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Good evening. Welcome to live coverage of Euro 2012. Eight days | 0:00:38 | 0:00:48 | |
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in and there is plenty to talk lead! | 0:01:14 | 0:01:24 | |
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It is turning out to be a tournament to remember and, of | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
course, there is the added bonus of England still being in it. I hope | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
you have recovered from last night. As for this evening, it is all | 0:02:28 | 0:02:33 | |
about Group A. In a two of four and so qualify. Our focus is on Greece | 0:02:33 | 0:02:38 | |
against Russia, which will be analysed by Robbie Savage and Lee | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
Dixon. Robbie, 16 games, 46 goals. It has got off to a Grace start. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
has been brilliant. We have seen different systems, we have seen the | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
emergence of new players and England coming back. I think it has | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
been fantastic. As I mentioned, England are very much in the hunt. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
Definitely. Low expectations at the start of the tournament but as soon | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
as the tournament got going, everyone started to come alive. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:12 | |
They're thinking, can we get to the quarters? We are starting talking | 0:03:12 | 0:03:18 | |
in the street, saying that we have a chance. That we need to temper | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
those expectations are. It was a great comeback yesterday but there | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
is still a lot of work to be done. We got accused of being down on | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
England last night but I think it was just being realistic. It did | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
not play great but they came back and there were bits of it that were | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
good and other bits that were not. We have to make sure we keep | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
everybody level-headed. The best person for that is Roy Hodgson. He | 0:03:38 | 0:03:44 | |
will sort them out. We will talk more about England later but as it | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
is so tight in Group A, we will talk through the various | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
permutations involved shortly. To put it simply, a win for Greece or | 0:03:51 | 0:03:56 | |
Russia will be enough to see them qualify. It is safe to say that | 0:03:56 | 0:04:04 | |
they have had contrasting fortunes so far. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
Greece have he -- torrid time. They conceded early against Poland and | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
were partially reduced to 10 men. They missed a penalty and an | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
They missed a penalty and an equaliser. In-game two, six minutes | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
of defensive madness cost them against the Czech Republic. Then | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
they had a goal ruled out and despite being handed a gift from | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
Petr Cech, they could not force an equaliser. Winning today will see | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
them through to the quarter-finals. Russia enjoyed a goal rush in their | 0:04:32 | 0:04:38 | |
opener against the Czech Republic. A 4-1 win was impressive. Against | 0:04:38 | 0:04:45 | |
Poland, Dzagoev scored again. A point today will be enough to see | 0:04:45 | 0:04:55 | |
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Dick Advocaat's men threw. They are the favourites to do just that. | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 | |
This is the tricky bit. Are you paying attention? The qualifying | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
criteria for to Champions League model rather than the one used at | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
the World Cup. Group standings are decided by points and then head to | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
head. Bennett is goal difference. Any team who wins today will go | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
through. Paul London Greece will be eliminated if they fail to win | 0:05:14 | 0:05:19 | |
their games. Russia need only one point to be sure of qualification. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:24 | |
Drawing will be enough for cheques unless Greece beat Russia. -- for | 0:05:24 | 0:05:30 | |
the Czech Republic. The teams arrived an hour and a | 0:05:30 | 0:05:35 | |
half ago. It is pretty simple. Greece have to win. Russia needed | 0:05:35 | 0:05:42 | |
one solitary point. I have seen this group all the way through and | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
Greece are very, very poor. Their defending at times has been | 0:05:46 | 0:05:56 | |
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horrific. I cannot see them getting through. Russia, they were there | 0:06:01 | 0:06:07 | |
strong team in that opening game. What do you think? Greece could | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
have won that first game against Poland, with 10 men and that | 0:06:10 | 0:06:15 | |
penalty. This tournament will throw up of results. I had been impressed | 0:06:15 | 0:06:19 | |
with Russia. They had been strong and they should be to this team | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
and they should be to this team quite easily. -- they should be to | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
this Greece team. Let us look at Russia. They started so well. That | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
impressive win over the Czech Republic, then they drew 1-1 in a | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
cracker against Poland. Who has impressed you? I tend to gravitate | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
towards Arsenal players, like Arshavin. He has been a | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
disappointment at the Emirates. Many supporters are pleased that he | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
might be leaving the club. But he is a great talent and he just needs | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
to get a place where he feels that he is loved. Certainly, in the | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
national side, he feels that Lovell. He went in and out of the team at | 0:06:58 | 0:07:06 | |
Arsenal and did not produce his best stuff, but... He could be | 0:07:06 | 0:07:13 | |
replaced by Dzagoev, Iowa who is a real find. -- who is a real find. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:19 | |
He has been very good. He is one booking away from missing the | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
quarter-final. He has been very good. He has taken three goals, the | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
first one I header. It was a great first one I header. It was a great | 0:07:26 | 0:07:32 | |
ball in from Arsharvin. That is what he can do. He is taking a | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
journeyman by storm. He gets a rebound off the post and he has | 0:07:36 | 0:07:42 | |
surprised a few. 150-1 for top goalscorer, down to 10-1. If they | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
stay in the tournament, there will be few people making some money. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
You can see why: The future of You can see why: The future of | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Russian football. He plays on the right hand side of the front three. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:58 | |
He gets a lot of pockets in there, he gets the shot away. He gets | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
little breaks of pace. That gets him away from the defenders. As for | 0:08:02 | 0:08:07 | |
Greece, Robbie, you have seen them throughout the group, there are a | 0:08:07 | 0:08:16 | |
few changes, notably at left-back. That is hardly surprising. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
That is hardly surprising. We can pick up 10 or 15 | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
opportunities of them being in the wrong place. All these goals are | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
going to come against the opposition. Look where they come | 0:08:24 | 0:08:29 | |
from, the same area. He is known as an attacking full-back, and there | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
is no kidding without one. Every time, he is chasing back, he is in | 0:08:33 | 0:08:41 | |
the wrong position. The player coming Into Night has only got six | 0:08:41 | 0:08:51 | |
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packs, -- has not got a much experience. I think the attacking | 0:08:53 | 0:09:00 | |
threat of the front three in Russia, they are a danger. I'm going for a | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
rush of victory. I cannot see anything else. Let's hope that it | 0:09:03 | 0:09:09 | |
is tight for longer. Let's hope we get a decent game. 4-4 at half- | 0:09:09 | 0:09:14 | |
time! It is all to play for. Don't worry, we will keep you updated | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
with the situation in the other group games in the Czech Republic | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
and Poland. But for now, sit back and settle down for Greece against | 0:09:22 | 0:09:32 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 0:09:32 | 0:10:17 | |
for Greece versus Russia. Mark Wright and Simon Brotherton our | 0:10:17 | 0:10:27 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 0:10:27 | 0:11:41 | |
commentators. Halfway through the # Tou spathiou tin tromeri. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:51 | |
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# Se gnoriso apo tin opsi. # Pou me via metra tin yi. | 0:11:54 | 0:12:01 | |
# Ap' ta kokala vialmeni. # Ton Ellinon ta iera. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:11 | |
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# Ke san prota andriomeni. # Haire, o haire, Eleftheria #. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:26 | |
# Ke san prota andriomeni. # Haire, o haire, Eleftheria #. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
Greece and Russia, meeting for the third successive tournament with | 0:12:29 | 0:12:35 | |
Russia having come out on top in group games in both 2004 and 2008. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
They need just a point to guarantee a quarter-final place while Greece | 0:12:39 | 0:12:44 | |
simply have to win or they will be out of this competition by tonight. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
Russia could still go through even with the feed provided the Czech | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
Republic and Poland game ends in a draw and they do not lose by six | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
goals. But I think they will want to win with the probability of | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
Germany in wait in the last eight. Greece make four changes for this | 0:12:59 | 0:13:09 | |
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one. Papastathopoulos is in central defence after a one-match ban. An | 0:13:13 | 0:13:18 | |
Gekas start up front. He came off the bench to score in the last game. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:25 | |
The captain wins his 120 of cap, equalling the national record. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:32 | |
-- 120th cap. The referees and Sweden. -- the referee is from | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
Sweden. He took in charge over Germany's win in the Ukraine. This | 0:13:37 | 0:13:46 | |
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letting the game flow. The Russian manager likes to stick with a | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
settled side but he has been forced to one change because one player is | 0:13:57 | 0:14:07 | |
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unwell. Kerzhakov has misfired so far in attack but the manager has | 0:14:13 | 0:14:23 | |
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confidence. Pavlyuchenko was on the to law-making. Among the | 0:14:30 | 0:14:39 | |
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substitutes for Greece, fog alongside Pavlyuchenko, Pogrebnyak, | 0:14:41 | 0:14:50 | |
who made a positive impression at Fulham last season. The Greek coach | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
has had one or two decisions to make, notably over who to play in | 0:14:54 | 0:15:04 | |
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out of the group is the absolute minimum expected by over 150 | 0:15:10 | 0:15:17 | |
million Russian people. The National Stadium in Warsaw is | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
normally the focal point of attack -- helicopter shots and news | 0:15:21 | 0:15:28 | |
backgrounds, but all Polish eyes are watching their game. Greece get | 0:15:28 | 0:15:38 | |
under way. Mark Bright is alongside me in the commentary position. Are | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
you surprised, having seen the first half performance in the | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
opening match against Poland, that Greece are still in with a chance | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
of getting out of the group? They played well in the second half | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
when they were down to ten men there, they do not create enough | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
and score enough, and I think they have beaten Russia once in the last | 0:15:58 | 0:16:04 | |
10 meetings, and has scored one goal in their last seven games, so | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
it will be a very tall order if Russia's call, so they will have to | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
score more than one goal, which will be very hard for them. They | 0:16:14 | 0:16:20 | |
are bottom-of-the-table, but they can still go through. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:26 | |
Russia started so well with the 4-1 win over the Czech Republic, but I | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
took -- thought they were struggling a bit against Poland. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:40 | |
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Arshavin with the miskick, and the goalkeeper does well. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
The goalkeeper here was first dressed in the qualifiers, and is | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
regarded by many pundits as the best of the Greek goalkeepers, but | 0:17:14 | 0:17:19 | |
he missed most of the season with a knee injury, was out from September | 0:17:19 | 0:17:24 | |
until March, and was then sent off in his comeback game for Olympiacos, | 0:17:24 | 0:17:29 | |
so he only played in their last game of the season. He has his | 0:17:29 | 0:17:34 | |
chance now following the injury picked up by Kostas Chalkias, who | 0:17:34 | 0:17:44 | |
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goals in Scotland this past season, only once since the turn of the | 0:17:57 | 0:18:02 | |
year. The he is not a prolific at international level either, just | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
seven goals. But he works hard and put himself | 0:18:06 | 0:18:12 | |
about. Greece where they have to go and | 0:18:13 | 0:18:18 | |
try and win the game. Salpingidis was very lively against Poland | 0:18:18 | 0:18:28 | |
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after coming off the bench. He scored the goal. Yes, lively, | 0:18:31 | 0:18:36 | |
and if the two strikers play, they can attack defenders and go past | 0:18:36 | 0:18:46 | |
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for the first game. He is a very promising player, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:10 | |
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his cruciate ligament in April, and that is why he he has been a | 0:19:25 | 0:19:31 | |
struggling to get into the team in this tournament. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:40 | |
A journalist said they saw an inquest into Holebas, by the BBC, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:50 | |
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and that is why he is playing -- national record with his 120 of | 0:20:04 | 0:20:14 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 0:20:14 | 0:21:04 | |
A swing of the arm from the goalkeeper took it away from the | 0:21:04 | 0:21:11 | |
net. Great ball into the near post, and | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
just touched, it looks as if it is going in at the far post. No one | 0:21:15 | 0:21:25 | |
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picked up the run. there, and they have only conceded | 0:21:43 | 0:21:52 | |
four goals in qualification. Gekas went down there along with Anyukov, | 0:21:52 | 0:21:58 | |
the right-back for Russia. A clash of heads there. Oh, dear! | 0:21:58 | 0:22:06 | |
It was a genuine attempt to play the ball. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:15 | |
He nearly headed Anyukov! Gekas started the first match, but | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
had to settle for a place on the bench in the last game. He was | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
gifted a goal by Petr Cech in the game against the Czech Republic. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
I thought he should have started, he was busy, he put defenders under | 0:22:27 | 0:22:33 | |
pressure and run in -- than in the channel's behind. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
Anyukov looks as if he is struggling. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:46 | |
The top of the head is the hardest part. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
Anyukov is still recovering after that bank to the head, and we are | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
seven minutes in, and at this stage of the last match, Greece were | 0:22:54 | 0:23:00 | |
trailing 2-0, so that is an improvement! | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
They have taken the game to Russia. They are taking their time over set | 0:23:04 | 0:23:13 | |
pieces, and setting themselves up and try to get the delivery right. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
This rushing team is so experienced. Anyukov is one of seven players | 0:23:16 | 0:23:23 | |
from St Petersburg. He played all the matches in the European | 0:23:23 | 0:23:27 | |
Championship four years ago. He has just won the European -- the | 0:23:27 | 0:23:35 | |
Russian league, and he has also won the UEFA Cup. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
They won the league by 11 or 12 points, it was really easy for St | 0:23:39 | 0:23:46 | |
Petersburg. Anyukov is not yet on the field, so | 0:23:46 | 0:23:50 | |
Russia are down to ten men at the moment. He should be back any | 0:23:50 | 0:23:55 | |
moment now. With a clash of heads, you can last | 0:23:55 | 0:24:05 | |
a few minutes, but then... That was a decent Paulin looking | 0:24:05 | 0:24:15 | |
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for Salpingidis. -- decent ball in unbeaten run, they have not blessed | 0:24:23 | 0:24:28 | |
-- not lost since February last year, 1-0 in a friendly to Iran. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:33 | |
There was a 3-0 victory against Italy the week before the big kick- | 0:24:33 | 0:24:41 | |
off here. Some people wondered whether Kerzhakov would take his | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
place -- keeps his place in the team. The coach thinks he will be | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
fine, despite the chances he has missed. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:53 | |
Things have not fallen his way. With the matter of chances he has | 0:24:53 | 0:25:03 | |
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had, you expected to score at any time. -- the amount of chances. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
Pavlyuchenko's goalscoring record is excellent, but he is on the | 0:25:09 | 0:25:16 | |
bench. Great save their from Arshavin. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:26 | |
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Sifakis is in the right place at between Poland and the Czech | 0:25:34 | 0:25:44 | |
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and Arshavin get his toe on it. Those sort of touches going, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:18 | |
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because it just drops down. He got in front of Torosidis. It is a slow | 0:26:18 | 0:26:23 | |
start to the game, and I suppose for Russia, they are sitting | 0:26:23 | 0:26:28 | |
comfortably. It has been a hot day, and it is a | 0:26:28 | 0:26:33 | |
humid atmosphere in the stadium. Bright blue sky throughout the day, | 0:26:33 | 0:26:43 | |
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getting that one anywhere near the goal. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:07 | |
They took it quickly, caught some people out. The joint leading | 0:27:07 | 0:27:16 | |
goalscorer in the tournament, Dzagoev, blazes it over. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:21 | |
Sadleir, who has scored three goals already, went into the competition | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
on the back of his worst Russian top-flight campaign in terms of | 0:27:25 | 0:27:31 | |
goals, he scored only five in 31 League appearances for CSKA Moscow. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:41 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 0:27:42 | 0:28:23 | |
behind that shocked. The ball comes down to him, he strikes it really | 0:28:23 | 0:28:30 | |
well, it is bending away from the target. Really close. It will not | 0:28:30 | 0:28:36 | |
be long before he gets one! He has been criticised for some | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
missed opportunities, Kerzhakov, but I do not think anyone will | 0:28:39 | 0:28:44 | |
complain about bad. No, Nepalis sitting up nicely. That | 0:28:44 | 0:28:50 | |
was a good opportunity, he is good with both feet. He has not shown | 0:28:50 | 0:29:00 | |
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the composure in front of goal that he could chew their. He did not | 0:29:10 | 0:29:17 | |
have any help. A little bit of a stretch their | 0:29:17 | 0:29:26 | |
four Malafeev! More of a stretch that he expected! | 0:29:26 | 0:29:31 | |
We have seen it things like that going the back of the net before, | 0:29:31 | 0:29:38 | |
it skipped off the surface. Russia need to get their tempo going, | 0:29:38 | 0:29:48 | |
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because it is all too easy at the there. It feels as though he's been | 0:30:07 | 0:30:12 | |
play fogt Greek national side forever almost. But he missed the | 0:30:12 | 0:30:16 | |
biggest game of all, the final in 2004, suspended. He did. Great | 0:30:16 | 0:30:21 | |
shame after all the hard work getting there. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
Mostly used as a substitute by his club these days. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:35 | |
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Still very much a starter for the third -- their third of the match | 0:30:42 | 0:30:52 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 0:30:52 | 0:31:39 | |
the very last moment by Katsouranis. Great counter-attacking football | 0:31:39 | 0:31:49 | |
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there. Good ball from Arshad. This interception there, before the ball | 0:32:00 | 0:32:08 | |
fell at the feel of Dzagoev. There's something he doesn't like | 0:32:08 | 0:32:14 | |
inside the six-yard box. That's Glushakov riding on the goalkeeper. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:19 | |
As I said, before the referee always does this, a bit of shirt | 0:32:19 | 0:32:23 | |
tugging goes on at the corner. He pulls the players to him and says | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
right, none of that. They go back in position and it carries on. I | 0:32:27 | 0:32:37 | |
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don't know why they do it. It's throw. Gekas there throwing his | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
arms in the air in despair. Samaras made a run to the near post and | 0:33:22 | 0:33:30 | |
pulled out to the far, Gekas played it in there. More relaxed | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
atmosphere for this match than the game the other night between Russia | 0:33:33 | 0:33:43 | |
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poor, look at that. He gives the ball away. The defence are back | 0:34:18 | 0:34:28 | |
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Greece go gung ho and try to get a goal. I think they'll leave it to | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
the last 25 minutes, keep it tight, not concede and go for the goal to | 0:34:46 | 0:34:56 | |
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there from Samaras. You're being closed down rapidly. He was. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:29 | |
Better play from Russia. More insiesive passing. That's Maniatis | 0:35:29 | 0:35:39 | |
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who is down for Greece. Arshavin is him, you're in. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:02 | |
Greece have lost the last four matches they've played against | 0:36:02 | 0:36:08 | |
Russia. They last beat them in a World Cup qualifier ahead of USA | 0:36:08 | 0:36:15 | |
'94, by 1-0 in Athens. They waited a little while, two countries | 0:36:15 | 0:36:20 | |
played each other last year, ending in a 1-1 draw. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:30 | |
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between the Czech Republic and Poland. We haven't come this far to | 0:36:33 | 0:36:38 | |
have a 0-0 draw. Law of averages there'll be one in the end. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
Hopefully not tonight. Little reminder of the situation as it | 0:36:41 | 0:36:47 | |
stands in Group A at the moment, if it stays like this, Russia will top | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
the group with five points and the Czech Republic will finish in | 0:36:50 | 0:37:00 | |
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dangerous as the minutes go by as we head to the mid-way point. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:15 | |
They're picking up the ball around the midfield area and driving at | 0:37:15 | 0:37:25 | |
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the defence. Greece have to take foot than in the opening minutes of | 0:38:03 | 0:38:13 | |
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whether anything dropped his way. Samaras is on the left, Salpingidis | 0:38:35 | 0:38:39 | |
on the right, they've ended up, it's like a back five now. That's | 0:38:39 | 0:38:49 | |
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giving them more time and more debut last year. He's got a decent | 0:38:54 | 0:38:58 | |
shot on him as well. Denisov named the player of the season by the | 0:38:58 | 0:39:01 | |
Russian football union, one of the key players in the half of their | 0:39:01 | 0:39:11 | |
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They need a point to guarantee going through. The reality is they | 0:39:25 | 0:39:28 | |
could lose the game and go through, depending on the result in the | 0:39:28 | 0:39:37 | |
other match. The coach there and before him was | 0:39:37 | 0:39:42 | |
Gus Hidink. A player said they are similar, very strong men. There was | 0:39:42 | 0:39:47 | |
a lot of love for Hidink when he was coach. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:57 | |
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Russia start to try and turn the screw and look for the opening goal. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:19 | |
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years ago. He had a terrible time in the opening match against Spain, | 0:40:24 | 0:40:34 | |
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the first game of Euro 2008. He was would took the corner, when he sees | 0:40:50 | 0:40:56 | |
that defence move out, move with them. That's the most animated I've | 0:40:56 | 0:41:02 | |
seen Sandys -- Santos in the whole tournament. Greece are losing the | 0:41:02 | 0:41:07 | |
midfield battle at the moment. It's too comfortable for Russia. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:11 | |
Tactically they push them back, push the Greeks back, giving the | 0:41:11 | 0:41:21 | |
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of their qualifying group ahead of Croatia. Croatia have shown what a | 0:41:26 | 0:41:36 | |
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good team they are out here. We've middle of the field at the moment. | 0:41:53 | 0:42:01 | |
He's had a lot of touches of the ball. Lovely little touch, just too | 0:42:01 | 0:42:08 | |
far, the return from Shirokov. eknow it's as well. -- he knows it | 0:42:08 | 0:42:13 | |
as well doesn't he? That's the hurt ball, behind the defence, in the | 0:42:13 | 0:42:21 | |
last third. That ball gets pulled back. I'm surprised at the tempo. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:31 | |
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55,614 in here for this one. I did wonder actually ten minutes | 0:42:35 | 0:42:38 | |
before the game when the stadium was still half empty. Looking | 0:42:38 | 0:42:42 | |
around now, the seats are all occupied. It's been such a nice day. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:47 | |
People sometimes outside the stadium, drift in. There's like a | 0:42:47 | 0:42:52 | |
beach just across the way with the river. Very nice. There are 100,000 | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
in the fan park next to the Palace of culture in the centre of Warsaw | 0:42:56 | 0:43:01 | |
tonight. Not sure they're watching this one though. They're | 0:43:01 | 0:43:07 | |
attention's on something else! goals here or in the game between | 0:43:07 | 0:43:14 | |
Poland and the Czech Republic, as Group A reaches conclusion with | 0:43:14 | 0:43:24 | |
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simultaneous kickoffs of the final nudge on the back. This is a basic | 0:43:45 | 0:43:51 | |
throw in. Helped into the penalty area. They haven't shown enough | 0:43:51 | 0:44:01 | |
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the striker. They're keeping in narrow. They're trying to force | 0:44:15 | 0:44:25 | |
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this time from Papadopoulos. Super play. Great combination. He's | 0:44:32 | 0:44:42 | |
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trying to feed it into the channel the ball for any length of time | 0:45:04 | 0:45:14 | |
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possession. Gekas colliding with Berezutski. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:30 | |
I think Berezutski jumped to control the ball, and Gekas runs | 0:45:30 | 0:45:40 | |
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into him. I am not sure it is a the ball clear of their penalty | 0:45:48 | 0:45:53 | |
area, then it comes back towards them. The effort from Glushakov not | 0:45:53 | 0:46:00 | |
troubling the goalkeeper. Apparently there are storms and | 0:46:00 | 0:46:04 | |
heavy rain in Wroclaw for the other match between the Czech Republic | 0:46:04 | 0:46:09 | |
and Poland. I do not know if they are on the same scale as those in | 0:46:09 | 0:46:14 | |
Ukraine yesterday for the Ukraine verses France match. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:24 | |
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That was the worst I have seen for few goalscoring opportunities. Free | 0:46:32 | 0:46:41 | |
kick given against Alan Dzagoev. He tried to roll out Tzavelas, and | 0:46:41 | 0:46:51 | |
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the referee use it -- saw it as a was to Russia, but it did not stop | 0:47:16 | 0:47:26 | |
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them winning the trophy. That was a decent ball in, and | 0:47:28 | 0:47:38 | |
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Berezutski did well to get his head scoreline, but statistics tell us | 0:47:44 | 0:47:49 | |
that Greece have only had one attempt on goal that was on target, | 0:47:49 | 0:47:58 | |
Russia 7. They are dominant in possession. | 0:47:58 | 0:48:02 | |
You have to close the ball down and put pressure, and it is too easy | 0:48:02 | 0:48:07 | |
for Russia to work it towards the edge of the 18-yard box. Nobody is | 0:48:07 | 0:48:17 | |
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and then he commits the foul in his frustration. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:33 | |
The Russians need to move the ball a little quicker. It is a bit | 0:48:33 | 0:48:37 | |
slower, and they have been lulled into ways slow-paced of the game, | 0:48:37 | 0:48:41 | |
which suits Greece as they are just looking for one opportunity, maybe | 0:48:41 | 0:48:46 | |
from a set-piece, to sneak that goal. It is hard for Russia to get | 0:48:46 | 0:48:54 | |
through. Denisov scored the first goal in | 0:48:54 | 0:49:02 | |
the UEFA Cup win it for St Petersburg against Rangers. Can | 0:49:02 | 0:49:05 | |
Greasby a little more expansive as the match wears on? | 0:49:05 | 0:49:10 | |
They need to take a chance, otherwise they will go home. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:15 | |
They do not have much creativity in their team. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:19 | |
There is not much ambition, as well. They need to get it forward and try | 0:49:19 | 0:49:28 | |
and create opportunities. Jenny a cost Papadopoulos has | 0:49:28 | 0:49:36 | |
looked good, hasn't he? He has, yes. | 0:49:36 | 0:49:46 | |
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-- Kyriakos Papadopoulos. here or in the Polish and Czech | 0:49:59 | 0:50:04 | |
Republic game. As it stands in Group A, Russia would win and | 0:50:04 | 0:50:14 | |
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given plenty to think about by Robert Lewandowski and the rest of | 0:50:37 | 0:50:40 | |
the Polish team the other night, but they have been rather more | 0:50:41 | 0:50:50 | |
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area, a few Russian players looking at the referee. | 0:50:57 | 0:51:01 | |
I think -- I think the contact was on the edge of the box. I do not | 0:51:01 | 0:51:11 | |
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interviews at all. Karagounis gives Shirokov a little | 0:51:25 | 0:51:35 | |
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touch. His knee just catches him. Shirokov wants the assistant to | 0:51:36 | 0:51:46 | |
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take a look. Shirokov would have been but if | 0:51:46 | 0:51:51 | |
that gesture was spotted. He has not yet been booked, Denisov is on | 0:51:51 | 0:51:57 | |
a yellow card for the Russian team, and Dzagoev as well. Four players | 0:51:57 | 0:52:07 | |
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on the Greek side are, but we will not going to that now. | 0:52:08 | 0:52:12 | |
It is a bit aimless from Greece at the moment. | 0:52:12 | 0:52:20 | |
It is, it is a bit of a containment exercise. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
That will be enough -- that will not be enough, they need to win the | 0:52:23 | 0:52:33 | |
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goes down and has a look at the assistant referee. | 0:53:01 | 0:53:11 | |
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The left-back just had a little pile at Ten. -- pull at him. | 0:53:12 | 0:53:16 | |
Nothing doing for Russia, but they are still dominating the play. So | 0:53:16 | 0:53:22 | |
far, unable to make the breakthrough. Russia made it to the | 0:53:22 | 0:53:32 | |
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semi-final four years ago, losing 3-0 to the eventual winners, Spain. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:41 | |
Katsouranis was a little later on the challenge. Kerzhakov does not | 0:53:41 | 0:53:46 | |
get hold of it, he is maybe a bit lucky to be in the team. | 0:53:46 | 0:53:50 | |
While he was missing the ball, it was as much about what was | 0:53:50 | 0:53:54 | |
happening to Dzagoev on the edge of the box, and whether he was being | 0:53:54 | 0:54:04 | |
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Russia, Berezutski winning his 51st cap at Ignashevich his 78. -- | 0:54:20 | 0:54:28 | |
Ignashevich his 78th. Pogrebnyak has also done very well | 0:54:28 | 0:54:33 | |
since he came to Fulham, this question about who Russia should | 0:54:33 | 0:54:40 | |
have up front. I think the referee was initially | 0:54:40 | 0:54:44 | |
going to give a goal-kick, but it is a corner to Russia. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:52 | |
Yes, a slight deflection takes it out. I do not know whether it would | 0:54:52 | 0:55:02 | |
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circle of. You cough up. He has tried to wrap his foot | 0:55:26 | 0:55:36 | |
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around it, but I think the keeper has recovered. -- has it covered. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:47 | |
Chelsea paid �18 million was Yuri Zhirkov a few years ago. -- �18 | 0:55:47 | 0:55:55 | |
million for Yuri Zhirkov. His move back to Russia was not a | 0:55:55 | 0:56:02 | |
popular one a monster some supporters. -- popular one a | 0:56:02 | 0:56:08 | |
amongst some supporters. Very much a fixture in the national side, | 0:56:08 | 0:56:18 | |
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Ignashevich. Good play from Samaras. He did very | 0:56:52 | 0:56:58 | |
well to keep position and keep possession, and then put in a | 0:56:58 | 0:57:05 | |
decent cross. Greece offering very little | 0:57:05 | 0:57:10 | |
offensively, aren't they? I know, it is a lack of ambition, | 0:57:10 | 0:57:14 | |
and they are plain to tactics, Santos wants them to keep it tight | 0:57:14 | 0:57:24 | |
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at the back. But they want to to he had to push one shot away in the | 0:57:35 | 0:57:45 | |
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first few minutes, and that is it. Greece have to throw caution to the | 0:57:47 | 0:57:57 | |
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wind at some point, or they are going home anyway. Bad foul came | 0:57:57 | 0:58:07 | |
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from the untimely slip from Ignashevich. -- that foul. Has | 0:58:08 | 0:58:12 | |
Karagounis got the stamina to keep powering a way for the full 90 | 0:58:12 | 0:58:17 | |
minutes? That is not what he does on a week-to-week basis any more. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:22 | |
As he said, he is being used as a substitute by his club. You cannot | 0:58:23 | 0:58:32 | |
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have that two always! -- you cannot to try and cover the grounds that | 0:58:44 | 0:58:54 | |
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Karagounis cannot. -- the other much to shout about keirin Poland. | 0:59:02 | 0:59:11 | |
-- the Greek supporters. But it did not stop them having a | 0:59:11 | 0:59:16 | |
sing-song in a restaurant last night when the England game was on! | 0:59:16 | 0:59:26 | |
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I enjoyed that. It was very restaurants than there was on the | 0:59:36 | 0:59:46 | |
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behind his back their to avoid conceding a penalty. -- Tzavelas. | 1:00:06 | 1:00:16 | |
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One goal will change it, Russia are 13 attempts on goal from Dzagoev | 1:00:37 | 1:00:47 | |
1:00:47 | 1:00:47 | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 1:00:47 | 1:01:32 | |
and his team so far to one from Russia, leading the group... I know | 1:01:32 | 1:01:35 | |
the feeling. Tkhek republic in second place and Santos wondering | 1:01:35 | 1:01:39 | |
what to say to his players at halftime. | 1:01:39 | 1:01:46 | |
They've got a point. They need two more. | 1:01:46 | 1:01:51 | |
There's a man hoping to take Russia a long way in this competition. | 1:01:51 | 1:01:55 | |
Russia are certainly looking to win this game. We don't know was going | 1:01:55 | 1:01:58 | |
to happen, but the probability would be that Germany would win | 1:01:58 | 1:02:08 | |
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their group, so play the runners up it stands. | 1:02:13 | 1:02:20 | |
Late chance in this first half! Would you believe it?! On the day | 1:02:20 | 1:02:27 | |
he equals the national record for caps, game number 120 for Giorgos | 1:02:27 | 1:02:30 | |
Karagounis and he scores one of the biggest goals of his international | 1:02:30 | 1:02:34 | |
career. There's hope for Greece in this tournament yet. They lead | 1:02:34 | 1:02:41 | |
Russia by 1-0. This is deja vu from Portugal. Soak | 1:02:41 | 1:02:46 | |
it up, soak it up and then hit. That's just a defensive mistake but | 1:02:46 | 1:02:56 | |
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capitalised by the captain, leading how to punish a mistake. Zhirkov is | 1:03:00 | 1:03:04 | |
trying to get back. He drive it's low under the keeper. I mean, that | 1:03:04 | 1:03:08 | |
might be only their second shot at goal. I tell you how big that goal | 1:03:08 | 1:03:13 | |
is at the moment, if things stay as they are, Russia and Greece will go | 1:03:13 | 1:03:17 | |
out of Group A and the Czech Republic and Poland will go home. | 1:03:17 | 1:03:24 | |
That's incredible, isn't it? What a turn around. Greece very much | 1:03:24 | 1:03:29 | |
second best for almost all of the opening 45 minutes of this match, | 1:03:29 | 1:03:33 | |
and then suddenly, the outpouring of joy from the Greek bench, right | 1:03:33 | 1:03:38 | |
on the stroke of halftime. Giorgos Karagounis, the captain, with a big, | 1:03:38 | 1:03:44 | |
big goal for Greece and they have an unlikely lead here against | 1:03:44 | 1:03:54 | |
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Russia at half time. Greece 1, Well, well, well. Would you believe | 1:04:01 | 1:04:05 | |
it? The Greek fans will be thinking it's '04 again. What an | 1:04:05 | 1:04:09 | |
unbelievable finish to the half. I think obviously Greece came out and | 1:04:09 | 1:04:14 | |
needed to win the game. They set off reasonably well. Russia | 1:04:14 | 1:04:17 | |
dominated possession, chances. After the first five minutes we | 1:04:17 | 1:04:20 | |
thought Greece had forgotten what they need to do and get a win and | 1:04:20 | 1:04:23 | |
decided that a draw would do, which it wouldn't do. Then towards the | 1:04:24 | 1:04:27 | |
end of that half, you just thought, when is the Russian goal coming. | 1:04:27 | 1:04:31 | |
All of a sudden it's exploded and to get a goal like that, the | 1:04:32 | 1:04:35 | |
Russian defence must be kicking themselves. They've hardly had | 1:04:35 | 1:04:39 | |
anything to do. Now they're in a position of strength. Karagounis is | 1:04:39 | 1:04:43 | |
part of the team that won the championships in 2004. This is a | 1:04:43 | 1:04:46 | |
terrific finish. It's come from a throw in and what they're doing | 1:04:46 | 1:04:50 | |
throw in and what they're doing there at the back is shocking. He's | 1:04:50 | 1:04:54 | |
drove through to the goal and buried it past the keeper. | 1:04:54 | 1:04:59 | |
keeper can't do anything, can he? It's a bit close. Fair play to | 1:04:59 | 1:05:02 | |
Karagounis, he's drilled his foot through it. Sometimes you try to | 1:05:02 | 1:05:06 | |
pick the corner, he's thought, I probably won't get another chance, | 1:05:06 | 1:05:12 | |
I'm going to hit it it as hard as I can. It's come from a throw in. | 1:05:12 | 1:05:16 | |
defending. As things stand Greece would go through to the quarter | 1:05:16 | 1:05:19 | |
finals with five points to their name. That's astonishing. Let's | 1:05:19 | 1:05:23 | |
start at the beginning, Fernando Santos the coach for Greece, he | 1:05:23 | 1:05:26 | |
wanted a fast start. He wanted a careful start as well, especially | 1:05:26 | 1:05:28 | |
after what happened to the Czech after what happened to the Czech | 1:05:28 | 1:05:33 | |
Republic. He got one. He did. In the previous two games they only | 1:05:33 | 1:05:37 | |
got eight corners. In the first ten minutes they got three. The first | 1:05:37 | 1:05:44 | |
chance came from a corner. A decent save from Malafeev there. At the | 1:05:44 | 1:05:48 | |
near post run, and they started the near post run, and they started the | 1:05:48 | 1:05:51 | |
game very, very well. Another one here. This is a volley, you know | 1:05:51 | 1:05:58 | |
decent. This one, Samaras down the left side... That was the first run | 1:05:58 | 1:06:03 | |
Samaras has made. He drew the defender out. When he gets it, we | 1:06:03 | 1:06:07 | |
weren't sure whether it was a cross or shot, the pressure they put on | 1:06:08 | 1:06:11 | |
them until that point was great. Then they went, you know what we've | 1:06:11 | 1:06:16 | |
had enough. We're going back there and get everybody behind the ball. | 1:06:16 | 1:06:20 | |
We saw Santos a picture near the end, scrubbing his said thinking, | 1:06:20 | 1:06:25 | |
"What am I going to say to them?" Apart from the last minute before | 1:06:25 | 1:06:29 | |
the whistle, I suppose Russia came back into it, Greece then showed | 1:06:29 | 1:06:32 | |
the wobbles that we were talking about at the top of the show. | 1:06:32 | 1:06:36 | |
made a couple of changes at the back. The left back area has been a | 1:06:36 | 1:06:45 | |
problem. Salpingidis has come into that position and frankly, their | 1:06:45 | 1:06:55 | |
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defending was bad. They haven't learned the lesson. Both fullbacks | 1:06:56 | 1:07:00 | |
go forward. He's unlucky with the pull back. When the ball comes into | 1:07:00 | 1:07:05 | |
here, time ction possession on the ball, don't give it away, when it | 1:07:05 | 1:07:08 | |
goes into that area, one pass and they're into the heart of the | 1:07:08 | 1:07:13 | |
defence. The shot was weak in the end. Time and time again they get | 1:07:13 | 1:07:16 | |
into a position where they've got decent possession and what they | 1:07:16 | 1:07:20 | |
need to do from that is find a white shirt. They didn't do there. | 1:07:20 | 1:07:24 | |
This is unbelievable. Ball gets played into midfield, the line's | 1:07:24 | 1:07:28 | |
not great. But it's not too bad. Until this pass is made through the | 1:07:28 | 1:07:34 | |
middle, as the ball comes through, what is he doing? Papadopoulos at | 1:07:34 | 1:07:40 | |
the back there, what is he doing there? Arshavin gets his shot away. | 1:07:40 | 1:07:46 | |
It's communication, back fours need to stay together. Again, this one, | 1:07:46 | 1:07:49 | |
Samaras playing left back all of a sudden, which is not a great sign. | 1:07:49 | 1:07:52 | |
You think, something's going to happen. Gets on his man then fall | 1:07:52 | 1:07:57 | |
as sleep. In the end the ball beats the winger, but and that's what he | 1:07:57 | 1:08:00 | |
thinks of it. That was just before halftime. All of a sudden, now he's | 1:08:00 | 1:08:05 | |
going in and going we're leading, what do we do now? What does he say | 1:08:05 | 1:08:10 | |
now? He says to them, you know what, I know what you're going to do now, | 1:08:10 | 1:08:13 | |
they're going to sit further back. They've got something to protect | 1:08:13 | 1:08:19 | |
now. We highlighted a couple of protagonists as far as Russia were | 1:08:19 | 1:08:22 | |
concerned, Andrei Arshavin and Dzagoev was the other. Arshavin got | 1:08:22 | 1:08:31 | |
Russia's chances under way. He had a good chance early on when Dzagoev | 1:08:31 | 1:08:37 | |
put the ball in. Again, the four back there have to anticipate the | 1:08:37 | 1:08:41 | |
danger. Terrible defending again. These are not great chances, Lee. | 1:08:41 | 1:08:49 | |
No, this is Zhirkov, he gets the chance in the end. I think it's 14 | 1:08:49 | 1:08:54 | |
shots he's had. Great effort by the way. 14 shots and not one has hit | 1:08:54 | 1:09:00 | |
the target. For a centre forward he has to lock at his ratio. You have | 1:09:00 | 1:09:05 | |
to say, why is the coach persisting with Zhirkov, he has Pavlyechenko | 1:09:05 | 1:09:08 | |
on the bench. Throw him on. He's just lacking in confidence. You | 1:09:08 | 1:09:13 | |
look at him and saying he's get nooing positions, Gary Lineker say, | 1:09:13 | 1:09:16 | |
if your centre forward is getting into positions he's not doing too | 1:09:16 | 1:09:22 | |
bad, but he's had a full swipe at that one and missed. This is a | 1:09:22 | 1:09:25 | |
fabulous Zhirkov shot, just over the bar. The pressure's there. | 1:09:25 | 1:09:28 | |
They've had chances. But now they're going into the second half | 1:09:28 | 1:09:34 | |
needing a goal. Exactly. How does that now affect Advocaat's team | 1:09:34 | 1:09:39 | |
talk? You know defending as a unit, surely they mustn't work on it, in | 1:09:39 | 1:09:42 | |
the Arsenal back four, you must have worked it. They're all over | 1:09:42 | 1:09:46 | |
the place.. It is a communication thing. You have to be talking to | 1:09:46 | 1:09:50 | |
each other, moving each other around the pitch. Obviously, it's | 1:09:50 | 1:09:54 | |
ability as well. You have to know when you're in the right position. | 1:09:54 | 1:09:57 | |
Some of the Greek defenders don't know if they're into the right | 1:09:57 | 1:10:00 | |
position and run out of it into a bad position. Then the Russians are | 1:10:00 | 1:10:04 | |
attacking in numbers and putting them under pressure. You can't see | 1:10:04 | 1:10:07 | |
them going 45 minutes in the second half without conceding a goal. You | 1:10:07 | 1:10:11 | |
can't see it. Having said that, the tournament is set up for a shock. | 1:10:11 | 1:10:15 | |
This would be a massive shock. certainly would be. For now, thank | 1:10:15 | 1:10:21 | |
you. It's 1-0 in Warsaw. As for events between the Czech Republic | 1:10:21 | 1:10:31 | |
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and Poland. Here's the first half I don't think there's any doubt | 1:10:41 | 1:10:48 | |
it's a free kick. It's in a good position. | 1:10:48 | 1:10:53 | |
The overhead kick is into the side netting! Did it take a touch? It | 1:10:53 | 1:11:03 | |
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fluffed. He's scored in both matches so far in this tournament. | 1:11:10 | 1:11:16 | |
They were harder than that arguably. He gets a great ball in. What a | 1:11:16 | 1:11:26 | |
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hash he's made of that. He's got to It's a great delivery. They only | 1:11:57 | 1:12:07 | |
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need a touch there. It would be keeper. Fabulous, it dipped in | 1:12:24 | 1:12:30 | |
front of him. It's a great strike, that. | 1:12:31 | 1:12:37 | |
Is he on side? He was. And he didn't make contact. | 1:12:37 | 1:12:42 | |
They are leaving a fair bit behind him. It's a great run, stayed | 1:12:42 | 1:12:52 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 1:12:52 | 1:13:37 | |
Russia would both be happy if it finishes like this. They would go | 1:13:37 | 1:13:40 | |
through to the last eight. The Czechs and Poland need a win now, | 1:13:40 | 1:13:44 | |
if they want a slice of quarter final action. One of them needs a | 1:13:44 | 1:13:48 | |
goal if they want to stay in this tournament. As I mentioned earlier, | 1:13:48 | 1:13:52 | |
fellas, for the Greek fans, they'll think it's '04 all over again. | 1:13:52 | 1:13:55 | |
think it's '04 all over again. Could their name be on this trophy? | 1:13:55 | 1:13:59 | |
It could be an unbelievable finish to the group for Greece, certainly, | 1:13:59 | 1:14:03 | |
because you look at their games and how they've performed and we've | 1:14:03 | 1:14:07 | |
been critical of them time and time again about not wanting to get | 1:14:07 | 1:14:11 | |
forward, not having the ability to hold the ball, lack of goals, awful | 1:14:11 | 1:14:16 | |
at the back at times, yet they're looking, sitting pretty nicely with | 1:14:16 | 1:14:22 | |
Russia to go through to the quarter finals. What will the Czech | 1:14:22 | 1:14:25 | |
Republic be thinking? There's a lot to play for in the second half from | 1:14:25 | 1:14:29 | |
their point of view. They'll know the result as it stands. Halftime, | 1:14:29 | 1:14:33 | |
both sets of managers will be looking and saying right, we need | 1:14:33 | 1:14:38 | |
to do this, we need to do that. There's a long way to go. If Greece | 1:14:38 | 1:14:42 | |
goes through, this would be an unbelievable result. For now, thank | 1:14:42 | 1:14:52 | |
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you. Just to remind you the Just a to bring you some other news, | 1:15:28 | 1:15:31 | |
Uefa have opened disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian | 1:15:31 | 1:15:34 | |
Football Federation for racist chanting racist banners be played | 1:15:34 | 1:15:41 | |
by their supporters during their 1- 1 draw with Italy. The organisation, | 1:15:41 | 1:15:46 | |
Football Against Racism, said there observers had heard between 305 | 1:15:46 | 1:15:50 | |
hundred Croatian fans making monkey noises, which prompted UEFA to | 1:15:51 | 1:15:54 | |
investigate the matter. The case will be dealt with on Tuesday. | 1:15:54 | 1:15:59 | |
With England on the brink of the quarter-finals, left to reflect on | 1:15:59 | 1:16:03 | |
yesterday's nail-biting win over Sweden. Lee, now you have digested | 1:16:03 | 1:16:07 | |
what has happened, what -- how are you feeling? | 1:16:07 | 1:16:13 | |
It was a fantastic result. This is the best cross in the tournament | 1:16:13 | 1:16:23 | |
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equaliser, poor defending, Ashley Young in a position, he should not | 1:16:33 | 1:16:40 | |
be there. All the sudden, we are 2- 1 down and we fear the worst. Poor | 1:16:40 | 1:16:46 | |
defending, they got to attract deep, and you see England losing the game, | 1:16:46 | 1:16:52 | |
but what a substitution. Theo Walcott, it looks like it deflected, | 1:16:52 | 1:16:56 | |
the way the goalkeeper went for it. He could tell from his face that he | 1:16:56 | 1:17:01 | |
thought it was deflected, and then the best move of the game produces | 1:17:01 | 1:17:08 | |
a goal. Probably one of the best goals you will get, and a very | 1:17:08 | 1:17:14 | |
important one. A people say he did not mean it. He | 1:17:14 | 1:17:18 | |
definitely did. There is nothing else he could do. I do not think he | 1:17:18 | 1:17:24 | |
is aiming for the bottom corner! You can see but his head, he looks | 1:17:24 | 1:17:34 | |
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straight away where it has gone. I Interesting pet -- interesting | 1:17:35 | 1:17:39 | |
quotes from someone in the FA, they say Roy Hodgson has got the Midas | 1:17:39 | 1:17:43 | |
touch. In this country, you are rubbish or | 1:17:43 | 1:17:47 | |
grade. If they lose, all the press will take -- will say they should | 1:17:47 | 1:17:53 | |
sack him. It is nonsense! I think he said himself with the | 1:17:53 | 1:17:58 | |
substitution, sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. Theo Walcott | 1:17:58 | 1:18:02 | |
was a perfect substitution at that time, he needed some pace and still | 1:18:02 | 1:18:07 | |
get back in again, and that is what happened. | 1:18:07 | 1:18:10 | |
Let's take a look at the situation in Warsaw, where half-time is | 1:18:10 | 1:18:14 | |
coming to an end. It looks like Pavlyuchenko could be coming on, | 1:18:14 | 1:18:19 | |
and it would not be a surprise to see him come on from Kerzhakov. -- | 1:18:19 | 1:18:27 | |
for Kerzhakov. Let me join our commentators, Simon Brotherton and | 1:18:27 | 1:18:37 | |
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on for the second half. He has scored 21 goals for Russia, only | 1:18:41 | 1:18:49 | |
five it shy of the post-Soviet record. Giorgos Karagounis, | 1:18:49 | 1:18:53 | |
goalscorer and captain of Greece, he has upset the applecart and it | 1:18:53 | 1:19:03 | |
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for -- a little bit. Pavlyuchenko does not have the work | 1:19:03 | 1:19:07 | |
ethic of Kerzhakov, but he does have great finishing ability and | 1:19:07 | 1:19:12 | |
has shown that. Russia have to do something here, | 1:19:12 | 1:19:17 | |
because as it stands, they are going home. We did not think we | 1:19:17 | 1:19:24 | |
would be in this position. The way they started the tournament, with | 1:19:24 | 1:19:29 | |
the win over the Czech Republic. Yes, and they have been very | 1:19:29 | 1:19:34 | |
stubborn. Greece have been stubborn. They have packed their defence and | 1:19:34 | 1:19:44 | |
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everyone is sitting deep. Gekas is Russia could be going home, at the | 1:19:51 | 1:19:57 | |
moment they are clinging on, but it is very tight. As it stands, three | 1:19:57 | 1:20:07 | |
teams would finish on four points. The Czech Republic will lose out as | 1:20:07 | 1:20:13 | |
things stand at the moment. Plenty of time for things to change in the | 1:20:13 | 1:20:18 | |
second half. They are a little bit ahead of first in the Wroclaw in | 1:20:18 | 1:20:28 | |
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terms of the timing of the game. -- he brings a throw-in. | 1:20:34 | 1:20:37 | |
He works the lines, tries to running behind and put the defence | 1:20:37 | 1:20:47 | |
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under pressure. He has no support, but he will not mind that. | 1:20:49 | 1:20:59 | |
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Some activity on the Greek bench, play, 59% possession, 13 attempts | 1:21:12 | 1:21:17 | |
on goal, compared to two from Greece, but it is the scoreline | 1:21:17 | 1:21:27 | |
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that matters, and it is 1-0-Greece. focus of the Russian players, | 1:21:47 | 1:21:53 | |
because if they lose this game, they are not in a great state for | 1:21:53 | 1:22:03 | |
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good at, it is defending. They do not concede many. Greece can be | 1:22:30 | 1:22:34 | |
dangerous on the counter-attack. They made a good start to the | 1:22:34 | 1:22:43 | |
second half against Poland. Anyukov a bit slow to respond, and he | 1:22:43 | 1:22:53 | |
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He just poked Samaras on the bottom of the food. Both feet off the | 1:23:02 | 1:23:06 | |
ground. The Brits do not offer any | 1:23:06 | 1:23:16 | |
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protection in that situation. -- the boots. Russia, surprisingly, | 1:23:18 | 1:23:27 | |
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trailing here to Greece. The more Russia chase, the more | 1:23:54 | 1:24:03 | |
Greece may be able to pick them off on the counter-attack. That was | 1:24:03 | 1:24:09 | |
very optimistic from Samaras. A poor decision. He has worked hard | 1:24:09 | 1:24:14 | |
and it did ever so well, try to take on the defence, but hinnies to | 1:24:14 | 1:24:20 | |
slip the ball between the two defenders, Gekas is making I dared | 1:24:20 | 1:24:30 | |
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far for Dzagoev, barely East -- possession. Can they find the | 1:24:51 | 1:25:01 | |
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cutting edge? The shot came in from syrup off. -- Shirokov. | 1:25:05 | 1:25:10 | |
This play, the full-backs come forward. It is a little pressure | 1:25:10 | 1:25:20 | |
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will. -- it is a little Cashel. You want Pavlyuchenko on the end of one | 1:25:22 | 1:25:32 | |
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been in the finals since 1980, but they have not missed a tournament | 1:25:39 | 1:25:49 | |
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since. They may make an impression if they can win this game here. | 1:25:51 | 1:25:59 | |
They would also put an end to Russia's 16 game unbeaten run. | 1:25:59 | 1:26:09 | |
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The fans were in good spirits last I do not think his facial | 1:26:25 | 1:26:33 | |
expression changes much. He has managed three of the big teams in | 1:26:33 | 1:26:40 | |
Greece, three big teams in Portugal as well. He has made a good job of | 1:26:40 | 1:26:44 | |
things, going on a 17 match unbeaten run at the start of his | 1:26:44 | 1:26:50 | |
reign. They finally lost last November, but he has a very solid | 1:26:50 | 1:26:55 | |
record. They do not score a lot. Just the | 1:26:55 | 1:27:05 | |
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odd goal. 14 goals in qualifying again in a moment. | 1:27:25 | 1:27:35 | |
The Arshavin is one of those. -- change a game in a moment. | 1:27:35 | 1:27:41 | |
What can you say? Commentators curs! We know that Pavlyuchenko has | 1:27:41 | 1:27:48 | |
a great shot on him, but not that time, a lack of urgency. | 1:27:48 | 1:27:53 | |
In Russia and France do not look very pleased. | 1:27:53 | 1:28:03 | |
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I think the last thing they thought have the Lion's share of possession. | 1:28:21 | 1:28:31 | |
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Greece are set up again with Dick Advocaat in the past, saying | 1:28:41 | 1:28:45 | |
he has his favourites and they he does not feel he is one of them. | 1:28:45 | 1:28:55 | |
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wall of defenders. It is good closing down, as soon as | 1:29:03 | 1:29:13 | |
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he looks like getting a shot in, moment ago, he is a big lad and | 1:29:26 | 1:29:36 | |
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takes some getting around. That decision is given the other way! | 1:29:36 | 1:29:46 | |
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He has got that wrong, for me. Russia are searching for an | 1:29:47 | 1:29:57 | |
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equalising goal here in the Polish in the attacking play. -- Zhirkov. | 1:30:07 | 1:30:15 | |
In Wroxall, -- in a Wroclaw, Poland and the Czech Republic are still | 1:30:15 | 1:30:25 | |
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drawing. This is the situation as It is just wide from Denisov! | 1:30:33 | 1:30:37 | |
Poland would then finish bottom of the group. Long range at the moment | 1:30:37 | 1:30:47 | |
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isn't it, Denisov. He drags it onto goal. If you work from ratios or | 1:30:56 | 1:31:03 | |
stats. Close but not close enough. Denisov one of the players on a | 1:31:03 | 1:31:06 | |
yellow card already along with Dzagoev. | 1:31:06 | 1:31:10 | |
The pair of them need to be careful. One more today and they would miss | 1:31:10 | 1:31:12 | |
the quarter final should Russia get there, which at the moment, they | 1:31:12 | 1:31:22 | |
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fouls, relieving the pressure on the defence. Getting instruction | 1:31:45 | 1:31:52 | |
from the bench there. It's clumsy. It's annoying when | 1:31:52 | 1:32:02 | |
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you're lose as well. the fullback saved the there there. | 1:32:32 | 1:32:36 | |
Zhirkov gets nutmeged there. He does the right thing here, head up, | 1:32:36 | 1:32:40 | |
slide the ball in there. You're thinking if the striker doesn't put | 1:32:40 | 1:32:50 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 1:32:50 | 1:33:39 | |
Salpingidis racing in at the far post. That's Anyukov again involved | 1:33:39 | 1:33:42 | |
in that, at the near post stopping that free header. | 1:33:42 | 1:33:46 | |
Half an hour to go in what is a very tight group. Just the one goal | 1:33:46 | 1:33:49 | |
in the match here. Greece have the advantage at the moment, it would | 1:33:49 | 1:33:53 | |
put them into the quarter finals along with Russia. | 1:33:53 | 1:34:03 | |
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No! And Karagounis is going to be booked by the referee here. To me, | 1:34:36 | 1:34:39 | |
he's absolutely got it wrong, absolutely wrong the referee. That | 1:34:39 | 1:34:44 | |
looks like a trip. That's the second one in succession. I think | 1:34:44 | 1:34:48 | |
he's got that wrong. That shows you. Karagounis is doing his fruit down | 1:34:48 | 1:34:58 | |
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there. I think it's Berezutski, is it? | 1:34:58 | 1:35:02 | |
It's Ignashevich. That's a foul. It's Ignashevich in the first half | 1:35:03 | 1:35:06 | |
who misplaced the header that led to the first goal. That should have | 1:35:06 | 1:35:10 | |
been a penalty. To be booked for that, that's an injustice. It's the | 1:35:10 | 1:35:15 | |
second of the tournament for them, in the opening game. Karagounis is | 1:35:15 | 1:35:19 | |
going mad. He will miss the next game if they get through. And he | 1:35:19 | 1:35:22 | |
was signalling as if to say, I want to come off. | 1:35:22 | 1:35:26 | |
No, I think he's talking to the fourth official, standing between | 1:35:26 | 1:35:36 | |
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needs to let it go. There's not much can happen. | 1:35:46 | 1:35:49 | |
If you're frustrated you can say something to the referee and get a | 1:35:49 | 1:35:53 | |
second yellow. I felt it was a trip. The only thing I expected the | 1:35:53 | 1:35:56 | |
referee to do was point to the penalty spot. His mind is still | 1:35:56 | 1:36:02 | |
very much somewhere else. Depends how important that decision might | 1:36:02 | 1:36:12 | |
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Anyukov. It's a bit late, as you say Mark, it's going to be a free | 1:36:39 | 1:36:49 | |
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kick. They don't want to waste any substitution any moment now. I | 1:37:12 | 1:37:20 | |
think they might do it now. The player who is going to leave the | 1:37:20 | 1:37:30 | |
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field is Gekas, one of the strikers. Jose Holebas is going to replace | 1:37:30 | 1:37:40 | |
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him. Holebas is the fullback who was dropped for today and replaced | 1:37:42 | 1:37:51 | |
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and Karagounis. Not only was he denied the penalty that he claimed | 1:37:55 | 1:37:58 | |
he should have got but also received the yellow card in the | 1:37:58 | 1:38:00 | |
process. Should they go through the captain would miss the quarter | 1:38:00 | 1:38:05 | |
final. That would have been the day he | 1:38:05 | 1:38:09 | |
broke the record for caps for Greece, not that comes to his mind. | 1:38:09 | 1:38:18 | |
No, just the injustice of the decision. It should have been a | 1:38:18 | 1:38:21 | |
penalty. I don't think there's any question in my mind. That's a | 1:38:21 | 1:38:31 | |
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out of the play there. The referee from Sweden thought otherwise. | 1:38:54 | 1:38:58 | |
The referee is just having a moment. Looked like a clear foul to me, I | 1:38:58 | 1:39:04 | |
have to say. Yeah, he's made a few bizarre decisions. He's getting a | 1:39:04 | 1:39:09 | |
few things wrong. He takes his time and then, I cannot believe the | 1:39:09 | 1:39:19 | |
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penalty decision. Another change the penalty area. Zhirkov is | 1:39:50 | 1:40:00 | |
forward. Karagounis is coming off now. Might be a sensible thing. If | 1:40:00 | 1:40:05 | |
he's not careful! He's not playing in the next game any way, though. | 1:40:05 | 1:40:15 | |
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know, but... Katsouranis will captain the side. Here's his first | 1:40:18 | 1:40:21 | |
goal. Defensive mistake. He punishes them. You have to say, on | 1:40:21 | 1:40:26 | |
the second one when he drives into the penalty area again, he should | 1:40:26 | 1:40:31 | |
get a penalty. Doesn't. He gets booked. If they go through, he | 1:40:31 | 1:40:35 | |
misses the quarter final. He said on the eve of the tournament that | 1:40:35 | 1:40:42 | |
he was December froit bring a bit of joy to the people -- he was | 1:40:42 | 1:40:49 | |
desperate to bring a bit of joy to the people back home. | 1:40:49 | 1:40:53 | |
Grigoris Makos comes on. He struggled to establish himself in | 1:40:53 | 1:40:57 | |
the national team. He only started once in the qualifiers and only | 1:40:57 | 1:41:07 | |
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winning his 12th cap here in this corner kick. Russia are banging | 1:41:14 | 1:41:24 | |
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their heads against the wall in a I think there was a shout as well. | 1:41:35 | 1:41:38 | |
That's why the defenders explained to him. If you're not sure, put it | 1:41:38 | 1:41:48 | |
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technical area there. He's in the technical area and when he saw him | 1:41:55 | 1:42:05 | |
shoot from there, Anyukov, he's, that, I'm afraid, is a penalty. No- | 1:42:05 | 1:42:15 | |
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one can believe it. sits on the bench Karagounis, down | 1:42:22 | 1:42:29 | |
below us here. Well that has to be a foul by | 1:42:29 | 1:42:35 | |
Zhirkov. Yes, the card as well. a great place to concede a free | 1:42:35 | 1:42:39 | |
kick either. I think they're complaining. Zhirkov goes into the | 1:42:39 | 1:42:42 | |
referee's book. He hasn't been booked previously in this | 1:42:42 | 1:42:46 | |
tournament. He would still be available if Russia go through. At | 1:42:46 | 1:42:49 | |
the moment they are. As it stands, Russia and Greece would be the two | 1:42:49 | 1:42:56 | |
teams going through. They would both be on four points. The Czech | 1:42:56 | 1:43:01 | |
Republic would also be on four, but having lost to Russia in the first | 1:43:01 | 1:43:11 | |
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-- rock slaf. get away with that one there -- | 1:43:45 | 1:43:49 | |
lucky to get away with that one there! That's a wild challenge, | 1:43:49 | 1:43:59 | |
that one, over there. Late, wild, Dzagoev. I wouldn't be | 1:43:59 | 1:44:02 | |
surprised if he doesn't get booked for that. The referee with some | 1:44:02 | 1:44:12 | |
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anybody. Here's the challenge. was reckless from Dzagoev. | 1:44:28 | 1:44:34 | |
Dzagoev's been booked in this tournament. He's received a yellow | 1:44:34 | 1:44:37 | |
card. He would miss the next game, out of the quarter final. | 1:44:37 | 1:44:42 | |
I don't think he can have any complaints with that. | 1:44:42 | 1:44:52 | |
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the quarter-final, but it might be largely irrelevant, because there | 1:45:10 | 1:45:15 | |
has been a game -- a goal in up Wroclaw, and it is the Czech | 1:45:15 | 1:45:22 | |
Republic who have taken the lead. Petr Jiracek has scored the goal, | 1:45:23 | 1:45:26 | |
had as its stance, the Czech Republic top the group on six | 1:45:26 | 1:45:36 | |
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points. As it stands, Greece and Republic and Greece who are | 1:45:56 | 1:46:06 | |
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currently going through. Russia are is an absolute surprise. This is | 1:46:26 | 1:46:29 | |
what happens when you get to the final game. | 1:46:29 | 1:46:34 | |
We will see what Russia are made of here. They will have to find some | 1:46:34 | 1:46:44 | |
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inspiration from somewhere. Someone will have to come up big for them. | 1:46:45 | 1:46:53 | |
That looks like a foul to me as well. | 1:46:53 | 1:47:03 | |
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Nothing given by the referee from Sweden, Jonas Eriksson. | 1:47:04 | 1:47:08 | |
Let's clarify the situation at the moment. Because the Czech Republic | 1:47:08 | 1:47:13 | |
are beating Poland 1-0, they top the group on six points. Greece | 1:47:13 | 1:47:17 | |
will finish second because they are beating Russia, they would be on | 1:47:17 | 1:47:22 | |
four, Russia would go out because of the head for her to head result | 1:47:22 | 1:47:32 | |
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of this match. -- head-to-head and not what we were expecting. | 1:47:48 | 1:47:52 | |
Absolutely not, and the referee has played a big part in the game today. | 1:47:52 | 1:47:59 | |
I will be surprised if he gets a game in the next round. | 1:47:59 | 1:48:04 | |
There is a real urgency about Russia now. The referee was praised | 1:48:04 | 1:48:08 | |
for his efforts in the Netherlands and Germany match, but he has | 1:48:08 | 1:48:18 | |
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missed a few things today. from Denisov. | 1:48:29 | 1:48:36 | |
He has not had a lot to do in this game. He hit it down into the | 1:48:36 | 1:48:41 | |
ground, but Sifakis covers it, and it is looking a bit desperate from | 1:48:41 | 1:48:51 | |
1:48:51 | 1:49:09 | ||
ago, at the verge, on me cusp of going out on -- in the group stage. | 1:49:09 | 1:49:13 | |
Despite making an excellent start with that 4-1 victory over the | 1:49:13 | 1:49:17 | |
Czech Republic, they were held by Poland and are now struggling | 1:49:17 | 1:49:27 | |
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ball up and keep it in play whenever possible. -- Samaras needs | 1:49:55 | 1:50:00 | |
full stock he has done it well for the majority of this game. | 1:50:00 | 1:50:06 | |
That lack of urgency, you need to go and win the game. Score a goal. | 1:50:06 | 1:50:08 | |
Greece need to win to stay in the competition, they have to come at | 1:50:09 | 1:50:16 | |
you. Katsouranis is down on the ground, | 1:50:16 | 1:50:20 | |
but he is OK. There is a lack of creativity from | 1:50:20 | 1:50:30 | |
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Russia, a lack of imagination. They the moment. Dick Advocaat has got | 1:50:39 | 1:50:49 | |
1:50:49 | 1:51:09 | ||
one more card he can play from the the ball quickly enough. Greece are | 1:51:09 | 1:51:13 | |
sitting back, deeper, you can get it up to the edge of the penalty | 1:51:13 | 1:51:18 | |
area, and then you look for something special, a quick one-two, | 1:51:18 | 1:51:24 | |
Arshavin on the ball, they have not had it. | 1:51:24 | 1:51:28 | |
It has been a strange tournament for Greece. They were very poor in | 1:51:28 | 1:51:31 | |
the first half of the Poland game, but were better in the second half | 1:51:31 | 1:51:41 | |
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and could have won the game. They were better with ten men. | 1:51:42 | 1:51:45 | |
Two goals - within six minutes of their second game, and now they | 1:51:45 | 1:51:55 | |
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have their noses in front against good go. | 1:52:27 | 1:52:31 | |
No hurry to get on with the game here. Taking an eternity over the | 1:52:31 | 1:52:41 | |
1:52:41 | 1:52:53 | ||
give the ball away. Russia will have to start chasing, | 1:52:53 | 1:52:59 | |
the clock is ticking down. I am really surprised. At the start of | 1:52:59 | 1:53:09 | |
1:53:09 | 1:53:26 | ||
this game, all they needed was a here. He could so easily have got a | 1:53:26 | 1:53:32 | |
touch on that! Holebas's instincts did not taking | 1:53:32 | 1:53:36 | |
towards the goal. Excellent ball across the six-yard box from | 1:53:36 | 1:53:46 | |
Salpingidis, it just needed a touch. A full-back in a potentially | 1:53:46 | 1:53:55 | |
goalscoring position there, and Russia are let off the up again. | 1:53:55 | 1:54:00 | |
Now the last throw of the dice from Dick Advocaat. Barratt Izmailov is | 1:54:00 | 1:54:05 | |
going to come on, and he was handed a return for this tournament after | 1:54:05 | 1:54:10 | |
a six-year absence from the Russian international team. -- Marat | 1:54:10 | 1:54:16 | |
Izmailov. I wonder who he will replace? They have to throw | 1:54:16 | 1:54:21 | |
everything at Greece for the final few minutes. Izmailov will be on at | 1:54:21 | 1:54:29 | |
the next available opportunity. 34 games and two goals. A centre- | 1:54:29 | 1:54:34 | |
forward. He will be looking to make it three | 1:54:34 | 1:54:44 | |
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and take a chance. They will lead to a maximum of three at the back, | 1:54:53 | 1:54:59 | |
push the full-backs up. -- they will leave a maximum of Prix at the | 1:54:59 | 1:55:09 | |
1:55:09 | 1:55:09 | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 1:55:09 | 1:56:01 | |
underneath that. He looks very uncomfortable. | 1:56:01 | 1:56:05 | |
Everything was looking cosy for the Russians before this game, but if | 1:56:05 | 1:56:09 | |
you do not start well, you can struggle. | 1:56:09 | 1:56:14 | |
Sotiris Ninis will come on the for Greece. He will be joining Parma | 1:56:14 | 1:56:21 | |
after this tournament. I like Ninis from what I have seen | 1:56:21 | 1:56:28 | |
of him. He has got good technique and is quick. Ninis is the | 1:56:28 | 1:56:33 | |
brightest attacking prospect in the squad, but he missed much of last | 1:56:33 | 1:56:43 | |
season in injury -- with injury, he tore his cruciate ligament. | 1:56:43 | 1:56:53 | |
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He is tricky, has a good turn of pitch with his players. Russia are | 1:57:09 | 1:57:19 | |
1:57:19 | 1:57:19 | ||
devoid of inspiration at the moment. Dzagoev, no more than a ball's with | 1:57:19 | 1:57:25 | |
the way. Excellent ball from Arshavin, | 1:57:25 | 1:57:31 | |
pulling into the wide position. Dzagoev, three goals already, I | 1:57:31 | 1:57:36 | |
thought that was going to be four. The closest they have been in the | 1:57:36 | 1:57:42 | |
second half. Great cross, attacked well, get across the defender. That | 1:57:42 | 1:57:47 | |
is how close they are to going through. | 1:57:47 | 1:57:52 | |
These expressions sum up how Russia are feeling at the moment. They are | 1:57:52 | 1:57:58 | |
under pressure. Karagounis's goal still separates the two sides. In | 1:57:58 | 1:58:04 | |
the other match, the Czech Republic are beating Poland by 1-0. As it | 1:58:04 | 1:58:08 | |
stands, group play has the Czech Republic as group winners on six | 1:58:08 | 1:58:13 | |
points, breeze would go through on four, Russia would go out on four, | 1:58:13 | 1:58:23 | |
1:58:23 | 1:58:28 | ||
and Poland would be bottom of the halfway line. That is why the ball | 1:58:28 | 1:58:34 | |
has been put out of play. The referee can call for a free | 1:58:34 | 1:58:39 | |
kick if he wants. The temperature has gone up another | 1:58:39 | 1:58:44 | |
degree or two. This is all about running the clock | 1:58:44 | 1:58:54 | |
1:58:54 | 1:58:55 | ||
down. Them is no incident. There is no contact. It is time wasting. | 1:58:55 | 1:59:02 | |
There has not been much of that in this tournament, and the referee is | 1:59:02 | 1:59:12 | |
1:59:12 | 1:59:12 | ||
now coming over. He has been conned. It breaks up the pattern of the | 1:59:12 | 1:59:15 | |
play, breaks up the rhythm, which is the last thing Russia need at | 1:59:15 | 1:59:25 | |
this moment, with five minutes to He leaves his team now with ten men | 1:59:25 | 1:59:29 | |
at a crucial stage. We clearly saw that there is nothing wrong with | 1:59:29 | 1:59:34 | |
him, so anything happens in this period now, the manager should be | 1:59:34 | 1:59:42 | |
furious with him. It will be interesting to see how | 1:59:42 | 1:59:47 | |
long it takes Katsouranis to get back on the field. | 1:59:47 | 1:59:53 | |
Oh, my good is! I am sorry. He can lip now, but he just jumped off the | 1:59:53 | 2:00:03 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 2:00:03 | 2:01:47 | |
under the circumstances, trying to find that opening. | 2:01:47 | 2:01:50 | |
They just haven't got that little bit of magic, have they. | 2:01:50 | 2:02:00 | |
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of something big. The Russian fans know they're on | 2:02:10 | 2:02:13 | |
the vrge of something they weren't expecting. | 2:02:13 | 2:02:21 | |
-- verge. Paying the price for not going for it in the first half. | 2:02:21 | 2:02:27 | |
Little bit of a casual approach. The arrogance maybe, we can lift it | 2:02:27 | 2:02:31 | |
if we need to. But it's all how you start the game, in a positive | 2:02:31 | 2:02:41 | |
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manner, look for a goal. will it? Yes, it will. Good | 2:03:08 | 2:03:18 | |
2:03:18 | 2:03:31 | ||
technique on the edge of the box post. But in the end a blunt attack. | 2:03:31 | 2:03:36 | |
Cannot believe that. Most fans cannot believe they're on | 2:03:36 | 2:03:41 | |
the verge of going home. He calls for it. We hear him from | 2:03:41 | 2:03:49 | |
here. Getting out of the group the | 2:03:49 | 2:03:52 | |
absolute minimum requirement from the population of Russia here. | 2:03:52 | 2:03:55 | |
One of the big teams coming into this tournament. A huge following | 2:03:56 | 2:04:00 | |
here as well. So good four years ago. | 2:04:00 | 2:04:10 | |
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It's more or less the same team. to nudge the goalkeeper over the | 2:04:23 | 2:04:27 | |
line. That's an overreaction, an absolute overreaction. Players | 2:04:27 | 2:04:31 | |
grabbing hold of each other like that. All he's done is backed into | 2:04:31 | 2:04:37 | |
the goalkeeper. But it disrupts the rhythm. It does. It's all shots | 2:04:37 | 2:04:40 | |
from distance. It's hardly anything in the box. Did he do anything | 2:04:40 | 2:04:47 | |
wrong there? No. Mark, as in the last game against Poland, Russia | 2:04:47 | 2:04:51 | |
much better in the first half than the second, in terms of | 2:04:51 | 2:04:56 | |
effectiveness? To be honest, it's been a lesson really in defending | 2:04:56 | 2:05:03 | |
from Greece. Because right from the start they came out, everybody back | 2:05:03 | 2:05:13 | |
2:05:13 | 2:05:23 | ||
behind the ball. Gekas was on his a push. By Berezutski, they're | 2:05:23 | 2:05:27 | |
throwing everything at Greece. Tempers fraying a little inside the | 2:05:27 | 2:05:37 | |
2:05:37 | 2:05:39 | ||
penalty area. There was a bit of a Unnecessary. He didn't need to do | 2:05:39 | 2:05:43 | |
it. Right in the middle of the screen. | 2:05:43 | 2:05:47 | |
You never know what might happen behind you. That ball didn't go out | 2:05:47 | 2:05:52 | |
of play either. If Russia ge out here, there won't be a bigger | 2:05:52 | 2:05:57 | |
surprise in this tournament. Unless Greece go on and win it | 2:05:57 | 2:06:04 | |
again in 2004. The referee had pulled the game back. It's going to | 2:06:04 | 2:06:11 | |
be a yellow card for Pavel Pogrebnyak. I think it's a | 2:06:11 | 2:06:16 | |
deliberate handball. There he goes, arm in the air. Closes his eyes | 2:06:16 | 2:06:19 | |
actually. The ball falls for him. There's the captain. Kicking every | 2:06:19 | 2:06:25 | |
ball, even though he's on the bench. I think Santos has a fellow coach | 2:06:25 | 2:06:29 | |
alongside for the quarter final, if Greece hang on here. He's played | 2:06:29 | 2:06:33 | |
the captain's role, Simon. He's been an inspiration, all over the | 2:06:33 | 2:06:36 | |
pitch. I am shocked to be honest to see | 2:06:36 | 2:06:46 | |
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Russia here. And the Czech Republic have beaten | 2:06:59 | 2:07:06 | |
Poland. So the co-hosts are out in Wroclaw tonight. Poland out of the | 2:07:06 | 2:07:09 | |
euros. The Czech Republic topping the group at the moment, six points. | 2:07:09 | 2:07:14 | |
Greece as it stands, will join them in the last eight on four. Russia | 2:07:14 | 2:07:18 | |
going out, because of the head-to- head record against Greece. | 2:07:18 | 2:07:23 | |
Dick Advocaat heading for PSV Eindhoven after this. Not how he | 2:07:23 | 2:07:33 | |
2:07:33 | 2:07:57 | ||
wants to go out either. Handy for The bench emptied, Greece are all | 2:07:57 | 2:08:01 | |
off the bench. They're pointing and making gestures to the referee and | 2:08:01 | 2:08:05 | |
the fourth official, pointing to their imaginary watches. How much | 2:08:05 | 2:08:09 | |
longer. That's the captain who has scored the goal. What an | 2:08:09 | 2:08:12 | |
extraordinary turn around in this Group A, because Greece were awful | 2:08:12 | 2:08:16 | |
in the first 45 minutes of their opening match against Poland... | 2:08:16 | 2:08:20 | |
They were two down inside six minutes against the Czech Republic | 2:08:20 | 2:08:24 | |
in their second match. But they've saved the best till last in the | 2:08:24 | 2:08:30 | |
group stage. Incredibly, they have knocked Russia out of Euro 2012. | 2:08:30 | 2:08:36 | |
And Greece, winners in 2004, against the odds, have caused an | 2:08:36 | 2:08:40 | |
almighty upset here in Warsaw. Because Greece join the Czech | 2:08:40 | 2:08:43 | |
Republic in the last eight, thanks to a goal from their captain, | 2:08:43 | 2:08:51 | |
Karagounis. Deja vu from 2004 it really was. | 2:08:51 | 2:08:57 | |
They lost to the Czechs, come into this game knowing a win would take | 2:08:57 | 2:09:03 | |
them through. Russia knowing one point would see them through. | 2:09:03 | 2:09:07 | |
Unfortunately for Russia they didn't show the desire. They didn't | 2:09:07 | 2:09:11 | |
do what they needed to to go through. Well done for Greece. | 2:09:11 | 2:09:17 | |
started so well for Russia. 4-1 winners over the Czech Republic in | 2:09:17 | 2:09:21 | |
their match. They were sailing along. They were beaten by a goal | 2:09:21 | 2:09:24 | |
from Giorgos Karagounis. Greece are celebrating. Russia are | 2:09:24 | 2:09:28 | |
going home. The final score in going home. The final score in | 2:09:28 | 2:09:35 | |
Warsaw, Greece 1, Russia 0. Incredible scenes from Greece. Of | 2:09:35 | 2:09:39 | |
course, deja vu from 2004. That is Greece's first win in the finals of | 2:09:39 | 2:09:44 | |
the euros since they won it back in 2004. You guys were convinced they | 2:09:44 | 2:09:48 | |
could not hold out against Russia in the second half. They defended | 2:09:48 | 2:09:51 | |
so much better in the second half. They were a threat. I thought | 2:09:51 | 2:09:56 | |
Samaras was great. They should have had a stone wall penalty. They were | 2:09:56 | 2:10:01 | |
fantastic. Fair play to them, Lee. 2-0 down against the Czechs after | 2:10:01 | 2:10:09 | |
six pen -- minutes. Missed a penalty at 1-1 with ten men and | 2:10:09 | 2:10:13 | |
beat Russia. You have to give them credit. They've been doged. They've | 2:10:13 | 2:10:16 | |
got men forward when they needed to. They defended in the second half | 2:10:16 | 2:10:20 | |
like I didn't think they could. In Karagounis, they've got a very, | 2:10:20 | 2:10:25 | |
very relieved man. I think he would have burst a blood vessel, if he | 2:10:25 | 2:10:29 | |
hadn't have gone through. Because it's just fantastic to see it. | 2:10:29 | 2:10:33 | |
Russia didn't do enough. Well done the Greeks. What a night for the | 2:10:33 | 2:10:40 | |
Greek captain. If you look back at it now, in hindsight, a mixed of -- | 2:10:40 | 2:10:45 | |
night of mixed emotions. For now an incredible evening for him. He led | 2:10:45 | 2:10:49 | |
by example. There was times when I think the right decision was to | 2:10:49 | 2:10:53 | |
take him off. Mentally he was all over the place when he got booked | 2:10:53 | 2:10:57 | |
and didn't get the penalty. It's been an unbelievable achievement. | 2:10:57 | 2:11:00 | |
Who'd have thought before the start of the night that Russia and Poland | 2:11:00 | 2:11:05 | |
would go out? Santos, the manager, had all sorts of problems going | 2:11:05 | 2:11:09 | |
into this game based on the fact that they had to beat Russia. | 2:11:09 | 2:11:14 | |
They've gone into this... It seemed their luck had deserted them with | 2:11:14 | 2:11:18 | |
their goalkeeper injured. A little bit. They didn't have a great deal | 2:11:18 | 2:11:22 | |
of confidence. But with that determination and team spirit, | 2:11:22 | 2:11:26 | |
they've gone into the game, got their heads in front, had a stone | 2:11:26 | 2:11:30 | |
wall penalty, and the blokes performed miracles. Just before | 2:11:30 | 2:11:33 | |
halftime he looked like he needed some help. His head was in his | 2:11:33 | 2:11:37 | |
hands. All of a sudden, they get the goal. In the second half these | 2:11:37 | 2:11:42 | |
scenes. How have they got through? You look at the group, Poland, | 2:11:42 | 2:11:45 | |
Russia bottom of the group. You flip that group on its head and | 2:11:46 | 2:11:49 | |
you'd say those two would go through. They've ended up third and | 2:11:49 | 2:11:55 | |
fourth. Very well done to Greece. fourth. Very well done to Greece. | 2:11:55 | 2:12:05 | |
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Great scenes in Warsaw. So Czech The Russians go out by virtue of | 2:12:10 | 2:12:13 | |
losing to Greece tonight. What a sensational result from the Greeks | 2:12:13 | 2:12:16 | |
to sneak through. Co-hosts Poland finish bottom of the pile on two | 2:12:17 | 2:12:21 | |
points. In many respects two of the favourites in that group Russia and | 2:12:21 | 2:12:25 | |
Poland in the bottom two. There were a few permutations in the end. | 2:12:25 | 2:12:30 | |
We were working out if it was a goal from the Czechs or from Poland, | 2:12:30 | 2:12:36 | |
but the Greeks have literally... LAUGHTER | 2:12:36 | 2:12:40 | |
They're enjoying the moment. They're having fun. It is | 2:12:40 | 2:12:43 | |
reminiscent of 2004 when they won it against all odds, have you to | 2:12:43 | 2:12:46 | |
say against the Russian team today it was against all odds to go and | 2:12:46 | 2:12:50 | |
win the game. To be fair Russia have only themselves to blame. They | 2:12:50 | 2:12:54 | |
didn't do enough. They weren't direct enough, didn't create enough | 2:12:54 | 2:12:57 | |
chances with the players they had. You have to say that Russia | 2:12:57 | 2:13:01 | |
deserved to be out in the end. what scenes we're seeing. You're | 2:13:01 | 2:13:07 | |
right, Arshavin, you know, they were poor. There was no urgency. | 2:13:07 | 2:13:13 | |
lot of pop shots. Russia were poor. Rarely will you find a nation whose | 2:13:13 | 2:13:16 | |
players are so passionate about playing for their country. Can you | 2:13:16 | 2:13:19 | |
see that. They surprielzed me in the second half. We expected them | 2:13:20 | 2:13:27 | |
to sit back and Russia just to defend. Greek ht best chances in | 2:13:27 | 2:13:30 | |
the second half. Samaras as you pointed out was in the game. He was | 2:13:30 | 2:13:34 | |
going forward. They created some chances. They didn't just sit back | 2:13:34 | 2:13:40 | |
like in the first half. It's about time we reflected on the one and | 2:13:40 | 2:13:44 | |
all important goal. What a time to get it, a couple of minutes just | 2:13:44 | 2:13:48 | |
before halftime. It was the captain, Giorgos Karagounis. It's shocking | 2:13:48 | 2:13:52 | |
defending. We talked about Greece's defending in the first half. That | 2:13:52 | 2:13:56 | |
was equally as bad from Russia there. Lee, should the centre half | 2:13:56 | 2:14:00 | |
come to him there? There's all sorts going on defencively. Let's | 2:14:00 | 2:14:04 | |
give him a bit of credit. Probably best it fell to the most | 2:14:04 | 2:14:08 | |
experienced player on the pitch 120 caps. He gets through, keeps his | 2:14:08 | 2:14:11 | |
head. His decision to put his laces through it and hit it hard was | 2:14:11 | 2:14:15 | |
probably the right one. If ever there was a Greek tragedy, it was | 2:14:15 | 2:14:21 | |
this booking, wasn't it? He misses the next game and this is a | 2:14:21 | 2:14:25 | |
complete... Ignashevich brings him down. It looked a penalty from a | 2:14:25 | 2:14:28 | |
long way off where we were. The referee has made a shocking | 2:14:28 | 2:14:33 | |
decision. This tells you what it means to him. Sometimes with | 2:14:33 | 2:14:39 | |
players reactions you know if it's a penalty. That's a foul. We have a | 2:14:39 | 2:14:45 | |
better angle here. There's the contact. If Greece, you know Russia | 2:14:45 | 2:14:49 | |
ge on to equalise, that's huge. Best facials I've ever seen in a | 2:14:49 | 2:14:57 | |
football match here, look. It's Robert dn kdeniro. You have to feel | 2:14:57 | 2:15:01 | |
for him. That's not going to be rescinded now. It should. That | 2:15:01 | 2:15:05 | |
should be rescinded. It can't be. But he's going to miss out on a | 2:15:05 | 2:15:09 | |
quarter final, when he led by example. He's a hero. That's | 2:15:09 | 2:15:14 | |
brilliant, look. He's gone from probably the most unhappy he's ever | 2:15:14 | 2:15:20 | |
been, to the happiest he'll probably ever be. His kids in the | 2:15:20 | 2:15:24 | |
middle. That's fantastic. This doesn't happen very often in a | 2:15:24 | 2:15:27 | |
footballer's life when you get a moment like this. This is where you | 2:15:27 | 2:15:32 | |
enjoy it. Fantastic. Spine chilling really just watching it. To get the | 2:15:32 | 2:15:36 | |
kids in the middle. Anyone would think they'd won it. They're | 2:15:36 | 2:15:40 | |
probably going to play Germany next! This might be short lived. | 2:15:40 | 2:15:50 | |
2:15:50 | 2:15:51 | ||
After what we saw, Russia dominated the first half. Greece, the first | 2:15:51 | 2:15:57 | |
few minutes were all theirs, and they went in on the back foot. They | 2:15:57 | 2:16:03 | |
created chances in the second half. Second half, we thought they but | 2:16:03 | 2:16:11 | |
sit back, but they did not. This is a great chance. Great ball across. | 2:16:11 | 2:16:15 | |
Gekas should get in front of the defender. | 2:16:15 | 2:16:23 | |
Was it the wrong option? No, I think Gekas has to get in | 2:16:23 | 2:16:28 | |
front of Anyukov. They got men forward. A good chance from the | 2:16:28 | 2:16:37 | |
corner. Probably the best, so Bayless with a free kick. -- it so | 2:16:37 | 2:16:47 | |
Russia thought they had got away minute, then they were chasing the | 2:16:47 | 2:16:53 | |
game as the Czech Republic scored. They defended well and attacked | 2:16:53 | 2:16:57 | |
with numbers. Salpingidis gets wide, another | 2:16:57 | 2:17:03 | |
fantastic ball across. They surprised be by attacking the | 2:17:03 | 2:17:07 | |
Russian team. As for Russia, everyone expected | 2:17:07 | 2:17:11 | |
them to come out of the blocks, but there was no real urgency. That | 2:17:11 | 2:17:15 | |
would be the most frustrating aspect. | 2:17:15 | 2:17:20 | |
In the first game, they flattered to deceive. I thought the four | 2:17:20 | 2:17:24 | |
goals were too many. Poland dominated the second game, and they | 2:17:24 | 2:17:27 | |
have slipped up here. The players they have got in the attacking | 2:17:27 | 2:17:32 | |
line-up, they should be creating good chances, and they did not. | 2:17:32 | 2:17:42 | |
He should give credit to the Greek defence. -- you should give credit. | 2:17:42 | 2:17:47 | |
Denisov get a chance, that we thought this might be a theme. To | 2:17:47 | 2:17:57 | |
be fair, they get men behind the ball. | 2:17:57 | 2:18:02 | |
It is all a long shot. Greece had good chances, all of Russia's were | 2:18:02 | 2:18:12 | |
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from outside the box. Another shot from Denisov. | 2:18:14 | 2:18:19 | |
Goalkeeper tried to bundle it, but he got his hands on it! Arshavin, a | 2:18:19 | 2:18:25 | |
fantastic ball into the box, as a lawyer should do better. -- Dzagoev | 2:18:25 | 2:18:32 | |
should do better. He had a flying start, two goals in | 2:18:32 | 2:18:36 | |
the first game, but when his team needed one, he could not come up | 2:18:36 | 2:18:41 | |
with it. Dick Advocaat, that is it for him. | 2:18:41 | 2:18:47 | |
Russia's unbeaten run of 16 games comes crashing to an end. | 2:18:47 | 2:18:51 | |
I think they thought the Greeks would be quite easy to push over, | 2:18:51 | 2:18:56 | |
and that they had the players to get them into the game. Arshavin | 2:18:56 | 2:19:00 | |
flitted in and out, did not create much, and you have to say, to the | 2:19:00 | 2:19:04 | |
Greek team, well-defended, and enjoy your night, could because you | 2:19:04 | 2:19:11 | |
might not get another one! Coming up, we will have the latest | 2:19:11 | 2:19:15 | |
from England camp, but here are highlight of the game between the | 2:19:15 | 2:19:25 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 2:19:25 | 2:20:06 | |
side-netting. Was there no truck -- netting. | 2:20:07 | 2:20:15 | |
A -- Lewandowski. You'd expect him to sit -- you expected to hit the | 2:20:15 | 2:20:25 | |
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target. Turned round the post by Cech. The | 2:20:30 | 2:20:40 | |
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fabulous strike. move, they were patient. Tighten | 2:21:06 | 2:21:16 | |
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almost drops it, but he does not. - goal-kick. A smart reaction stop | 2:22:04 | 2:22:14 | |
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Gebre Selassie had made a great run for the Czech Republic. -- petty | 2:22:47 | 2:22:57 | |
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occasion. Jiracek cuts in on his right foot | 2:23:02 | 2:23:07 | |
and passes it into the net. Absolute despair for Poland, utter | 2:23:07 | 2:23:17 | |
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Just to reiterate, the Czech Republic go through as group | 2:23:31 | 2:23:36 | |
winners. What a comeback after that opening up 4-1 defeat to Russia. | 2:23:36 | 2:23:41 | |
The Russians go out despite finishing level with Greece on four | 2:23:41 | 2:23:46 | |
points. That is because they lost tonight. What a sensational result | 2:23:46 | 2:23:51 | |
from the Greeks to sneak through. Poland finishing bottom of the pile | 2:23:51 | 2:23:57 | |
on two points. That beans two throwing night at | 2:23:57 | 2:24:01 | |
the European Championships. England beat Sweden last night. Let's get | 2:24:01 | 2:24:11 | |
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We were hoping to bring you scenes of jubilation here in Krakow. Sadly, | 2:24:18 | 2:24:21 | |
the party is over for the joint hosts, and you hope, they have been | 2:24:21 | 2:24:26 | |
so fabulous, but they will keep with the tournament, and Krakow, | 2:24:26 | 2:24:30 | |
which is not a host city, still embraces the tournament. We have | 2:24:30 | 2:24:34 | |
had fans from all over the tournament being here. Let's hope | 2:24:34 | 2:24:38 | |
the spirit is retained. There is a silver lining for England, because | 2:24:38 | 2:24:42 | |
the team hotel is round the corner, so I guess the party may be over a | 2:24:42 | 2:24:46 | |
bit earlier and the players will get some sleep. They got back in | 2:24:46 | 2:24:50 | |
the early hours off this morning over -- after victory against | 2:24:50 | 2:24:55 | |
Sweden. The players have been recovering and relaxing at a hotel. | 2:24:55 | 2:24:59 | |
Today was always going to be an easy day. Tamara's training session | 2:24:59 | 2:25:07 | |
is now closed, no cameras. -- tomorrow's training session. We | 2:25:07 | 2:25:13 | |
spoke to Wayne Rooney, he is eligible for the final group game. | 2:25:13 | 2:25:17 | |
You can here more on that fascinating interview into the Roy | 2:25:17 | 2:25:23 | |
Hodgson regime, tomorrow on BBC One. Roy Hodgson had some downtime today, | 2:25:23 | 2:25:31 | |
he went to the Jewish quarter in Krakow. I am hoping I can get a | 2:25:31 | 2:25:36 | |
golf buggy myself. We will have that interview on the | 2:25:36 | 2:25:46 | |
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If it is anything like tonight, you will want to join us on Monday! | 2:26:15 | 2:26:19 | |
England take on Ukraine in their final group game. Despite the | 2:26:19 | 2:26:23 | |
euphoria of last night, still plenty to work on. | 2:26:23 | 2:26:27 | |
There are a couple of decisions that Roy Hodgson has to make. | 2:26:27 | 2:26:31 | |
Rooney is coming back, what does he do about that? Will he make a | 2:26:31 | 2:26:36 | |
change? Them is a decision as to whether Carroll or Welbeck leaves | 2:26:36 | 2:26:44 | |
the team. I am pretty sure that Andy Carroll will make way. Penises | 2:26:44 | 2:26:48 | |
to work out what to do with Ashley Young. I thought he was born last | 2:26:48 | 2:26:53 | |
night. Does he bring in Walcott? He made a great impression as a | 2:26:53 | 2:26:57 | |
substitute. Grid position we have put ourselves in, but we can get | 2:26:57 | 2:27:04 | |
better. I agree. I think Dunne has been | 2:27:04 | 2:27:14 | |
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poor, and Walcott should come in, he is an impact player. -- Young. | 2:27:15 | 2:27:20 | |
Ukraine need to win, do not forget that. Have they got a goal in the | 2:27:20 | 2:27:25 | |
end? Is it their tournament to go through? | 2:27:25 | 2:27:32 | |
In good going with the mentality that they have to win. It is a | 2:27:32 | 2:27:37 | |
dangerous game to play ball stop we need to leave it there. | 2:27:37 | 2:27:42 | |
The that is it. Group play is done and dusted, and what a finish! | 2:27:42 | 2:27:47 | |
Poland and Russia are out, and although Greece may be leaving the | 2:27:47 | 2:27:57 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | 2:27:57 | 2:29:34 | |
Euro, they are still in the Hi, I'm Claudia Liza with your | 2:29:34 | 2:29:40 | |
update live at 10. Just call him Gary Barlow OBE. He's been named in | 2:29:40 | 2:29:42 |