
22:18He's, er, England manager.
22:19And, no, but...
22:22It's like in your letter, Gareth.
22:24You said it yourself, and I'm...
22:26I'm right behind you in saying it.
22:29It's more than football.
22:30And it should be.
22:32And I believe that this is all not in addition to your improving results, but a key factor in your
22:40results.
22:41In the team, the culture, the confidence you're building.
22:46No, of course, but it has all created a sort of expectation, I suppose.
22:50Even a vacuum to fill, given the high turnover elsewhere in public life.
22:55Well, yeah, you're pretty much the only figure staying the course right now, Gareth.
22:59I just, erm...
23:01Forgive me.
23:03It's too much.
23:05To speak about, to represent, all this, everything.
23:10You need help.
23:14This is, OK, probably a crap idea, but I remember hearing that prime ministers, they get given, like, this tape,
23:21well, not tape anymore, obviously, of things in the culture, the world, that he or she is expected to know.
23:27Like, what's trending on TikTok?
23:30You know, who's shagging who in EastEnders?
23:32OK, well, maybe less that, but...
23:34No, but we could compile an equivalent.
23:36You know, news, controversies, cultural stuff.
23:39Just to get ahead.
23:50Whatever helps the game.
23:52We are live in Ukraine, a country of war.
23:56Elon Musk has now completed his deal to buy Twitter, and he's changed his own Twitter title to Chief Twit.
24:02Seth Blatter has admitted the decision to award the World Cup to Qatar when he was FIFA president was OK.
24:07Gary Radcliffe back on British soil.
24:10Rebecca Bardi has lost that High Court liable case.
24:13Virginia Doria has found that Mr. Rufo faked the election.
24:15Concerns persist over the treatment of...
24:17There are also widely shared claims that thousands of women died building this world.
24:22England go into the draw among the favourites, having vowed to shine a light on discrimination in Qatar, where homosexuality
24:28is also illegal.
24:29What do you think of the quality of this year?
24:36Good afternoon, everybody.
24:37The World Cup is only four months away, and this European Nations League game is a crucial part in Gareth
24:43Southgate's preparations for Qatar.
24:45Well, the England fans here in Wolverhampton are doing what they can to lift the team.
24:52And it's Hungary who strike first.
24:55Roland Chaloy.
24:57England just cannot find the way through.
25:01And England trailed by two now.
25:05They have half a football match to pick themselves out of big trouble.
25:09England are destined for the very bottom of the Nations League table.
25:21And Hungary threatened again.
25:23And it's bounced out here for Sultan Naas.
25:26And he scores!
25:27It is quite a moment for Hungary.
25:30And those are rigging the nears of England and Paris Southgate.
25:37And the ball is shifted forward for Goshoof, who vinks it over Aaron Ramsdale.
25:43And Hungary have fought.
25:45And England and Gareth Southgate are suffering this big time here.
26:15It is a desperate end to the season for Gareth Southgate.
26:20It is a desperate end to the season for Gareth Southgate.
26:33They just need to calm down and stick it in some sort of content.
26:37It's the nation's bloody league, not the world fucking club.
26:39We're not a full stringer.
26:40Gareth, what they don't understand is, you stay around long enough, there'll be a massive,
26:43thumping fucking loss at some point down the tracks.
26:45Exactly.
26:46It's, er, what's her name?
26:47Statistical certainty.
26:484-0 loss though, guys.
26:50Like that.
26:51Isn't that maybe our biggest ever at home?
26:53No!
26:54No, bollocks.
26:55I think it might be, yes.
27:00Oh, er, okay.
27:02Just, look, ignore the fans.
27:04Yeah, I'd rather not, as a rule.
27:05I'm just saying, the fickle swings and roundabouts, ups and downs.
27:11Yeah, what if this isn't?
27:13What if this is, like, the start of a trend?
27:17Don't be silly.
27:18Guys, once you lose the fans...
27:20No, no, no, you haven't.
27:23Won't.
27:28Right, okay.
27:33Gareth?
27:35Got it, mate.
27:41He's gonna get fried alive.
27:48He's gonna get fried alive.
28:04Dan.
28:07Gareth, are you embarrassed by that?
28:12Well, it's a chastening night.
28:14We've not lost many football matches, and when you lose at home especially, and so heavily
28:20with England, that's always gonna be very, very painful.
28:24My predecessors have had a night like this, and I've watched from the sofa as a kid, and
28:30I recognise those difficult times, but you can't just, you know, be at the front when things
28:37are going well and not stand up when you've had difficult experiences.
28:41That's, um, that's part of football and it's part of life.
28:45Gareth, you've had a really close relationship with the supporters.
28:49Tonight, those England fans were singing directly at you.
28:52You don't know what you're doing.
28:54How much did that hurt you?
29:02Well, it's not pleasant.
29:04I totally understand the response.
29:07I can't dress up what happened.
29:11You're never gonna have the six years like we've had with a new narrative and not have nights
29:15like tonight.
29:16Football's emotional, people pay to come and watch, they'll give you an opinion when you
29:21don't deliver.
29:23As I said earlier, I saw all the previous England managers go through this, and, um, I won't
29:32outstay my welcome.
29:44It's part of my employment to be criticised, and I think, as the national team manager,
29:49every move, uh, of England's performance is going to be analysed, and so, so, so, so,
29:55I'm in the limelight more often than not.
29:56How we treat England managers in our country is absolutely disgraceful.
30:01It's a big job.
30:03One of the biggest jobs you can have in football.
30:07You see, at the end of the day, I get the sack down.
30:09What sort of treatment is that of people?
30:12We actually destroy fellow human beings.
30:15It seems that this job is becoming impossible.
30:17The truth is that, you know, Kevin Keegan's just a little bit short for this job.
30:21No truth whatsoever in all the speculation.
30:24Garbage.
30:25Well, everybody is human, aren't they?
30:26And you try to ignore it, and you try to not let it upset you.
30:30And I think I try very hard about that.
30:32Wait.
30:34Okay?
30:35Wait.
30:36And gentlemen, if you want to write whatever you want to write, you can write it.
30:40Because that's all I'm going to say.
30:46The unanimous recommendation was submitted to the executive committee that Sir Alf Ramsey
30:51should be replaced as the England team manager.
30:53Well, perhaps it's just as well.
30:54I should live longer anyway, won't I?
30:58The big problem with England is Southgate is what he is.
31:01He's a middle-ranking coach.
31:04Big questions for the England manager then.
31:06Is he a winner or one of sport's natural losers?
31:09His substitutions were the most frustrating.
31:12He got us to a semi-final.
31:14He got us to a final.
31:15Things have improved.
31:16He's definitely improved us.
31:17I just think we need to give him another chance.
31:19He knows that you're judged in major tournaments.
31:21Gareth knows he has to do the next step.
31:25The next step is going on to win a tournament.
31:28He has to win the World Cup.
31:30Players are playing for him.
31:31We're progressing.
31:31We're moving forward.
31:33He's the right man.
31:34Yeah, yeah.
31:34The question is, Dan, is he the right man to get you to the precipice
31:37or is he the right man to get you to win something?
31:42Two, three, four, five, six, seven, good work.
31:49One, two, three, nine, ten, top work.
31:54One in there.
31:55One, two, three.
31:56Yeah, that one.
31:56Let's move his hands around.
31:58Little hands do that one.
32:00Little hands do that one.
32:06Seem okay, you know.
32:09Better than that was.
32:11Not in hell.
32:13Might join an exclusive club in a way, ain't it?
32:16The missus.
32:21Do you think he's okay?
32:23The gaffer?
32:24Yeah.
32:26Always okay.
32:28Tough as nails.
32:30He's the one always making sure we're all right.
32:33That's what I mean.
32:37No way, oi.
32:38Lads, look.
32:39We have some very important news.
32:42Buckingham Palace has just announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died.
32:48We are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from Balmoral.
32:55Last week.
33:20We have one and five.
34:22Harry.
34:23Is your mum in?
34:24Is she going to let you come out to play?
34:30I was thinking more like around the golf spot.
34:34Yeah.
34:35But this is less stressful.
34:44It's good if you check in, Harry.
34:46But that's not your responsibility, OK?
34:49Isn't it, though?
34:52Oh, that's captain.
34:55Why did you make me captain all them, like, years ago?
34:58Why?
34:59Oh, come on, Harry.
35:00You're proving yourself.
35:02At Qatar, there's every chance you'll break Rooney's record.
35:04Top England goal scorer of all time.
35:06That's what I'm hoping.
35:07Yeah, yeah, I know of a captain.
35:12Being the England captain, obviously.
35:15It's a bit like being the queen.
35:17Isn't it?
35:21It's about more than just, like, it's about who you are as a person
35:27and what you like, like, what she represented, you know?
35:41I was watching her during her funeral.
35:47She weren't meant to be picked.
35:51Was she?
35:52I mean, that wasn't her plan.
35:54You know, it was just because of things happening
35:56and I meant she was suddenly there.
36:01Oh, but she did her duty.
36:04Made it her own.
36:06But she never wavered.
36:09Never changed her way of doing it.
36:16What you said about not staying, you're welcome.
36:24Well, me.
36:25Contra ends after Qatar.
36:28Act three.
36:29So I imagine that process of shortlisting the next me
36:32has already started.
36:33But you didn't mean, like,
36:35going like before that, did you?
36:43Ignore them.
36:45Oz.
36:48We all want you to stay.
36:55The reason why it gets under your skin, the things people say, why I hate this word triggers you,
37:03is because they always sort of identify your weakness, that doubt you have about yourself.
37:12Like, with Sven, you know, Continentals and must be sleazy, sex-obsessed.
37:20Wasn't he though?
37:20Well, I think it was a bit, yeah.
37:24I think it was a bit, yeah.
37:27Me, soft, weak.
37:31Not...
37:31Not like a proper...
37:34Not like a proper...
37:36I don't know.
37:38They want me to get tough on you all.
37:41It's like laying down the law if you're not performing.
37:44Crash into the dressing room, throw things at you, humiliate you, raise hell.
37:51Or, you double down.
37:57I don't know, you become more you.
38:04Right?
38:06The most you that you can.
38:09And we all do that.
38:11We become the team, and we become the manager.
38:15But don't let them break us.
38:18They can't make us better.
38:20And where you believe in yourself...
38:24like we do.
38:35You know, look, I've been wearing the rainbow laces with Pride for ages now,
38:40and I intend to keep on wearing them.
38:42And we'll be, I think, in seven other countries, including us,
38:45we'll be wearing the One Love Armband, even though they've asked us not to.
38:48We're going to stick to that.
38:49Because, you know, football's for everyone.
38:52We're going to keep on those things.
38:53Hey, right, okay, everyone.
38:55Seats, please.
38:56Let's go, let's go.
39:02Hey, welcome, everybody.
39:03Please get seated.
39:05Make sure you can see the camera.
39:10Three, two, one.
39:16It's the most controversial World Cup in history,
39:19and a ball hasn't even been kicked.
39:22Qatar's had 12 years to prepare for this day
39:24and spent almost 200 billion pounds to get here.
39:30Ever since FIFA chose Qatar back in 2010,
39:33the smallest nation to have hosted football's greatest competition
39:37has faced some big questions.
39:39From accusations of corruption in the bidding process
39:42to the treatment of migrant workers who built the stadiums,
39:46where many lost their lives.
39:47There was zero consideration for people...
39:49Our sexuality is illegal here.
39:51Women's rights and freedom of expression are in the spotlight.
39:54We welcome everybody, but also we expect and we want people to respect our culture.
40:00Some of the teams are making a stand.
40:02Harry Kane and Gareth Bale will wear a one-love captain's armband.
40:07And, well, I think it's absolutely right
40:08that the England and Welsh teams are wearing a rainbow armband
40:12and making a clear statement that football is for everyone.
40:15And no matter who you are,
40:16you should be able to support your team with pride.
40:19Against that backdrop, there's a tournament to be played,
40:21one that will be watched and enjoyed around the world.
40:25Everything is ready and everyone is welcome.
40:43Thank you, Gareth.
40:48Amy.
40:50Hi, Gareth.
40:51Have the players come to a collective decision
40:54about what you would do or say
40:55if members of the LGBTQ community
40:58are victimised in any way during this tournament?
41:03We stand for inclusivity and we're very strong on that.
41:06We understand the challenges this tournament presents with that.
41:10It's horrible to think that some of our fans feel
41:12they can't come because they're worried about their safety.
41:15But if it wasn't for the strength of that community,
41:18we would be women's champions.
41:28Mr. Southgate, Mr. Bullingham,
41:31we are sorry for this intervention so close to your first game.
41:34Ten minutes before we have to leave.
41:36We are, how you say,
41:39slightly chasing the story as it unfolds.
41:42Right.
41:44This is about the one-love armbands.
41:46The players have decided they want to win.
41:48The hosts have strongly objected to this
41:51and they are our hosts.
41:53We respect that, but...
41:54No such political symbols have ever been worn
41:56at a World Cup before, ever.
41:58It's not as if you're being asked
42:01to not do something that's always done.
42:03It is never done.
42:06Certainly the fans don't want it.
42:08It divides us all into groups
42:10when we just want to watch and enjoy.
42:11It's a very quiet, dignified statement.
42:14And we will pay the fine.
42:19It will no longer just be a fine, I'm afraid.
42:23Any player who wears a band
42:26will be given a yellow card at the first whistle.
42:29And then,
42:30this is a rolling thing,
42:32we cannot be sure,
42:34but we think if the band remains,
42:37another card.
42:38Off the pitch.
42:39Possibly a band for the whole tournament.
42:45They're bluffing.
42:47We could test that.
42:50Or we can all just enjoy the football.
42:56Eight minutes.
42:58Sorry.
43:00One private word.
43:02It's not Gareth's job to...
43:04It's okay, Mark.
43:14I'm sorry.
43:15These are not my own feelings,
43:17but we're here.
43:22And you must feel the same.
43:25Hmm?
43:26The moralizing and insulting
43:28of people and cultures
43:29different from our own.
43:30And for saying what?
43:32Islam is not compatible
43:34with a tournament like this.
43:36Are you saying that?
43:37Of course not.
43:39No.
43:40Like English Crusaders.
43:43Like his Saint George.
43:45Into the deserts of the Middle East
43:47to spread your values over theirs.
43:48That's not my comparison.
43:51But you have to admit it is apt.
43:56But Harry Kane is Adam.
43:58He will wear that band, sir.
44:03Then you may have a World Cup
44:05without your captain.
44:06And he will have made his great gesture
44:08and can contemplate that
44:09on the plane home.
44:14I should do it anyway.
44:16Well, it doesn't matter
44:17if no other countries are.
44:20Isn't that...
44:21That's what leading is.
44:24Isn't it?
44:24Being the only one.
44:27You're a great leader, Harry.
44:29But you can't be that leader
44:31if you exit the field.
44:32You can't stand for something
44:34in the shadows.
44:35You have to be in the light.
44:38It wasn't fair to place
44:39all this on your shoulders,
44:40but the powers that be,
44:41they've taken it out of your hands.
44:43There. Done.
44:46I'm sorry.
44:50Come on.
45:01You do know it's not a bank holiday,
45:03don't you?
45:04But we're chucked to have you with us
45:05for England's opening number.
45:08I've got a good feeling about this game.
45:09Can the boys live up to the pressure
45:11of winning this tournament?
45:12There is a penalty!
45:14In the lead!
45:19Jack Freenish
45:20and England have stick!
45:23Obviously, you know,
45:23there's been a lot of stick
45:25leading up to this tournament
45:26for the manager in particular,
45:28but, no, like I said,
45:30you know,
45:30we're going to be doing
45:31our talking on the pitch.
45:32One of the best England performances
45:34in a few years.
45:371950 World Cup win.
45:392002 World Cup tie.
45:41You can't beat us.
45:44Just about enough from England.
45:47And on they go.
45:51England's free kick,
45:52position A1.
45:54Marcus Rashford!
45:56Superb!
45:59Here's Bill Foden!
46:01England are getting away!
46:03It meant a lot to me
46:04this game tonight.
46:05Yeah, and all my family
46:06are watching,
46:06so, uh,
46:07this one's for them.
46:0950 forward here
46:10for Marcus Rashford.
46:12And Marcus Rashford
46:14is on the rampage
46:15for England.
46:16For me,
46:17it's just been about
46:17getting my own happiness right.
46:19When I'm happy
46:20and enjoying myself,
46:21I play my best football.
46:22England now turned
46:22their attention
46:23to their knockout clash
46:24with Senegal.
46:25The victory would set up
46:26a blockbuster meeting
46:27with world champions
46:28France in the quarterfinals.
46:30From now on,
46:30there are absolutely
46:31no second chances,
46:32so England either have to win
46:33or they go home.
46:35Good evening,
46:36we're outside tonight.
46:36We're so close
46:37with the action here.
46:38We can feel the noise,
46:39we can hear the music,
46:40we can sense the snap
46:41in the air
46:42of a really huge occasion.
46:45And England's on the front foot here.
46:47Jordan Henderson is with him.
46:50And England's very first.
46:52It's Jordan Henderson
46:54with England's opener.
46:55Hopefully we can carry on
46:56and keep going
46:57a couple more now.
46:58Hosing it on halftime.
46:59It's focus ball
47:00for Harry Kane.
47:02England 2-0
47:03at the break
47:05and well on the way.
47:07We're going to
47:08back the front
47:08in the next round.
47:10We're going all the way.
47:10to Kyle Dutton.
47:12That's three.
47:13England have seen
47:15off Cedricle
47:16with confident style.
47:18I'll focus that spot now.
47:20That'll be a little battle.
47:40Big game.
47:42We know that.
47:44World champions.
47:48And we can beat them.
47:49You know what to do.
47:52You own this now.
47:54You have a voice.
47:56Harry.
47:58Right, lads.
47:59Bring it in.
48:01Come on.
48:09We're on a fucking roll.
48:12Right?
48:14This is our time.
48:16Right?
48:18We get through this.
48:20Our path to another final
48:21opens up.
48:23This is the moment.
48:24Okay?
48:25It's here
48:26and now.
48:27It's what we put
48:28these shirts on for.
48:30Okay?
48:31Not to mention,
48:32but get two in the back
48:33of the net
48:33and war Harry Kane
48:34becomes the greatest
48:35England goal scorer
48:36of all time.
48:41Cheers, lads.
48:46Look.
48:49If this used to be
48:50one of those,
48:52you know what Gareth
48:53talks about,
48:55defining memories
48:56sort of games,
48:57look,
49:00we all came back
49:01from a massive flight
49:06block
49:07back at Wembley
49:10and we got through that
49:12and now we're here.
49:15What that clock's been
49:17counting down for.
49:20And I just,
49:21you know,
49:21I'm,
49:25I'm proud of us
49:27for getting here
49:31and
49:35I fucking love you.
49:36Oh, man.
49:39Oh, man.
49:40Oh, man.
49:41Oh, man.
49:41All right?
49:44Come on, Ingrid!
49:45Come on, Ingrid!
49:48England emerging here
49:50within one win
49:52of a World Cup
49:53semifinal,
49:54but the reigning
49:55world champions
49:56stand in their way.
50:33from a world champion,
50:42strike.
50:43First
50:46Today here and that is an England penalty
50:51Taker and keeper who know each other inside out the Reese wait
51:01He joined Wayne Rudy as England's leading goal scorer of all time
51:07It's Griezmann
51:12A quarter of an hour to play
51:14In front, in front again
51:20And now they're with a challenge on bounce
51:22Now what about this one?
51:24It is looking like a penalty
51:26It is a penalty
51:28And so eyeball to eyeball again
51:31These great Tottenham friends
51:33Pitted each against the other as foes
51:39So often Harry Kane has stepped up for England
51:42And now just one more time
51:44Under the greatest scrutiny
51:46In front of the whole planet
51:48The endorsement
51:52The
51:55The
51:57The
51:57The
51:58The
51:58The
51:58I don't know.
52:32I don't know.
52:49I don't know.
52:51Don't you dare, Harry.
53:00Penalty.
53:12I never miss.
53:22I was put here to win.
53:26I thought...
53:31Isn't that why I'm here?
53:37But you're here.
53:52I got you, Harry.
53:56It's okay.
53:57I got you.
54:00I got you.
54:00I got you.
54:01I got you.
54:02I got you.
54:22I don't know.
54:47Knock, knock.
54:49Gareth.
54:50Come in, come in.
54:51Hello.
54:53So, um, the past few months, I know, they were tough on everyone, and, um, here we are.
55:02That's three tournaments in, above your average lifespan for a manager.
55:07Well, so I just wanted to say, though...
55:16What I want to say is that I'm not done.
55:20I'm not done unless you are, but semi-final, final, quarter-final, not bad from where we started this story,
55:26but is that it?
55:27Is that the most England can expect, or is England not done yet?
55:32Can we do more?
55:35Well, I believe we can, and so I'd like to ask very strongly, and, you know, in spite of the
55:44strong competition elsewhere, I'd like to ask to stay.
55:51I think in this world, staying the course is almost the bravest thing a leader can do right now.
56:00And, um, yeah, I want to finish what we started, and I-I humbly believe that I am the man
56:09to do it.
56:12And, um, yeah, even though everyone else has their doubts out there about me, I back me.
56:28I back myself.
56:38We agree.
56:41And we've been drawing up this extension to your contract.
56:47We think you'd better get cracking on with building a team for Germany.
56:53Germany.
56:54Yes.
56:56Act four.
57:00I mean, what an end to your story that would be.
57:03Right.
57:10Right.
57:20Right.
57:21Well,
57:21-
57:21Right.
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