England v Italy

:00:13. > :00:56.# La la la la la la lala la # La la la la la la lala la

:00:57. > :01:03.We need you for the long haul as England take on Italy

:01:04. > :01:22.There is a legend in Manaus. Hundreds of years old. It is born of

:01:23. > :01:38.the life blood that runs through this vast and mysterious jungle. The

:01:39. > :01:48.great Amazon River. The it's name is the mystical black snake. They say

:01:49. > :01:53.this deadly serpent comes to life at night. It takes on many forms to

:01:54. > :02:02.ward off threats that come to steal the treasures of Brazil. It lures

:02:03. > :02:13.its victims by transforming into objects of desire. But, of course,

:02:14. > :02:22.it is all a trap. And now, you are the prey.

:02:23. > :02:31.It is deadly. It is nature in its most evil form. All who come here

:02:32. > :02:41.must be prepared to risk everything in order to survive. In order to

:02:42. > :02:47.win. If they do, they will become the danger the others fear.

:02:48. > :03:01.Best win then. From the rainforest to international football, a place

:03:02. > :03:06.more suited to David Athen borough than David Beckham. The temperature

:03:07. > :03:19.is 27 degree Celsius with humidity around 52%. It holds over just over

:03:20. > :03:25.40,000 fans and cost between ?130 million and ?150 million to build.

:03:26. > :03:28.Steven Gerrard leading his team through. The Raheem Sterling, who

:03:29. > :03:36.will start for England, as will Rooney. And Danny Welbeck. Sturridge

:03:37. > :03:46.will be up front. Prandelli has had his problems. A late injury to

:03:47. > :03:55.Buffon. He has had to switch goalkeepers at the last-minute.

:03:56. > :04:00.Pirlo is in though. As, of course, is he, Mario Balotelli. It's all set

:04:01. > :04:05.up for a cracking evening. Here in Rio we have Thierry Henry, Alan

:04:06. > :04:10.Shearer and Rio Ferdinand. Before we get their thoughts. Let us hear from

:04:11. > :04:14.Roy Hodgson. The England coach stepped off the England coach and

:04:15. > :04:20.spoke to Gabby Logan. How did you sleep last night? Very well. How

:04:21. > :04:28.long has this starting 111 been in your mind? A long while. With Raheem

:04:29. > :04:32.Sterling we weren't sure whether to select him or not because he missed

:04:33. > :04:37.the games. He was in my mind before we set off. He got back in my mind.

:04:38. > :04:41.Is pace for you the key? Will that be the difference between victory

:04:42. > :04:45.and not? Pace is a very great weapon, no doubt about that. It has

:04:46. > :04:50.to be allied to skill, allied to good team work. If we can play as

:04:51. > :04:56.well as I think we can play, I'm sure our pace will play a part in

:04:57. > :04:59.the game and mope it brings us to victory. Hotter today than

:05:00. > :05:04.yesterday. Conditions will be a factor in a 14-man side. Do you see

:05:05. > :05:10.both teams using maximum subs? Possibly. In most of the games so

:05:11. > :05:15.far you have seen full team menus. As I said yesterday in the press

:05:16. > :05:19.conference, heat and humidity hasn't entered into our thinking other than

:05:20. > :05:23.in the preparation. We won't make special preparations for that. When

:05:24. > :05:25.the sun goes down it won't be a lot different to last night the

:05:26. > :05:29.temperatures. Last night we thought they were good. You have led the

:05:30. > :05:31.team into an opening game of the World Cup, how different are the

:05:32. > :05:35.emotions right now that it's the World Cup, how different are the

:05:36. > :05:40.country of your birth? I suppose they are heightened, I guess. It

:05:41. > :05:44.seemed very exciting in 94 too, that is 20 years ago. Certainly, I'm

:05:45. > :05:51.excited and proud today to be leading the team into our first

:05:52. > :05:57.game, especially against such good opponents. It's one of the ties of

:05:58. > :06:03.the first round, England versus Italy. Let's hope it lives up to its

:06:04. > :06:12.Let's look billing. At the team Roy has gone with.

:06:13. > :06:17.He was the only man to play every minute of England's World Cup

:06:18. > :06:20.It's Roy's first choice back four of Glen Johnson, Gary Cahill,

:06:21. > :06:23.Only Johnson has played in a World Cup before.

:06:24. > :06:25.Steven Gerrard skippers the side alongside Liverpool

:06:26. > :06:29.It's Gerrard's third World Cup and he scored in the other two.

:06:30. > :06:33.It's 4-2-3-1 and it will be fascinating to see

:06:34. > :06:39.where Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling and Danny Welbeck kick-off.

:06:40. > :06:49.People have been talking about who will start and in which position. We

:06:50. > :06:55.are still not absolutely sure who will play where. Sterling is in is

:06:56. > :06:58.that a positive sign? Absolutely. I have been saying all week I think he

:06:59. > :07:00.should start. His form for Liverpool, in the last three or four

:07:01. > :07:02.months, has been exceptional. Liverpool, in the last three or four

:07:03. > :07:03.accounts the Liverpool, in the last three or four

:07:04. > :07:09.he has been performing in Liverpool, in the last three or four

:07:10. > :07:13.he deserves to be in that starting 11. If he is going to start in that

:07:14. > :07:15.little number 10 role, it's vitally important we try to get that ball

:07:16. > :07:18.into him. Him important we try to get that ball

:07:19. > :07:22.into him. getting that ball, turning and running at that Italian back

:07:23. > :07:26.four it will and should cause them problems. Thierry Henry, is he a

:07:27. > :07:34.player that excits you? Have you seen much of him? Yes he does. I'm a

:07:35. > :07:40.big fan of Sterling. Like Alan said I thought he was the key at the end

:07:41. > :07:43.for Liverpool. Of course Suarez, you can't mention him, and Sturridge, I

:07:44. > :07:47.thought he was brilliant at the end of the season. Playing behind. The

:07:48. > :07:52.interesting thing is a lot of people going with the fact Sterling will

:07:53. > :07:58.play behind Sturridge. Would that surprise you, Rio? It would a little

:07:59. > :08:02.bit. I thought that Roy Hodgson would play Rooney behind Sturridge

:08:03. > :08:07.bit. I thought that Roy Hodgson and then if Sterling didn't play,

:08:08. > :08:09.play him on the right. Sterling could surprise a few. The Italians

:08:10. > :08:14.will have seen him on video. It's a could surprise a few. The Italians

:08:15. > :08:18.different kettle of fish once you get on the pitch and you have that

:08:19. > :08:23.pace running at you and doing stepovers. You Coe something like

:08:24. > :08:29.Robben last night. Exciting for England fans. Don't be surprised if

:08:30. > :08:32.Sterling starts, but he moves him to the left flank and bring Rooney in

:08:33. > :08:36.there at times during the game. At the end of the day I think, it

:08:37. > :08:37.doesn't really matter what you want is to keep the shape. Whoever will

:08:38. > :08:41.be on the left, is to keep the shape. Whoever will

:08:42. > :08:46.the middle, whoever will be on the right, I think Roy Hodgson designed

:08:47. > :08:52.his team to have that shape whoever will be in that position. Rotate

:08:53. > :08:56.around. Rooney is in. We are not quite sure where, possibly on the

:08:57. > :09:00.left hand side? I agree with him. He has to start. This is Wayne Rooney's

:09:01. > :09:08.biggest game for England tonight. He has to go out and perform. He has to

:09:09. > :09:13.go out and score goals. All the big hitters, that have started the

:09:14. > :09:17.tournament so far, Neymar, van Persie, Sanchez got straight into

:09:18. > :09:24.the tournament, all scored. This guy has to do that. Ifening donned don't

:09:25. > :09:28.get a good result -- England don't get a good result you can imagine

:09:29. > :09:31.the reaction in the press. To have played in two World Cup's and not

:09:32. > :09:36.scored he will not be happy with that. I don't know Wayne Rooney like

:09:37. > :09:42.you know him, Rio, he strikes me as a confidence player. Needs things to

:09:43. > :09:46.be right for him, is that fair? He goes on runs and notches, one, two,

:09:47. > :09:50.three games on a bounce. That confidence starts building. You go

:09:51. > :09:56.into games, you can see him, he's like - I fancy I will score here. He

:09:57. > :09:59.doesn't like playing against me. You feel that confidence building in the

:10:00. > :10:04.strikers. It happens with them. He will go out there today wanting to

:10:05. > :10:09.prove people wrong. A lot of people talking about whether he will start.

:10:10. > :10:12.For him to have carried the responsibility on themle shoulders

:10:13. > :10:15.he will want to go out there and prove a point. He started on the

:10:16. > :10:19.left hand side against Ecuador. prove a point. He started on the

:10:20. > :10:24.left hand side Scored a tap-in from three or four inches. You saw the

:10:25. > :10:28.relief in his They all face. Count? You know as well as I do, the

:10:29. > :10:33.striker's confidence absolutely massive. That's what was in his

:10:34. > :10:41.mind, a goal, just before the World Cup, now he needs to do it when it

:10:42. > :10:46.matters. I like the way he plays. I know he has to score, I understand

:10:47. > :10:49.you guys, especially back home, give him a hard time because he still

:10:50. > :10:55.hasn't scored a goal at the World Cup. The he's one of the striker

:10:56. > :11:00.that I like because, if he doesn't score, he's still useful for the

:11:01. > :11:03.team. I know I, I will agree with you Alan, it's about time. It's time

:11:04. > :11:09.for him to score at the World Cup. The and have a good one. OK. As for

:11:10. > :11:22.the Italians the big news today is that Buffon is out injured.

:11:23. > :11:23.With Buffon out injured, Paris Saint-Germain's Salvatore

:11:24. > :11:27.His only previous competitive game was against Estonia back in 2010.

:11:28. > :11:30.Prandelli has decided to play four at the back, with Matteo Darmian

:11:31. > :11:34.Parma's Gabriel Paletta in the centre, alongside Andrea Barzagli.

:11:35. > :11:36.His Juventus team mate Giorgio Chiellini starts at left back.

:11:37. > :11:39.We expect Roma's Daniele De Rossi to be the deepest lying midfield

:11:40. > :11:43.Ahead of him are danger men Andrea Pirlo and Marco Verratti with

:11:44. > :11:46.Up front, who else but AC Milan's Mario Balotelli.

:11:47. > :11:54.The man that made them tick for a long period of time is Pirlo.

:11:55. > :12:01.Fearless player? Total nightmare to defend. I have been in a situation

:12:02. > :12:08.where I had to handle him. I had to stay on that guy in front of his

:12:09. > :12:10.fans. Always seems that he is alone. He's alone. He has time. Look at

:12:11. > :12:17.him? I mean, he goes He's alone. He has time. Look at

:12:18. > :12:21.everybody. Casually. He picks his spot. He picks a player. It's very

:12:22. > :12:23.difficult to handle him. Whatever you do, he will find some space.

:12:24. > :12:27.What you need to do, once he you do, he will find some space.

:12:28. > :12:31.the ball, that's when you need to have a go at him. Whoever is going

:12:32. > :12:35.to be on him, will have to put pressure on him. If you let him run

:12:36. > :12:42.like that, and see the game, he will do that, like, all night. One thing

:12:43. > :12:49.that will be difficult, you have Verratti on the side of him. You

:12:50. > :12:54.will find ourself trying to defend on Verratti and Pirlo. That is not

:12:55. > :12:59.an easy task. Every time he got that ball. As he picks his head up,

:13:00. > :13:03.danger, red alert for the back four because that's what he wants. That

:13:04. > :13:08.is what he excels in, picking his head up and picking the passes. You

:13:09. > :13:12.thought Welbeck is a good player at tracking people back, getting close

:13:13. > :13:17.to him? I think he is the best retriever of the ball in the England

:13:18. > :13:21.team. I see him week in and week out doing that. Once he does that he has

:13:22. > :13:27.the legs to run away with people. It's not just Pirlo, in terms of

:13:28. > :13:31.passing capability, you have De Rossi and Verratti, when they get

:13:32. > :13:35.their head up, as you saw, two years ago, Balotelli is running in behind.

:13:36. > :13:39.Our defenders have to be well aware of that? I want to add something. We

:13:40. > :13:44.know that Welbeck can do that. It's great. You want to make the runs

:13:45. > :13:48.behind defence and be available up there. You are going to need

:13:49. > :13:52.Anderson and Gerrard to sometimes step up to those guys. Not only

:13:53. > :13:59.Welbeck running everywhere like a lunatic trying to get the ball back.

:14:00. > :14:01.It's a nice thing. Let us pop back to Manaus where Danny Murphy is

:14:02. > :14:19.pitch-side with Gabby. during the week, we don't know the

:14:20. > :14:26.exact formation yet. But where might Italy exploit it? I am led to

:14:27. > :14:31.believe that sterling is going to play in the Number ten role. If he

:14:32. > :14:39.becomes a little bit undisciplined and drift in a bit, he might allow

:14:40. > :14:44.the young lad, Darmian, to come on. So Wayne Rooney needs to stay

:14:45. > :14:53.disciplined and let Sterling use that space. Perhaps the one person

:14:54. > :14:57.who has not been quite so relaxed has been Roy Hodgson himself. Is

:14:58. > :15:07.that something he will carry through to today? On match day, he is

:15:08. > :15:11.usually very calm. He will enjoy it. I think he will be nervous,

:15:12. > :15:18.inevitably, with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders. But the

:15:19. > :15:24.players will look at him in the dressing room and see a calm,

:15:25. > :15:28.articulate manager. He said he wants people at home to get behind and

:15:29. > :15:32.support this team. It looks like a fantastic side that will match what

:15:33. > :15:40.we have seen so far in this World Cup. Pace will be key tonight. Pace

:15:41. > :15:44.will be everything. Ceremony people I have spoken to in the build-up to

:15:45. > :15:53.this wanted this team, wanted this energy. They have picked the right

:15:54. > :15:57.team. And the news about Buffon which broke earlier today, he has

:15:58. > :16:07.hundred and 40 cap, but that must have given England a little bit of a

:16:08. > :16:15.boost despite his good replacement. Buffon is a leader, an inspirational

:16:16. > :16:20.figure. The other thing, Salvatore Sirigu, the keeper coming in,

:16:21. > :16:31.opening his nation's World Cup qualifier, and he will be nervous.

:16:32. > :16:36.The group is wide open now with the Costa Rica victory. An England

:16:37. > :16:41.victory for you? I am positive. Thank you both. Costa

:16:42. > :16:44.victory for you? I am positive. Thank you both. Costa Rica ran out

:16:45. > :17:01.surprise winners over Uruguay. The underdogs off to a shock 3-1

:17:02. > :17:15.win. Is that a good result for England? That will spur Uruguay on.

:17:16. > :17:18.They have to win the game now. They can't go out and play for a point,

:17:19. > :17:27.which they might have, can't go out and play for a point,

:17:28. > :17:30.to get through. Could you see that coming? I wouldn't say it

:17:31. > :17:36.to get through. Could you see that said it. Costa Rica are a very good

:17:37. > :17:44.team. They definitely can play, so I am not totally surprised. I didn't

:17:45. > :17:46.see that coming at all! The lad Campbell upfront, I played against

:17:47. > :17:51.him this Campbell upfront, I played against

:17:52. > :17:51.impressive. But Campbell upfront, I played against

:17:52. > :17:57.Uruguay getting beat in that game. Campbell upfront, I played against

:17:58. > :18:02.There is a degree of realism among the England fans, but now that

:18:03. > :18:08.kick-off is almost upon us, are the fans growing in confidence? Dan

:18:09. > :18:23.Walker is with some of them. 5000 fans are expected to be in

:18:24. > :18:30.Manaus. Wary you from? London. And where are you from? Earning! They

:18:31. > :18:33.are very helpful here, they can't do enough for us. How did you get

:18:34. > :18:54.here? We flew in. And we have enough for us. How did you get

:18:55. > :19:01.back. My name is Mel. Who here is predicting an England win?

:19:02. > :19:05.back. My name is Mel. Who here is Expectation not quite as low as we

:19:06. > :19:08.anticipated. The expectation is still very high. The media is more

:19:09. > :19:10.controlled. But I still very high. The media is more

:19:11. > :19:21.going to win the group. still very high. The media is more

:19:22. > :19:26.the game tonight. I am showing you one thing you definitely won't see

:19:27. > :19:33.much of, Roy Hodgson with a parent maracas.

:19:34. > :19:46.Well, they are up for it, and they are not alone.

:19:47. > :20:22.# Never knew how much I love you # You give me fever there is even

:20:23. > :20:30.more worth waiting for this summer. Go on, Mary! Send us your photos and

:20:31. > :20:36.video clips on Twitter, and we will upload the best of them to the BBC's

:20:37. > :20:47.website. Time for an Italian is active, and who better to hear from

:20:48. > :20:54.than Jen Luca Vialli -- Gianluca Vialli.

:20:55. > :21:01.Historically, Italy have a hold over England? I think that there is a

:21:02. > :21:08.problem with England, a slight problem. For four years, you are a

:21:09. > :21:15.disillusioned and depressed nation when it comes to the national team,

:21:16. > :21:17.and then a month before the World Cup, your confidence goes up to the

:21:18. > :21:22.roof and used at talking about being able to win. I don't think the

:21:23. > :21:28.England players are particularly good at handling the pressure,

:21:29. > :21:30.because they are not used to it. When you play Chelsea against

:21:31. > :21:37.Manchester United, there is no pressure, it is just fun. Pressure

:21:38. > :21:45.is a combination of expectations, scrutiny and consequences. When they

:21:46. > :21:48.wear the England shirt, there are consequences top Italians are the

:21:49. > :21:54.opposite, we grow up eating pressure for breakfast. We are better at you

:21:55. > :22:11.than that -- better than you at that. You probably don't know a lot

:22:12. > :22:15.about the two full-backs. And Verratti is a very talented young

:22:16. > :22:20.player who plays with a huge personality. Having so many talented

:22:21. > :22:40.midfielders takes a lot of pressure off Pirlo. With Verratti, De Rossi,

:22:41. > :22:45.Markey -- Marchisio, there are players capable of getting the ball

:22:46. > :22:50.forward. I think it will be a draw. It will be an open match to start

:22:51. > :22:54.with, one team will go on top. But then there will be an equaliser, and

:22:55. > :23:00.for the last 25 minutes, both teams will look at each other without

:23:01. > :23:03.taking too many chances, because there are still two matches to be

:23:04. > :23:09.played, and the two teams respect each other, and they probably feel

:23:10. > :23:11.that going through depends on what happens against Uruguay and Costa

:23:12. > :23:17.Rica rather than against Italy or England.

:23:18. > :23:24.He has got it all mapped out. Thierry Henry, do you think we are a

:23:25. > :23:34.bunch of players who choke and bottle? I don't think so. It is

:23:35. > :23:41.pretty intense. He said it was just fun. He wasn't playing for titles

:23:42. > :23:44.when he was at Chelsea! Mario Balotelli, you have played against

:23:45. > :23:50.him many times. Strengths and weaknesses? Sometimes, it is

:23:51. > :23:59.whatever mood he turns up in. If you get the one who turned up at Euro

:24:00. > :24:06.2012, we are in for a tough match. He was the best number nine in that

:24:07. > :24:07.tournament. He was looking to get in behind and around our two centre

:24:08. > :24:12.halves. He could have behind and around our two centre

:24:13. > :24:36.three goals. He was getting in there. He can do the unexpected.

:24:37. > :24:43.They can't get any tighter to him, and he still puts the ball in the

:24:44. > :24:46.back of the net. Some guys like to play short, other guys like to go

:24:47. > :24:52.long and run behind, and he can do both. If you want to fight with him,

:24:53. > :24:58.he will fight with you. If you want to race him, he will race you. He

:24:59. > :25:04.can do everything. It is what Mario Balotelli turns up. And the question

:25:05. > :25:10.marks about his temperament. If you know that as a defender, do you try

:25:11. > :25:25.to wind him up? It is different. Like ML -- Heskey, you know that if

:25:26. > :25:29.you get him angry, you might get a game out of him, but here, eight you

:25:30. > :25:37.can get the petulant side of him out. Get him angry. To go back to

:25:38. > :25:44.what we were saying about Wayne Rooney, it is the same with Mario

:25:45. > :25:59.Balotelli. He has to find some type of consistency. One game yes, five

:26:00. > :26:05.no. He is going to have to perform for more than six or seven years.

:26:06. > :26:09.Maybe the next game! Everyone who has been in the changing room with

:26:10. > :26:13.him says the same thing, he has the potential to be one of the best

:26:14. > :26:21.players in the world, but he has to put it together every week. A lot of

:26:22. > :26:30.footballers between the ears. The stage is set for Steven Gerrard.

:26:31. > :26:39.This time, more than any other time, it matters.

:26:40. > :26:55.This is the opera house in Manaus, hidden gem. Built in 1892.

:26:56. > :27:03.How this England side that are equipped to deal with Italy from the

:27:04. > :27:13.side that were knocked out of Euro 2012? We are better squad than two

:27:14. > :27:18.or even four years ago. All of the players in the 23 are capable of

:27:19. > :27:24.playing in the 11. We have options to come off the bench. We have two

:27:25. > :27:32.players in every position. This is the first time at this stage where

:27:33. > :27:36.the team doesn't pick itself. Within this England squad, you can see

:27:37. > :27:47.enthusiasm, players who really look like they want to be here. That is

:27:48. > :27:53.coming from you and Roy. It is not just from me and him. It comes from

:27:54. > :28:03.the top and filters down to the pillars, your Lampards, your

:28:04. > :28:08.Rooneys. It creates a really relaxed and enjoyable environment. We want

:28:09. > :28:18.to get the best out of these young players. You can see the smiles on

:28:19. > :28:22.their faces full. Gerard scores. He has clipped it

:28:23. > :28:37.into the middle. And Italy go through. Have Italy

:28:38. > :28:43.moved on from three years ago? We will have to wait and see. But I

:28:44. > :28:47.know that we have all stop we have had two years to get used to what

:28:48. > :28:51.this manager wants, and the confidence is growing day by day

:28:52. > :29:04.because the lads are ready to go. Steven Gerrard, reinvented himself

:29:05. > :29:07.and now plays a holding role, because England haven't got a

:29:08. > :29:10.natural holding role player in the squad, but he is playing that way

:29:11. > :29:17.for Liverpool now. I think age squad, but he is playing that way

:29:18. > :29:21.happened. He has had to fall back into a position where he hasn't got

:29:22. > :29:42.to be warming up and down rocks to box like you was before. -- bombing

:29:43. > :29:51.up and down from bop -- box to box is.

:29:52. > :29:56.These players, they don't talk too much, but when you see them going

:29:57. > :30:02.through a tackle, their attitude, you just want to follow the guy. I

:30:03. > :30:18.want to see him doing for England what per load did Italy -- Pirlo did

:30:19. > :30:24.for Italy. How do you rate him, Daniel Sturridge? For the first time

:30:25. > :30:30.in a long time, he feels as if he is the main man. Not only at club level

:30:31. > :30:35.but now at international level. He was a bit part player at Chelsea,

:30:36. > :30:40.and he always wanted to play centre forward. This adds to his game, his

:30:41. > :30:47.sharpness in the box. Watches moved here. He makes this cross a good

:30:48. > :30:54.cross because of his movement and his desire to get on the end of it.

:30:55. > :30:59.It takes something special. Watching change gear here when he relies as

:31:00. > :31:10.there is a sniff at goal. He gets seen calmly and scores the goal. He

:31:11. > :31:14.goes short to go long. Only a yard, but a yard is enough, and once again

:31:15. > :31:20.he is in there and it is a brilliant finish. He has added this to his

:31:21. > :31:32.game. It helps when Gerard is playing the ball in like this.

:31:33. > :31:36.could do it at Premier League, albeit for a season. He wanted to

:31:37. > :31:43.play down the middle, not the left or the right hand side. He is

:31:44. > :31:47.playing at the very highest There is level. Roy Hodgson walking out.

:31:48. > :31:50.Players in the tunnel. We have gone into so many tournaments

:31:51. > :31:54.Australianed talked about England. Everyone says they are tired, played

:31:55. > :31:59.so many games. Five Liverpool players in this team who didn't play

:32:00. > :32:04.in Europe, is that a factor? That could be a massive factor. We go

:32:05. > :32:08.into tournaments bandaged up, people playing 40 odd intense games. The

:32:09. > :32:12.Liverpool players had a good season. Confidence has grown throughout the

:32:13. > :32:16.season. Disappointment with not winning the league. The volume of

:32:17. > :32:21.games not as many as we had before going into tournaments. What we

:32:22. > :32:26.haven't touched on is the importance of our full-backs attacking wize.

:32:27. > :32:30.Because we have no natural width it's important that they give us the

:32:31. > :32:34.width. That is their game and that is what they love doing. The

:32:35. > :32:39.responsibility falls on the two centre halves to make sure they drag

:32:40. > :32:43.the midfielders to fill in for the full-backs when they go forward. As

:32:44. > :32:49.the players prepare to come out of the tunnel in Manaus. I will ask

:32:50. > :32:54.predictions of how you think it will go, Thierry Henry? 2-1 England.

:32:55. > :32:58.Positive, just like that. I want us to win. I want us to play on the

:32:59. > :33:05.front foot and play attacking football. I think it will be a draw.

:33:06. > :33:07.Rio? I have got more confident as the week has gone on. That is

:33:08. > :33:15.dangerous. 1-0 England. Remember, expectations are low,

:33:16. > :33:19.so there's no need to get nervous. The commentators in Manaus are

:33:20. > :33:31.Philip Neville and Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Gary.

:33:32. > :33:36.Welcome to the jungle. 900 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. 200 miles

:33:37. > :33:40.south of the equator. It is hot, perhaps not quite as oppressive in

:33:41. > :33:45.terms of humidity as it might have been.

:33:46. > :33:49.A cooling break of sorts needed for Daniel Sturridge before the National

:33:50. > :33:58.Anthems. # God save our gracious Queen

:33:59. > :34:01.Long live our noble Queen APPLAUSE.

:34:02. > :35:01.Now the National Anthem of Italy. # Fratelli d'Italia

:35:02. > :35:13.l'Italia s'e desta # dell'elmo di Scipio

:35:14. > :35:21.s'e cinta la testa # Le porga la chioma

:35:22. > :35:32.che schiava di Roma # Fratelli d'Italia

:35:33. > :35:38.l'Italia s'e desta # dell'elmo di Scipio

:35:39. > :35:50.s'e cinta la testa # Le porga la chioma

:35:51. > :36:00.che schiava di Roma # Stringiamci a coorte

:36:01. > :36:05.siam pronti alla morte # Siam pronti alla morte

:36:06. > :36:07.l'Italia chiamo # Stringiamci a coorte

:36:08. > :36:10.siam pronti alla morte # Iddio la creo. #

:36:11. > :36:26.l'Italia chiamo APPLAUSE

:36:27. > :36:35.The brothers of Italy led by Andrea Pirlo. Unmistakable, Andrea Pirlo.

:36:36. > :36:42.Roy Hodgson came out he deliberately made his way down every Italian

:36:43. > :36:47.substitute, shook their hands, wished them all the best, in Italian

:36:48. > :37:01.of course. This is the first England team of the tournament he selected.

:37:02. > :37:06.Five Liverpool players in the team. Only five of the team played against

:37:07. > :37:27.Italy at Euro 2012. The referee tonight is from the

:37:28. > :37:30.Netherlands. Highly praised for the handling of the all Madrid final

:37:31. > :37:49.three weeks ago. Italy have been hit by the absence

:37:50. > :37:55.of their leader and goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, who sprained his

:37:56. > :38:02.left ankle in training yesterday. In comes Salvatore Sirigu for his ninth

:38:03. > :38:04.cap. He missed a session or two with bruised ribs recently.

:38:05. > :38:12.Three World Cup winners of 2006 play.

:38:13. > :38:20.There is the number nine, Mario Balotelli.

:38:21. > :38:29.Roy Hodgson's second World Cup in charge of a national team. The heat

:38:30. > :38:52.similar to when he led Switzerland in the USA in 1994.

:38:53. > :39:04.All set then for the start of the World Cup for England and Italy.

:39:05. > :39:11.The referee will get us under way. England's training camp brought more

:39:12. > :39:12.testing conditions in this. Italy have the

:39:13. > :39:20.testing conditions in this. Italy Confederations Cup in Brazil a

:39:21. > :39:26.testing conditions in this. Italy ago. Whatever the weather, as Steven

:39:27. > :39:36.Gerrard said yesterday, the same applies to Pirlo's men, no excuses.

:39:37. > :39:47.It starts play. We don't know how far they

:39:48. > :39:51.will get to go. Phil Neville is alongside me to watch them. Shall we

:39:52. > :39:54.just try to enjoy it, Phil? It's always difficult, as

:39:55. > :39:58.just try to enjoy it, Phil? It's supporter, to enjoy these occasions.

:39:59. > :40:02.just try to enjoy it, Phil? It's has been spot on.

:40:03. > :40:06.Cahill, they have been preparing to deal with the threat of Mario

:40:07. > :40:10.Balotelli. We will expect quite deal with the threat of Mario

:40:11. > :40:15.few of those balls for the Italian number nine to chase. It's's so

:40:16. > :40:19.important when De Rossi and Pirlo get on the ball. They have to get

:40:20. > :40:23.them and stop the long balls over the There is time. Pirlo. Didn't

:40:24. > :40:28.quite get the check on it to stop the ball. England goal kick. Joe

:40:29. > :40:33.Hart will take it. A word on the conditions, Phil. Not quite as bad

:40:34. > :40:35.as we feared they might be? No, it's almost the perfect night for

:40:36. > :40:41.football. The pitch in the warm-up, it was interesting to see, they were

:40:42. > :40:50.doing shots into Joe Hart, cutting off a little bit on the left hand

:40:51. > :40:55.side. In terms of the temperature I don't think there will be complaints

:40:56. > :41:02.from Roy Hodgson or Alan Pardew. Cahill, looking for Daniel

:41:03. > :41:09.Sturridge. Chiellini is down. Johnson surprised at the award of a

:41:10. > :41:15.free-kick to Italy. I think it was a little kick Chiellini, ball forward

:41:16. > :41:21.from Gary Cahill. We will see that a lot tonight.

:41:22. > :41:35.Pirlo, immediately pounced upon by Welbeck.

:41:36. > :41:43.Only one place where Balotelli will play for Italy. He will be the vocal

:41:44. > :41:47.point for Italy up front. The so important for the England

:41:48. > :41:52.centre-backs to make sure they pick imup, don't allow him to be free.

:41:53. > :42:24.Knocked on by Marchisio. A chance now to deliver. Phil

:42:25. > :42:28.Jagielka is on guard and ready. Darmian got forward. The Italians

:42:29. > :42:42.love to fire those low crosses in. Welbeck in, with a good challenge.

:42:43. > :42:51.Cahill collects and finds Sturridge. Sterling. First chance for him to

:42:52. > :43:01.run maybe. Past Paletta and go for goal. Goodness me, that was close!

:43:02. > :43:04.The net rippled rather than bulged. That is why Raheem Sterling is on

:43:05. > :43:10.the team. One minute we are defending on the box, next we are

:43:11. > :43:14.counter-attacking. Important he dribbles past those Italian midfield

:43:15. > :43:21.players. They are not the quickest, not the most mobile. What is Steven

:43:22. > :43:22.Gerrard say, no excuse, no regrets. Well, Raheem Sterling has gone for

:43:23. > :43:34.the third. No fear. Rooney, didn't quite get there

:43:35. > :43:41.quickly enough. Caught De Rossi. The referee is not impressed with the

:43:42. > :43:47.fall of the Italian. Keeping the front four and Sterling behind Wayne

:43:48. > :43:49.Rooney will interchange with Sterling tonight and Welbeck as

:43:50. > :43:57.well. There is a lot of flexibility up there.

:43:58. > :44:06.Sterling across to try to get close to Pirlo. Good work again from

:44:07. > :44:13.Welbeck. Chiellini has given it away to Welbeck. The cross comes. The

:44:14. > :44:14.boys said it in the studio. Welbeck is the

:44:15. > :44:19.boys said it in the studio. Welbeck is best in England in dispossessing

:44:20. > :44:21.defenders. That is why he is in the team. Roy seems to trust him to

:44:22. > :44:25.defenders. That is why he is in the team. Roy seems to trust him do a

:44:26. > :44:29.good job. He is a real team player. Good ball from Welbeck too.

:44:30. > :44:35.Sterling. Good try that from Henderson. Sirigu down to save.

:44:36. > :45:16.England on the front foot from the start here.

:45:17. > :45:24.cap. It is so important that Leighton Baines doesn't commit

:45:25. > :45:27.himself to early. There is one for the collector's book, a Pirlo

:45:28. > :45:58.misplaced pass. Our wide players have got some job

:45:59. > :46:12.to do tonight. Need to make sure we keep getting to De Rossi, Pirlo in

:46:13. > :46:24.there. Here is Marco Verratti, Pirlo's error apparent -- heir

:46:25. > :46:44.apparent when he finally causes a day.

:46:45. > :47:08.Italy are looking dangerous. That was a lovely dummy from Pirlo.

:47:09. > :47:18.Lifted through towards Marchisio. Appeals there for handball. Pirlo is

:47:19. > :47:22.still asking the question. Glen Johnson lucky there, the Italian

:47:23. > :47:25.players around the referee, thinking they need a penalty. A good decision

:47:26. > :47:38.in the end, I think. they need a penalty. A good decision

:47:39. > :47:48.them given sometimes. Arms clamped down by his side, I think that was

:47:49. > :47:55.his saving grace. Need to be disciplined, stay

:47:56. > :48:06.So much for the heat rainforest stifling the game and

:48:07. > :48:12.making it a slow affair. 0-0 is many people's bet for the scoreline, and

:48:13. > :48:18.it is at the moment, but it is open. Johnson and Jagielka combine to

:48:19. > :48:25.somehow get the deflection and find Joe Hart. Wayne Rooney

:48:26. > :48:33.somehow get the deflection and find help Leighton Baines out a little

:48:34. > :48:39.more. That is the first we have really seen from Wayne Rooney, and

:48:40. > :48:47.it was a lovely ball out for well back -- Danny Welbeck. He

:48:48. > :48:49.it was a lovely ball out for well that fired across the near post from

:48:50. > :49:20.Glen Johnson. Darmian, an impressive start

:49:21. > :49:28.right back. Every time Pirlo gets the ball, Jordan Henderson

:49:29. > :49:34.right back. Every time Pirlo gets on the ball. I think that is

:49:35. > :49:47.important. Italy having more of the ball

:49:48. > :49:56.We saw how important that was in recent seasons, and it will be

:49:57. > :50:03.important here, counterattack seems to be the order of the season. So

:50:04. > :50:15.important that one of the two centre-back is, Cahill and Jagielka,

:50:16. > :50:29.pick him Sterling was on the move, into a

:50:30. > :50:41.good position but lost possession. Rooney only temporarily when it

:50:42. > :50:43.that. -- won it back. Italy very nearly caught out

:50:44. > :50:58.Set the first pass has got to go casual in clearing the ball.

:50:59. > :51:16.Set the first pass has got to go into Daniel Sturridge.

:51:17. > :51:27.He asked a lot of Balotelli there, but he managed to control it.

:51:28. > :51:39.Just at the moment, England seem to be doing a lot of chasing. It is an

:51:40. > :51:41.Italy's right where they seem to be causing us a little bit of a

:51:42. > :52:12.problem. Chiellini has spent more time in

:52:13. > :52:24.England's half than his own. A good catch from Hart. He doesn't need

:52:25. > :52:31.much to whip that ball in. Sturridge has to stay onside, takes on

:52:32. > :52:39.Paletta. Almost left him behind. They managed to squeeze out

:52:40. > :52:43.Sturridge in the end. That is where we want him, dragging the player out

:52:44. > :53:01.into the wide areas. Danny Welbeck is doing a good job on

:53:02. > :53:17.this right-hand side, tucking in. Can't allow Italy to get the rhythm.

:53:18. > :53:34.Danny Welbeck can't take the free from there. He was looking for a

:53:35. > :53:38.counterattack. It is all going on on the left-hand side, Leighton Baines

:53:39. > :53:47.is talking to Rooney. Trouble at the moment. Here is Henderson. For the

:53:48. > :53:55.first time tonight, we can hear the England fans over the general

:53:56. > :54:02.excitement of the neutrals in the crowd, and the Italians. We have

:54:03. > :54:12.been talking to the England fans in recent days, so many of them, it has

:54:13. > :54:18.taken us back a bit. Supporters go all over the world to these major

:54:19. > :54:49.competitions. Maybe for once they won't be disappointed heading home.

:54:50. > :55:00.Johnson with the shot. He doesn't mind having a go with the left foot.

:55:01. > :55:05.I think when England were in possession, the first-pass needs to

:55:06. > :55:44.be on the other side of the pitch, that is where the space is.

:55:45. > :56:07.England are in good shape, they have men behind the ball.

:56:08. > :56:16.Italy content to knock it about, England content to keep the mayor.

:56:17. > :56:24.Pirlo can change that in an instant, of course. Every one of those halls

:56:25. > :56:35.in has been nice and easy from Joe Hart so far. It is the position of

:56:36. > :56:44.Candreva that is causing us problems, looking for Leighton

:56:45. > :56:50.Baines to pick him up. There is going to be a free kick for

:56:51. > :57:01.something the referee has seen in the middle. Verratti protests. He

:57:02. > :57:07.can be erratic in his challenges at times. He has picked up plenty of

:57:08. > :57:18.bookings. In the World Cup games we have seen

:57:19. > :57:21.so far, they have started high tempo. This one has had a slow elder

:57:22. > :58:04.will stop -- a slower build-up. I think the neutrals are slightly in

:58:05. > :58:16.favour of Italy. They are not hurting us at the

:58:17. > :58:29.moment. From a distance, it might have swerved. Joe Hart dealt with

:58:30. > :58:34.it, just about. Candreva is picking it up again in that position, inside

:58:35. > :58:38.right. I wouldn't be surprised if Roy Hodgson is thinking about

:58:39. > :58:48.swapping Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney. Rooney does not look

:58:49. > :58:49.comfortable out there at the moment. A good combination between Johnson

:58:50. > :59:06.and Cahill. Jagielka scored the last time these

:59:07. > :59:14.two nations met in a friendly in Switzerland. Very much mix and match

:59:15. > :59:24.teams by both. A 2-0 win for England. In competitive meetings,

:59:25. > :59:37.Italy have the edge. In three major tournament games, they have won them

:59:38. > :59:38.all. Here is Leighton Baines. Sterling is just

:59:39. > :59:44.all. Here is Leighton Baines. Rooney, and he is on the

:59:45. > :59:46.all. Here is Leighton Baines. Candreva runs into De Rossi. And a

:59:47. > :59:46.gap Candreva runs into De Rossi. And a

:59:47. > :00:11.in the middle. All he wants to do is

:00:12. > :00:16.the side and cross. It's a low cross as well, for Balotelli. Much made of

:00:17. > :00:21.England's defence as well, for Balotelli. Much made of

:00:22. > :00:25.suspect area of the squad. But Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka are

:00:26. > :00:28.unbeaten in 13 games they started together. Neither have suffered

:00:29. > :00:32.defeat at any competitive international they have played. They

:00:33. > :00:43.like playing together. It's quite a settled back four, this season.

:00:44. > :00:55.He will get onto that ahead of Paletta.

:00:56. > :01:02.Good work from Sterling. Welbeck wasn't going to get there. He feels

:01:03. > :01:07.he was blocked. I don't think he would have quite of reached it

:01:08. > :01:14.anyway. Good defending in the end from Paletta. Blocked Danny Welbeck.

:01:15. > :01:19.We need Raheem Sterling, down the little sides. We have seen already

:01:20. > :01:24.they are not comfortable in those situations. It all started with a

:01:25. > :01:30.surging run from Jordan Henderson. We have seen that with Liverpool

:01:31. > :01:35.this season. His energy in midfield will be vital tonight. Paletta had a

:01:36. > :01:41.little pop at Sterling in the middle, a few moments ago.

:01:42. > :01:47.Sterling's abilities just starting to rattle him a little bit. When we

:01:48. > :01:54.looked at the Italian team, two or three days ago, it looked an

:01:55. > :01:58.experience back four with Buffon in. Now it looks inexperienced, that is

:01:59. > :02:02.their weakest part of their team. Balotelli, allowed to turn. Allowed

:02:03. > :02:13.to shoot. Doesn't trouble Balotelli, allowed to turn. Allowed

:02:14. > :02:18.Manchester City colleague, Joe Hart. You can't let Mario Balotelli do

:02:19. > :02:20.that, come off turn. This little right channel here. Turning.

:02:21. > :02:24.Wonderful shot on him. Italy appeal for a free-kick. They

:02:25. > :02:42.don't get one. Welbeck, through. Sturridge in the

:02:43. > :02:45.middle. Just too high for Danny Sturridge. It will be a corner. It

:02:46. > :02:59.was so very nearly an England goal. Wonderful third man run from Danny

:03:00. > :03:04.Welbeck. Dragging Paletta out. Sturridge's head there. Those side

:03:05. > :03:08.channels England look dangerous. They don't look comfortable

:03:09. > :03:11.defending in the wide areas, the Italian centre-backs.

:03:12. > :03:24.Rooney. It bounced off him. It's another England corner. Didn't see

:03:25. > :03:30.that come through the pack, Wayne Rooney. I think if he had he would

:03:31. > :03:34.have had a tap-in at the far post. Daniel Sturridge got a bit of a nick

:03:35. > :03:35.on it. Took Wayne Rooney by surprise. It was a good opportunity

:03:36. > :03:42.for England. Leighton Baines, the coolest player

:03:43. > :03:57.on the park. Number two keeper in as well. Good

:03:58. > :04:01.opportunity to put pressure on the Italian number two.

:04:02. > :04:14.Sturridge is standing on his toes. In from Baines. They did enough. It

:04:15. > :04:22.was Wayne Rooney round the back again. Something they have worked

:04:23. > :04:24.on. Jagielka blocked Wayne Rooney's man so he could be free at the far

:04:25. > :04:41.post. Clever play. Chiellini, making ground on the left

:04:42. > :04:54.again. Glen Johnson making good with the

:04:55. > :04:57.tackle. It's still hot out there. What we will see in this game,

:04:58. > :05:01.particularly in the second-half, both teams will play in little

:05:02. > :05:04.bursts. Then possession football after that.

:05:05. > :05:25.Good workology from Gerrard. Rooney asked a lot of Raheem Sterling

:05:26. > :05:31.there. He got to it a fraction ahead of Matteo Darmian. Assessment of

:05:32. > :05:35.Sterling's performance so far? England's best player so far. Looks

:05:36. > :05:42.like the one that will unlock the door, in terms of his dribble and

:05:43. > :05:47.his speed one v one. I think it's interesting with when Pirlo gets the

:05:48. > :05:52.ball. Every time he gets it he looks to feed Candreva or Balotelli. He

:05:53. > :05:56.dictates the at the moment tempo of the game. Not many players in world

:05:57. > :06:45.football can do that. Ied ID middle of the pitch here.

:06:46. > :06:50.Can't let Italy get a rhythm. Not his best attempt, Candreva. Leighton

:06:51. > :06:53.Baines and Wayne Rooney are having a heated discussion. Don't think they

:06:54. > :06:58.have worked out that problem yet, on the right hand side. Steven Gerrard

:06:59. > :07:02.was just pointing, looking at Wayne Rooney and pointing out to the

:07:03. > :07:07.touchline. The other touchline where Joe Hart has just put that. I think

:07:08. > :07:13.it might a good idea for Roy Hodgson to switch Henderson and Gerrard.

:07:14. > :07:20.Henderson could maybe close off the pass to Candreva.

:07:21. > :07:29.Trying to bull dose his way past Glen Johnson. Before the game we

:07:30. > :07:35.spoke of attacking and going for the jugular. I think this was always

:07:36. > :07:38.going to be a tight, cagey affair. The Italians don't open up that

:07:39. > :07:51.much. Doesn't need much space to find a

:07:52. > :08:09.immediately is bursting into action. Doesn't need much space to find a

:08:10. > :08:13.trick to get past defenders. Taking lots of touches and taking the ball

:08:14. > :08:17.up to him. Heavy on the legs when someone is running at you

:08:18. > :08:26.constantly. It looks like that is what he has been told to do. Pirlo,

:08:27. > :08:36.a risky one that. Verratti didn't have a lot of room. He played that

:08:37. > :08:42.one without looking. I swear he's got wing mirrors. They always like

:08:43. > :08:46.looking at people in the warm-up, or in the tunnel, looking at their

:08:47. > :08:49.eyes. This is just a run-of-the-mill game in the park with his mates. No

:08:50. > :09:01.pressure out there for Andrea Pirlo. His autobiography - I Think,

:09:02. > :09:14.therefore I Play. Wonderful His autobiography - I Think,

:09:15. > :09:21.Still going. Plays the game and dictates the game at his own place.

:09:22. > :09:26.When he is on the ball and everyone is running he makes it look like

:09:27. > :09:28.it's in slow motion. Marchisio was forced to tackle from an angle that

:09:29. > :09:44.is not permitted. The Italian team

:09:45. > :09:47.off. Just having a breather. Gerrard, missed by Welbeck, nearly

:09:48. > :10:02.went through to Sturridge. Chiellini has had enough of the

:10:03. > :10:07.upstart. Sterling is not respecting reputation though, he is all over

:10:08. > :10:11.him. Chiellini, one of the toughest defenders I've played against. One

:10:12. > :10:17.of those who just looks tough. He looks tough. He is tough. If the

:10:18. > :10:20.ball is there to be won, he'll take ball and man with it. Your old

:10:21. > :10:51.fashioned Italian centre-back Through towards Balotelli. Forced to

:10:52. > :10:54.be the sandwich there. He did well there Jagielka, struck close to

:10:55. > :11:03.Balotelli. Rooney. Tackled there Jagielka, struck close to

:11:04. > :11:05.Rossi, who argues that he won the ball. He did do that, but he won the

:11:06. > :11:14.ball with both of his feet. ball. He did do that, but he won the

:11:15. > :11:15.says it is a two-footed challenge. I don't think he went in with his

:11:16. > :11:31.studs up. Just a free-kick. I say, just a free-kick, it might

:11:32. > :11:36.turn out to be a little more if Steven Gerrard can conjure something

:11:37. > :11:56.up. He can't, not that time. Disappointing from that position. We

:11:57. > :12:02.Italy are definitely looking to dominate that central midfield.

:12:03. > :12:04.Italy are definitely looking to Balotelli is isolated on his own

:12:05. > :12:13.upfront. Darmian has pushed forward from

:12:14. > :12:19.right back. Darmian has pushed forward from

:12:20. > :12:31.back. Balotelli! Didn't get enough on it. Wayne Rooney who let the

:12:32. > :12:32.runner go. Definitely a problem that England need to sort out at

:12:33. > :12:43.half-time. You have played with Wayne Rooney

:12:44. > :12:47.often enough, Phil, would you say it's an uncomfortable position for

:12:48. > :12:53.him? It's a position he has played a lot for Manchester United over the

:12:54. > :12:56.years. He has been played there tonight because could counter-attack

:12:57. > :13:00.from that position. He has the discipline as well. Darmian is

:13:01. > :13:05.causing them all sort of problems. Playing high and Candreva coming

:13:06. > :13:10.into that pocket behind him. They need to sort that problem out. Loads

:13:11. > :13:15.of room on the right again. Marchisio, the shot ball to

:13:16. > :13:19.Candreva. And, Baines was ready to block it. It seems as though the

:13:20. > :13:25.wind is with the Italians, just at the moment. Just starting to find

:13:26. > :13:27.the little holes in behind the England midfield. Marchisio and

:13:28. > :13:45.Candreva. Pirlo, lovely dummy. Marchisio.

:13:46. > :13:51.Through the crowd, into the net! Super strike by Claudio Marchisio.

:13:52. > :13:52.It has been coming. It has been coming the last two or three

:13:53. > :13:58.minutes. Wonderful work partner, coming the last two or three

:13:59. > :14:03.Pirlo again. Full vision, dummy the ball on the edge of the box.

:14:04. > :14:13.Marchisio had a lot to do still from that position. He found a way

:14:14. > :14:19.through. He gives Italy the lead in Manaus. It was this dummy here from

:14:20. > :14:25.Pirlo. Wonderful vision. I think it went through the legs of two or

:14:26. > :14:32.three England defenders. Left Joe Hart no chance there. I think when

:14:33. > :14:36.the Italians on the edge of the box, particularly Marchisio, he got a

:14:37. > :14:43.wonderful shot, you have to close them down quicker.

:14:44. > :14:58.Wide eyed Italian joy. Claudio Marchisio's first major tournament

:14:59. > :15:02.goal. 45 caps, four goals now for Italy. A player who does like a

:15:03. > :15:05.shot. Likes them even more when they fly in like that. England 0, Italy

:15:06. > :15:40.1. the position of Candreva when he

:15:41. > :15:53.comes in off the side. Leighton Baines doesn't want to go in. Pirlo.

:15:54. > :16:05.I was talking a short time ago about his 360-degree vision. I don't know

:16:06. > :16:11.how you would hear a shout from a colleague in this noise, but he knew

:16:12. > :16:19.exactly where Marchisio was when he let that ball run. Sturridge is in

:16:20. > :16:24.the middle, a good ball from Rooney, and the good finish from

:16:25. > :16:32.the middle, a good ball from Rooney, England level instantly! Italy

:16:33. > :16:48.caught on the counter. Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge, England one,

:16:49. > :16:58.Italy one. A wonderful cross, the first cross we have got into night.

:16:59. > :17:01.A wonderful cross from Wayne Rooney. He was frustrated three or four

:17:02. > :17:05.minutes ago with the amount of defending that has to be done, and

:17:06. > :17:11.that is what he is in the team to do, to put crosses in like that. A

:17:12. > :17:20.brilliant finish by Sturridge. He has scored in three of his last four

:17:21. > :17:25.England appearances now. There is concern in the aftermath of the

:17:26. > :17:35.goal, because there was an almighty collision. I think the physio is

:17:36. > :17:43.under that pile. It is suspected that he has injured his leg really

:17:44. > :17:47.badly, really badly. England's players can't, however harsh it

:17:48. > :18:01.seems, allow that to affect their focus. Chiellini was nowhere to be

:18:02. > :18:05.seen in that cross, and as a fallback, you have to be tucking in

:18:06. > :18:12.there. A first-time finish from Daniel Sturridge. We have seen it

:18:13. > :18:30.all season from him. Scored a superb goal against Djourou, but this

:18:31. > :18:42.matters whole lot more -- against Peru.

:18:43. > :18:52.Anything can happen when everybody jumps on top of each other.

:18:53. > :19:05.Sturridge loses the ball to Marchisio. It is not often you see

:19:06. > :19:13.the physio carried off himself. He was so long England's manager on the

:19:14. > :19:21.touchline. We are told it is a suspected broken ankle, but we need

:19:22. > :19:31.him to tell us that! Our thoughts are with Gary at the moment.

:19:32. > :20:06.Danny Welbeck missed it. Marchisio, well controlled by Balotelli.

:20:07. > :20:20.The flag is up, and England free kick. The reorganisation on the

:20:21. > :20:29.bench continues. He was offside when Rooney was in the left-back position

:20:30. > :20:52.there. There is clearly a problem out there with Candreva's position.

:20:53. > :21:08.That was brilliant there from Danny Welbeck.

:21:09. > :21:08.That was brilliant there from Danny midfield players, possession, taking

:21:09. > :21:50.lots far, Mario Balotelli looks

:21:51. > :21:55.frustrated up there and isolated. Rooney didn't stop that cross.

:21:56. > :22:05.frustrated up there and isolated. Trying to get the ball away to

:22:06. > :22:13.safety. Paletta underneath it for Italy. That is out to Sturridge

:22:14. > :22:22.almost what a ball. Italy. That is out to Sturridge

:22:23. > :22:58.perfect position for Daniel Sturridge, one-on-one with Paletta.

:22:59. > :23:15.like Pirlo are vastly experienced. Candreva is looking for Balotelli.

:23:16. > :23:20.That is the fifth cross that is Pirlo has put in a cross that near

:23:21. > :23:31.post. Does he need more for Balotelli? Leighton Baines is

:23:32. > :23:51.looking frustrated at left-back. He can't get to Darmian.

:23:52. > :24:06.An opportunity for Italy, Darmian again. Beating Leighton Baines, no

:24:07. > :24:10.cover inside from Steven Gerrard. They will be hoping to get through

:24:11. > :24:36.to half-time now with the scoreline as it is. It is 1-1 in Manaus.

:24:37. > :24:55.Gabriel Paletta finds Giorgio Chiellini. Two minute added onto the

:24:56. > :24:58.end of the first half. All 11 players behind the ball, giving the

:24:59. > :25:14.Italians no space to go through the middle, encouraging the ball to go

:25:15. > :25:23.wide. Pirlo, hammered away by Jagielka will. Danny Welbeck is the

:25:24. > :25:40.wide man. I think what England have shown in

:25:41. > :25:52.this first half is plenty of opportunities to counterattack.

:25:53. > :25:55.Gerard didn't find his usual range there, straight to Marchisio instead

:25:56. > :26:17.of Danny Welbeck full. That was a brilliant attempt, and

:26:18. > :26:26.fantastic defending from Phil Jagielka. Hart did well not to

:26:27. > :26:42.commit himself there, could have caused a penalty.

:26:43. > :27:00.I thought for a split-2nd that was to sneak in. Dan goes Verratti, and

:27:01. > :27:05.Dan goes Sterling. And there goes the half-time whistle. England and

:27:06. > :27:13.Italy at each other from the very start. There is so much to talk

:27:14. > :27:18.about. England started brightly, Italy took the lead, what a strike

:27:19. > :27:27.from Marchisio, and a brilliant finish from Sturridge to make it 1-1

:27:28. > :27:36.less than two minutes later. A good attacking first half from

:27:37. > :27:43.both sides, and some thrilling stuff in there. At the beginning, you

:27:44. > :27:47.could sense that the teams were looking at each other, seeing what

:27:48. > :27:53.was happening, and the goal just unlocked everything. It was a good

:27:54. > :28:01.reaction from England. They had to score straight away to be able to be

:28:02. > :28:08.positive to finish the first half. I think Raheem Sterling and Danny

:28:09. > :28:12.Welbeck have been outstanding. Defensively, I am slightly

:28:13. > :28:19.concerned. I am angry at myself for not bringing it up before, set

:28:20. > :28:30.pieces. We concede to meet goals from set pieces. England turned off,

:28:31. > :28:34.and it was too easy for Italy. Don't get angry at yourself, not at

:28:35. > :28:40.half-time! Rio Ferdinand, they looked vulnerable, but against top

:28:41. > :28:45.teams, they will always create some chances. Yes, but you need to get

:28:46. > :28:51.yourself in the right position to be able to counter any danger that

:28:52. > :28:56.comes your way. Questions are being asked of us either side of the two

:28:57. > :29:01.players. You give players opportunities and chances time and

:29:02. > :29:06.again, and they will take a chance. This cord from a set piece, hit the

:29:07. > :29:12.post at the end from a set piece. But on a positive note, England

:29:13. > :29:19.created five times more chances than a didn't hundred and 20 minutes

:29:20. > :29:24.against the Italians two years ago. Yes, we haven't had that in recent

:29:25. > :29:40.tournaments, and we are exciting here. What did England do wrong here

:29:41. > :29:47.in this first goal? It cannot be two on one. That has been worked out on

:29:48. > :30:01.the training ground several times. Fantastic execution, and England

:30:02. > :30:07.turn-off. Pirlo goes out there. I just love the nonchalance of him. It

:30:08. > :30:10.just went through the legs, and Joe Hart couldn't see it. And England

:30:11. > :30:18.responded her thickly, with a quick goal. Look at this, that is what I

:30:19. > :30:26.love. You see that Pirlo is around you,

:30:27. > :30:27.love. You see that Pirlo is around in. Wayne Rooney was quiet

:30:28. > :30:34.love. You see that Pirlo is around first half, but that was special. He

:30:35. > :30:38.is not enjoying being on that side because he is having to work so

:30:39. > :30:46.hard, but you have to give him credit for that. He puts is in the

:30:47. > :30:58.danger area. Sturridge's desire to get in there, he showed all of that.

:30:59. > :31:08.He puts it on a plate for Sturridge to finish. If Pirlo played that

:31:09. > :31:18.ball, we are all sal vating over it. That ball from Wayne Rooney was

:31:19. > :31:22.outstanding. The star of the show. That doesn't happen. He started

:31:23. > :31:24.well? He is doing what we wanted him to do. We said before that he has to

:31:25. > :31:29.get into that to do. We said before that he has to

:31:30. > :31:34.front. Got to get the ball and turn and run - he is doing exactly that.

:31:35. > :31:40.This is the first Fife or ten minutes. Showed his intention.

:31:41. > :31:40.This is the first Fife or ten causing problems. That is what he is

:31:41. > :31:47.doing to them. Not sure whether to come out to him. Whether to let him

:31:48. > :31:49.turn. They are, and they are caught, he is a baying threat to them. Every

:31:50. > :31:54.time he gets the ball he is he is a baying threat to them. Every

:31:55. > :31:55.the Italians - do you want to defend against me? You are going to have

:31:56. > :32:02.to, I will force you to. against me? You are going to have

:32:03. > :32:08.directly at you and cause problems. This is the best part. This, for me,

:32:09. > :32:10.is absolutely brilliant. One-on-one, there should be someone on the end

:32:11. > :32:14.of that, there should be someone on the end

:32:15. > :32:19.Welbeck or Rooney. A no brainer. That is a tap-in for a forward. With

:32:20. > :32:22.the killer instinct to get in there. You are leaving them one-on-one.

:32:23. > :32:26.Watch the movement of the three I just mentioned. All three of them

:32:27. > :32:30.are not thinking that that ball is going to come into the box. They

:32:31. > :32:35.have to be. Rooney shouldn't be in there. He should be at the edge of

:32:36. > :32:40.the box. Welbeck made the run. He broke his neck to get in there. The

:32:41. > :32:44.other two, Rooney doesn't really need to be going out there. He sees

:32:45. > :32:49.Verratti is out there, vulnerable against someone like Sterling. Get

:32:50. > :32:53.in the box to score. Wayne Rooney, Thierry, you were saying if he is

:32:54. > :32:58.not playing in his position, why is he playing at all? I would play him.

:32:59. > :33:03.I'm just saying if you play Wayne Rooney, play him in his position

:33:04. > :33:09.because you don't... Like, you can see he is struggling. Although what

:33:10. > :33:13.a ball! It's quality. You expect that from him. I was kind of

:33:14. > :33:16.thinking, if he plays, then play him in his position. He is not enjoying

:33:17. > :33:24.that roll. -- role. He is working in his position. He is not enjoying

:33:25. > :33:30.his socks off defensively. England have been caught out once or twice

:33:31. > :33:34.down that side with Candreva or Marchisio coming into that area

:33:35. > :33:40.where Rooney can't get to him. We are talking about it. Then the ball,

:33:41. > :33:46.then the goal, comes from him being on the left. Well play, Roy Hodgson?

:33:47. > :33:48.Exactly. Such is management. Welbeck, you enjoyed his

:33:49. > :33:54.performance, you are Welbeck, you enjoyed his

:33:55. > :33:57.well? I'm loving his performance. Opposite of Sterling. Like, if you

:33:58. > :34:04.give me that ball, I'm gone. Opposite of Sterling. Like, if you

:34:05. > :34:12.go, take it. Sterling does it. I mean, I was talking to Rio, he is

:34:13. > :34:17.telling me that Welbeck is really (inaudible). He is like playing

:34:18. > :34:21.safe, look at what Sturridge does, that creates danger, every single

:34:22. > :34:30.time. Look, he recovers the ball well. Look here. Have a go. He is

:34:31. > :34:35.offering a solution. Look. The pass makes him do that. Almost the pass

:34:36. > :34:39.of Johnson invites him to push the ball. What I'm saying, when it

:34:40. > :34:43.comes, he gets the ball, most of the time he gives it back. Like I will

:34:44. > :34:47.repeat, he is having an amazing game. If he does that, he will have

:34:48. > :34:52.Sterling and him causing problems to that defence. I think with Danny,

:34:53. > :34:58.you have to take a few more risks. He keeps the ball as well as anyone

:34:59. > :35:01.else. You get the ball into him, he plays into his team-mate. To make a

:35:02. > :35:07.difference at this level you need to take risks. What is missing, self

:35:08. > :35:14.belief? No, he is a confident lad. He likes to keep ball. Wants to be

:35:15. > :35:20.efficient in the team. As a defender you don't mind him taking chances,

:35:21. > :35:25.he is doing it for the right reasons to cause problems. He is really good

:35:26. > :35:29.at retrieving the ball back. You said that before the game. Alan, a

:35:30. > :35:31.couple of scarce, the Italians went very close? They will have

:35:32. > :35:35.possession of the football. You very close? They will have

:35:36. > :35:36.to set up right when they have that. They have caused England problems.

:35:37. > :35:41.to set up right when they have that. When Pirlo has got in there,

:35:42. > :35:47.Marchisio, Candreva, good run from Balotelli. That is brilliant

:35:48. > :35:49.defending. It really is. That is as good as Sturridge sticking the ball

:35:50. > :35:53.in it the other good as Sturridge sticking the ball

:35:54. > :35:58.defender's point of view. That is brilliant. It really is.

:35:59. > :36:05.Again, that came from a set-piece. That is England sleeping again from

:36:06. > :36:09.a set-piece. Look. You have to stay alert. When you are playing against

:36:10. > :36:15.top, top players. I mean, at any level, set-pieces are important. .

:36:16. > :36:19.This level, vital. I think there your defenders have to be screaming.

:36:20. > :36:23.Shouting. Keeping everybody on their toes. Does that come from the

:36:24. > :36:30.management? Are they not organised or practicing enough in training or

:36:31. > :36:34.sleeping? Sometimes in a game you think - we are doing well, all

:36:35. > :36:38.right. You get a set-piece you think about how you are doing and lose

:36:39. > :36:43.concentration. You are standing thinking - I have a breather. Your

:36:44. > :36:47.mind has to stay alert 100% all the time. The top players come alive.

:36:48. > :36:52.One thing they have to watch out in the second-half. Because they are so

:36:53. > :36:58.afraid of Pirlo and Verratti playing the ball down the middle. You then

:36:59. > :37:03.have a lot of space on the side, like Rio said. They keep on finding

:37:04. > :37:06.Marchisio, Candreva, on the side. That is where the danger comes from.

:37:07. > :37:12.I hope they can manage that better in the second-half. Second-half

:37:13. > :37:16.coming up shortly. Gary has dislocated his ankle. Let us hope he

:37:17. > :37:17.gets a speedy recovery and can continue in the tournament.

:37:18. > :37:20.gets a speedy recovery and can continue in the tournament. At this

:37:21. > :37:23.stage of the competition games come thick and fast. The I have have you

:37:24. > :37:28.coast against Japan are up next. thick and fast. The I have have you

:37:29. > :37:36.coast against Japan are up next. Three games tomorrow:

:37:37. > :38:07.Then there is Bosnia, and that means Messi.

:38:08. > :38:21.Let's head back to Manaus to hear the thoughts of Danny Murphy who is

:38:22. > :38:28.pitch-side with Gabby. Plenty of postives? Brilliant postives.

:38:29. > :38:32.Energy. Players taking players on. Sterling great. Brilliant finish by

:38:33. > :38:35.Sturridge to get us back in the game. We had the better chances. The

:38:36. > :38:41.concern is the right hand side. Where we have the problem is Wayne

:38:42. > :38:44.Rooney is coming in so narrow and Candreva is dragging Leighton Baines

:38:45. > :38:50.in also. 50 yards of space for the right-back. Who we talked about

:38:51. > :38:55.before the game, Darmian, to run in to. Wayne Rooney has to go man on

:38:56. > :39:01.man. They are making the wrong decision. Do you see Roy changing

:39:02. > :39:04.personnel? He will try and work on Wayne half-time and get him to do

:39:05. > :39:09.the job with Leighton better. It's an easy job to fix. They couldn't

:39:10. > :39:13.fix it out there. The last five minutes of the first half Balotelli

:39:14. > :39:17.having the chance cleared off the line and Candreva hitting the post.

:39:18. > :39:22.Tired legs for England. Very positive. Italy were doing the thing

:39:23. > :39:27.they do well, keeping possession in the centre third, where they like to

:39:28. > :39:32.play. Balotelli gets right-back. He didn't look a danger for most of

:39:33. > :39:37.that half? The goal was a well worked centre play. Up to that point

:39:38. > :39:45.they hadn't caused problems. We had the Sterling, Henderson and Welbeck

:39:46. > :39:50.chance. Many post toifs work on. We shouldn't commit too men. 1-1 is not

:39:51. > :39:55.a bad result. Not a result yet. A fantastic contest out there? I'm

:39:56. > :40:01.enjoying it. The players looked like they were enjoying it apart from the

:40:02. > :40:04.last few minutes. Well hydrated, solve the problem on the right hand

:40:05. > :40:15.Thank you side. To the thousands of people who sent in pictures of where

:40:16. > :40:20.they are watching the game using #myworldcupseat. The England

:40:21. > :40:25.football team joined in. Great result today 3-0 and these fans

:40:26. > :40:29.watching the game in a hot tub. 90 minutes in there, crikey. Danny

:40:30. > :40:35.Murphy talked about the problems down England's left hand side needs

:40:36. > :40:41.addressing? Yeah, it does. That is the main concern. I think the main

:40:42. > :40:46.thing that Roy will be saying at half-time. Neither of them are doing

:40:47. > :40:50.their job correctly at the minute are Baines and Rooney. They are

:40:51. > :40:55.getting caught out. Too much space down there. They are finding the

:40:56. > :41:00.pockets of space are Italy. There, classic example. Baines has got to

:41:01. > :41:05.go into them or scream for Rooney to come back and protect him and shield

:41:06. > :41:09.him. Wayne, if Leighton just says to Wayne there, take two or three steps

:41:10. > :41:13.to your right hand side and stop that ball going, he hasn't to mark

:41:14. > :41:21.him, stop the ball going in there. Cut the pass out. Baines can get out

:41:22. > :41:24.there and can fit in the space. Communication. As a defender

:41:25. > :41:29.communication is the biggest part of the game. The Italians had a penalty

:41:30. > :41:35.shout. Glen Johnson, what do you think? I don't think it was a

:41:36. > :41:42.Possible handball penalty. ? It is. Because, what saved him is he kept

:41:43. > :41:45.his arm really close to his body. I mean the arm is always going to be

:41:46. > :41:54.there. It is not a penalty. Have you got away with a handball, Thierry?

:41:55. > :41:59.No, never! What a moment. That was nice. How do you see it going now

:42:00. > :42:02.Certainly more of the same, attacking wise. They need to sort

:42:03. > :42:07.that little problem, easier said than done. Communication, as Rio

:42:08. > :42:12.said. But get Sterling on the ball and get him turned and running at

:42:13. > :42:16.that defence again. Tough, hot conditions Rio, expecting changes? I

:42:17. > :42:20.don't think so yet. I think we can see postives with England that we

:42:21. > :42:23.have the legs. Getting in behind them and causing problems. Both

:42:24. > :42:28.managers right now will take a draw and move onto the next game after

:42:29. > :42:30.seeing the game before. Thierry, what do you see happening, as

:42:31. > :42:39.players what do you see happening, as

:42:40. > :42:42.stretched possibly? I will join Rio. Your left-back sees the guy coming

:42:43. > :42:46.he will take the runner. If that doesn't happen I can see James

:42:47. > :42:54.Milner coming on, he will do that all day for England. OK. Let's

:42:55. > :42:59.rejoin Philip Neville and Guy Mowbray. Thanks, Gary.

:43:00. > :43:04.COMMENTATOR: It's after midnight, let's hope for a thriller. Daniel

:43:05. > :43:08.Sturridge has played his full part in thrilling the England fans who

:43:09. > :43:16.made the trip to pa nows with that equalising goal in the first half.

:43:17. > :43:21.-- Manaus. Tiredness will play a equalising goal in the first half.

:43:22. > :43:25.part. I know it's the first game of the World Cup. It is warm. Night has

:43:26. > :43:31.part. I know it's the first game of fallen in Manaus, it has not got any

:43:32. > :43:35.part. I know it's the first game of cooler. Danny Welbeck has been

:43:36. > :43:37.switched #23r the right to the left -- switched from the right to the

:43:38. > :43:42.left. That was the biggest problem in the first half.

:43:43. > :43:46.left. That was the biggest problem Candreva and Darmian caused down the

:43:47. > :43:47.right hand side. Sterling will continue where he was, down the

:43:48. > :44:09.middle. Henderson to Johnson. Sturridge, nice ball into well back.

:44:10. > :44:49.-- Welbeck. was the problem in the first half.

:44:50. > :44:50.Danny Welbeck perhaps a little lucky, but worked hard to keep the

:44:51. > :45:13.ball. Jagielka, all the way back to Joe

:45:14. > :45:17.Hart. 24 goals so far in this World Cup in six and a half games. Long

:45:18. > :45:36.may that ratio continue. That was a good spin from Mario

:45:37. > :45:38.Balotelli. De Rossi didn't spot him early enough, or he would have been

:45:39. > :46:04.in. Sturridge wins the throw, conceded

:46:05. > :46:10.by Paletta. The pitch is quite heavy. I think it has played better

:46:11. > :46:30.than we thought, though. It hasn't put up too much.

:46:31. > :46:42.Daniel Sturridge has gone in for a shot here. Positivity again from the

:46:43. > :46:50.England number nine foot Op and they win a corner. Positive from England

:46:51. > :46:54.at the start of the second half. The keeper likes to parry it. We saw it

:46:55. > :47:19.twice in the first half. It has gone deep towards Rooney, and

:47:20. > :47:29.he couldn't get it. Italian goal kick. This definitely looks like an

:47:30. > :47:59.thing England have worked on. Darmian is always lying in wait,

:48:00. > :48:05.ready for the opportunity to get halfway if he can full top and

:48:06. > :48:14.Balotelli is going to get there! A Mario Balotelli goal.

:48:15. > :48:34.Thing just told us he would play a part tonight. England 1-2 Italy.

:48:35. > :48:46.Use expecting Glen Johnson to be behind him covering. He wasn't. A

:48:47. > :48:54.wonderful header. Not managed to pick up Candreva or stop the cross.

:48:55. > :48:59.Just as he would have wanted it, that cross. Perfection from

:49:00. > :49:07.Candreva, a lovely finish from Balotelli, and England have it to do

:49:08. > :49:11.again. I suspect some of you might have been thinking about going to

:49:12. > :49:16.bed as the pace dropped a little, but there is plenty left in this

:49:17. > :49:25.match. Can Sturridge reply again once more. He was almost through on

:49:26. > :49:31.goal. Sterling retrieves, took it away from Pirlo. Gerard was actually

:49:32. > :49:40.tripped by the referee there. Rooney is asking. I think it was the

:49:41. > :50:00.way that Daniel Sturridge went down. Going back to the goal, as a

:50:01. > :50:09.full-back you have got to cover your centre-back at the far post. So

:50:10. > :50:17.difficult for a centre-back when the ball is in behind him to turn so

:50:18. > :50:29.quickly. Mario Balotelli pulled off his shoulder. They are trying to

:50:30. > :50:40.slow it down a bit. Now we are seeing two Italian midfield layers

:50:41. > :50:48.dropping in. Danny Welbeck runs into Chiellini. I think it was the way

:50:49. > :50:59.Danny went down that went against him in the end. There was definitely

:51:00. > :51:06.contact there. Chiellini did seem to bundle him a little carelessly.

:51:07. > :51:17.Sometimes when you go down you get the penalty, other times it works

:51:18. > :51:36.against you. Bjorn Kuipers is not a referee to easily be deceived.

:51:37. > :51:48.In goes Gerard, crunching into Verratti. It is hard to cut it back

:51:49. > :51:52.from that sort of angle, but insist that Wayne Rooney will get himself

:51:53. > :52:00.into this game a bit more in this half. He has asked his players to

:52:01. > :52:09.drive directly at the Italian back four. He sees that as a weakness.

:52:10. > :52:15.Italy are in possession, allowing Darmian to get forward. He is

:52:16. > :52:29.playing almost as a wing-back at times. Johnson.

:52:30. > :52:40.Glen Johnson is on to that, but it was cleared by De Rossi.

:52:41. > :52:53.again. We didn't see them push on like this in the first half much.

:52:54. > :52:58.They never seem to be far from each other, those two. That cross from

:52:59. > :53:04.They never seem to be far from each Glen Johnson there was crying out

:53:05. > :53:06.for Danny Welbeck to finish it. He didn't expect the cross to be fired

:53:07. > :53:21.soap quickly. It is perhaps the

:53:22. > :53:34.ruthlessness missing from Danny Welbeck's game full. Glen Johnson is

:53:35. > :53:36.probably going to get forward more in this five or ten minutes than in

:53:37. > :53:44.the whole of the first half. in this five or ten minutes than in

:53:45. > :53:54.Prandelli is blinking first in terms of substitution.

:53:55. > :54:01.Cahill back to his feet after a coming together in the centre.

:54:02. > :54:11.Steven Gerrard is onto it again but can't go any further. Was he brought

:54:12. > :54:12.down? Goal kick is the call. Steven Gerrard wasn't appealing for a

:54:13. > :54:28.penalty there. Great interchange. It was the reaction from Steven

:54:29. > :54:29.Gerrard that I was looking at. There was definitely contact there. Should

:54:30. > :54:44.he have been appealing for it? Marco Verratti, 21 years old, has

:54:45. > :54:56.had a royal Marco Verratti, 21 years old, has

:54:57. > :55:09.Sterling. And here is Thiago Motta coming on. Prandelli is brilliant at

:55:10. > :55:13.his game management. He changes things around to nullify the

:55:14. > :55:24.strength of the opposition. I think he might have put Potter in --

:55:25. > :55:32.Thiago Motta in to control Raheem Sterling.

:55:33. > :55:49.Balotelli is caught quite a way offside. They have to try to

:55:50. > :55:51.maintain that. We could be looking at a performance at the moment is

:55:52. > :55:55.crying out at a performance at the moment is

:55:56. > :56:02.player to go in there. Wayne Rooney was given a show of. A bit of an

:56:03. > :56:10.exchange between him and Chiellini, although it is all smiles now. Ross

:56:11. > :56:16.Barkley seems to have got the call to get his warm up intensified. Down

:56:17. > :56:39.the line for Darmian. substitution from Roy Hodgson.

:56:40. > :56:44.England putting another forward-thinking player on. Fill in

:56:45. > :56:50.the middle of the picture little bit better. That was an awkward one. It

:56:51. > :56:58.is a goal kick, and Sturridge doesn't think it should be, but it

:56:59. > :57:02.will be. Just a quick word about Mario Balotelli. Do you think there

:57:03. > :57:10.is a image during to his game now? I think so. He has everything in his

:57:11. > :57:14.locker. I have played against him. Speed, I wouldn't want facing

:57:15. > :57:20.one-on-one. It is just putting it together on the main stage. He is

:57:21. > :57:27.the focal point for the Italian team, the person they look for the

:57:28. > :57:35.free passes, an extra added response received this he enjoys all stop he

:57:36. > :57:37.got engaged on Tuesday to his Belgian girlfriend, so maybe growing

:57:38. > :58:08.up as a player and a person. If this carries on, Mario Balotelli

:58:09. > :58:14.will be the toast of Italy again. Joe Hart had to ignore the run of

:58:15. > :58:22.his former Manchester City team-mate. He needs to make sure

:58:23. > :58:25.that he is not peeling off the corner. A demand for the ball there

:58:26. > :58:49.from Johnson. Rooney. Sturridge. Daniel Sturridge has gone for goal.

:58:50. > :58:57.And now the England change. That was a good effort from Danny Welbeck. It

:58:58. > :59:08.was a two versus one situation here . And Danny Welbeck is going to make

:59:09. > :59:12.way. He has done his bit, and now it is Ross Barkley's turn. The

:59:13. > :59:19.20-year-old Everton player, seven England appearance, six from the

:59:20. > :59:26.bench. We know what he is capable of if he shows it on the biggest stage

:59:27. > :59:32.of all. A wonderful talent, Ross Barkley. He is the player that

:59:33. > :59:41.everyone was calling for to be selected, and I think Roy Hodgson

:59:42. > :59:50.did well not to select into early. Raheem Sterling has come out on this

:59:51. > :59:51.side in place of Danny Welbeck. He turned Paletta nicely, but he will

:59:52. > :00:16.have to do it again. Wayne Rooney. Slid passed there by

:00:17. > :00:20.Leighton Baines and the keeper has gone to his left hand side and Wayne

:00:21. > :00:24.Rooney put it back through the legs of the Italian defender. He is back

:00:25. > :00:30.in his central position now, Wayne Rooney, back where he likes playing.

:00:31. > :00:37.You can feel the anguish of Roy and Ray. I think as an attacking force I

:00:38. > :00:39.think they've created a lot of chances and problems for the Italian

:00:40. > :00:49.back four tonight. Sturridge was hoping for the Italian

:00:50. > :00:54.defender to be switched off for a second. Barkley, not quite quick

:00:55. > :01:21.enough into Pirlo. Motta. Chipped it up to Darmian. He has

:01:22. > :01:26.brought it down beautifully. Then there was a double block, Jagielka

:01:27. > :01:28.and Cahill were on guard. Away go England, on the charge. Barkley will

:01:29. > :01:39.get there. Rooney is arriving. Barkley is

:01:40. > :01:47.trying to score. Sirigu beats it clear, not for the first time

:01:48. > :01:53.tonight. Sterling. Teasing Paletta. Paletta stuck to it really well. The

:01:54. > :01:57.counter-attack, so important for us to commit Daniele De Rossi. He

:01:58. > :02:00.doesn't look comfortable in one-to-one situations.

:02:01. > :02:18.doesn't look comfortable in a touch of cramp. Marchisio and

:02:19. > :02:23.Chiellini the physios. Ross Barkley will not be overawed by this

:02:24. > :02:29.occasion. Such bravery as a young player. No fear in his game. Saw it

:02:30. > :02:33.with Everton this season. Particularly the goal he scored

:02:34. > :02:38.against Manchester City. It's a moment of - I've arrived, fantastic

:02:39. > :02:44.in the warm-up games as well. A penny for his thoughts, you should

:02:45. > :02:51.know them! He will be looking to keep that forward, keep

:02:52. > :03:00.counter-attacking. That final pass. That final shot we just need to get

:03:01. > :03:07.better. A drinks break. Temperature not deemed hot enough to have a

:03:08. > :03:17.cooling break, to avoid the farce of the World Cup in the USA. The

:03:18. > :03:21.goodness me! When the temperature gets to 32 degrees there will be one

:03:22. > :03:38.break each half, half an hour into each half.

:03:39. > :03:40.Barkley wants that ball. His body language tells you, give me that

:03:41. > :03:49.ball. I want to deliver. Sterling who has had the cramp

:03:50. > :04:16.stretched out of himself. Sterling, brilliant. Paletta. Wasn't

:04:17. > :04:20.quite balanced. Sliced it behind. Good skill again from Raheem

:04:21. > :04:22.Sterling. Wayne Rooney had just pulled up into the penalty spot.

:04:23. > :04:38.Nobody had picked him up. A corner. So effective from these

:04:39. > :04:41.positions against Peru in the warm-up game, the big sendoff. That

:04:42. > :04:54.is a good play in from Sirigu. warm-up game, the big sendoff. That

:04:55. > :05:44.worked so far this evening. We saw this in the first half where

:05:45. > :05:49.there are little bits of lull in the play. Players just getting their

:05:50. > :05:54.energy back. The game is played in little bursts of speed. What do

:05:55. > :05:59.England need to do to recover this. It would be a huge blow losing the

:06:00. > :06:05.opening game. Possibly one that England wouldn't recover from. Is it

:06:06. > :06:12.about to get worse? Joe Hart had everything covered. Candreva again

:06:13. > :06:15.on that right hand side. He habitually's best player tonight. We

:06:16. > :06:19.have not picked him up all evening. Going back to your point about what

:06:20. > :06:23.England have to do. I think it's that final pass. That final cross.

:06:24. > :06:28.Committing more men into the box when we are putting crosses in. Some

:06:29. > :06:45.of our attacking play has been really good at times.

:06:46. > :06:51.Barclay is out of the box for him. Sterling wasn't able to turn his

:06:52. > :06:53.head to see him. Balotelli does brilliantly. Cahill has brought him

:06:54. > :07:06.down. That will be a free-kick. Mario Balotelli, when you are up

:07:07. > :07:10.front on your own, when you clear the ball, you need the centre

:07:11. > :07:16.forward to sit with him. That is what he did. Showed great strength.

:07:17. > :07:21.The referee has got most decisions right tonight. In a tournament so

:07:22. > :07:26.far when we have not seen the best referees. Common sense giving us a

:07:27. > :07:29.European referee to take this No yellow game. Cards either so far. I

:07:30. > :07:34.think that was right there. I don't think we have had a game yet with

:07:35. > :07:52.not one caution. Sticking rigidly the England captain

:07:53. > :07:57.to that deep line role. Would you like to see him get forward more?

:07:58. > :08:04.There is time later in the game to gamble more. We need to keep

:08:05. > :08:11.possession, keep probing. Look for that counter-attack moment.

:08:12. > :08:21.Here is Johnson, wandered into the crowd. Back into that back four to

:08:22. > :08:35.make a back five. We see it so often with the Italian teams. Rooney.

:08:36. > :08:46.Lost his bearings a second. Got the ball again to find Henderson.

:08:47. > :08:54.Sterling, didn't quite get to Paletta turns it behind. It is in

:08:55. > :08:56.these areas where we need to find the right pass now. They have

:08:57. > :09:12.everybody back now. I thought there was a rule about not

:09:13. > :09:21.making a substitution at a corner. Jack Wilshere is ready and Italy has

:09:22. > :09:26.a replacement as well. I think both teams are going to hold on. Leighton

:09:27. > :09:31.Baines hasn't been given that message yet. Baines corner.

:09:32. > :09:42.Gerrard is on-the-run. In towards Cahill. It was blocked. It's take

:09:43. > :09:49.two. The first time we have varied our corners. The four corners have

:09:50. > :09:53.got to the far post. Cahill made a fantastic run there against Mario

:09:54. > :09:59.Balotelli in the nearpost. Something else a little different now.

:10:00. > :10:04.Johnson. Goes himself rather than shifting it. Sirigu was rooted.

:10:05. > :10:11.Wasn't quite sure it was going past his post. It was a similar makeup to

:10:12. > :10:17.the Marchisio goal. England worked a short-corner. The England staff,

:10:18. > :10:19.down on the bench there, screaming at the midfield players to keep the

:10:20. > :10:23.ball moving quick. at the midfield players to keep the

:10:24. > :10:29.Italians settle in possession. Here are the changes. It might prove to

:10:30. > :10:35.be the man who wins the game for Italy, but he is not going to see

:10:36. > :10:47.the game out. Mario Balotelli is going out. Ciro Immobile, who had a

:10:48. > :10:54.fantastic campaign for Torino. On he comes. Balotelli did his bit. Jordan

:10:55. > :11:00.Henderson will be replaced by Jack Wilshere. A positive change from Roy

:11:01. > :11:05.Hodgson again. No need now to have two defensive midfield players in

:11:06. > :11:10.there. Jack Wilshere loves driving forward with a ball. Great

:11:11. > :11:17.combination lay play with Ross Barkley. We saw that last week in

:11:18. > :11:25.the friendly against Honduras. Just under 17 minutes left on the clock.

:11:26. > :11:33.England 1, Italy 2 in the heart of the Amazon. You have De Rossi

:11:34. > :11:46.dropping into the back three now. Immobile.

:11:47. > :12:07.Telling his team to play with more speed, they are passing that ball

:12:08. > :12:22.between themselves. Gerrard has gone long. Baines.

:12:23. > :12:58.No need for England to go forcing the play. There is still lots of

:12:59. > :13:03.time left on the clock. Work the ball from side to side. Leighton

:13:04. > :13:08.Baines on one side and Sterling on the touchline. England have great

:13:09. > :13:16.width on the pitch now. Try to stretch the Italian back five, which

:13:17. > :13:17.it is. Sturridge met strongly and unfairly by Chiellini. England,

:13:18. > :13:21.free-kick. That was a foul. unfairly by Chiellini. England,

:13:22. > :13:27.through the back of Daniel Sturridge. That is what you do when

:13:28. > :13:33.you work the ball side to side and you are patient you can get the

:13:34. > :13:38.slide passes in to Daniel Sturridge. Kept moving the Italian back four.

:13:39. > :13:42.As a defender they can be fire burners when you are working from

:13:43. > :13:46.side to side. Do you feel like Chiellini did there the frustration

:13:47. > :13:51.and you rush in and do something rush? You are consistently moving,

:13:52. > :13:55.sometimes you go looking for a challenge. Particularly someone like

:13:56. > :13:59.Chiellini who likes to feel men against him. Be in one-to-one

:14:00. > :14:05.situations. He can be quite rash at times. From the experience you would

:14:06. > :14:11.go for Gerrard on the side of the field. You think it might be Baines?

:14:12. > :14:16.This is the side of the pitch that he likes. Corred scored two goals

:14:17. > :14:23.against West Ham, both from this position last season. -- scored.

:14:24. > :14:29.Barkley on the end of the wall. Leighton Baines to

:14:30. > :14:35.When he is good and ready. He does strike. And cleared the wall but

:14:36. > :14:42.couldn't beat Sirigu. Couldn't have done a lot more. Good effort.

:14:43. > :14:46.Leighton Baines' side. It's funny, the referee puts the imaginary line

:14:47. > :14:51.down there. The Italians were a yard in front of it by the time that

:14:52. > :15:00.Leighton Baines took the free-kick. Rooney on the corner this time. Oh,

:15:01. > :15:01.dear! He's made one goal, other than that, it has not

:15:02. > :15:08.dear! He's made one goal, other than night. I think the turf gave way on

:15:09. > :15:13.that left hand side. The groundsman told

:15:14. > :15:15.quite bogey out there, quite sandy. There isn't anything you can do

:15:16. > :16:23.about that. further by Marchisio. Keep switching

:16:24. > :16:32.the play quick, left-hand side, right-hand side.

:16:33. > :16:41.Heap laid the ball out carelessly. The final Italian substitution,

:16:42. > :16:59.Candreva is coming off, and Marco Parolo will go on. Parolo is 29, age

:17:00. > :17:14.range going up, but this is only his fifth international appearance of

:17:15. > :17:22.Italy. Candreva has made it impossible for Leighton Baines on

:17:23. > :17:25.this left-hand side. And England go like for like with the change of

:17:26. > :17:31.their own. Daniel Sturridge who doesn't look to be moving 100%

:17:32. > :17:34.freely as he goes off, and Adam Lallana is coming on for his

:17:35. > :18:20.competitive debut. Adam Lallana has gone into this

:18:21. > :18:35.left-hand side position, the position he plays for Southampton.

:18:36. > :18:50.There are three white shirts in the middle, but there is nobody there.

:18:51. > :18:55.They are getting into good positions. Good opportunities to

:18:56. > :19:14.fire that ball across or make that final pass. Sirigu let himself down

:19:15. > :19:36.with that pass, Another throw-in down in the corner.

:19:37. > :19:39.When you get to the last ten minutes, there are always

:19:40. > :19:45.opportunities, particularly in this heat. There could be a lack of

:19:46. > :19:59.attention. They just have to be patient and wait for that

:20:00. > :20:13.opportunity. Barkley bottles away from Immobile. This is good stuff

:20:14. > :20:16.from Cahill. It is always the worry when you commit so many men forward.

:20:17. > :20:23.The threat of counterattack from Italy.

:20:24. > :20:31.They will have to handle defending one against one at the back.

:20:32. > :20:44.Jagielka can do that, he has experience.

:20:45. > :20:54.All of a sudden, crosses coming in from that part of the pitch that you

:20:55. > :21:01.identified. It is all from that area, and nothing is working. People

:21:02. > :21:08.back home will probably look at that area of the pitch and think it looks

:21:09. > :21:14.good, it is very green. Most of it is paint. They were working on the

:21:15. > :21:28.pitch yesterday, making sure it looked right. A few England players

:21:29. > :21:37.now suffering from cramp. K Cahill is the latest. The England

:21:38. > :21:45.supporters in the crowd in contemplative mood. I think at times

:21:46. > :21:59.tonight, the attacking players have been exciting. They have created

:22:00. > :22:07.really good opportunities. Joe Hart ordering Gary Cahill to get up and

:22:08. > :22:15.carry on playing! England need to get the game going as quickly as

:22:16. > :22:20.they can again. Lallana is brought down, De Rossi went in. Another

:22:21. > :22:25.England opportunity from the free kick. Rooney has the ball in his

:22:26. > :22:31.hands and doesn't look as if he wants to let anybody else have a

:22:32. > :22:43.look in here. Lallana has that ability to turn on either foot.

:22:44. > :22:50.Who wins this argument, captain on Number ten? It looks like Steven

:22:51. > :23:06.Gerrard fancies this. Those Italian feet shuffling over

:23:07. > :23:16.the white line again, the vanishing is Ray.

:23:17. > :23:33.Gerard's strike, just to hide. -- too high. A rueful look back at the

:23:34. > :23:40.goal. There is still time, they have to keep probing. Five minutes plus

:23:41. > :23:56.stoppage time. Lots has been said about the spirit

:23:57. > :24:05.in the camp. This is a big test for this team, a goal down with five

:24:06. > :24:18.minutes to go. Johnson in determinedly. Trapped by sterling,

:24:19. > :24:27.and how did he get out of that? A magician at times. Pirlo plays the

:24:28. > :24:31.game and walking speed times, we have not seen much of him in the

:24:32. > :24:57.second half. Immobile hasn't touched the ball

:24:58. > :25:04.since he came on, it is as if he has just gone on to be a nuisance. Ross

:25:05. > :25:10.Barkley is looking at Rooney as if to say, that was mine. There was an

:25:11. > :25:15.opportunity on the right-hand side, Raheem Sterling just coming into

:25:16. > :25:52.shot. He was on his weaker foot well, Wayne Rooney.

:25:53. > :26:04.Italy are just retreating by the minute. They need to keep the ball

:26:05. > :26:13.moving quick. Lallana may be too quick there.

:26:14. > :26:16.moving quick. Lallana may be too rotation. It is very difficult as a

:26:17. > :26:33.defender to pick that kind of movement up. And that was sliced

:26:34. > :26:36.behind by Barzagli. There was a period before when the momentum was

:26:37. > :26:46.growing for Italy. Is this similar for England?

:26:47. > :27:17.Leighton Baines just beat Immobile. You see this in training every day,

:27:18. > :27:45.trying to break down the opposition. Pirlo felt he was tripped. There is

:27:46. > :27:51.a long left, I'm afraid. Can you see a shot from outside the box? There

:27:52. > :27:58.should be no panic in these situations. A club that have always

:27:59. > :28:00.played right to the very death and will always believe you are going to

:28:01. > :28:15.get the opportunity. Cahill, one of the few mistakes he

:28:16. > :28:34.has made there, giving the ball away to Parolo. Five minutes! Well, that

:28:35. > :28:47.is a surprise. There have been a couple of stoppages. A lot can

:28:48. > :28:51.happen in five minutes in football. England might be open, but the flag

:28:52. > :29:15.was up will tap Mac Leighton Baines. Steven

:29:16. > :29:22.Gerrard to Johnson. Wilshere, can he get through? De Rossi stops it.

:29:23. > :29:27.Gerrard to Johnson. Wilshere, can he is Sterling. His cross is over

:29:28. > :29:29.everyone. Baines is trying to keep it alive. The important work away by

:29:30. > :29:57.Marchisio. The first yellow card of the match

:29:58. > :30:05.should redeem sterling. He was trying to trap Parolo, maybe he had

:30:06. > :30:11.to do that. He knew when to release it at just the right speed, just the

:30:12. > :30:15.right time. Sometimes in football you just have to take the foul, the

:30:16. > :30:23.technical file we call it, in the game. Didn't it use to be a

:30:24. > :30:34.professional fall? More of a technical foul. In in word. Sounds

:30:35. > :30:39.better. Sounds less sinister. That came about with Jack Wilshere in the

:30:40. > :30:51.box trying to get back three defenders.

:30:52. > :30:58.Another free-kick for Italy. Another chance for them to take as long as

:30:59. > :31:04.they like about it. Played for that Motta. Used all his experience. Saw

:31:05. > :31:10.Cahill coming. Enticed him in. Nipped it around the corner. The

:31:11. > :31:16.England can't get frustrated. There is still time left on the clock.

:31:17. > :31:28.Coming up to 48 second-half minutes played. Another two minutes after

:31:29. > :31:33.this. The clock is ticking. Minutes they are wasting, giving silly fouls

:31:34. > :31:41.away. Pirlo here could make it all academic. He has gone for goal. Oh!

:31:42. > :31:59.Joe Hart, stranded, beaten, helpless. Crossbar to England's

:32:00. > :32:09.rescue. Andrea Pirlo, over Joe Hart. Barkley. Johnson.

:32:10. > :32:16.Barkley, Sterling. Couldn't clear the head of Pirlo. Pirlo with the

:32:17. > :32:28.back header to Chiellini. Plays a different game to most

:32:29. > :32:35.players. That is why Juventus have given him a two-year deal, at the

:32:36. > :32:38.age of 35. Plenty of miles left yet. People on the streets tomorrow will

:32:39. > :32:44.be trying that free-kick, wondering how he did it. Years of practice.

:32:45. > :32:49.We are in the last-minute. We are almost in the last 30 seconds. It's

:32:50. > :33:06.Johnson. Able to let it bounce. Baines, good spot to see Lallana. An

:33:07. > :33:12.awkward to do anything with. Away goes Immobile. Running at Cahill.

:33:13. > :33:16.Cahill struggling for balance. That is a really good tackle. Looked as

:33:17. > :33:20.though he was going to fall at one point. I don't think it will make

:33:21. > :33:29.any difference to the outcome of the game. It did stop it becoming three.

:33:30. > :33:37.Now, that is it. Italy are off a to a winning start in Manaus. Mario

:33:38. > :33:45.Balotelli is the match winner and the hero. The former Manchester City

:33:46. > :33:49.man, now with Milan. Rueful look on Roy Hodgson's face. Tired look on

:33:50. > :33:55.Andrea Pirlo's he has been per rifbg again. England have worked. They

:33:56. > :34:01.attacked. They gave it a go. I'm sure they will continue to do that.

:34:02. > :34:05.What a game is set up, Uruguay losing to Costa Rica could mean

:34:06. > :34:14.winner takes all when those sides meet in their game in Sao Paulo.

:34:15. > :34:18.Final score, England 1, Italy 2. It's defeat for England, which

:34:19. > :34:24.leaves them in third place, three points off Italy and surprise early

:34:25. > :34:29.leaders Costa Rica after their shock 3-1 win against the top seedsual

:34:30. > :34:31.guy. England play Uruguay in a massive game next Thursday in Sao

:34:32. > :34:36.Paulo. The players are out there. massive game next Thursday in Sao

:34:37. > :34:38.Whilst Rio it was a defeat, obviously, it was a defeat, I

:34:39. > :34:42.suppose, looking at it there, obviously, it was a defeat, I

:34:43. > :34:46.it wasn't the most depressing defeat I have ever seen from edgend land.

:34:47. > :34:52.There were a lot of young performances in that team that did

:34:53. > :34:56.themselves proud, had a real go but the final ball. We got into decent

:34:57. > :35:02.areas, wide areas, the delivery of the ball wasn't up to the standards

:35:03. > :35:06.that we expect. Like I said, the performances of Raheem Sterling,

:35:07. > :35:10.star man for us. Go to guy. A young guy of his age to be the man we are

:35:11. > :35:11.giving a lot of responsibility to in terms of giving him the ball and

:35:12. > :35:15.letting him to do something for us, terms of giving him the ball and

:35:16. > :35:19.amazing to see. That bodes well for the future. Ross Barkley coming on,

:35:20. > :35:24.direct, wanting to make things happen. Great to see. That is what

:35:25. > :35:31.you want to see in an England team. Hopefully these guys are getting

:35:32. > :35:36.valuable tournament. In the last tournaments they barely got off the

:35:37. > :35:41.half-way line. They had a go? That is what we wanted. We said, if the

:35:42. > :35:45.young guys are given a chance, they show improvement, we look to them to

:35:46. > :35:47.the future and every player gives their all, no-one can really ask any

:35:48. > :35:52.more of that. My only complaint their all, no-one can really ask any

:35:53. > :35:55.tonight is that on the second-half performance, even at times in the

:35:56. > :35:58.first half, we lack a killer instinct. Balls going into that box

:35:59. > :36:02.where instinct. Balls going into that box

:36:03. > :36:06.end of it. Make a move. Rooney had his chance. Failed to take it. At

:36:07. > :36:10.this level, in the World Cup's you get one chance in the game, you have

:36:11. > :36:16.to score. Balotelli, once chance, one goal. You see what happened last

:36:17. > :36:21.night to Robben and van Persie. They get chances and scored. We had our

:36:22. > :36:24.chance today. We lacked that. Our final ball was poor in the

:36:25. > :36:28.second-half. Getting up there, Sterling, I thought, I will

:36:29. > :36:35.definitely agree with Rio in that, he was our Man of the Match. He gave

:36:36. > :36:39.us hope. His first thought was, can I run at the defence. They were

:36:40. > :36:44.scared of him. We lacked the killer instinct when it really matterered.

:36:45. > :36:49.Defensively, their goal, the winning goal, we were poor again. How would

:36:50. > :36:54.you evaluate England's performance, Thierry? You obviously wanted them

:36:55. > :37:00.to win, they were just a bit nervous I guess at the beginning. They

:37:01. > :37:04.played well. It wasn't that bad, like you said. But when you play

:37:05. > :37:10.against the Italians they are the masters - They find a way. They

:37:11. > :37:17.didn't control the game. They win. It will go down to that Rooney miss

:37:18. > :37:22.and Balotelli crossing the box. We can hear from the England captain,

:37:23. > :37:25.Steven Gerrard. That must feel like a frustrating defeat you forced

:37:26. > :37:32.Italy to play very well tonight? Yeah. I mean Italy are a good team.

:37:33. > :37:35.We knew what they were how they were going to play. They never really

:37:36. > :37:39.surprised us. Disappointing, we put so much into it. We came away with

:37:40. > :37:43.You came nothing. Off the pitch. It's difficult to look back and

:37:44. > :37:48.think, what was positive? What could you take away from that. England's

:37:49. > :37:52.attacking play showed so much prom sized? We got criticised two years

:37:53. > :37:54.attacking play showed so much prom ago for sitting back and being

:37:55. > :37:57.toothless really. Anyone who watched that game could see we were trying

:37:58. > :38:01.to create much we pushed and pushed and we gave it everything we have

:38:02. > :38:12.got. Unlucky to get nothing out of it. Roy was right to unleash those

:38:13. > :38:15.Lions tonight they caused problems, Sterling, Sturridge and Welbeck, was

:38:16. > :38:19.the final ball the difference? Maybe. The chances were there. We

:38:20. > :38:25.created them. Maybe we have to look at trying to fin ash few more

:38:26. > :38:28.chances off, but we can't point any fingers, everyone gave everything

:38:29. > :38:31.they have got tonight. The effort, desire and commitment was there.

:38:32. > :38:35.Maybe a little bit of quality in the final third. The left wing looked

:38:36. > :38:39.problematic in the first half. That is where the danger was coming from?

:38:40. > :38:44.It was difficult. They caused us many problems down the left side

:38:45. > :38:47.first half. We felt with a few changes we handled it better

:38:48. > :38:50.second-half. We played most of the game in their half second-half. That

:38:51. > :38:55.is a huge positive. Still disappointing to come awhich with no

:38:56. > :39:01.With Costa points. Rica beating Uruguay this Group is is blown up.

:39:02. > :39:06.It puts enormous pressure on getting a win from Uruguay? No matter what

:39:07. > :39:09.the result was tonight we would have to beat Uruguay anyway. The

:39:10. > :39:14.challenge is a bit more difficult. It's certainly do-able. Was this all

:39:15. > :39:18.round a much better England than two years ago? Were Italy for you better

:39:19. > :39:23.than perhaps you were expecting? Yeah, I mean, we not sure how much

:39:24. > :39:26.Italy would improve from the two years ago they certainly found

:39:27. > :39:30.another gear. I thought we matched them all of the way. They had more

:39:31. > :39:34.of the ball first half and caused problems down the left, if we look

:39:35. > :39:38.at the game as a whole 90 we can be pleased with a lot of it. It shows

:39:39. > :39:41.at this level how cruel it is. You give so much effort, try so hard and

:39:42. > :39:46.still come away with nothing. That is the lesson tonight. One more on

:39:47. > :39:49.the conditions. It looked energy zapping in the second-half for both

:39:50. > :39:52.sides obviously. How much did it hurt? Yeah, of course it was a tough

:39:53. > :39:55.night, but no matter what the conditions were tonight it is always

:39:56. > :40:00.going to be tough playing against Italy. It was very warm, it was

:40:01. > :40:04.sticky. The pitch was a tough pitch it was dry and moving under foot.

:40:05. > :40:08.They are just excuses. At the end of the day, Italy were a very good team

:40:09. > :40:13.tonight we fella bit short. We are still not out of this Group. Thank

:40:14. > :40:17.you, Thank you Steven. . A long way to go yet. That left hand side,

:40:18. > :40:21.England's defence was the problem. The problem that led to the goal,

:40:22. > :40:26.even though they felt they addressed it at half. They witched Rooney from

:40:27. > :40:33.the left to the right and put Welbeck on the left hand side to

:40:34. > :40:38.shore up that little bit more Wayne was uncomfortable doing it. What

:40:39. > :40:41.they thought turned out was uncomfortable doing it. What

:40:42. > :40:48.problem actually was part of their downfall. I mean, there are so many

:40:49. > :40:53.errors in this defending. It starts right from upfront here. I will

:40:54. > :40:57.highlight Welbeck there. His movement when that ball comes out

:40:58. > :41:02.wide he has to try, not cut it off, try and tempt him, not give him that

:41:03. > :41:07.space there. He can't allowed to pass that in there. Rio from then on

:41:08. > :41:11.wards other errors? The communication. Jagielka has to call

:41:12. > :41:17.Baines back there and say, delay, delay, delay. Stop them crossing the

:41:18. > :41:21.ball. In the end, a great ball. I don't think Cahill can do much more.

:41:22. > :41:24.You can say he can get tighter to Balotelli, it is a great ball.

:41:25. > :41:29.Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say - fantastic ball, I

:41:30. > :41:34.couldn't do much more. He had one chance in that game, he put it in

:41:35. > :41:37.the back of the net. I'm not sure he is telling anybody to be quiet. I

:41:38. > :41:41.don't think anybody anyone was having a go. You weren't happy with

:41:42. > :41:45.that reaction? Is He didn't have to do that. I think people would have

:41:46. > :41:53.praised him tomorrow about what he did. I guess, doing that is going to

:41:54. > :41:57.bring some bad press, I guess. Doesn't help himself? He didn't help

:41:58. > :42:03.himself. He did what he had to do. Won the game for his team. Rooney,

:42:04. > :42:08.Alan, there are doubters he never scored in the World Cup final. Still

:42:09. > :42:13.not scored. He had chances didn't happen again? Might not get a better

:42:14. > :42:19.chance than this. You can never criticise his workrate he gives

:42:20. > :42:24.everything he has. That was our downfall. When we got into the final

:42:25. > :42:30.third, we didn't have enough quality to trouble them. This is the big

:42:31. > :42:35.chance that he won't sleep tonight looking at this. He has the whole

:42:36. > :42:38.goal to aim for. Myself and tier Eyre are thinking he has to go

:42:39. > :42:42.across the goalkeeper to the other side. So did the goalkeeper, he

:42:43. > :42:47.moved that way. He has to hit the target. He is our top goalscorer. He

:42:48. > :42:52.is trying to break the record for England. Number nine or Number Ten

:42:53. > :42:57.as he has been playing for England. You have to score those chances. You

:42:58. > :43:00.get one chance in the game at the highest level you have to take that.

:43:01. > :43:07.I agree with that. You want to get the best out of him, play him in his

:43:08. > :43:13.real position, when does he play in the left? He set up the first goal

:43:14. > :43:19.brilliantly for Daniel Sturridge. Sturridge played upfront. You can't

:43:20. > :43:23.question Roy's judgment? His second best is Number Ten, just behind you

:43:24. > :43:26.have to give your best man in terms of goalscoring, in terms of his

:43:27. > :43:35.record, the best chance to score goals. Our best player on the pitch

:43:36. > :43:39.was Raheem Sterling. You lose something from Wayne Rooney, what

:43:40. > :43:43.does that tell you? If you will not play him in his favoured positions

:43:44. > :43:46.are you better not playing him at all. Are there better people in wide

:43:47. > :43:51.positions than Wayne Rooney? When you look at his chance there. He is

:43:52. > :43:56.in his best position. He is in the best position that you can be. He is

:43:57. > :44:00.in the best position you can be. The I've missed goals like that. You

:44:01. > :44:04.did, but he has to understand, people have to understand, he had to

:44:05. > :44:08.scenario score there. He didn't. That is not why you have to kill

:44:09. > :44:12.him. He had a good game. I thought Welbeck had a good game too,

:44:13. > :44:16.Sturridge, but that was the turning point of the game for me. Games are

:44:17. > :44:27.won and lost by chances like that. We saw last night, when we did the

:44:28. > :44:31.Holland v Spain again. Silva chance, 2-0, Wayne Rooney, the chance in,

:44:32. > :44:37.the game totally different. You have to put the chances in, I'm afraid.

:44:38. > :44:44.He did everything he had to do there but scoring - The the most important

:44:45. > :44:48.thing. I agree with you. You have to be positive with him. He might be

:44:49. > :44:54.hammered tomorrow. No-one can criticise his workrate. He gives

:44:55. > :44:59.everything he has. He has scored a lot of goals for England but not

:45:00. > :45:04.done it when it counts. You want him to be positive. We all know, he

:45:05. > :45:15.knows that he should have scored. Is it a reason why you should kill him

:45:16. > :45:19.tomorrow and not be in the right mind to play Uruguay. He is a great

:45:20. > :45:34.player. You should try and help him to break - I'm doing my job playing

:45:35. > :45:38.Devil's advocate. Is These guys have great potential. We are seeing them

:45:39. > :45:44.realise on the world's biggest stage. It's difficult. Not easy.

:45:45. > :45:46.They are creating chances against a good and experienced Italian team.

:45:47. > :45:50.The experience is what told am they were always in control. They always

:45:51. > :45:51.seemed calm they knew they had something else to give to get

:45:52. > :46:09.another goal. England were knocking at the door,

:46:10. > :46:14.but Balotelli scored. At times, Italy were keeping the ball well,

:46:15. > :46:18.but you can't argue the fact that England didn't play well in the last

:46:19. > :46:25.20 minutes, they were just lacking that finish. England have got to

:46:26. > :46:37.learn quickly to somehow find a way, like Italy do. That is the problem.

:46:38. > :46:38.Two of their best players were out. Buffon was out tonight.

:46:39. > :46:45.Two of their best players were out. our players fit. We still have a way

:46:46. > :46:50.to go, and there were positives, but there are things to work on.

:46:51. > :46:59.Clutching at straws, possibly, but Steven Gerrard, penalty, possibly?

:47:00. > :47:09.If he had gone down there first tackle, he might have had a

:47:10. > :47:13.chance. I think the referee had a really good game tonight. I

:47:14. > :47:16.chance. I think the referee had a got the first half decision with

:47:17. > :47:25.Glen Johnson right. I don't think this one there was a penalty, it was

:47:26. > :47:29.just decent defending. We nearly saw one of the greatest free kicks we

:47:30. > :47:38.have ever seen in a World Cup, Pirlo at the end. Watch Joe Hart here. He

:47:39. > :47:44.thinks it is going one at the end. Watch Joe Hart here. He

:47:45. > :47:52.moves across, but it isn't. I think he meant to hit the crossbar! Just a

:47:53. > :47:56.waste time! While we are speaking about Pirlo, did you see three or

:47:57. > :48:05.waste time! While we are speaking four young English guys going down

:48:06. > :48:11.with cramp. Pirlo is 35 years old, and he was still going. We had a

:48:12. > :48:17.free kick earlier where Wayne Rooney left it and went into the box. We

:48:18. > :48:25.can get a different take on tonight's game. Danny Murphy is live

:48:26. > :48:36.in Manaus with Dan Walker. Not the best start for England, a

:48:37. > :48:43.2-1 defeat. Candreva had a superb game. He was causing all sorts of

:48:44. > :48:51.odd runs. We struggled with him all evening. But what was really

:48:52. > :48:55.impressive was his end product. He caused problems with intricate

:48:56. > :48:59.passing and movement. But let's look at some positive for England.

:49:00. > :49:06.Sturridge gets off the mark, which was brilliant. He was a little

:49:07. > :49:11.tired, which is understandable. The only worry is that when you lose the

:49:12. > :49:17.first game, it creates immense pressure on the second game, so it

:49:18. > :49:24.is massive now against Uruguay. Roy Hodgson gave youth a chance tonight,

:49:25. > :49:28.and they went for it. I agree, and when you are bold and courageous and

:49:29. > :49:34.try to win football matches, you can lose. We created good chances in the

:49:35. > :49:42.second half, RK had a good chance, Rooney should have scored. --

:49:43. > :49:57.Barkley had a good chance. Overall for Rory and the team -- Roy Hodgson

:49:58. > :50:03.and the team, it was positive. And we need to address why so many

:50:04. > :50:10.players got cramp. And can he get his team ready and rescue this World

:50:11. > :50:14.Cup? I think if we play with that attacking verve like Costa Rica did,

:50:15. > :50:22.I think we can go through. Danny, thank you for the insight.

:50:23. > :50:32.Looking at the England performance as a whole so far, Barkley came on

:50:33. > :50:38.and looked very confident. Also had half a chance. He did, and he was

:50:39. > :50:47.always going to be used in that role. We will cling to him to come

:50:48. > :50:57.on and produce a piece of magic for us. This is what he is very good at.

:50:58. > :51:01.This is what he is in the team to do, to run at players. These Italian

:51:02. > :51:07.players would have heard of him, but they are not quite sure which way he

:51:08. > :51:13.is going to go. I thought he was another positive when he came on,

:51:14. > :51:16.another one to go along with Raheem Sterling and Sturridge, and Danny

:51:17. > :51:24.Welbeck in the first half. And defensively, all of the Italy attack

:51:25. > :51:27.was down England's left-hand side. Is there an argument here that

:51:28. > :51:34.leaving Ashley Cole at home was a mistake? I was surprised he wasn't

:51:35. > :51:42.in the squad, because he has been one of the best left-backs in the

:51:43. > :51:51.world for ten years. His experience in that back four would be vital at

:51:52. > :52:00.this level when three of them haven't played internationally. It

:52:01. > :52:05.comes down to communication and the shape of the team, and maybe he

:52:06. > :52:11.wasn't helped in front of him at times, maybe. But you have to work

:52:12. > :52:16.at these questions yourself in the game sometimes. It is difficult and

:52:17. > :52:21.I have been there. I think there wasn't a lot of protection in front

:52:22. > :52:29.of him, and that was Italy's strong point tonight, and that is how they

:52:30. > :52:31.have won the game. There are not too many people that wouldn't have

:52:32. > :52:39.started with Leighton Baines tonight. But how he was let down is

:52:40. > :52:44.there was a lack of addiction in front of him, and when that happens,

:52:45. > :52:48.you are going to have a tough match. And it is something they need to

:52:49. > :52:54.address, because teams will look at it and know that this is where they

:52:55. > :52:57.can exploit England. I know it looked like sometimes England were

:52:58. > :53:07.too expose, but when you have to take care of Pirlo, and Candreva is

:53:08. > :53:10.behind you always, and Marchisio. You are not going to play Italy all

:53:11. > :53:18.the time, and you have to beat these type of teams where you have to play

:53:19. > :53:23.that game. But in defence of Leighton Baines, he is the one who

:53:24. > :53:31.put Wayne Rooney in for that chance. Let's remind ourselves of two first

:53:32. > :53:38.half goals. Lack of communication, to want one out there, very good and

:53:39. > :53:41.positive from Italy's point of view. They have worked that on the

:53:42. > :53:45.training ground. But you have to stay alive from set pieces, be

:53:46. > :53:52.strong, push people around and organise them, not fall asleep. And

:53:53. > :53:58.England have conceded from set pieces now, too many. They conceded

:53:59. > :54:03.goals and qualification. Whether there is a lack of human indication

:54:04. > :54:07.in there, you have to stay alive. Set pieces are so important.

:54:08. > :54:15.But they responded well, immediately bounced back. It was a great time to

:54:16. > :54:20.score, and you can see here Raheem Sterling's is issued for top what a

:54:21. > :54:22.fantastic ball through to Wayne Rooney, and use to Wayne Rooney, and

:54:23. > :54:27.uses the world-class composure, Rooney, and use to Wayne Rooney, and

:54:28. > :54:32.on the plate and a great finish from Daniel Sturridge with his weaker

:54:33. > :54:37.foot. That really was the only time we got into a threatening area and

:54:38. > :54:40.foot. That really was the only time had one great, final ball. We have a

:54:41. > :54:48.couple of positions quite similar to that. We did get into similar

:54:49. > :54:56.positions, but just lacked that little bit of quality we needed. You

:54:57. > :55:01.have a guy in the middle who can get the ball and wants to turn, then

:55:02. > :55:02.that can happen. And now we can hear from Roy Hodgson who is with Gary.

:55:03. > :55:16.-- Gabby. Kenny takes positives right now? It

:55:17. > :55:20.is always difficult when you lose a game. We played so well in the

:55:21. > :55:27.second half, I've ought we would get back into it and go on to win. The

:55:28. > :55:34.only positive I can take is that is the best I have seen the team play

:55:35. > :55:38.as a team during my time with them. It is good to know that we have so

:55:39. > :55:44.many players who I think can help us. You have to bite the bullet and

:55:45. > :55:52.accept that we play well against a good team. It wasn't easy to beat

:55:53. > :55:56.them. The problem area in that first half was the left side. In

:55:57. > :56:04.hindsight, would you have started the game differently? Marchisio and

:56:05. > :56:09.Candreva are two very similar players, so I don't think so. I

:56:10. > :56:16.thought we came to terms with it much better in the second half, and

:56:17. > :56:20.we are a very positive team. We are not the sort of team that sits back

:56:21. > :56:25.and covers those areas. Unfortunately it left one to tuna

:56:26. > :56:30.dues for them to get the ball there. But even in the first half, we had

:56:31. > :56:37.good chances to score, and in the second half, we did everything but

:56:38. > :56:41.score. Raheem Sterling must be a delight for you, because he ran in

:56:42. > :56:47.and caused problems, but it is just that final ball, isn't it? I thought

:56:48. > :56:50.it was better towards the end, there were several situations where we

:56:51. > :56:52.were in good crossing or shooting has issues, and we didn't take

:56:53. > :56:55.advantage of it, and has issues, and we didn't take

:56:56. > :57:03.something we need to work on as well. This is the first World Cup

:57:04. > :57:08.for almost two thirds of the team, so it is something we will improve

:57:09. > :57:13.upon going forward. You said you wanted some other players to step up

:57:14. > :57:22.to the plate. Who did? I thought Raheem Sterling was very dangerous

:57:23. > :57:27.throughout the game will. Danny Welbeck had some very good moments.

:57:28. > :57:30.And I think Steven Gerrard and Jordan Henderson did exactly what I

:57:31. > :57:37.expected will stop it is tough the moment accept that we have lost the

:57:38. > :57:41.game, because there were so few shotss on our goal, Joe Hart has had

:57:42. > :57:45.a quiet evening, and yet we find ourselves having lost it. But we

:57:46. > :57:51.know that they are going to be there and thereabouts, and to take them so

:57:52. > :57:55.close gives us great confidence that going forward we can do well against

:57:56. > :58:05.Uruguay Costa Rica and still progress in the tournament. Is it

:58:06. > :58:10.going to be problematic working at where to play Wayne Rooney, when he

:58:11. > :58:14.didn't where to play Wayne Rooney, when he

:58:15. > :58:17.left? I think it is a bit where to play Wayne Rooney, when he

:58:18. > :58:25.say he didn't look comfortable will stop he can play in many different

:58:26. > :58:33.positions. I think he did well in that position stop can England still

:58:34. > :58:36.qualify? Yes, of course. We are downhearted that the game didn't go

:58:37. > :58:40.qualify? Yes, of course. We are our way. We were hoping for the

:58:41. > :58:44.perfect start, but we do live in a perfect world. I have great

:58:45. > :58:48.confidence that we can do well enough in the next two games to

:58:49. > :58:50.qualify, and I am sure that the players will get that when they get

:58:51. > :59:02.over this disappointment. He is clearly very disappointed.

:59:03. > :59:07.Absolutely. And he is not saying anything different to what we said

:59:08. > :59:12.here. The young guys have given a positive performance here. Sterling

:59:13. > :59:17.was included, Sturridge was included, and they have given good

:59:18. > :59:23.performances. But also on the other side, he mentioned going forward,

:59:24. > :59:28.getting into good positions, showing killer instinct and more quality,

:59:29. > :59:34.and there are things to work on defensively, because the left-hand

:59:35. > :59:42.side was a problem tonight. If that game had finished 2-2, it would have

:59:43. > :59:48.been a fair result. Like he said, the front three played well in the

:59:49. > :59:56.first half. Lallana came on well, Barkley, too, so you have to stay

:59:57. > :00:05.positive. The second game might be hard. It is only the first game. In

:00:06. > :00:09.1986, we lost the first game and managed to win the group. We are all

:00:10. > :00:19.unanimous over who the star players here today were. Raheem Sterling. He

:00:20. > :00:22.is a defender's nightmare. He is quick and skilful, and when he

:00:23. > :00:32.receives the ball, he wants to attack you. His first instinct is

:00:33. > :00:36.where can he go to get past someone. This is his first competitive game

:00:37. > :00:38.in a World Cup, and he has hit a shot in the first minute. It is

:00:39. > :02:13.great to see. run at you. If you do, he will cause

:02:14. > :02:19.you problems. He was a massive plus for us tonight's. It's easy to

:02:20. > :02:27.identify it. It's difficult to do it. He had a cramp. He ran like a

:02:28. > :02:33.crazy horse. He did. He played well. Look at him. 90 second, chasing back

:02:34. > :02:38.and obviously it was a foul. He was there. Great. England's next game is

:02:39. > :03:00.against Uruguay in Thursday on Sao Paulo. Here is how the Ghowr guyance

:03:01. > :03:03.got on earlier today. Uruguayans. COMMENTATOR: It's a penalty to

:03:04. > :03:23.Uruguay. Cavani scores. The pockets of blue

:03:24. > :03:34.around the stadium rejoice. He was close to getting to it. Right on the

:03:35. > :03:46.corner. Deflected. Oh, what a save! It took a wicked deflection. A

:03:47. > :03:53.terrific save from Navas. Gamboa, can he keep it in? Yes he can. It

:03:54. > :04:05.comes out as far Askam bell. What a goal Costa Rica. Gamboa does

:04:06. > :04:07.brilliantly to get this across. What an emphatic finish that is from Joel

:04:08. > :04:34.Campbell. Duarte is there. A perfect finish.

:04:35. > :04:44.Campbell. Surely, the Man of the Match. Ureria. I don't believe this.

:04:45. > :04:47.Ureria, off the bench for less than 90 seconds, has just scored his

:04:48. > :04:52.first international goal for three years, to surely wrap up this game

:04:53. > :05:08.and give all the points to Costa Rica. That is wild from Maxi

:05:09. > :05:22.Pereira. He is far too experienced to lose his cool. It's a red. What a

:05:23. > :05:27.miserable day for the semi-finalists of four year's ago. If you feel so

:05:28. > :05:33.inclined you can watch a full rerun of tonight's game on BBC One from

:05:34. > :05:39.6.05pm on Sunday morning. If you prefer a lie in we have highlights

:05:40. > :05:48.of all four of today's games on BBC Two at 9.30pm. If that is not enough

:05:49. > :05:55.for you, we have a special Football Focus at 12.15pm when Mark Chapman

:05:56. > :06:00.will be joined here in Rio by Chris Waddle, Mark Lawrenson and Robbie

:06:01. > :06:06.Savage. The way our attacking players have played we look forward

:06:07. > :06:10.to this next game. Uruguay don't look the tame we expected them to

:06:11. > :06:17.be. Costa Rica did a good job on them. If we beat them we will be in

:06:18. > :06:20.with a good chance. I think Suarez will make an appearance. If they

:06:21. > :06:25.beat England they have a great chance. I wouldn't rule England out

:06:26. > :06:29.yet. There is enough quality in there to beat Uruguay and Costa

:06:30. > :06:36.Rica. There are things to work on. A neutral. An honest assessment of

:06:37. > :06:41.England's chances of qualifying now? Uruguay lost, you find yourself in a

:06:42. > :06:45.position where, if you win, then you can play that third game and be able

:06:46. > :06:51.to qualify against Costa Rica. The the only thing that you put yourself

:06:52. > :06:58.in the position now that might be your last chance. If you lose

:06:59. > :07:02.against Uruguay, you are going home. I believe that Suarez will play,

:07:03. > :07:07.especially against England, he is not his best in terms of

:07:08. > :07:12.physicality, he will, I guess, play, for sure. OK. Enjoyed your company.

:07:13. > :07:17.Thank you very much. Our time is just about it. That is indeed it

:07:18. > :07:21.from us. England lose their opener, but don't lose faith just yet. There

:07:22. > :07:39.is a long way to go in this tournament. Keep faith.

:07:40. > :07:48.COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the jungle. It starts here for England.

:07:49. > :08:02.Sterling. Goodness me, that was close! Just too high for Daniel

:08:03. > :08:15.Sturridge. Marchisio, through the crowd, into the net. Sturridge.

:08:16. > :08:20.England level, instantly. Balotelli is going to get there. Was he

:08:21. > :08:30.brought down? Goal kick is the call. Rooney. Oh, pulls it wide. He has

:08:31. > :08:32.gone for goal. Oh! That is it, in the net.