1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,560 This programme contains some strong language 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,680 - RADIO: - England, it appears, are out-and-out favourites 3 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,960 with the bookies. 4 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,160 - Is it coming home? - This is the one. 5 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,600 What could possibly go wrong? 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,920 England favourites in a tournament? When has that ever happened? 7 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,040 I think England can go all the way. 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,920 England would, certainly for me, be one of the top two 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,360 or top three favourites to win the tournament. 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,320 - The expectation on England is huge. - It's over to you, Mr Southgate. 11 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,880 I think we have the best attacking line-up in the tournament. 12 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,840 But is this Gareth Southgate's last tournament, 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,480 irrespective of what happens? 14 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,680 Although Gareth Southgate has his critics, his approach 15 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,240 as England manager has proved to be 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,400 extremely successful in knockout tournaments. 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,440 Gareth Southgate stayed on after Qatar when many thought he would go. 18 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,560 Will that prove right or wrong? What will be the end of his story? 19 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,920 The bunting's out, the flags of St George are flying, 20 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,320 a nation waits. 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,760 Like it or not, how you end is often how you're remembered. 22 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,120 Right, so one more go. It all rests on this. 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,360 This is our best chance. 24 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,720 I understand you want to change direction, 25 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,040 but your reasoning in the past was that certain players, certain men, 26 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,560 brought something as valuable off the pitch as they did on. 27 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,160 Yeah? You've never been the manager that just picks 28 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,800 the best 11 individuals and whacks them on the pitch. 29 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,160 You assemble what you think is the best team together... 30 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,760 ..for which you've taken a lot of shit. 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,480 Yeah? But it's got us this far. 32 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,440 This far. I wonder if that final mile 33 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,640 might need something just a bit more from us. 34 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,360 More... I don't want to say ruthless. That's not... 35 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,640 But...something... for this final push. 36 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:13,360 - A new approach. - It's like Return Of The King, innit? 37 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,480 - Yes. - Er, what's that? 38 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,640 - Lord Of The Rings. - Like hobbits? 39 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:21,840 Did I say The Hobbit? No, I said Lord Of The Rings. 40 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,760 Starts off where there's this fellowship, and there's loads of 41 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,800 different geezers and different tribes and different vibes, 42 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,320 and they all set off together. And bit by bit, one by one, 43 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,240 folks start falling by the wayside or get their heads chopped off, 44 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,000 and come the end, the very end, it's just Frodo and Samwise 45 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,080 basically alone, heading to Mordor, 46 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,280 because it's only them and, well, basically only him, 47 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,960 Frodo, who can return the ring from, you know, whence it came. 48 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,160 I'm saying, yeah, let's fucking do it, 49 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,080 escalate up a level. 50 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,560 All the best talent the nation has in one side. It doesn't matter 51 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,400 if it gets a bit messy, a bit testosterone-y, 52 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,880 one of them is going to put the ball in the back of the net 53 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,200 in a final, AKA, ring in the pit of lava! Job done! 54 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,040 - Some of that makes sense. - Mm... - And Germany, 55 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,360 I suppose that is a bit like your Mordor, eh, boss? 56 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,240 They came here all them years ago to your peaceful English shire 57 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,240 and robbed the prize, and now you - you, of all people - 58 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,600 get to go to them and bring it back. 59 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,640 England expects. 60 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,360 - RADIO: - Right, let's talk England. One more friendly to go, 61 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,200 and Southgate has to name his 26-man final England squad for Euro 2024. 62 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,480 - It's exciting times. - It really is, and a key part of 63 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,280 the Southgate revolution, and what a remarkable revolution it's been. 64 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,960 - Remember eight years ago, Iceland? - Yeah. Tell me about it. 65 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,560 What a nightmare that was. His defining thing has always been 66 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,560 culture, conduct, mindset, being a team. 67 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,800 Part of all of that is loyalty to the players that built it with him. 68 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,520 And a lot of fans, they think he's too loyal 69 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,760 and that that's a weakness. 70 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,960 - Here you go. - Cheers, Gareth. Thank you. 71 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,880 All right, Slab Head? 72 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,760 Brilliant, yep. 73 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,400 HE CHUCKLES 74 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:37,880 - So, how are you doing, Harry? - What, my calf? - Yeah, 75 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,360 - we can start with your calf, if you like. - Well, it's doing OK. 76 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,840 Yeah, you know, Physio says there's real progress and I'm doing OK. 77 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:49,360 Good, good. Truth is, we're taking a look, mate, at a few new players, 78 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,320 different combinations, and so... 79 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,920 I'm sorry, Harry, this isn't easy to say. 80 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,720 I won't be taking you to Germany. I'm really sorry. 81 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,040 Oh, man. 82 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,600 And that's, er... 83 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,360 That's not in the balance? That's sort of final? 84 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,400 It is, mate. Yeah. 85 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,360 I know that'll take time to come to terms with. 86 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,640 Yeah. 87 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,200 You built something with me, Harry, and the others, 88 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,840 and, er, however we do, if we do well, 89 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:28,720 it'll be on the back of that work. 90 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,120 Would've been really brilliant to stay to the end, though, 91 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,440 be one of the ones... 92 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:36,800 I, er... 93 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,880 I really hope you go all the way. And I hope that for you, 94 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,680 cos...I consider you a mate. I'll always be...grateful. 95 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,080 And, er... 96 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,320 Shurrup, Harry. Fucking hell. 97 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,280 Yeah, I've just been focused on my recovery. 98 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,800 I think that's really smart. 99 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,840 I hear it's really improved, 100 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:12,480 but, erm, I'm afraid 101 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,160 that's where we are. 102 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,320 And players like Jude? 103 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,320 I want it to be OK for them. 104 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,120 I feel like it...like it could be OK for them, 105 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,920 because of me and the others, but, yeah, me. 106 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,960 Going out there, taking the bullets we took... 107 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,160 - ..facing those people down. - Yeah. 108 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,600 BOOING 109 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:45,240 I'm sure the next generation coming up know that and are grateful. 110 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,280 I know I am, Raheem. All you did. 111 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,760 All you've yet to do. 112 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,600 It's been a long time. 113 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,280 It's not going to work out this time, Hendo. I'm sorry. 114 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:07,720 You always said, like, that the care stuff, you know, 115 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,520 the stuff around the stuff off the pitch, 116 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:16,480 that that was a big reason for why we made our progress on the pitch. 117 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,080 And that'll all, like... 118 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,960 That'll all still be there, won't it, 119 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,320 without, you know, me and Maguire, 120 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,000 a lot of us group leaders doing the chats and the check-ins? 121 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,920 That learning doesn't go anywhere, Jordan, I know what's needed. 122 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,000 - It's OK. - Honestly, boss, because of that stuff, it... 123 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,080 It's honestly pretty much the best thing 124 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,840 I've ever been a part of. Brotherhood. 125 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,520 I can't thank you enough. 126 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,720 You all right, boss? 127 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,400 There's just nothing left to do now, you know, but win. And it was always 128 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,400 about the win, of course, but along the way, each tournament, 129 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,120 there were little gains, small victories, 130 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,720 obstacles overcome, and that's all... They've all been done now. 131 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,040 And so there's no other single reason... 132 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,400 ..for me left to be here except to... 133 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,840 ..to do it. To bring it home. 134 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,720 And they all know that out there. Nothing else will do. 135 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,520 OK. 136 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,800 HE EXHALES 137 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,560 Good to see you. Come on in. 138 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,160 - EMILY: - Quickly, guys. Come on! 139 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,520 EXCITED CHATTER 140 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,680 - Guys, come on! - Fellas, let's do this. Line up, come on. 141 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,440 Fuckin' hell, Cole. You look like a little lad at a wedding. 142 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,800 - I hate smart stuff. - When was the last time you wore something smart? 143 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:57,360 - In court, probably. - Fellas, enough. Come on. Let's represent. 144 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,920 Sorry, boss. Just joshing. 145 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,280 MUSIC: Ode to Joy by Beethoven 146 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,680 Basically, they've only got that tree in the Black Forest. 147 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:21,920 There it is. You see it? You see it? Ah, it's great. 148 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,120 - COMMENTARY: - Just a few more days now for England to wait 149 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,720 before their first game of the European Championship 150 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,600 after touching down in Germany 151 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,640 and arriving at their base in Blankenhain. 152 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,960 Pressure is very much onto manager Gareth Southgate, 153 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,000 saying if his side aren't successful, he's likely to leave. 154 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,840 Vielen Dank fur die Einladung. 155 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,360 We'll do some interviews. Two minutes and we'll get your keys. 156 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,760 - Willkommen. - Danke. 157 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,800 - VOICEOVER: - I want to see our best players perform. 158 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,200 Yeah, this is never easy, these opening games - 159 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,600 nerves are jingling around. 160 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,920 - COMMENTARY: - And good evening, everyone. 161 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,400 Welcome to the start of another England adventure. 162 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:47,160 The players believe that they can be the ones 163 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,640 to end the now 58 years of hurt. For those watching and supporting, 164 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,840 it is again time to straddle that fine line 165 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,680 between hope and expectation. 166 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:57,520 In by Saka. 167 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,080 And in by Bellingham! 168 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,720 That is how it's meant to look. Fabulous header. 169 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,360 England's special talent! 170 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,840 Serbia are growing into this. 171 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,360 Vlahovic! 172 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,600 And Jordan Pickford to England's rescue. 173 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,120 Well, for England, this is not how it began. 174 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,560 There's just not the same connection, the same smoothness. 175 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:21,080 That was a hard watch, the second half. They've had to defend 176 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,080 - really, really deep. - We did what we needed to do, you know? 177 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,000 Serbia were never going to make it easy for us. 178 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,920 And it takes time, time to get up to speed as a new squad. 179 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,760 But we'll get there and show the fans, you know, what we're made of. 180 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,880 - COMMENTARY: - Welcome back. England didn't play well against Serbia. 181 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,560 Can they change that here today? 182 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,800 In goes Harry Kane! 183 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,720 1-0, England! 184 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,280 Oh, that's a super hit. 185 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,960 Denmark are level, and England have a job on here. 186 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,600 Oh, it's a really tough one, that, for England. 187 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,520 They've got away with a draw. 188 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,440 We can't be making any excuses, and I won't. 189 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:06,000 We, er... We didn't press the ball with enough intensity. 190 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,120 - COMMENTARY: - That has been a torrid match for Gareth Southgate 191 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,920 - and his team. - But it's not just the results that have everyone talking, 192 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,520 it's the lack of quality in England's overall play, 193 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,240 with the manager under pressure to turn things round. 194 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,920 - It's finished England 0 Slovenia 0. - JEERING 195 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,840 Gareth Southgate's men are going to the knockout stages 196 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,640 still searching for their spark. 197 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,160 Get Kane off! He's our captain. Shocking! 198 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,960 - COMMENTARY: - This is not a pretty sight for Southgate. 199 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,080 Even the England fans are throwing cups. 200 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,800 What has gone wrong at this tournament? 201 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,840 We're nothing. We're offering nothing. 202 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,520 Bellingham, a waste of space. 203 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:53,640 ANGRY SHOUTING 204 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,960 Ivory Coast sacked their manager mid-tournament 205 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,880 and then went on to win AFCON. If they're serious about 206 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,040 doing anything, they'll do the same. Come on, England! 207 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,880 Call themselves fans? How dare they! 208 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,240 I would have lobbed one of them cups back. Fuckers! 209 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,720 Look, Gareth, shall we... er, a quick powwow 210 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,320 - while the three of us...? - Well done, Gareth. 211 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,080 Standing there, doing that. Bigger man. I think it looks good, 212 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,760 - looks strong. - I'll always stand there. I'll always do that. 213 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,600 Guys, the fans are always going to want to express their anger, 214 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,840 - but we have to stay focused. - Yeah. I mean, stay strong, but... 215 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,400 PHONES CHIME 216 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,400 - MIKE: - Arseholes! 217 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,880 What? What now? 218 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,920 - EMILY: - Ex-England players. They're becoming very vocal, sounding off. 219 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,360 Fucking traitors. 220 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,680 "Rooney slams Southgate." Blah, blah. 221 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,440 Lineker, too. "Team's display was shit." 222 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,880 Like I say, noise. Can't let the noise derail us. Block it out. 223 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,520 It's like they've all forgotten. The vicious cycle - 224 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,480 overnegativity adds pressure, which affects the players, 225 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,280 so they play shit, so there's more negativity, more pressure, 226 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,200 so they play more shit. I really thought you'd fixed all this, 227 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,480 - Gareth. - I can't fix everything! 228 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,400 We're through to the next round. Not that you'd know it. 229 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,400 Everyone get some sleep. 230 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,120 - STEVE: - Erm, do you want to discuss any changes? - No, we stay the course. 231 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:18,880 A word with the lads before bed? 232 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,840 I think they've basically all gone to their rooms. 233 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,520 - Leave it. Maybe tomorrow. - It's just that... Look. 234 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,080 You know, I've always been a bit of a moany sceptic arsehole 235 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:33,000 about all the warm and fuzzy stuff, but I hold my hands up - 236 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,880 the vibes in the camp, they're not clicking. The social areas 237 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,320 are empty. No-one is checking in on anyone to see if they're all right. 238 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:45,000 Look, we don't have time to... We can't reinvent the wheel every time. 239 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:51,760 This is our last shot, and we have to just get it over the line. OK? 240 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,480 That's the only job. Nothing else. All right? 241 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:56,840 Stay the course. 242 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,640 - Boss, can we...? - Not now, Harry. 243 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,360 - STEVE: - You all right, Harry? 244 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,360 He OK? 245 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:11,920 Yeah. He'll, erm... 246 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,160 He... He'll chat tomorrow. 247 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,440 OK. 248 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,480 - ALAN SHEARER: - England players and England staff would be the first 249 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,080 to admit they haven't played well. They didn't look as if they had 250 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,640 any energy. They couldn't press. They didn't create any chances. 251 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,240 They were under pressure. 252 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,880 And they were second best most of the game. 253 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,320 But the bottom line is, er... 254 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,960 ..we haven't won nothing as a nation for a long, long time. 255 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,880 You know, a lot of these ex-players were part of that. 256 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,440 They know how tough it is, these major tournaments. 257 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,880 They know what it's like to wear the shirt, so... 258 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,480 I'll never dig anyone out. It's just... 259 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,440 ..just the reality of remembering... 260 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,920 ..what it feels like to wear the shirt. 261 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,120 Critics of Gareth Southgate have said, "You get ahead, 262 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,880 "you're playing well, and then it gets a bit defensive, 263 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,400 - "a bit negative." - Guys kicking off. Usual thing. 264 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,160 - Underwhelming. - Who cares what we think? 265 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,640 Expectation has risen. Not good enough as a manager. 266 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,800 Absolute shite. Absolute shite! 267 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,800 Not good enough as a manager. 268 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,720 That's what you get back for sitting back, you boring prat. 269 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,640 That's what you get, you boring prat! You bloody deserve that. 270 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,640 HE PANTS 271 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,240 - GREG, ECHOING: - Bring it back. End this quest. 272 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,760 WHISTLE BLOWS 273 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,120 And Kopke's right there. 274 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,920 Hey! 275 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,240 - COMMENTARY: - Gareth Southgate coming forward now. 276 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,240 And Kopke's right there. 277 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,560 Gareth Southgate coming forward now. 278 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,400 And Kopke's right there. 279 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,880 - FAINTLY: - And Kopke's right there. 280 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:33,200 They are out. No 1966 in 1996. 281 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,080 - COMMENTARY: - So, England in search of a spark. 282 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,480 Slovakia in search of a big, big upset. 283 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,960 Yeah, this is a huge moment for England. It's the last 16. 284 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,400 The whole thing shifts up a gear, the knockout stage. 285 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,520 Slovakia fearless and with everything to gain. 286 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,320 And that is England's test. 287 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,680 Push up! 288 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,360 Gareth Southgate feeling this. It is not comfortable. 289 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:10,080 WHISTLE BLOWS 290 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,520 Yeah, it looks pretty tense out there. 291 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,880 England fans expecting, demanding. 292 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,160 England shirts heavy on the back of England players. 293 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,120 It's Strelec. He's played it in here for Ivan Schranz! 294 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:28,720 - And Slovakia have the lead! - England REALLY need to up their game now. 295 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:35,560 Gareth Southgate's team up against it. England 0 Slovakia 1. 296 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,280 What has he got to do in this half-time break? 297 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,520 He's tried minimum interference. I was sat on a bench 298 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,200 eight years ago in Nice, where England played Iceland, 299 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,640 and this has got Iceland vibes written all over it. 300 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,000 It's now or never for Gareth, because we've heard a lot about 301 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,280 spirit in the last six years, rightly so, of this group 302 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,120 and how it's all changed. That was going back yesteryear, that was. 303 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,360 That was a group of players who weren't together out there. 304 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:57,960 RAISED VOICES 305 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:02,040 Fucking shite, man. That could have been 2-0! 3! 306 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,320 Why is everyone acting so nervy, man? 307 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,920 Why's there no link-up at all? I'm doing my best. 308 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,720 I'm not blaming, I'm saying. I'm trying to get on the ball. 309 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,440 He's not trying, Jude. Why's there so much space on the right? 310 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,920 Let's use this moment to reset. All right? They pressed us high 311 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,280 first half. Second half, they're going to bed in. 312 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,600 We've got to take charge of the tempo. But only if we keep 313 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,840 - our heads, work together. - Are they a team? Are they in this together? 314 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,600 All these question marks are there now, and it doesn't look like it. 315 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,800 All the top managers, all the really good managers out there, 316 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,360 I always go back to it, are gamblers. They are gamblers, 317 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:32,320 sometimes on the pitch and off the pitch. 318 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,800 - Everyone needs to stay calm. - Something needs to change. 319 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,600 - HE needs to change something. - All right, Jude. - Not good enough, man. 320 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,280 OK. 321 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,800 We aren't where we want to be. 322 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,280 We're 1-0 down. 323 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:03,960 And if it stays that way... 324 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,160 ..we're going home. Tonight. 325 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,640 And it's over. 326 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,960 They're going to slaughter us. Slaughter us! 327 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,880 Headlines. Chatter. 328 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,640 You think it's bad now? If we lose to Slovakia... 329 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,920 Don't think about something that hasn't happened. 330 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,680 Slovakia, a shitter side we should wipe the floor with! 331 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,080 Listen to the boss! 332 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,760 Do we want to give up, or do we want to fucking fight? 333 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:44,400 OK, Phil, guys, for a second, decompress and then... Mike? 334 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,880 So, look here. 335 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,720 We conceded from an inside pass down the right channel. 336 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,560 - STEVE: - Gareth? 337 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,560 - How did it come to this? - I don't know. - The fear's back, isn't it? 338 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,160 You can see it in them. So what do we do? 339 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,120 Harry looks out on his feet. 340 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,360 Jude, for all his bluster, looks the same. Refresh those positions. 341 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,680 There are some hungry young bulls in there, 342 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,400 desperate for some intervention, some change. 343 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,320 Oh, I don't want to further unbalance it all, though... 344 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,520 ..the shape. Maybe. 345 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,040 It's a real thing, you know, Steve. 346 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,560 To have intervened so catastrophically 347 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,440 in the course of events once. 348 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:02,840 Had I not put up my hand, had I just left it to fate... 349 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,280 Yeah. 350 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,440 - But that got you here, didn't it? - Yeah. 351 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,880 And we have to do something. 352 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,520 After all... 353 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,720 ..what have we got to lose now, eh? 354 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:27,200 Kevin Keegan resigned in the bogs, didn't he? 355 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,960 Last ever game at the old Wembley. Lost to Germany. 356 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:43,080 Fitting...metaphorically. England manager, the shit and all that. 357 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,440 GARETH LAUGHS 358 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,880 Gareth, we're here now, and we're not going to be again. 359 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,680 Here, Tripp, you've got to switch on. 360 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,000 Guehi, you know what you're doing. All right? 361 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,400 Boss. 362 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,240 How lucky are we... 363 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,600 ..to be here? 364 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,920 Doesn't feel like that right now, I know, but, my God... 365 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,960 ..to have found the thing we love doing, 366 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,840 and to be able to do it for our country. 367 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,440 I'm not going to pretend that things don't feel 368 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,240 really, really tough at the moment. You don't feel loved out there, 369 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,240 and who doesn't want to be loved? I know I do, and I've wanted that, 370 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,240 and that has sometimes overwhelmed me, paralysed me. 371 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,480 - Two minutes. - Yeah. 372 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,880 But we can't change that out there. 373 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:05,440 England, it's...it's an angry country right now, 374 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,640 and it's taken a lot of that out on you, which has been surprising. 375 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,800 Even ex-players, who should know better about what this feels like... 376 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,200 But one day... one day, that could be you. 377 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,040 It's like commentating, watching and wishing anything... 378 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,720 ..you were back here... 379 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,240 ..doing this. 380 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,400 I won't be England manager for much longer. Whatever happens 381 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,360 in these coming minutes, this tournament will be my last. 382 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,840 - HARRY: - Gareth... - BUKAYO: - For real? - Yes. Come on, we know that. 383 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,440 Yes, for real. And that's OK, because that means 384 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:46,320 I will be the one who takes any and all flak, the slings and arrows 385 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,760 after defeat. I will be the story, which means that you guys... 386 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,640 ..you should feel free to try anything, 387 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,640 create anything, creating moments, 388 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,000 because that's all life is, when you think about it - 389 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:07,720 the right now. So let my end liberate your present now. 390 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,280 From the very beginning, we dreamt of writing a new history. 391 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,720 Well, you all know that, historically, England's pattern 392 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,920 has always been score early and then sit back, get hammered, concede. 393 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,360 And we've repeated that in each exit - Russia, Wembley, Qatar. 394 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:26,160 England loses faith as time goes on. 395 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,880 Don't. 396 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:35,040 Rewrite THAT part of our story, if only that. 397 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:40,520 Keep believing. Keep going, right up until the final whistle, 398 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:46,200 because one day you will look back and give anything to be back here... 399 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,560 ..with this team. 400 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,680 WHISTLE BLOWS 401 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,920 - COMMENTARY: - Foden's delivery. 402 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,680 Kane's header! 403 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,200 England need to be finding the target. 404 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,840 These are tense times. This is right on the edge now, 405 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,400 and time is running seriously short for England here. 406 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,120 More seconds tick away. 407 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,760 More nerves have been shredded. 408 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,480 Southgate is his own harshest critic, 409 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,560 but he wasn't expecting this. 410 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,240 They just about escaped from the group. 411 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,240 Now they need another Houdini act. 412 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,040 Ah, well. Nice speech, but, erm... 413 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,480 Thanks. 414 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,240 Three minutes over. 415 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,640 This is it. 416 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:57,480 Yeah. 417 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,160 What will you do? 418 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,120 Golf...maybe. 419 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,200 - Wife wants us to walk places. - That's nice. - Hmm. 420 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,480 Maybe. 421 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,760 It's been the honour of my life. 422 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,520 You know that. 423 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:26,920 Yeah. 424 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,000 It has. 425 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,200 - COMMENTARY: - It has just not happened for England. 426 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,120 Walker's throw-in. 427 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,600 England need a moment. They need a special something. 428 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,960 And England have saved it at the last! 429 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,800 Jude Bellingham is their saviour! 430 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:12,560 On the very cusp of elimination, he has kept England alive! 431 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,840 Melodramatically late in the day and utterly brilliant. 432 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,000 It is an exceptional goal. 433 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,880 England 1 Slovakia 1, and England are still in it. 434 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,000 It's Cole Palmer's free kick. 435 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,040 In for Harry Kane. 436 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,440 And the whole world has turned on its head! 437 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:44,400 Less than a minute into extra time, and England, from nowhere, 438 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,120 are suddenly precisely where they need to be. 439 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,440 England 2 Slovakia 1. 440 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,840 - JUDE BELLINGHAM: - Playing for England is an enjoyable feeling. 441 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,680 There's also a lot of pressure. You hear people talk a lot of rubbish. 442 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,120 So it's nice to know that when you deliver, you can give 443 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,840 - some of that back. - Jude, people will be saying, who writes your scripts? 444 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,240 I do. 445 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,760 England into the quarterfinals. 446 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,760 What a star. Unbelievable, in't he? 447 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,960 Fluke it all the way to the final. We can do it. 448 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,120 - They're going to win it. Of course they are. - It's coming home! 449 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,360 Jude! Look at this! Old school. 450 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,160 I love a good bit of cards, me. 451 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,280 - Play? - Yeah. 452 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,720 What's your game? Blackjack? 453 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,680 Blackjack. Remind me. That's, erm... 454 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,960 - 21. - Which you've just turned... only days ago. 455 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:06,240 H started learning chess. He's a bit of a legend, in't he? 456 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,200 Everyone seems to, like, proper look up to him, don't they? 457 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,120 - Been your man since the beginning. - My captain? Yeah. 458 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,000 I feel like people... 459 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:28,120 ..I don't know, kind of paint me as being the opposite... 460 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,480 Like, I'm dead arrogant or something. 461 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,280 Jude, you're going to be one of the greats. 462 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,560 I know that already. For your country, 463 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,920 your club here in Germany. 464 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,720 GARETH TAPS ON TABLE 465 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,120 Yeah, here. 466 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,520 I burst into tears when I left Birmingham. 467 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,080 - Did you? Why? - I don't know. 468 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,080 Home, innit? Family. You know? 469 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,520 That may have been one of the best England moments, goals ever. 470 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,760 Saved my arse, truth be told. We were set for another Iceland. 471 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,320 The things you said at half-time was like... 472 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,800 It was like something from an old war movie or something. 473 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,560 - I don't know, it just sank in. - I think I get a lot of my values 474 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,560 from my grandad, who fought in the war. That idea of service. 475 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,360 I remember him polishing his shoes, putting on his tie, 476 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,680 even just at home - smart suit, waist... 477 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,640 And waistcoat. 478 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:37,880 Do you think we're going to be all right now? Was that a turning point? 479 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:43,040 Nothing is guaranteed. Can't take anything for granted. 480 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:47,120 - Mm. - And we can't control the cards we've been dealt. 481 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:52,040 But we CAN control how we play 'em. 482 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,520 BOTH LAUGH 483 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,560 Nice. 484 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,760 Gareth Southgate can pull them together, I think. 485 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,560 I think what he needs to do is remember what he used to be 486 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,720 ten years ago, when he came into the job. 487 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,760 So, er... So what's this, then? 488 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,920 Press conference. Won't be easy, but... 489 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,560 But better than it would have been. Could have been. 490 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:18,200 Feel good. New lease of life. 491 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:22,360 Yeah, it all feels like a bit of a bonus, this, Gareth. Extra time. 492 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,240 Are you trying to focus? Do you want me to stop talking? 493 00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:29,720 No, it's all right. 494 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,280 PITCH-SIDE INTERVIEW 495 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,080 Gareth! 496 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:00,880 Andreas! 497 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:06,280 - Erm... - I'm just doing a little, er... You know, 498 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,240 they love us old boys coming on, chatting the chat. 499 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,600 Yes, and look at you now. Wow! 500 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,720 Do you often... think of that moment? 501 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:23,440 I felt sort of, erm... I don't know. 502 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:31,200 ..bound to you in a strange way, by being bound to that. 503 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,080 What, you and me? 504 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,400 Sure. It was, of course, a great moment for me. 505 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:42,640 - THE defining one of our careers. - Well, one of them, maybe not THE. 506 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,560 I was part of the team that won the World Cup in '90. 507 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:49,680 Wah! 508 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,280 - That was wow. - But, erm... 509 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,240 ..ours is not the one moment you play and, erm... 510 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,680 ..replay? 511 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,000 No. 512 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:09,480 No, for me, it was Croatia, two years after, 513 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,280 losing 3-0 in the quarters. 514 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:18,240 Oh, my God. Such a haunting moment for Germany. Three goals I let by. 515 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:20,600 I think of those players all the time. 516 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:27,880 - But what can you do? - Yeah, I just thought that, erm, well... 517 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,360 GARETH LAUGHS 518 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,120 - ..you know, given England, Germany, big historic rivals... - England? 519 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:36,520 You are not our big rivals. It's the Dutch! 520 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:41,200 - The Dutch? - I see why you always feel this thing to prove. 521 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,240 And maybe you will this time. 522 00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:45,600 Yeah, maybe. 523 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,280 Do you want a photo with me? 524 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,280 Sure, yeah. 525 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,400 Oh, hold up. 526 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,480 Do YOU want a photo with ME? 527 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,160 Oh, yes, sure! Exactly! 528 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,960 - OK. Nice? - Yeah. Yeah. Oh. 529 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:10,240 - If you give me your number, I'll send it to you. - Sure. 530 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,200 - COMMENTARY: - Quarterfinals of a major tournament - 531 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,800 always something special in the air. 532 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,680 But there's even more excitement than ever around this place today. 533 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,800 Same old story - England in a major tournament 534 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,840 and a penalty shoot-out again. 535 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,480 Cole Palmer's first up. 536 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,320 And he scores. 537 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,880 Bellingham with absolute certainty. 538 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,880 And so it is Bukayo Saka's turn. 539 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,320 A poignant moment indeed for a young man three years on 540 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:55,680 from his heart-rending moment in the Wembley final. 541 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,760 How broad are those young shoulders? 542 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,400 He's up to it OK! 543 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,880 England 3-1 up. 544 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,560 And that Saka smile is radiant. 545 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,120 Trent Alexander-Arnold to take England through 546 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,280 to the last four of Euro 2024. 547 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,400 Trent without a flicker of doubt! 548 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:53,960 And England are into the semifinals. Five perfect penalties. 549 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:01,000 Penalty pressure, it seems, 550 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,720 no longer the England issue of years gone by. 551 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,640 One by one they stepped up, one by one they scored, 552 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,880 and England march on. 553 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,640 - BUKAYO SAKA: - Look, everyone knows what happened back at the Euros. 554 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,920 You can fail once, but 555 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:21,800 {\an8}you have a choice in life whether you put yourself 556 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,200 {\an8}in that position again or not. And I believed in myself. 557 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:30,000 {\an8}I didn't focus on the past. That's done. I can only focus on now. 558 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,360 {\an8}And there's only two games now until we can change our lives 559 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,120 {\an8}and make history that's never been done before. 560 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,000 - INTERVIEWER: - Great. Thanks, Bukayo. Thanks very much. 561 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,480 - Thank you. - Best of luck. - Thanks. 562 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,120 - COMMENTARY: - Good evening, everyone. 563 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,160 Welcome to Dortmund, which is under Dutch invasion. 564 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:51,480 There has been a lightening of the mood, a sceptical positivity. 565 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,960 Sometimes after coming through adversity, belief grows. 566 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,720 - We're ready. We're going to win. - We're going to bring it home. 567 00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:01,920 Xavi Simons! 568 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,600 Fine goal. 569 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:09,520 Kane! 570 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,800 It's over. But he is hurt. He is writhing. 571 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,240 And that is an England penalty. 572 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,760 Of course it's Harry Kane. 573 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:21,760 It's in! 574 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:26,560 Phil Foden... 575 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,120 Ooh, it's off the line. 576 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,480 Problem for England here. 577 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,840 And Kyle Walker has solved it. 578 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:36,840 Oh, it's in! 579 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,240 And the flag is up. 580 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,240 WHISTLE BLOWS 581 00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:45,080 - The goal doesn't count. - Ollie, Cole, you're on. Get warmed up. 582 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,520 Last ten minutes, and these England changes have been coming 583 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,280 for a while, and Harry Kane is being removed here. 584 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,520 Cole Palmer and Ollie Watkins, each with a late chance 585 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,760 to impact England, then, with a fresh, new source of ideas, 586 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,960 a couple of sharp, creative minds and bodies. 587 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,760 Come on, lads! 588 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,600 Into the last minute of the 90. Cole Palmer looking to inspire. 589 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,800 That's a lovely ball for Watkins. 590 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:31,360 Oh, he scores! Watkins through an impossible angle, 591 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:35,400 across and into the far bottom corner. 592 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:40,560 What a strike that is from Ollie Watkins! Netherlands 1 England 2, 593 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,200 and we're into added time in the semifinal. 594 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,440 It seems England are set for Berlin, thanks to Ollie Watkins. 595 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,040 Ollie Watkins! 596 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,560 Gareth's men have fought to the final moment! 597 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,320 They simply will not give up! 598 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:58,080 And for the first time, England will play in a final... 599 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,320 - Come on! - ..on foreign soil. - One more! One more! 600 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,080 What a dramatic finish yet again for England. 601 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,760 Yes! Come on! 602 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:12,800 One more! Come on! 603 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,920 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 604 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:19,120 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 605 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:23,040 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 606 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,920 # Freed from desire Mind and senses purified 607 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,960 # Freed from desire 608 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,480 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 609 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:38,200 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 610 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,000 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 611 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:46,160 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 612 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,200 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na 613 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,320 # Na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na. # 614 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,440 HE DIALS 615 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:01,480 RINGING TONE 616 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,240 I wasn't sure you'd answer. 617 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:09,640 - PIPPA GRANGE: - Not answer? Piss off! It's you. - Where are you? 618 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:13,240 I'm just out for a walk, actually. 619 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,680 - You? - Yeah. Same. 620 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:21,400 So, well done. Another final, another milestone. Amazing. 621 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,960 Are there good vibes back home? 622 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:26,920 Yeah. 623 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:28,480 Well, now, at least, anyway. 624 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:35,840 It all just feels so perilous at the moment, Pippa, this final moment. 625 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,640 Perilous in what way? 626 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,200 We tried something new, didn't we, like you once said? 627 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,160 And it did seem to work - has worked, for the most part, 628 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,800 We turned the ship around against scepticism and doubt, 629 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,640 but...but I worry how something ends 630 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,600 is how it'll be remembered. 631 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,520 Happy ending or a sad one kind of thing? 632 00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,600 I suppose. All the great stories have one or the other. 633 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,880 Yeah, but life isn't as simple as a story, is it? 634 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:10,440 You know, we framed this...this quest like that when we started - 635 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,960 beginning, middle, end. But things don't necessarily 636 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:19,680 start and end like that, do they? Time moves on. So do we. 637 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:24,040 No, but our project, though, if it gets, I don't know, reversed, 638 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:28,120 if it isn't proven to work fully when it's no longer me, 639 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:32,840 it might all go backwards to the old days, the old ways, 640 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:37,040 - and all just slip away. - I hear that, but you can't 641 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:41,360 control the future, can you? You can only control the now. 642 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:44,520 Yeah. 643 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:57,000 - GARY LINEKER: - Good evening. I hope you've done your Sunday chores, 644 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,360 cooked your Sunday roast, watched the Wimbledon final, 645 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,800 stopped worrying about work in the morning, 646 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,120 and instead are looking ahead to a night that could change 647 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,000 the story of football in our country for ever. 648 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,560 No England team has ever won a major tournament on foreign soil. 649 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,120 Sporting immortality is within their grasp. 650 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:44,880 Look, I'm not a believer in fairy tales. 651 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,080 But I am a believer in dreams. 652 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,960 This is our dream, 653 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,920 a dream no other England player has ever got to make real before. 654 00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:00,800 150 years. 655 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:05,400 Our first final abroad, here, Germany. 656 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:12,480 Once upon a time, such moments were once in a lifetime. 657 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:16,520 But here, look - England, a final again. 658 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,640 You're turning the rare into something regular, 659 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,440 a new England that comes from behind, that fights, 660 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,600 because your England knows nothing is ours by right. 661 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,440 We've got to earn it. 662 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,600 Remember this moment. 663 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,120 Remember this dream. 664 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:42,920 Come on, England! 665 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,120 SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT 666 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,440 - ALAN SHEARER: - Oh, what an occasion we've got here, Guy. 667 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:10,160 Good evening, everyone. I hope this England team go for it, 668 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,960 have no regrets and make history. 669 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:14,800 WHISTLE BLOWS 670 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,600 CROWD: England! 671 00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:19,520 CROWD: England! 672 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,960 Nico Williams is closing in 673 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,840 and finishing with poise past Pickford. Spain in front 674 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,520 in the early moments of the second half. 675 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:34,040 England caught cold at the restart, and the Spanish have pounced. 676 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:35,440 Saka's on his way here, 677 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:37,120 Bellingham can move it on. 678 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,440 And Cole Palmer sweeps it home! 679 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:43,880 A euphoric moment for England. 680 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,600 It's all square, with a quarter of an hour to play. 681 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,080 - ECHOING: - England alive and kicking again. 682 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,720 All of a sudden, all things seem possible. 683 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:10,440 And Oyarzabal has dashed onto it, and Spain have grabbed the lead back 684 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:12,120 with time running out. 685 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,320 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS 686 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,200 Spain are European champions, 687 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:32,360 and in the end, the best team probably won it. 688 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:42,160 But how many times is your heart going to break? 689 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,760 Sometimes a picture can say more than a thousand words, 690 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:52,080 and the look on Gareth Southgate's face tells it all. 691 00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:01,080 As a proud Englishman, it's been the honour of my life 692 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,720 to play for England and to manage England. 693 00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:06,880 We have the best fans in the world, 694 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,200 and their support has meant the world to me. 695 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,680 But it's time for change and for a new chapter. 696 00:49:14,720 --> 00:49:20,280 Sunday's game against Spain was my final game as England manager. 697 00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,880 Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you 698 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,200 the England manager, Thomas Tuchel. 699 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,880 I'm sorry I have a German passport, 700 00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:14,560 but hopefully I can convince the fans 701 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:17,280 that I'm proud to be the English manager. 702 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:21,800 I will do everything I can to respect this role and this country. 703 00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,280 The target for the next 18 months 704 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:29,040 is nothing else than putting a second star on the shirt. 705 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,600 This is the biggest role in world football. 706 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,560 I'm aware that I'm standing on the shoulders 707 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:36,560 of a great many giants. 708 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:36,560 PHONE CHIMES 709 00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:39,400 There will be those fans who'd say they would have preferred 710 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:42,200 the England team to be managed by an English coach... 711 00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:46,080 - STEVE ON PHONE: - A German! I say again, a German! 712 00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,680 - THOMAS: - I can assure you that I will give my best. 713 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:55,120 As Lee Carsley was asked, will you be singing the national anthem? 714 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:57,320 Does the England manager have to? 715 00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,760 INTERVIEW CONTINUES 716 00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,800 - Gareth? - Oh, Thomas. - I hope this is OK. I know this thing 717 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:10,240 of an Englishman's home being his castle, and all that. 718 00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:12,120 No, of course. Please. 719 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,720 I meant what I said about standing on your shoulders. 720 00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:22,200 Yeah, I meant it, too, when I said it. I'll be out of here in just... 721 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,640 No, please, take your time. 722 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,240 It's not my place to ask, but... 723 00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:37,920 ..I did wonder - your plans, continuity or change? 724 00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,520 A clean break is often important, just as you did, but I'm building on 725 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:47,640 your work of change, Gareth. You got closer than anyone else ever got 726 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:51,240 to bringing it back here. You prepared the podium. 727 00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:57,320 It's up to me now to make that last step. And, hey, ten years ago, 728 00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,880 no truly world-class manager wanted this job. 729 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,280 - You mean that's why I got it? - Well, yes. 730 00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,320 Exactly. 731 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:13,840 But if I did say something on your record, I would remind 732 00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:17,800 people that, for 58 years, England never made it to a final, 733 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:22,240 but you took them to two. I would remind them 734 00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:27,320 that your run of semifinal, final, quarterfinal, final 735 00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:29,560 is the best run in English history. 736 00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:34,720 I would congratulate you that you won more knockout games 737 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:39,160 than every single other manager since 1966, combined, 738 00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,840 all of the games added together. 739 00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:45,480 You made the unsurvivable survivable, Gareth, 740 00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:47,520 the impossible job possible again. 741 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:50,480 Thank you. 742 00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:54,680 I will say none of this, of course, and join in with the booing. 743 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,120 Yeah. 744 00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,680 Look after them, won't you? 745 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:14,640 Oh, they'll be fine. 746 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:17,640 That's your legacy, Gareth. 747 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:20,400 They're going to be fine. 748 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:55,000 I remember asking my players all those years ago, 749 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:56,720 when this journey first began... 750 00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:02,320 ..what they thought their England was - 751 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:05,880 what's mine, what's yours 752 00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:07,840 and what we want it to be. 753 00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:15,080 And I suppose I wanted mine to be one of hope 754 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:16,920 and kindness, 755 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,320 of progress over time. 756 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,120 Time. 757 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,200 Isn't that why we care so much, 758 00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:31,680 these markers every two and four years, 759 00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:35,800 something that frames the moments of our lives, 760 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:39,480 where we were at and who we were with? 761 00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:53,040 We're all part of an unbreakable chain that goes back and back... 762 00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:00,520 ..but also forwards, too. 763 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:07,160 And for an old country, it's the forward that matters now, 764 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,880 the next quest, the next goal. 765 00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:16,280 There isn't such a thing as a beginning and an end. 766 00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,120 Nothing is ever really final. 767 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:24,600 A country is only the stories we tell ourselves... 768 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:26,720 ..about ourselves, 769 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:30,760 a series of moments seared into one memory, 770 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,360 stitched together across time. 771 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:38,400 England is a story we're all writing, 772 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,760 and it's never over, never done. 773 00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,760 Oh, come on, guys! It's started! Kick-off. 774 00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,880 - Come on. - Flynn! Mia! 775 00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:07,160 - COMMENTARY: - Can Thomas Tuchel's England get off to a winning start 776 00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:11,720 under his tenureship? England versus Albania is coming up next. 777 00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,400 Since I was a young kid, 778 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,640 the only thing I wanted to do was play football for England. 779 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:27,960 HE EXHALES 780 00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:51,440 MUSIC: Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond 781 00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:12,280 # Sweet Caroline 782 00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:18,440 # Good times never seemed so good 783 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:23,680 # I feel inclined 784 00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:28,800 # To believe they never would 785 00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,720 # Oh, no, no 786 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:48,280 # Sweet Caroline 787 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:53,920 # Good times never seemed so good 788 00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:58,840 # Sweet Caroline... #