Netherlands v Germany

:02:27. > :02:31.Good evening. What a prospect we have tonight, Germany against

:02:31. > :02:35.Holland. These countries do not like each other. Think England

:02:35. > :02:45.against Scotland but without the jokes and where both sides could

:02:45. > :02:47.

:02:47. > :02:57.win it. What makes a rivalry? many things. Competition. It is

:02:57. > :02:59.

:02:59. > :03:05.history. Stuff that happened years ago. Good and bad. Rivalries do

:03:05. > :03:15.provoke intense emotions. Desire. Anger. And this is not just any

:03:15. > :03:15.

:03:15. > :03:23.rivalry. Germany against Holland. You can't put a label on it.

:03:23. > :03:29.goal! At the crux of it, our Mutual interests, something in common.

:03:29. > :03:39.are not so different, you and I. And wherever you live, one thing

:03:39. > :03:40.

:03:40. > :03:47.stands out. The love of football. We need to win. 1-0 Denmark!

:03:47. > :03:52.Football. It wasn't meant to be like this. This game was supposed

:03:52. > :03:55.to decide who would come first or second in Group B, but Germany

:03:55. > :04:03.could make very life -- life very difficult for the Dutch after their

:04:03. > :04:07.opening defeat to Denmark. Here with us is a tense Clarence Seedorf.

:04:07. > :04:11.I'm not sure you could do tense even if you tried! One of life's

:04:11. > :04:17.more laid-back characters. Even you must think Holland have to win this

:04:17. > :04:21.game. These are the games. This is what it's all about. It is an

:04:21. > :04:26.exciting moment. It is an important moment for important players to

:04:26. > :04:33.show what they can do. It doesn't happen very often in Dutch history,

:04:33. > :04:37.but players are starting to complain(!). Unusual. Van der Vaart

:04:37. > :04:42.has said he should be in the side. This is generally a good thing when

:04:42. > :04:47.it happens to Holland. It would be very bad to see the opposite!

:04:47. > :04:54.Everybody is motivated and wants to play. Speaking out, it means this

:04:54. > :04:58.generation is starting to get into it because it is important. They

:04:58. > :05:03.all understand choices and respect the choices of their coach. This is

:05:03. > :05:08.one of the highlights of the first phase. Potentially a classic. The

:05:08. > :05:11.ingredients are there, two sides with quality and ability. If the

:05:11. > :05:16.opening games have been straightforward, where both sides

:05:16. > :05:20.got three points, the consensus says it would be a draw, but not

:05:20. > :05:25.now because the Dutch have to get something out of this game. It is

:05:25. > :05:30.set up to be a classic. The Dutch missed so many chances in the first

:05:30. > :05:34.game. They have to put that right, they have to find the target.

:05:34. > :05:37.football, the time to worry is when you don't create the chances. They

:05:37. > :05:44.will look at that and think if they create as many chances tonight,

:05:44. > :05:47.which I don't think they will, they have to take one or two.

:05:47. > :05:51.Interesting that van Persie is still in there instead of Huntelaar,

:05:51. > :05:56.which I think is a bit of a surprise. You think perhaps he

:05:56. > :05:58.should have left van Persie out? think he might have put van Persie

:05:58. > :06:03.think he might have put van Persie to the left-hand side and put

:06:03. > :06:09.Huntelaar up the middle. I would be devastated if I was Huntelaar. With

:06:09. > :06:14.his record, not only for the Dutch team, but how many goals he scored

:06:14. > :06:18.last year, he got 31 goals in 51 caps. To be not playing in the

:06:18. > :06:21.starting 11 when you have missed so many chances in the first game, I

:06:21. > :06:26.many chances in the first game, I would be thinking, come on, what

:06:26. > :06:30.have I got to do? You would have thought it was virtually impossible

:06:30. > :06:34.for van Persie to play so badly and Robben to play so badly again. I

:06:34. > :06:38.know if Clarence things differ the about the system, but if you create

:06:38. > :06:43.25 chances in the match, you are doing something right. It was just

:06:43. > :06:49.the ineptitude of the strikers. you not happy with the selection?

:06:49. > :06:56.would have made some changes. But in general, having those players,

:06:56. > :07:02.like Sneijder, Robben and van Persie, having van der Vaart on the

:07:02. > :07:08.bench, you have two creative players. Van Bommel and De Jong are

:07:08. > :07:13.to match -- too much. I would have another player up front. Maybe

:07:13. > :07:18.putting Sneijder on the left. thought Sneijder in the second

:07:18. > :07:25.half... He has had a poor season in Italy, but in the second half, when

:07:25. > :07:30.he started to play, he played one incredible pass route to van Persie.

:07:30. > :07:34.He can be prominent in this match. The German side are unchanged. They

:07:34. > :07:37.won their first game. Doesn't surprise me. They were not

:07:37. > :07:46.spectacular in the first game, but spectacular in the first game, but

:07:46. > :07:50.they won. But that team has got used, experience. The youngest

:07:50. > :07:54.German squad for a major championship since 1934. But if you

:07:55. > :08:00.look at the number of caps those young guys have got, Ozil, Khedirar,

:08:00. > :08:05.they have played in major competitions now. Muller was joint

:08:05. > :08:15.top scorer in the World Cup a couple of years ago. They are still

:08:15. > :08:15.

:08:15. > :08:19.very experienced be they all seem young to last! -- to us. They are

:08:19. > :08:23.brilliant at getting the job done, and even when they came under

:08:23. > :08:29.pressure against Portugal, they survived. They have got good

:08:29. > :08:36.players, four of the back five play for Bayern Munich. And Hummels, 23,

:08:36. > :08:39.is an exciting prospect. OK. This encounter takes place in Kharkiv,

:08:39. > :08:42.where Jake Humphrey is our man on the spot.

:08:42. > :08:46.One of the real challenges being in this country is trying to

:08:46. > :08:51.understand properly its fractious persecuted past. If you head west

:08:51. > :08:56.from hair, Warsaw in Poland, it is clear they have a dislike of Russia.

:08:56. > :09:01.We saw that in the clashes last night between the fans of BOP in

:09:01. > :09:05.the eastern Ukraine, in Kharkiv, it is a very different story. This was

:09:05. > :09:10.the first city to recognise Soviet rule in December 1917 and as well

:09:10. > :09:14.as that, when this was under Soviet rule, it was the capital of Ukraine.

:09:14. > :09:21.Looking at the building's tells you a lot. The building in the distance,

:09:21. > :09:26.the white building, was the first- ever Soviet skyscraper, built in

:09:26. > :09:30.1928 in that Plashet -- classic construction this style. And take a

:09:30. > :09:34.look up there. Lenin staring out over the city. Need I say more

:09:34. > :09:39.about the fact he is up there and people are happy to look at that

:09:39. > :09:43.statue on a daily basis. How ironic that in the city that has got on

:09:43. > :09:46.well with its near neighbours over the years, tonight it hosts one of

:09:46. > :09:51.the classic grudge matches for top the fans are starting to stream in.

:09:51. > :09:56.They have got the big orange footballs. Look at the number of

:09:56. > :10:02.coaches. It will be an exciting match. I have a few fans with me.

:10:02. > :10:06.But take a look at the toenails. Well done. Proper effort. You guys

:10:06. > :10:12.have played all of your group matches in Kharkiv. How have you

:10:12. > :10:17.found the tournament? Absolutely great. We have had a lot of fun.

:10:17. > :10:21.The atmosphere, the weather, perfect. It in England, a lot of

:10:21. > :10:25.black and Asian English fans were told not to travel because of

:10:25. > :10:31.concerns over racism, have you experienced any? Not at all. They

:10:31. > :10:36.all want a picture with us. People have helped us, people are very

:10:36. > :10:42.friendly. Nothing about racism or whatever. I don't feel anything,

:10:42. > :10:48.nothing negative. So good to hear. Now we need positive vibes on the

:10:48. > :10:55.football field. You think a 3-1 win for the Dutch. Certainly. I hope

:10:55. > :10:58.van Marwijk will start with Huntelaar and van Persie. And that

:10:58. > :11:03.they both crush the jinx they have and score some goals. A what was

:11:04. > :11:11.the problem in the first game? Is a just taking chances? They must show

:11:11. > :11:15.more initiative. I dreamt we would win 3-0. 3-0, quite a lot of

:11:15. > :11:18.positivity here! But if it goes wrong, I have some good news.

:11:18. > :11:25.You're only 20 miles from the Russian border and the vodka is

:11:25. > :11:31.dead cheap. You can drown your sorrows. Enjoy the match. Thank you.

:11:31. > :11:36.Living the dream, Jake Humphrey! Franz Beckenbauer said meetings

:11:36. > :11:43.between these nations always breeds footballer class, a motion and

:11:43. > :11:48.unprecedented tension, a statement supported by the weight of history.

:11:48. > :11:53.Two nations with amazing talent, going at each other. The rivalry

:11:53. > :11:57.between the Dutch and the Germans has always been very hot. One of

:11:57. > :12:02.the biggest grudge matches from a German perspective. What really

:12:02. > :12:09.annoys me about the Dutch as that they turn winning a game of

:12:09. > :12:12.football into more of an issue. the 1970s, the past played a

:12:12. > :12:18.certain role of it because of the Second World War and the horrible

:12:18. > :12:23.history. The football became a replaying of the allegory of the

:12:23. > :12:31.war, good against evil. Dutch, good, Gillett, good, Lothar Matthaus,

:12:31. > :12:37.evil. It probably started in the 1974 World Cup final in Munich.

:12:37. > :12:45.1974, the World Cup, always a big memory in Holland. Johan Cruyff

:12:45. > :12:50.having a great World Cup. He must score and das! Every year it is on

:12:50. > :12:53.TV and it is a great memories, even if it is a sad memory in the end.

:12:53. > :12:57.Holland have exhibited a brand of football that has won them friends

:12:57. > :13:02.all over the world. A style of play that everybody hopes will make

:13:02. > :13:09.their World Cup final against West Germany a classic. 1974 has always

:13:09. > :13:13.rankled with both sides. The Dutch feel the best team in the world

:13:13. > :13:19.didn't win. I think the Germans are a little bit resentful because

:13:19. > :13:23.their win this sort of diminished in review of the world because they

:13:24. > :13:27.beat Johan Cruyff's team. Out of the game, the Dutch said they were

:13:27. > :13:31.the winners because they had more possession and did more tricks and

:13:31. > :13:37.flicks. Johan Cruyff is the father of Dutch football. His bizarre

:13:37. > :13:42.thesis about 1974 was that we won. People still remember our football,

:13:42. > :13:48.they don't remember the German's football. I looked up the laws of

:13:48. > :13:54.football and law 10. Let me read it. It says, the team scoring the

:13:54. > :14:00.greater number of goals during a match is the winner. To our nation,

:14:00. > :14:03.match is the winner. To our nation, that World Cup meant a lot.

:14:03. > :14:09.remember everything about the tournament. Great games with

:14:09. > :14:13.Holland. For me it was a huge disappointment because I thought we

:14:13. > :14:21.could have won that game, the semi- final. I thought we played a very

:14:21. > :14:25.good game. Van Baston! Goal! With barely 90 seconds to go. I think it

:14:25. > :14:31.was seen as the writing of an historical wrong from the Dutch

:14:31. > :14:35.perspective and then it did feedback into the ideas of beating

:14:35. > :14:39.the bigger neighbour and perhaps exerting some kind of revenge on a

:14:39. > :14:43.symbolic level, pay back for the Second World War. Millions of Dutch

:14:43. > :14:47.people went on to the streets into what was then a very staid country

:14:47. > :14:52.on a Tuesday night, they threw their bikes in the air and said

:14:52. > :14:56.Ahoure, we've got our bikes back, because the Germans had confiscated

:14:56. > :15:00.bicycles during the war. A big rivalry between the Dutch and

:15:00. > :15:07.Germans. It is all to do with their lack of sportsmanship. They had

:15:07. > :15:13.this famous incident with Robben Combe and gesturing -- Ronald

:15:13. > :15:16.crewmen. That did not go down very well. For the Dutch players to

:15:16. > :15:26.behave like most angry fans was astonishing. We all got carried

:15:26. > :15:30.

:15:30. > :15:34.away. Ruud Gullit! Les! -- yes! Winning the European Championship

:15:34. > :15:40.with that fantastic group of players, they deserved that. In

:15:40. > :15:44.some way we admired them. Ruud Hollett had their hair and some of

:15:44. > :15:50.my friends were running around celebrating. It was really, really

:15:50. > :15:55.great. 1988 was special. On the day, the Dutch won it fair and square.

:15:55. > :15:59.It would be nice if they would not make such a big deal about it.

:15:59. > :16:05.great sides from Europe, West Germany against Holland. Two years

:16:05. > :16:15.later in the World Cup. We always remember Frank Rijkaard's moments

:16:15. > :16:21.with Rudi Voeller. Did he spit at him? Rudi Voeller got sent off.

:16:21. > :16:24.doubt about it, right card spat on Rudi Voeller. -- Frank Rijkaard.

:16:24. > :16:32.They had a falling out in the corridor towards the locker-room.

:16:32. > :16:39.Years later, they talked about it Anne Frank apologised. Klinsmann!

:16:39. > :16:43.What a goal. At this point we talk about those moments of the rivalry

:16:43. > :16:48.and a negative moments of that game, but I also remember great players

:16:48. > :16:58.on the pitch. It was an amazing Dutch side and once we got them out

:16:58. > :17:02.

:17:02. > :17:07.of the way, we felt like nobody Since the 90s, it has wound down.

:17:07. > :17:13.The Germans have changed, because they now want to play beautifully.

:17:13. > :17:21.They have begun learning a lot from Holland. The Dutch have been going

:17:21. > :17:25.from Total Football to a more solid team, waiting for their chances.

:17:25. > :17:28.This Germany team is blessed with technical, exciting young players,

:17:28. > :17:35.the players that Germany did not produce when the Dutch had

:17:35. > :17:39.wonderful players. Germany is playing great football, but we have

:17:39. > :17:46.not won a tournament since 1996. That is 16 years, we have not even

:17:46. > :17:54.been to a final. For the best part of 48 months! All of those days of

:17:54. > :17:58.her at! 1988 since the Dutch won anything,

:17:58. > :18:05.1996, the Germans. Germany have become more flamboyant, the Dutch

:18:05. > :18:10.have become more workmanlike. It is quite confusing! It is, but it is

:18:10. > :18:13.all to do with the talent of the generation. The Germans have

:18:13. > :18:18.produced players with those characteristics, and the Dutch, the

:18:18. > :18:24.opposite. But the Dutch still have great players up front, and they

:18:24. > :18:30.can produce those special moments. The team that scores the greater

:18:30. > :18:38.amount of goals wins the game! never knew that! He read it

:18:38. > :18:42.beautifully! Fantastic! There is so much history, it goes back,

:18:42. > :18:48.genuinely, they do not like it ever. That is great for the game, it is

:18:48. > :18:53.great to watch. We talk about the talent and the ability, but the

:18:54. > :18:57.history set it up perfectly. Potentially, we have got a classic.

:18:58. > :19:05.The hair things are called dreadlocks! I had them myself, but

:19:05. > :19:08.I could not remember the name! Before we move on, a bit of

:19:08. > :19:12.domestic news. Chelsea have confirmed they have appointed

:19:12. > :19:16.Roberto di Matteo as their permanent manager on a two-year

:19:17. > :19:21.contract. That is his report to guiding them to a first Champions

:19:21. > :19:28.League trophy this month. It is a two-year contract, with no exit

:19:28. > :19:38.clause after one year. If he does one year, he will do well! The

:19:38. > :19:57.

:19:57. > :20:07.other two sides in this group met Agger. He has acknowledged it is a

:20:07. > :20:10.

:20:10. > :20:20.foul, but it should not be any more again. The chances are coming for

:20:20. > :20:21.

:20:21. > :20:26.Portugal, Helder Postiga this time. It is flitting from the corner!

:20:26. > :20:33.Portugal scored through Pepe! They have been building pressure, their

:20:33. > :20:43.key players have been getting shots on towards golf. Now, it is their

:20:43. > :20:43.

:20:43. > :20:49.key defender, the big man, Pepe, who makes it 1-0. It will be a

:20:49. > :20:59.yellow card. Then Mark Field it should have been read against Raul

:20:59. > :21:21.

:21:21. > :21:30.Meireles. -- Denmark feel it should Postiga! That is a great golf. --

:21:30. > :21:35.goal. Fabio Coentrao got the Cross end. Nani threaded the pass through.

:21:35. > :21:45.As soon as Helder Postiga was in front of Simon Kjaer, it is

:21:45. > :21:46.

:21:46. > :21:52.unstoppable. Portugal are in control of the game. Helder Postiga

:21:53. > :22:01.was lifers against Germany, the media said that Nelson Oliveira

:22:01. > :22:06.should have been chosen instead. -- he was lifeless against Germany.

:22:06. > :22:11.Denmark are back in business! Where was the Portugal defence? Nicklas

:22:11. > :22:19.Bendtner maintains his 100% run, played five against Portugal,

:22:19. > :22:24.scored five, a goal in every game. That is another phase of play,

:22:24. > :22:34.because he was offside from the first ball. He was never daring to

:22:34. > :22:46.

:22:46. > :22:56.miss. A clever header from Michael quicker than that. He got a look of

:22:56. > :23:35.

:23:35. > :23:39.disgust from his captain. He should turned it around! Paulo Bento's

:23:39. > :23:45.Portuguese have thrown it away. What a ball from the art -- from

:23:45. > :23:55.Lars Jacobsen! Rui Patricio thought he had saved it. It was pushed onto

:23:55. > :24:24.

:24:24. > :24:29.the post, but there is enough power Ronaldo has had so many moments

:24:29. > :24:34.against Denmark, but we always felt it was not going to be his day.

:24:34. > :24:44.Silvestre Varela, who miskicked at first time of asking it, walloped

:24:44. > :25:02.

:25:02. > :25:08.might be it. The ball just rolled away.

:25:08. > :25:12.Another thrilling game. The group is still very much alive. The Dutch

:25:12. > :25:17.will be breathing a huge sigh of relief, they cannot be knocked out

:25:17. > :25:22.tonight. Should Germany when, they cannot quite guarantee their

:25:23. > :25:27.progress to the quarter-finals. If Holland win, all four teams would

:25:27. > :25:31.go into the final round of group games locked together on three

:25:31. > :25:41.points, imagine that. Quite a prospect on the so-called Group of

:25:41. > :25:41.

:25:41. > :25:46.Denmark looked dead and buried, Nicklas Bendtner scored twice, but

:25:46. > :25:55.Cristiano Ronaldo, he missed two chances, you cannot believe it.

:25:55. > :26:02.Then, Sylvester -- Silvestre Varela, he is strong on his right and on

:26:02. > :26:06.his left! And unbelievable bit of luck. It was incredible. It was a

:26:06. > :26:10.great game, and we saw the Portuguese attacking it, finally.

:26:10. > :26:20.They were so disappointing in the World Cup and in the first game.

:26:20. > :26:21.

:26:21. > :26:26.Kristiana Ronaldo will be relieved. He fluffed a half chance in the

:26:26. > :26:33.first half. He does not miss these! It is an excellent chance. How many

:26:33. > :26:38.times have we seen him stick those in? That is 40 yards past the post.

:26:38. > :26:44.I was screaming for him to take it around the goalkeeper. This is two

:26:44. > :26:51.minutes later. That is a fantastic header. He likes playing against

:26:51. > :26:59.Portugal, six goals in five games. That takes us to 2-2. Talk me

:26:59. > :27:06.through this, Clarence! A good left foot! He is so lucky! It lands

:27:06. > :27:12.perfectly for him. He was in the right place at the right moment!

:27:12. > :27:17.Twice! It is some strike. What has been fascinating since the

:27:17. > :27:21.tournament started, 30 goals have been scored, and over a third have

:27:21. > :27:26.been headers. It has got something to do with the football, because

:27:26. > :27:31.two years ago, everybody was moaning about it, but I have not

:27:31. > :27:35.heard one person complaining about it in this tournament. It is not so

:27:35. > :27:41.difficult, and they get the shots on target. It helps when you do not

:27:41. > :27:46.play with a balloon! It is a very good ball. Thank heavens they got

:27:46. > :27:56.it right. In 48 hours, England will play their second game of the

:27:56. > :28:01.What have the players beat up to today? Training this morning but

:28:01. > :28:06.was swept, we have had rain today. Martin Kelly is still suffering

:28:06. > :28:12.from a virus. Ashley Cole does not do bald work for two days after a

:28:12. > :28:16.game, so he went to the gym. Otherwise, no other injuries. Roy

:28:16. > :28:20.Hodgson has given the players time off, and about a third have got

:28:20. > :28:25.family or friends flying over to spend some time with them this

:28:26. > :28:29.afternoon. They have to be back in by 10:30pm. It is widely known that

:28:29. > :28:35.the England team are based in Poland, but they games are in

:28:35. > :28:40.Ukraine, how inconvenient has to travel been? Roy Hodgson is

:28:40. > :28:45.convinced they are still doing the right think. This was not his plan,

:28:45. > :28:49.but he said he did not change anything, because the heat and

:28:49. > :28:53.humidity in the Ukraine, he thinks it is worse to be in that all week

:28:53. > :28:57.long, he would rather come back here, and a more accessible town,

:28:57. > :29:04.the players can for come round, go for a coffee, he feels the

:29:04. > :29:09.facilities they have far better. It was raided today -- it was raining

:29:09. > :29:13.today, and it will be raining tomorrow when they arrived in Kiev.

:29:13. > :29:18.The temperatures are called up there. He is much happier with

:29:18. > :29:22.those conditions. This game against Sweden is a different proposition,

:29:22. > :29:26.this is going to be a game that Sweden have got to chase. Danny

:29:26. > :29:29.Welbeck told us earlier that he thinks it will be quite an exciting

:29:29. > :29:38.match. From a neutral perspective, it will

:29:38. > :29:42.be fun. It will be better for us, once the game gets opened up, there

:29:42. > :29:46.will be a few goalscoring opportunities. I was excited to be

:29:46. > :29:52.involved in a major competition for England. I was quite isolated at

:29:52. > :29:56.times, but at that level, you are not going to get so much possession,

:29:56. > :29:59.and you have got to take it into your stride, and when you get the

:29:59. > :30:03.ball, hold it up and bring others into play.

:30:03. > :30:08.I understand a few of the players have had haircuts, including Wayne

:30:08. > :30:13.Rooney, which I imagine this and think he only dreamed about 12

:30:13. > :30:18.months ago! We could not help but notice that his head looked

:30:18. > :30:23.different. The new hair on the top is still there, but the hair at the

:30:23. > :30:32.back was shorter. It became clear a few others had had haircuts. Ashley

:30:32. > :30:40.Cole has gone for a mopey can, -- most piquant, and this was going on

:30:40. > :30:45.in Ashley Young's room. Roy Hodgson did not trust that Barber, he has a

:30:45. > :30:49.man back home who does his hair! You can always tell it has been a

:30:49. > :30:59.quiet day when we start talking about haircuts! It all got very

:30:59. > :31:09.

:31:09. > :31:19.exciting! That game can wait, because we have

:31:19. > :31:50.

:31:50. > :31:54.There is sure to be a terrific atmosphere in Kharkiv as two of the

:31:54. > :31:59.best supported sides go head to head. Sampling the mood in the

:31:59. > :32:02.Metalist Stadium, Martin Keown and Jake Humphrey.

:32:02. > :32:06.For the second time in this tournament, the Dutch are here on

:32:06. > :32:11.the field, they will hope they do not have a repeat performance of

:32:11. > :32:16.the first game. It is not just the team's playing tonight, but again,

:32:16. > :32:21.you are a few feet away from a football pitch, it has got you %.

:32:21. > :32:26.Yes, it reminds you of when you played the game for yourself. When

:32:26. > :32:30.you look at this, I watched this in the 1974 World Cup, what a

:32:30. > :32:34.fantastic game, let's hope it is half as good tonight. The Dutch

:32:34. > :32:38.became famous for Total Football, the Germans have been efficient,

:32:38. > :32:42.but a bit of arrogance from the Germans tonight to prove to the

:32:42. > :32:47.Dutch they can play Total Football? He think about professionalism with

:32:47. > :32:52.the Germans, but tonight, they will look to play quality football.

:32:52. > :33:02.Bastian Schweinsteiger, his raking passes, Mesut Ozil will get forward,

:33:02. > :33:03.

:33:03. > :33:07.if you switch off, Mario Gomez will The Portugal win helps them. They

:33:07. > :33:11.have to focus on what they're doing. They want to put the show on for

:33:11. > :33:16.their supporters. I'm sure tonight they will play with much more

:33:16. > :33:19.ruthlessness than in the first match. This game is the equivalent

:33:19. > :33:25.of England against Germany, they don't need any more motivation.

:33:25. > :33:30.There's no love lost. Team-mates that I played with, they will want

:33:30. > :33:35.to win. Robin might come alive for them. Van Persie will surely score

:33:35. > :33:40.some goals tonight. Two classic teams, let's hope for a classic

:33:40. > :33:44.match. Martin picked him out, but Arjen

:33:44. > :33:54.Robben has stated that losing becomes an art in itself. Very

:33:54. > :34:05.

:34:05. > :34:13.philosophical! The Dutch will be It is always very disappointing

:34:13. > :34:18.when you lose your first game. But I think we played well. We created

:34:18. > :34:22.enough chances to beat them and unfortunately we missed too many.

:34:22. > :34:26.We have to forget the game against Denmark and there's a major game

:34:26. > :34:34.coming up against Germany. Every game from now will be a final so we

:34:34. > :34:38.have to make sure we win. A big chance for Holland! Off the post!

:34:38. > :34:44.TRANSLATION: Everything is becoming more intense. The whole world is

:34:44. > :34:48.watching us and we are used to that and a few, as runners up in the

:34:48. > :34:52.World Cup, if you lose the first match you know this will happen. It

:34:52. > :34:56.gives me more energy and I tried to pass that on to the players. These

:34:56. > :35:05.things happen and if you want to dwell on it for days and my awake

:35:05. > :35:09.at night, Be My Guest, but that is not what I do. During the World Cup,

:35:09. > :35:14.sometimes you have easy games to start with, but once you play the

:35:14. > :35:17.Euros, from the first game, it is very difficult. But the confidence

:35:17. > :35:22.we have got in the team is that we have the quality to get three

:35:22. > :35:31.points. They have the quality to get three points, but they have got

:35:31. > :35:37.tough opposition. Very tough. I think they are very motivated. Dirk

:35:37. > :35:43.Kuyt said some interesting things, we created a lot, but Denmark had a

:35:43. > :35:46.much better defence. I think they have to play fast and better and

:35:46. > :35:50.more aggressive and be a little bit more determined in terms of energy

:35:50. > :35:55.and team spirit to go and get the win. The interesting thing is the

:35:55. > :35:59.two holding players for the Dutch are destructive more than creative.

:35:59. > :36:06.It puts tremendous onus on the from four to play. That is where

:36:06. > :36:09.Sneijder comes in. He has to pass and move well. The other thing they

:36:09. > :36:13.need is at the van Persie we have seen all season for Arsenal rather

:36:13. > :36:18.than the one that played the other night. I was fascinated to see how

:36:18. > :36:21.he would play in this tournament. He just hasn't missed anything in

:36:21. > :36:25.front of goal all season for Arsenal. If anyone was going to

:36:25. > :36:29.come into a tournament full of confidence, it was this guy. We

:36:29. > :36:34.were unsure whether he would play up front on his own or whether he

:36:34. > :36:40.would play hunt a lot and may be moved him to the left. -- Huntelaar.

:36:40. > :36:44.He doesn't seem as fluid when he is on his own for Holland. At Arsenal,

:36:44. > :36:47.he goes to the left and the right, he comes short, he is not afraid to

:36:47. > :36:52.do that. But in this Dutch team, he do that. But in this Dutch team, he

:36:52. > :36:57.is probably not allowed to do that. This was early on in the game. As a

:36:57. > :37:05.striker, this is what you want. You think to yourself, give me another

:37:05. > :37:10.one. He had four or five. This one, right foot, across the goal. Not a

:37:10. > :37:16.particularly great effort. This one is all wrong. He tried to take a

:37:16. > :37:20.touch with his left foot instead of his right. He did not look as

:37:20. > :37:26.confident as he has been all season. A fresh-air shot. All season we

:37:26. > :37:33.have seen them smashing them. Shocking bobble! It wasn't a bottle.

:37:33. > :37:36.It hit his right foot. His balance was all wrong. Decent movement, but

:37:36. > :37:40.again, right foot. We have seen again, right foot. We have seen

:37:40. > :37:43.them go in all season. He has to score goals tonight. You said there

:37:43. > :37:50.are question marks against his temperament, he gets too nervous

:37:50. > :37:57.playing for the national side. He has to answer those critics. Yes. I

:37:57. > :38:03.think the coach has a vital role in that. They all know who he is. He

:38:03. > :38:08.puts a lot of pressure on himself and the coach has to give him all

:38:08. > :38:13.the confidence he needs. He know he has all the confidence at Arsenal,

:38:13. > :38:20.but it is not the same for Holland. It is the flair missing from him in

:38:20. > :38:24.these games. You have to handle that as a top player, Clarence. One

:38:24. > :38:29.thing is pretty sure tonight, he would get as many chances as he did

:38:29. > :38:34.the other night. He can't play as badly again, impossible. Let's

:38:34. > :38:38.speak about Germany. You have spoke -- picked out Mats Hummels. He has

:38:38. > :38:43.had a great season in Germany. Begins the Portuguese I thought he

:38:44. > :38:48.was so impressive. -- against the Portuguese. Bayern Munich have four

:38:48. > :38:52.of the five players in the back five. This guy is terrific, the

:38:52. > :38:57.five. This guy is terrific, the best of the lot. 23 years old. We

:38:57. > :39:01.pick him up here, a little look. Another little look. And then he

:39:01. > :39:07.tracks the run and he has got the lot. He has got every attribute you

:39:07. > :39:15.would want as a centre-back. He is dominant in the air. Tremendous

:39:15. > :39:19.composure, two good feet, brave, brilliant covering head of there. -

:39:19. > :39:26.- header. He picked this up with consumer tees and when he gets

:39:26. > :39:36.possession, he can't half play. Two great feat. He comes for what can't

:39:36. > :39:37.

:39:37. > :39:42.always finds a team-mate. -- forward. Terrific pass. What I like

:39:42. > :39:48.about this is there is movement in front of him, he waits and waits

:39:48. > :39:52.and picks the right option. and picks the right option.

:39:52. > :39:55.Fantastic player. Left foot this time, build up fabulous. You've

:39:55. > :39:59.been quite critical of the German defensive partnerships in recent

:39:59. > :40:04.years. It has been a weakness for them, but he could make a

:40:04. > :40:10.difference. He is fantastic, he has every attribute and he is better

:40:10. > :40:15.than Mertesacker. Arsenal fans will not like that, but because

:40:15. > :40:18.Mertesacker was so slow, that can affect your performance. If you

:40:18. > :40:23.haven't got any pace in your defence, you tend to go deeper and

:40:23. > :40:31.deeper, whereas this kid will come out and play. Clarence, what have

:40:31. > :40:37.Holland got to do to win this game? Be very aggressive. Make sure they

:40:37. > :40:44.don't give too much space away. The Germans up front are really Will

:40:44. > :40:50.Sharp. Alan, who will win? Germany, just. Gomez might have a big say.

:40:50. > :40:56.Clarence? You will stick up for your country! That is obvious!

:40:56. > :41:01.goes without saying. Final word? think Germany will be too strong.

:41:01. > :41:07.Ozil will have a big part to play. If this game lives up to the hype,

:41:07. > :41:17.we can expect a genuine classic. The Netherlands begins Germany. --

:41:17. > :41:46.

:41:46. > :41:52.Our commentators in the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv are Mark

:41:52. > :41:55.Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. COMMENTATOR: good evening, what a

:41:55. > :42:04.privilege it is to be at one of the most enthralling international

:42:04. > :42:11.football fixtures. An old Dutch midfielder admitted thirsting for

:42:11. > :42:15.revenge for the Second World War in the 1974 World Cup final. It was a

:42:15. > :42:19.day of national redemption when Ruud had it's brilliant team won

:42:19. > :42:29.the Euro 88 semi-final in Hamburg. -- Ruud Gullit's brilliant team.

:42:29. > :42:29.

:42:29. > :43:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:43:28. > :43:33.You can see the tension on the Germany have memories of losing the

:43:33. > :43:43.second game in Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010. There will be no

:43:43. > :43:43.

:43:43. > :44:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:44:32. > :44:42.If Germany win tonight, they might still not make the quarter-finals.

:44:42. > :44:43.

:44:43. > :44:49.It is all to play for. A very hot night, the stifling 84 degrees. As

:44:49. > :44:53.airless as the old detention room at school. It was always Ella's in

:44:53. > :44:57.my day and that is how it is in this stadium. -- Ellesse. The last

:44:57. > :45:03.time the Dutch failed to qualify it time the Dutch failed to qualify it

:45:03. > :45:10.from the group stages in the European Championships was in 1980.

:45:10. > :45:14.Robin van Persie keeps his place up front. Huntelaar, the top scorer in

:45:14. > :45:18.the Bundesliga this season, only on the bench. A surprise for many who

:45:18. > :45:23.have been following Holland in this tournament and were very critical

:45:23. > :45:28.of van Persie after their opening defeat. The role of van Bommel in

:45:28. > :45:32.shackling the movement of Ozil will be crucial. Philipp Lahm voted one

:45:33. > :45:39.of the best full-backs in his last three tournaments. The referee is

:45:39. > :45:44.Yonas Eriksson from Sweden. -- Joan S Eriksson. The Germans beat

:45:44. > :45:53.Holland 3-0 in a friendly in November. Miroslav Kloser was among

:45:53. > :45:57.the scorers as they inflicted the biggest Dutch defeat in 13 years.

:45:58. > :46:02.Do five of that side were in the team that beat England in the Euro

:46:02. > :46:06.Under 21 final three years ago. It is a fine German conveyor-belt

:46:06. > :46:13.system for bringing through talent. 7 Bayern Munich players in that

:46:13. > :46:17.side. Among the substitutes, Rafael van der Vaart can feel a little bit

:46:17. > :46:24.unlucky not to start. He impressed late on as the Dutch were beaten by

:46:24. > :46:29.the Danes. Klose will be hoping to come on, two short of good Muller's

:46:29. > :46:35.record of 16 goals in World Cups and European Championships. -- Gerd

:46:35. > :46:41.Muller's. The Germans ranked third in the world, the Dutch fourth. It

:46:41. > :46:50.is another sultry evening in Ukraine. We are in Kharkiv, the

:46:50. > :46:58.second city. Support in the stadium. Orange Serps -- orange shirts a way

:46:58. > :47:02.to the left. Germany in their famous white and black, kicking

:47:02. > :47:07.away from the bulk of their fans. Khedira seems to be playing in a

:47:07. > :47:11.more forward role than he did in the World Cup finals in 2010.

:47:11. > :47:16.Wesley Sneijder, who had such a brilliant tournament. The boys in

:47:16. > :47:20.the studio have been talking about Hummels. De Jong partnering van

:47:20. > :47:25.Bommel. Will Holland move the ball quickly enough from the central

:47:25. > :47:33.midfield position? The referee keep us waiting a few moments. Robin van

:47:33. > :47:38.Persie will kick-off. Was he trying too hard for Holland? Did he lose

:47:38. > :47:44.his composure in front of goal? Holland will kick-off. So many

:47:44. > :47:49.memories behind us of great matches between these two countries. The

:47:49. > :47:59.role of the referee just as important as it was with Jack

:47:59. > :48:04.

:48:04. > :48:09.happen tonight? Two identical systems, we do not hope they cancel

:48:09. > :48:14.each other out. The Dutch played well enough against Denmark to have

:48:14. > :48:22.won two games, they do not need to beat themselves up, but it is the

:48:22. > :48:27.enemy, it is Germany, and they hate each other. No unrest in the Dutch

:48:27. > :48:31.camp, they insist. Bert van Marwijk admits that the fixture has thrown

:48:31. > :48:41.up the best games of the last generation, very intense. There is

:48:41. > :49:17.

:49:17. > :49:27.van Persie. It was a bad idea, the past. It was a bit too quick for

:49:27. > :49:41.

:49:41. > :49:51.to a team-mate! -- Arjen Robben. was booed in a pre-tournament

:49:51. > :50:12.

:50:12. > :50:16.friendly. He gets booed by L of the in German tactics and style over

:50:16. > :50:26.the past the years. They still resemble a team of giants, they are

:50:26. > :50:31.

:50:31. > :50:35.Gregory van der Wiel struggled in the last 20 minutes, he was

:50:35. > :50:40.exhausted by the heat. Lukas Podolski and Thomas Muller, they

:50:40. > :50:45.make the pitch as big as possible. They understand how the system

:50:45. > :50:50.works, even though they are not naturally wide men. The system has

:50:50. > :50:57.brought and nine of the Under 21 side from 2009 through to the

:50:57. > :51:07.senior team in the last two finals. Only James Milner and Theo Walcott

:51:07. > :51:11.

:51:11. > :51:21.have made it through for England group tonight. That is because of

:51:21. > :51:41.

:51:41. > :51:46.the earlier result, Portugal ID and often against Philipp Lahm.

:51:46. > :51:56.Philipp Lahm is a real competitor. Height is a disadvantage, but he

:51:56. > :51:56.

:51:57. > :52:06.has never let it bother him. Just like most of the Barcelona team.

:52:07. > :52:07.

:52:07. > :52:17.Nothing will bother Nigel de Jong. No it never seemed to get to him. -

:52:17. > :52:52.

:52:52. > :52:57.Germany play their football has developed in Holland over the last

:52:57. > :53:06.few years. The lot of Dutch players now play in the Bundesliga, like

:53:06. > :53:13.Arjen Robben, that has helped it up. One of those players, Klaas-Jan

:53:13. > :53:16.Huntelaar, will not be pleased being on the bench. They are right,

:53:16. > :53:26.going with Robin van Persie. You do not suddenly throw him out of a

:53:26. > :53:40.

:53:40. > :53:46.the season this season, he has picked up a couple of red cards.

:53:46. > :53:56.One of them was for failing -- found and Miroslav Klose, the

:53:56. > :54:11.

:54:11. > :54:15.Mats Hummels still in? He drifted as though he had no idea where

:54:15. > :54:19.Robin van Persie had gone. If that had been in the Premier League, it

:54:19. > :54:29.would have been nestling in the back of the net. He could have had

:54:29. > :54:55.

:54:55. > :54:59.They know the threat he carries. Three of them had to deal with him.

:54:59. > :55:09.Holger Badstuber, described by one of the great Dutch coaches as the

:55:09. > :55:09.

:55:09. > :55:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:55:50. > :55:56.best left-sided defender in Germany goalkeeper got down low and saved

:55:56. > :56:06.from Mesut Ozil. I do not think Maarten Stekelenburg saw that until

:56:06. > :56:34.

:56:34. > :56:44.centre of defence, Germany. Dutch are moving the ball very

:56:44. > :56:54.

:56:54. > :57:04.quickly. Has the guy from the does not feel it was as dangerous

:57:04. > :57:04.

:57:04. > :58:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:58:11. > :58:17.strides this season, the 18 year- they are creating chances, and he

:58:17. > :58:27.is not taking them again. It is a good save in the end. A goal-kick

:58:27. > :58:27.

:58:27. > :58:33.was given. Apologies. He scuffed it a bit. I thought he had got a touch,

:58:33. > :58:40.but obviously not. This is the Maarten Stekelenburg saved. It hit

:58:40. > :58:50.the post! What is Mats Hummels still in? He thinks the goalkeeper

:58:50. > :58:50.

:58:50. > :59:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:59:35. > :59:41.system after Euro 2000, Germany, when they had such a terrible

:59:41. > :59:50.tournament. They finished bottom of their group. Alan Shearer got a

:59:50. > :00:00.terrific goal in the first few minutes. They reviewed the whole

:00:00. > :00:13.

:00:13. > :00:23.system, and they came up with this Khedira will take turns to get

:00:23. > :00:23.

:00:23. > :01:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:01:05. > :01:09.into Joris Mathijsen. He played for The first of the game. The

:01:09. > :01:17.Barcelona player, he played very little football this season because

:01:17. > :01:27.of a knee ligament injury. He has only had 190 minutes since that the

:01:27. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :02:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:02:46. > :02:56.injury. -- he has only played 90 the world, Holland, last August.

:02:56. > :03:19.

:03:19. > :03:24.They were found out when they went referee and got it for

:03:24. > :03:34.Schweinsteiger's efforts. I'm not sure they really wanted it, they

:03:34. > :03:54.

:03:54. > :04:04.Germans. But Badstuber had his arm twice with that diagonal ball,

:04:04. > :04:12.

:04:12. > :04:17.right to left. A suspicion of contract goes on to the World Cup

:04:17. > :04:27.finals in Brazil and he has had the dreaded vote of confidence in the

:04:27. > :04:27.

:04:27. > :04:37.last couple of days from the Chief of the Dutch FA. Why would you be

:04:37. > :05:03.

:05:03. > :05:12.of the ball. He has seen very Bronckhorst missing at the World

:05:12. > :05:22.Cup two years ago. Van Bronckhorst retired after that. You forget how

:05:22. > :05:43.

:05:43. > :05:49.Persie. It was a poor ball. It is not difficult from this position to

:05:49. > :05:59.pick him out. You have got all the time in the world to pick out van

:05:59. > :05:59.

:05:59. > :06:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:06:40. > :06:44.three times from that position that the history of European

:06:44. > :06:54.Championship finals and the Dutch are the second highest, but it is

:06:54. > :07:02.

:07:02. > :07:12.against Denmark. -- Willems. He got his defensive positions wrong once

:07:12. > :07:32.

:07:32. > :07:42.or twice and nearly got caught you. Team-mates, aren't they?

:07:42. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:57.Bayern Munich. Runners up in the Bundesliga. Lost to Chelsea in the

:07:57. > :08:09.

:08:09. > :08:19.Champions League. He has had to after Terry Butcher picked up a

:08:19. > :08:19.

:08:19. > :09:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:09:12. > :09:22.terrible cart playing away in execution. No, they have looked

:09:22. > :09:42.

:09:42. > :09:50.ordinary so far, Germany. Jogi Low the season with a groin injury.

:09:50. > :10:00.Chelsea were once interested in him. A lot of interest, I would imagine,

:10:00. > :10:27.

:10:27. > :10:37.They were beaten by Croatia. They have made three tournament semi-

:10:37. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:15.referee says Heitinga was wrestling lead! Mario Gomez. He scored the

:11:15. > :11:19.goal that won their opening victory and he gets his second of the

:11:19. > :11:23.tournament. Jonathan, that is probably only his third touch of

:11:23. > :11:33.the game so far. But doesn't he come alive when the ball comes into

:11:33. > :11:40.

:11:40. > :11:50.the box? As we saw in the first don't worry about that. Great take

:11:50. > :11:56.with his left foot. He passed it into the back of the net. Quality.

:11:56. > :12:02.Brains on the ball as well, Schweinsteiger. There was criticism

:12:02. > :12:07.that he didn't score at such a regular level for his country as he

:12:08. > :12:14.did for his club. That is 13 goals in his last 16 internationals.

:12:14. > :12:23.Amazing. Only touched the ball half a dozen times the other night.

:12:23. > :12:33.everybody knows, he was coming off. The substitute was ready to come on.

:12:33. > :12:40.

:12:40. > :12:50.Germany are building something special. Can Holland hit back

:12:50. > :13:04.

:13:04. > :13:14.people might once have said. Got game in the blink of an eye. But he

:13:14. > :13:27.

:13:27. > :13:35.stadium, but they are being outnumbered. The German supporters

:13:35. > :13:40.of the noisiest. -- are the noisiest. Robben went for it! A

:13:40. > :13:45.good save by his Bayern Munich team-mate. It would have to be some

:13:45. > :13:55.strike to beat Neuer from there. It is his trademark, coming inside

:13:55. > :13:59.

:13:59. > :14:09.with a whipped shot across the year-old tonight, raw and

:14:09. > :14:14.

:14:14. > :14:24.concern for Germany, the way that move was allowed to build. I don't

:14:24. > :14:25.

:14:25. > :14:30.think they expected van Bommel to run with the ball. Not much in it.

:14:30. > :14:40.Van Bommel rarely got above walking pace against Denmark, but he was

:14:40. > :15:03.

:15:03. > :15:11.climbing on Ozil there. A real sea change in this tournament since

:15:11. > :15:21.Ukraine's opening win, it has come alive in Ukraine. This situation

:15:21. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:46.completely suits Germany. They do could still go through if they beat

:15:46. > :15:49.Portugal. But this could be curtains for them. For that

:15:49. > :15:59.equation, they would need Denmark to lose against Germany in their

:15:59. > :16:04.final game. A very tall order. Denmark to lose against Germany?

:16:04. > :16:11.For Holland qualify should they lose here. Look at Philipp Lahm.

:16:11. > :16:21.Couldn't quite stretch enough. Interesting to see the offside with

:16:21. > :16:29.

:16:29. > :16:39.where the ball or the man was. need more assistance, they don't

:16:39. > :16:39.

:16:39. > :16:43.have enough on the pitch! Accurate 2012, the two linesman and then the

:16:43. > :16:48.assistants behind the dole. assistants behind the goal don't do

:16:48. > :16:58.anything. I haven't yet seen them make a decision. No. It is either

:16:58. > :17:24.

:17:24. > :17:34.playing the more simple football, the more effective football. Yes.

:17:34. > :17:44.Yes. The thing is, we go back to van Persie's chance so early in the

:17:44. > :17:44.

:17:44. > :18:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:18:57. > :19:07.not won a tournament since 1996 at were seeing the same picture that

:19:07. > :19:27.

:19:27. > :19:34.we work in the stadium. That is the himself in again. -- left back.

:19:34. > :19:42.They have had to play him because the man who would normally have

:19:42. > :19:51.filled end his injured. Stijn Schaars could play there, but he is

:19:51. > :20:00.more of a central midfield player. The Germans spot the weakness all

:20:00. > :20:04.the time, and they play on it. were in that square last night, it

:20:04. > :20:14.was fairly quiet, but the Dutch fans we spoke to were very cautious

:20:14. > :20:40.

:20:40. > :20:45.and disappointed about their team's tournament, presumably. It is the

:20:45. > :20:51.last chance for a fair few of these Dutch players. Robin van Persie has

:20:51. > :21:00.another tournament in him, should they qualify for Brazil. D'etre

:21:00. > :21:10.Williams has time on his side. -- Jetro Willems. The German players,

:21:10. > :21:13.

:21:13. > :21:21.it is they youngest squad since little better. Yes, understandable,

:21:21. > :21:29.I suppose, 1-0 down. Wesley Sneijder needed it to feet. It

:21:29. > :21:39.looks like he is you -- losing a bit of confidence, Robin van Persie.

:21:39. > :21:49.

:21:49. > :21:55.four occasions in qualifying. There is a quandary, back -- they played

:21:55. > :22:05.together in a successful Dutch side? They played together when

:22:05. > :22:27.

:22:27. > :22:37.Dutch defence the other day, saying that they were ordinary. I do not

:22:37. > :22:37.

:22:37. > :23:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:23:31. > :23:36.bopped, to try and get the ball. -- fate hated his spot. Jetro Willems

:23:36. > :23:41.is all over the place. They might need to taking out of his misery at

:23:42. > :23:51.half-time. He got caught out of position and was struggling to get

:23:52. > :24:00.

:24:00. > :24:10.game they have played since losing the World Cup semi-final two years

:24:10. > :24:33.

:24:33. > :24:40.there! If it had gone anywhere else, it was 2-0. Either side of the

:24:40. > :24:47.goalkeeper... But where were the Dutch defensively? It is amazing.

:24:47. > :24:57.Absolutely amazing. They had to score from there. That is the clue,

:24:57. > :25:09.

:25:09. > :25:19.centre back, up from a free kick, nervous start. He had a nervous

:25:19. > :25:31.

:25:31. > :25:39.start in the first game, but then place. 2-0. He cannot miss at the

:25:39. > :25:49.moment, Mario Gomez. A magnificent finish. That is the same routine.

:25:49. > :25:52.

:25:52. > :25:58.Bastian Schweinsteiger, to Mario Gomez. There is a man on the edge.

:25:58. > :26:03.Jetro Willems gets sucked in again, underneath the ball. They are

:26:03. > :26:13.really clever how they work the ball out, all the time. It is a

:26:13. > :26:18.

:26:18. > :26:22.brilliant finish again. The kiss some angle. -- it is some angle.

:26:22. > :26:28.They have only lost once when he has scored, he has 25 goals for his

:26:28. > :26:38.country now. I am not sure about the goalkeeper, you should go with

:26:38. > :26:38.

:26:38. > :26:44.your right hand. But try telling that to Mario Gomez. They were a

:26:44. > :26:49.very good team in South Africa, a developing team. Mario Gomez has

:26:49. > :26:56.matured as an international player. They have got very good youngsters

:26:56. > :27:04.coming through as well, Andre Schurrle, Mario Gotze, a special

:27:04. > :27:14.team developing. They have needed one to calm the anxieties of 16

:27:14. > :27:23.

:27:23. > :27:33.you do at half-time, assuming it is only two? Bert van Marwijk has a

:27:33. > :27:46.

:27:46. > :27:56.hangdog expression, and he has told they found -- they can find a way

:27:56. > :27:56.

:27:56. > :28:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:28:49. > :28:59.back. The German goals, the Boateng! He thought, I will have a

:28:59. > :29:00.

:29:00. > :29:10.smash at this! He did not score a goal for his last four clubs, nor

:29:10. > :29:18.

:29:18. > :29:28.Germany. That is why. They looked Bastian Schweinsteiger, where it

:29:28. > :29:38.

:29:38. > :29:48.life. Germany have not had to play that well to be winning. He missed

:29:48. > :29:57.

:29:57. > :30:03.chances in the Champions League competitive football against

:30:03. > :30:13.Germany, that goes back to 1990, is about to end, and as they come up

:30:13. > :30:41.

:30:41. > :30:51.with something special. Arjen movement. He has had a patchy

:30:51. > :31:01.

:31:01. > :31:05.the races either. Philipp Lahm is coming up as the attacking full-

:31:05. > :31:15.back, sending Ibrahim Afellay backwards. They are all over the

:31:15. > :31:26.

:31:26. > :31:31.here against Portugal. But Portugal looked dangerous on the attack

:31:31. > :31:41.against Denmark today. You would not fancy this Dutch defence

:31:41. > :32:19.

:32:19. > :32:29.can run at the defenders. It was first foreign player to captain

:32:29. > :32:48.

:32:48. > :32:55.of Muller. Free-kick given against Willems. Painful to watch the young

:32:55. > :33:01.man. I think you need to take him off. Just take him off. It is going

:33:01. > :33:10.from bad to worse. For his own sake let alone the team. One minute of

:33:10. > :33:14.stoppage time. 18 years and 71 days when he played against Denmark,

:33:14. > :33:24.Willems, to set the new record as a European Championship finals

:33:24. > :33:48.

:33:48. > :33:54.youngster. Out of his depth against Podolski. -- fouled Podolski. Very

:33:54. > :34:04.much in the autumn of his career, van Bommel, at 35. Struggling in

:34:04. > :34:25.

:34:25. > :34:30.half. Schweinsteiger will take the the corner. Germany very nearly 3-0

:34:30. > :34:35.up at the break, it would have been an own goal by the Arjen Robben.

:34:35. > :34:41.Germany very much in the driving seat. Two goals by it Mario Gomez,

:34:41. > :34:45.at the top scorer now. The first on 25 minutes, played in by

:34:45. > :34:50.Schweinsteiger, the second, played in by Schweinsteiger as well. It

:34:50. > :35:00.looks like van der Vaart might be coming on. The Netherlands are 2-0

:35:00. > :35:01.

:35:01. > :35:06.The German's power on and it is looking mighty grin for the Dutch

:35:06. > :35:13.at present. Alan Hansen, you tipped the Germans to win the tournament.

:35:13. > :35:19.Alan Shearer! What an insult that is! Now you can see why I did tip

:35:19. > :35:23.them. Now I know I'm getting old!. After 15 minutes of that half, it

:35:23. > :35:27.is men against boys. They are offering so much more than the

:35:27. > :35:30.Germans. Van Persie had a very, very good chance again and he

:35:30. > :35:35.missed the chance. You could see the air being sucked out of the

:35:35. > :35:39.Dutch. They have collapsed, it should have been three or four. The

:35:39. > :35:44.big difference in the first half is you have got the Dutch playing such

:35:44. > :35:48.a rigid system, four at the back and two sitting midfield players in

:35:48. > :35:53.de Jong and van Bommel and they are not moving. Germany, Khedira and

:35:53. > :35:58.Schweinsteiger, are getting up to support Gomez. Two fantastic

:35:58. > :36:03.finishes and two great balls by a Schweinsteiger. Clarence Shearer!

:36:03. > :36:07.You came into this tournament, the Dutch, with high hopes, Great

:36:07. > :36:14.expectations. They are in desperate trouble. The first game did not

:36:14. > :36:20.help. A good start, I liked the start, very aggressive, they got

:36:20. > :36:25.chances again. Unfortunately, no good finishes and the Germans grow

:36:25. > :36:29.into the game. They did score when the chances came. That is the big

:36:29. > :36:33.difference. I thought it was a high-quality match. Some of the

:36:33. > :36:37.technique was excellent. I agree with Alan that the first 10 minutes,

:36:37. > :36:42.van Persie had a couple of really good chances. And then the Germans

:36:42. > :36:45.came back in. Defensively both came back in. Defensively both

:36:45. > :36:51.teams have had problems and no more so than with the opening goal. A

:36:51. > :36:57.brilliant take by Gomez, but watch the full-back. Van der Wiel is too

:36:57. > :37:01.interested in what Podolski is doing instead of watching the ball.

:37:01. > :37:06.Eventually he plays Gomez onside. It is a magnificent ball from

:37:06. > :37:11.Schweinsteiger and a fantastic take. But it if he is doing his job

:37:11. > :37:14.properly, Clarence, it is not a goal. But also, we have the central

:37:14. > :37:24.defender, Heitinga, he makes the same mistake as he did against

:37:24. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:31.Germany. Stay with your man. Let him shoot from miles out. Another

:37:32. > :37:38.mistake. That is the difference. Schweinsteiger, not once have I

:37:38. > :37:43.seen van Bommel or de Jong getting into the German half. The big thing

:37:43. > :37:46.about de Jong and van Bommel, Alan is right, creatively they are doing

:37:47. > :37:51.nothing, but defensively they are poor as well. Not a great

:37:51. > :37:55.combination. A word on Gomez's finishing. It is the difference

:37:55. > :37:59.between the sides. One strike in form and one out of form.

:37:59. > :38:04.striker had a great chance and would normally put it away. We have

:38:04. > :38:09.seen him score all season for Arsenal. But Gomez is the big

:38:09. > :38:15.difference. The second one was a magnificent finish. A great finish

:38:15. > :38:22.of BOP great play from Gomez, he read the flick on. His movement is

:38:22. > :38:25.brilliant. But Schweinsteiger gets the ball and it has a lovely ball.

:38:25. > :38:31.You could ask one or two questions of the goalkeeper, but I have to

:38:31. > :38:35.give the credit to Gomez. That is a sensational finish. He lifts it

:38:35. > :38:42.over the goalkeeper. A lovely ball from Schweinsteiger, first touch,

:38:42. > :38:48.vision is fantastic. Just watch the goalkeeper go down. He lifted it

:38:48. > :38:54.over him. He doesn't even look because he knows whether goals.

:38:54. > :38:59.keeper is so culpable. You think he should save that? Absolutely.

:38:59. > :39:08.was right in the corner! By not having it. Clarence, if he stays on

:39:08. > :39:14.his feet... Seeing the left-back being in the centre and the centre-

:39:14. > :39:24.back on the left, this says a lot about the development of the action.

:39:24. > :39:24.

:39:24. > :39:30.There were few other German chances. Ozil... Terrific player. It was a

:39:30. > :39:35.while after he hit it that we picked up that it had hit the post.

:39:35. > :39:40.You don't realise. It was soon perk. The goalkeeper has got no chance.

:39:40. > :39:45.And then there was a penalty shout. I think the referee got this right.

:39:45. > :39:50.I don't think that is a penalty. Definitely not. Too easy,

:39:50. > :39:55.absolutely not. Wonderful technique, Ozil. The other chance was from an

:39:55. > :40:04.Ozil free-kick. Badstuber should have scored. He has to score, this

:40:04. > :40:08.is a situ! A good save nevertheless. No, a bad miss. Can we talk about

:40:08. > :40:12.Heitinga? It is impossible for a defender not to feel the man on

:40:12. > :40:17.this occasion. You could see it coming, that he would go free. It

:40:18. > :40:22.is such a pity that he doesn't pay attention in the box. Earlier in

:40:22. > :40:27.the game, the Germans defended quite high. They were up the pitch.

:40:27. > :40:34.We talked beforehand about togetherness. On a couple of

:40:34. > :40:43.occasions, Lahm on the left was playing van Persie on. I think this

:40:43. > :40:50.is the first three minutes. That is three or four minutes in an van

:40:50. > :40:54.Persie get through. This is a great chance. How many times have we seen

:40:54. > :40:59.van Persie burying one of these this season for Arsenal? He could

:40:59. > :41:03.take a touch, he could do anything. The thing is, for a striker, he

:41:03. > :41:08.keeps getting in there. Sometimes it goes for you and sometimes it

:41:08. > :41:11.doesn't. A but unfortunately, you get judged in the big tournaments

:41:11. > :41:17.and he has missed three or four big chances in the first game and he

:41:17. > :41:19.has now missed certainly one big chance. We have seen him two or

:41:20. > :41:24.three times this season looking at the ball coming over his shoulder

:41:24. > :41:29.and finishing it. That is the difference. You get chances at this

:41:29. > :41:33.level and you have to put them away. That one coming over Hummels's

:41:33. > :41:38.shoulder, he looks like he is snatching at it. The ones he has

:41:38. > :41:42.scored for Arsenal... It is confident. Clarence, in contrast to

:41:42. > :41:47.the Dutch getting one man up front a lot of the time, the Germans get

:41:47. > :41:51.a lot of players forward. Absolutely. They are a little bit

:41:51. > :41:55.more confident in front of goal. We have seen it a couple of times

:41:55. > :42:01.where the Germans get into the box with three or four players, five

:42:01. > :42:03.players, and the whole team goes up front. The Dutch have sometimes two

:42:03. > :42:09.front. The Dutch have sometimes two players in the box and that is the

:42:09. > :42:19.difference. OK. It is not too long to wait for England's second game.

:42:19. > :42:22.

:42:22. > :42:27.Not long, but a little bit too Captain, leader. You command the

:42:27. > :42:34.team. You command the pitch, you command respect. Rally the troops.

:42:34. > :42:44.Joleon Lescott gives England the lead! Dictate the play. Bobby Moore,

:42:44. > :42:46.

:42:46. > :42:50.Terry Butcher, now it is your turn. Let's get the thoughts of the

:42:50. > :42:54.England boss, Roy Hodgson, who has been talking with Gabby.

:42:54. > :42:58.You've had time to reflect on the team performance and the tactics

:42:58. > :43:02.you chose for France. Have you had time to think about what it meant

:43:02. > :43:10.to you and your personal emotions standing there as England manager

:43:10. > :43:15.in a tournament? No. I don't know if I have. The game was so intense.

:43:15. > :43:19.There were not many moments where you felt you could relax. Laurent

:43:19. > :43:22.Blanc would probably have felt the same way. My emotions would be that

:43:22. > :43:26.I really enjoyed the game. I enjoyed the way the players went

:43:26. > :43:30.about their work, I think they did exceptionally well to keep their

:43:30. > :43:33.shape and discipline as well as they did and also to look dangerous

:43:33. > :43:38.on the counter-attack. Especially knowing that France were going to

:43:38. > :43:44.be, on paper at least, the most difficult opponents in the group.

:43:44. > :43:47.Do you know your team to face Sweden? Yes. But I haven't

:43:47. > :43:51.communicated that. We also have plenty of time, it is 48 hours

:43:51. > :43:55.before the game. I wouldn't dream of suggesting to someone what the

:43:55. > :44:02.team will be. But in our mind we have worked out what we think will

:44:02. > :44:07.be the best thing to do. Sweden only had 35% possession and England

:44:07. > :44:12.had 40%. Something has to give. don't believe in possession

:44:12. > :44:17.statistics, they don't interest me. I don't believe in shock statistics,

:44:17. > :44:21.possession statistics. Until someone, one day, manages to devise

:44:21. > :44:26.a system where every time I see a statistic about a shot at goal, it

:44:26. > :44:30.is a shot at goal that worries me, I don't even consider it. I think

:44:30. > :44:34.the Swedes will be what they are, very well-organised, very hard to

:44:34. > :44:38.beat. In most major tournaments they have made an appearance and

:44:38. > :44:42.they have held their own very, very well. You have allowed the players

:44:42. > :44:50.some time off this afternoon. Is that part of your plan that they

:44:50. > :44:53.would have some time today? Yes. In Krakow we said you one more than

:44:53. > :44:57.welcome to bring your family's along. We had a team meeting this

:44:57. > :45:00.morning before the training session. I said to the players, if you want

:45:00. > :45:04.to spend the rest of the afternoon and early part of the evening with

:45:04. > :45:09.your wife or girlfriend or other members of family, you are welcome.

:45:09. > :45:15.And then we want them back in the hotel at a reasonable time. 10:30pm

:45:15. > :45:25.curfew? I can't remember. Who will check them in? Will you be checking

:45:25. > :45:29.

:45:29. > :45:33.them in by the door? Those days are You should not miss any of you

:45:33. > :45:37.wrote 2012 with what we have got for you on the BBC. Dan Walker is

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:46:23. > :46:27.for Euro 2012, on TV, radio and online.

:46:27. > :46:32.Let's pop back to Kharkiv where Martin Keown is doing a man-to-man

:46:32. > :46:35.marking job on Jake Humphrey. Well come back to vote stadium in

:46:35. > :46:41.Kharkiv. We are eyeing the sprinklers with caution because

:46:41. > :46:46.they keep coming over. We are amongst the Dutch fans at this end.

:46:46. > :46:50.Orange tops, red faces. They certainly have. The Germans are so

:46:50. > :46:54.clinical, Gomez in front of goals quite stunning, it is almost

:46:54. > :46:58.embarrassing for the Dutch. They have to respond to this. They have

:46:58. > :47:03.to make tactical changes because they were second best. Let's

:47:03. > :47:07.imagine you're a van Marwijck, what do you say and do? I think

:47:07. > :47:10.Huntelaar has to come on. Van Persie energies a role. Van Bommel,

:47:11. > :47:17.I think it is the end of his international career. They are too

:47:17. > :47:21.rigid in midfield. With Khedira and Schweinsteiger, they are so fluid

:47:21. > :47:25.in that area. They have the extra player in the final third. As for

:47:25. > :47:31.Germany, they will know that is going on in the Dutch dressing room.

:47:31. > :47:36.I guess Jogi Low will be saying we can make history, we can punish the

:47:36. > :47:40.Dutch players. They are winning at a canter. Hummels at the back

:47:41. > :47:45.looked a bit shaky. I thought the Dutch might feel they could get in

:47:45. > :47:49.behind with diagonal runs. If you can get Sneijder playing those

:47:49. > :47:54.balls in behind the defence, you never know, the Dutch might respond.

:47:54. > :47:58.You're an Arsenal fan. A van Persie man. Is it time for Huntelaar to

:47:58. > :48:02.replace him? Without a doubt, but van Persie still has something to

:48:02. > :48:06.offer. In front of goal it is not happening for him. It is a sticky

:48:06. > :48:16.night in Kharkiv, the heat could be about to be turned up massively on

:48:16. > :48:17.

:48:17. > :48:22.Holland. They need something in the They need at least two goals, can

:48:22. > :48:27.you see them getting back into this? We need some changes. What

:48:28. > :48:34.changes would you make? Ibrahim Afellay and Mark van Bommel, I

:48:34. > :48:41.would take them out, and I would bring in Rafael van der Vaart. I

:48:41. > :48:45.would bring on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and keep Robin van Persie on.

:48:45. > :48:50.all at attack, and for the Germans to hammer them on the break. They

:48:50. > :48:57.have got to get more support from midfield for the strikers. They

:48:57. > :49:00.have got to get rid of the two in midfield, take-off Mark van Bommel

:49:00. > :49:08.and get Rafael van der Vaart in there. They have got nothing to

:49:08. > :49:13.lose it. It looks like Rafael van der Vaart is coming on. Mark van

:49:13. > :49:20.Bommel is off, because he has the captain's armband. And Klaas-Jan

:49:20. > :49:26.Huntelaar as well. You have named both changes! But who has gone off?

:49:26. > :49:36.The captain is off. I am sure we will find out. Jonathan Pearce will

:49:36. > :49:40.

:49:40. > :49:46.Klaas-Jan Huntelaar coming on. Mark van Bommel and Ibrahim Afellay have

:49:46. > :49:54.gone off. It will be interesting see -- two-seat where Robin van

:49:54. > :49:59.Persie plays. He is starting on the right hand side. It looks as if

:49:59. > :50:06.Holland will play that way, as they chase the game. Rafael van der

:50:06. > :50:12.Vaart has the captain's armband. Germany lead, with the two goals

:50:12. > :50:22.from Mario Gomez. It will be interesting if the Dutch can pinch

:50:22. > :50:27.

:50:27. > :50:34.the first goal. If not, it is game goals between them at club level

:50:34. > :50:44.this season, and who have 59 goals for their country. They have gone

:50:44. > :50:58.

:50:58. > :51:04.it was not a brilliant run, he just jumped over to the left-hand side,

:51:04. > :51:09.and he got in behind John Heitinga. It is far too easy. Germany are a

:51:09. > :51:17.very good team. They will get better in the next couple of years,

:51:17. > :51:27.I would suspect. At the moment, Holland are making it easy for them.

:51:27. > :51:33.Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was sitting uneasily on the bench. Deflected

:51:33. > :51:39.from Arjen Robben, it is a corner. The first of the game for Germany.

:51:39. > :51:49.They do not need corners. Rafael van der Vaart approaching 100 caps

:51:49. > :52:26.

:52:26. > :52:36.least the quarter-finals in every European Championships inswinging

:52:36. > :53:14.

:53:14. > :53:24.in 1988. But they are on the brink Khedira and Mesut Ozil have run the

:53:24. > :53:46.

:53:46. > :53:53.midfield. John Heitinga is complete control, not! An arm came

:53:53. > :53:57.back and flicked him. It was accidental. Is that the multi-

:53:57. > :54:07.millionaire referee? Yes, he sold his share in a multimedia company,

:54:07. > :54:46.

:54:46. > :54:52.they tell me. He does this for love, was not much wrong with the

:54:52. > :55:02.challenger. Rafael van der Vaart never really went with -- never

:55:02. > :55:02.

:55:02. > :55:07.really went for the ball. It is a foul. Because of Portugal's victory

:55:07. > :55:14.against Denmark, 3-2, nothing can be settled in this group. It was

:55:14. > :55:18.always promising to be a tight grip. If Germany win tonight, results

:55:18. > :55:28.could conspire against them in the last round of games. But it is

:55:28. > :56:00.

:56:00. > :56:06.of these sides could be in the quarter-finals, but that has not

:56:06. > :56:16.happened in these finals since 1968. Germany are very much in the box

:56:16. > :56:16.

:56:16. > :57:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:57:08. > :57:13.Schweinsteiger is the epitome of the German side. Mats Hummels was

:57:13. > :57:23.denied by a fine save from Maarten Stekelenburg. Dear, oh dear. The

:57:23. > :57:24.

:57:24. > :57:27.Dutch defence completely parted. The second Sabres excellent. --

:57:27. > :57:37.second save was excellent. Mats Hummels, looking for his second

:57:37. > :58:08.

:58:08. > :58:15.goal for his country. He scored in the edge of the box. You would not

:58:15. > :58:20.bet against Germany scoring a couple more. Jetro Willems had no

:58:20. > :58:30.help whatsoever. Sami Khedira has done some fantastic work, getting

:58:30. > :58:32.

:58:32. > :58:42.the ball back. He allows Bastian Schweinsteiger to play. They swap,

:58:42. > :58:42.

:58:42. > :59:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:59:39. > :59:49.a foothold in this game, and very have an awful lot more touches on

:59:49. > :00:22.

:00:22. > :00:31.the ball than Germany. There were has not happened too often tonight.

:00:31. > :00:41.The Germany manager is going nuts, working nerve. -- je which unnerved.

:00:41. > :00:42.

:00:42. > :00:52.22 of his squat -- his squad will be at the World Cup finals.

:00:52. > :01:29.

:01:29. > :01:39.Miroslav Klose says he will be for anybody else. It is all about

:01:39. > :02:07.

:02:07. > :02:10.back into this game, back into the tournament. The great band of

:02:11. > :02:16.orange cloud, with wearing, a fancy-dress costume wearing Dutch

:02:16. > :02:22.supporters. They always have great fun travelling the world, and now

:02:22. > :02:27.the German fans can respond with their noise. Some of the stadia

:02:27. > :02:37.have been a bit flat in the Ukraine, but it is lively tonight.

:02:37. > :02:46.

:02:46. > :02:51.prevent van Persie giving Holland a lifeline. That was class in three

:02:51. > :03:01.departments. All from Arjen Robben. The finish from van Persie and the

:03:01. > :03:07.

:03:07. > :03:17.half a little bit better. A young full-back of great potential. Given

:03:17. > :03:18.

:03:18. > :03:28.things happen. It is great for us because they are going to take

:03:28. > :03:52.

:03:52. > :04:02.that nervy start. He has been has always been the best full-back.

:04:02. > :04:12.

:04:12. > :04:16.Holland are happy to let them play Germany. They are being allowed to

:04:16. > :04:25.play like this, there's no great pressure on them. A bedraggled

:04:25. > :04:33.Holland. Lahm went for it. He scored the opening goal of the 2006

:04:33. > :04:36.World Cup from that sort of position. Holland's other problem

:04:36. > :04:46.is that there are so many attack- minded players on, there's nobody

:04:46. > :04:50.to get the ball back. 37 goals they scored in qualifying. They did lose

:04:50. > :04:57.their final game against Sweden, but they had qualified by then.

:04:57. > :05:07.They beat San Marino 11-0, a Dutch record. Everything looked bright

:05:07. > :05:12.

:05:12. > :05:17.and Rosie. Then they arrived here Germany have settled into that

:05:17. > :05:27.rhythm. You can see England again Sweden live on BBC One on Friday

:05:27. > :05:42.

:05:42. > :05:51.night. -- against Sweden. A big one tournament so far, the goals --

:05:51. > :06:01.Arsenal new boy, not a great tournament for Arsenal striker's!

:06:01. > :06:33.

:06:33. > :06:43.- strikers. Arsene Wenger is it away so he could pick it up.

:06:43. > :07:05.

:07:05. > :07:15.Didn't fancy a left-foot shot, did corner as well. It moved late on.

:07:15. > :07:27.

:07:27. > :07:37.got down very well. A good keeper. Unoccupied for long periods and

:07:37. > :07:46.

:07:46. > :07:56.Neuer. In 2010, he said he would stay the goalkeeper for the

:07:56. > :08:08.

:08:08. > :08:13.foreseeable future. He has given pair of hands. They had to produce

:08:13. > :08:23.a new league trophy in Ajax because he dropped the trophy from the

:08:23. > :08:23.

:08:23. > :09:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:09:04. > :09:10.Holland to win 1974 because of the style of football, but we have to

:09:10. > :09:14.admire the style of this German side as well. You said in the

:09:14. > :09:24.preamble, it has been completely rebuilt. They had I think about the

:09:24. > :09:24.

:09:24. > :10:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:10:35. > :10:45.conversation with Arjen Robben on telling him to do. They were lucky

:10:45. > :10:46.

:10:46. > :10:50.there. -- unlucky. They have made two substitutions. Always a

:10:51. > :10:59.question as to the strength of their squad overall. That is van

:10:59. > :11:09.Bommel, is his international career at an end? The manager's son-in-law.

:11:09. > :11:22.

:11:22. > :11:32.ball into Schweinsteiger, he was Ozil's movement has been

:11:32. > :11:51.

:11:51. > :12:01.bamboozling at times for the more competitive in the Channel and

:12:01. > :12:17.

:12:17. > :12:27.in the ground. A ticket costs about 30 Euros. 300 Euros the month is

:12:27. > :12:36.

:12:36. > :12:46.about 40p to 50p. Is there any currency you have not mentioned

:12:46. > :13:12.

:13:12. > :13:19.being a harsh type of place, but the city's we have visited had open

:13:19. > :13:23.spaces and parks, no building development going on. I think minus

:13:23. > :13:33.25 in the winter might make it harsh! I don't think Arjen Robben

:13:33. > :13:45.

:13:45. > :13:50.the finish was there. Clever movement got him in their in the

:13:50. > :13:56.first place. He snatched at it a little bit. He had a bit more time

:13:56. > :14:05.than he thought. With the Dutch, I just think the chance for van

:14:05. > :14:09.Persie that were saved -- that was saved... If they had scored. One of

:14:09. > :14:19.the boys in his studio said it seemed to suck the life out of them.

:14:19. > :14:19.

:14:19. > :15:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:15:17. > :15:26.in this half without van Bommel there. A very solid performance

:15:26. > :15:30.from Germany. The Dutch are weak in the challenge. Too easily dissuaded.

:15:30. > :15:40.They can't complain about long and exhausting clubs' seasons. Bayern

:15:40. > :15:51.

:15:51. > :16:01.-- brilliant block by Jerome Boateng. The referee was in a

:16:01. > :16:14.

:16:14. > :16:24.his best. But when he gets his head up. More often than not he just

:16:24. > :16:44.

:16:44. > :16:54.Arjen Robben bravely won the free- kick. I think if he had pulled out

:16:54. > :16:59.

:16:59. > :17:09.for Mario Gomez. Two goals brilliantly taken separate the

:17:09. > :17:32.

:17:32. > :17:38.On comes Miroslav Klose. One of more in three World Cup finals.

:17:38. > :17:48.Five short of good Mola's national German record of 68. -- Gerd

:17:48. > :17:49.

:17:49. > :17:55.Muller's. Brilliant goal! That is what he can do at his best. He has

:17:55. > :17:59.driven Holland back into the game. He just caught his manager having a

:17:59. > :18:05.sneaky look at the clock as well. This is brilliant. On his weaker

:18:05. > :18:12.right foot. A sumptuous finish. They moved the ball really quickly.

:18:12. > :18:22.A good run by Huntelaar to take players away. Sweet strike. Got

:18:22. > :18:29.

:18:29. > :18:39.Netherlands have reduced the arrears. The lead has been cut in

:18:39. > :18:59.

:18:59. > :19:03.Mats Hummels got across at Robin van Persie. It was last ditch.

:19:03. > :19:13.have gained half a yard in straight away, if you can see it, they have

:19:13. > :19:32.

:19:32. > :19:35.down, he is upon his feet. It is a great at this there now. -- great

:19:35. > :19:45.atmosphere now. There is such a difference, when they moved the

:19:45. > :19:51.

:19:51. > :19:54.ball. The amount of touches. A good recovery challenger. Editor of the

:19:54. > :20:00.German cynicism, there is nothing wrong with Mats Hummels, he just

:20:00. > :20:06.wanted to slow the played down. Four goals in his last five games,

:20:06. > :20:13.Robin van Persie. Goodness me, if he had only taken a couple more of

:20:13. > :20:23.his chances, the Orange team would be facing a different future. They

:20:23. > :20:38.

:20:38. > :20:44.are not out of the championships de Jong. Why did he not hit it

:20:45. > :20:54.early? That is what he is saying to himself. It was a really good

:20:55. > :21:05.

:21:05. > :21:15.One of the great sounds and sights of world football, Dutch fans on

:21:15. > :21:27.

:21:27. > :21:37.their fate. -- on their feet. Dirk Dutch, the way that Germany are

:21:37. > :21:37.

:21:37. > :21:47.hacking it forward. It is a young German team. Do they have the

:21:47. > :22:03.

:22:03. > :22:11.experience to hold on against the does, but he could have played in

:22:11. > :22:21.Wesley Sneijder. That is a foul against Mesut Ozil on Nigel de Jong.

:22:21. > :22:23.

:22:23. > :22:33.It is starting to get ratty. free kick given up against Mesut

:22:33. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :23:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:23:21. > :23:31.was not a penalty. The Dutch bench were quickly on their feet, but

:23:31. > :23:58.

:23:58. > :24:07.will make another substitution. It is not a penalty. I agree. Toni

:24:07. > :24:17.Kroos will come on. The Bayern Munich player. Another youngster,

:24:17. > :24:17.

:24:17. > :25:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:25:32. > :25:40.Lahm. He will get a yellow card. last, from Nigel de Jong. They are:

:25:40. > :25:49.To make a slightly defensive change, Tony Close replacing it Mesut Ozil.

:25:49. > :25:59.-- Toni Kroos. They did this the other night. A wonderful player,

:25:59. > :26:12.

:26:12. > :26:18.the 2007 and a 17 World Cup. -- Under 17 World Cup. He went to buy

:26:18. > :26:28.La the coups and to kick-start his career, then he went back to Bayern

:26:28. > :26:53.

:26:53. > :27:03.Munich. Dirk Kuyt is coming on for secure rhythm. They now have an

:27:03. > :27:09.

:27:09. > :27:19.extra man in midfield, so they can the back of his head. It is just a

:27:19. > :27:31.

:27:31. > :27:35.delay. A pat on the back! What a Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Arjen Robben

:27:36. > :27:40.has gone off on the far side of the pitch, he is walking round the

:27:40. > :27:50.picture. That would suggest he is very displeased. It would not be

:27:50. > :27:52.

:27:52. > :27:56.the first time, certainly not the last. Maybe it was just so that he

:27:56. > :28:06.could get things done quickly. He is walking right in front of the

:28:06. > :28:10.

:28:10. > :28:18.Dutch fans. There is no I in team. A long walk for Arjen Robben. This

:28:18. > :28:28.is fairly and necessary. -- necessary. It is hot, it is

:28:28. > :28:32.

:28:32. > :28:42.exhausting, but it is also a the camera then, every single

:28:42. > :28:51.

:28:51. > :29:01.Arjen Robben from the Dutch fans. He still has not gone off yet. Not

:29:01. > :29:24.

:29:24. > :29:34.the dug-out. The man who likes to be in the spotlight, he can offer

:29:34. > :29:46.

:29:46. > :29:56.such wonderful skill and match- team role against his club team

:29:56. > :30:05.

:30:05. > :30:15.that is what team stands for. that a mantra at Anfield? No, I

:30:15. > :30:29.

:30:29. > :30:39.second half. Germany are in no hurry to take the goal-kick. Rafael

:30:39. > :30:43.

:30:43. > :30:53.van der Vaart smashed the ball. has played well. Yes. He is a good

:30:53. > :31:01.

:31:02. > :31:09.another chance? All credit to Holland for the way they have

:31:09. > :31:18.fought back into the game. April limit taking Robin van Persie goal.

:31:18. > :31:23.-- brilliantly taken. The changes at half-time were positive. If they

:31:23. > :31:33.could get an equaliser, it would turn this group of death on its

:31:33. > :31:34.

:31:34. > :31:39.head. Wesley Sneijder could not be e-petition. He has been full of

:31:39. > :31:49.running from the start. He has had his injuries with his club this

:31:49. > :31:49.

:31:49. > :31:55.season. Not the best of campaigns for him, with Inter Milan. He never

:31:55. > :31:59.looks at -- he never looks concerned, not a grey hair on his

:31:59. > :32:09.head, it Joachim Low. A yellow card for Jerome Boateng for time-wasting,

:32:09. > :32:24.

:32:24. > :32:34.is a corner. Pursued all the way by Miroslav Klose, aged 34. He has had

:32:34. > :32:56.

:32:56. > :33:06.long as he can. He has forced another corner. Germany have

:33:06. > :33:06.

:33:06. > :34:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:34:15. > :34:24.maintained possession. The seconds up his body and very nearly let

:34:24. > :34:34.Klose in. That was almost suicide by Stekelenburg. Genially tackled

:34:34. > :35:08.

:35:08. > :35:18.the ball into the net, Klose. -- he the return by Willems. He will get

:35:18. > :35:26.

:35:26. > :35:36.a yellow card for that. It looks as The problem is, it wastes time. It

:35:36. > :35:36.

:35:36. > :36:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:36:30. > :36:39.Marwijck, by Jogi Low's side still in the lead. Muller is replaced by

:36:40. > :36:40.

:36:40. > :37:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:37:35. > :37:40.down a few seconds. German fans are there. -- Willems. It was a

:37:40. > :37:50.wretched clearance from the young full-back. They are playing to see

:37:50. > :38:00.

:38:00. > :38:06.They are good at it. Every aspect of the game. They look as if they

:38:06. > :38:16.fear the worst, van Bommel and Robben. His theatrical gesture,

:38:16. > :38:32.

:38:32. > :38:41.having been substituted, will not the ball, Huntelaar. Jogi Low wants

:38:41. > :38:49.it all over. We still have around two or three seconds left. The

:38:49. > :38:55.referee has blown. All Germany need is a point in their last game.

:38:55. > :38:59.Germany have taken a giant stride. Two more goals for Mario Gomez in

:38:59. > :39:03.the first half, brilliantly taken. Holland made changes, they brought

:39:03. > :39:08.on van der Vaart and Huntelaar at half-time. Van Persie pulled them

:39:08. > :39:18.back into the game. Germany need a point, the Netherlands need a

:39:18. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:29.A great win for them, but Germany A great win for them, but Germany

:39:29. > :39:33.have not quite qualified for the last eight yet. Only a shock defeat

:39:33. > :39:37.against Denmark and Portugal win against Holland would put them at

:39:37. > :39:41.risk of missing out on goal difference. The Dutch are living

:39:41. > :39:46.dangerously. To sneak through, they must beat Portugal and hope Denmark

:39:46. > :39:51.lose to Germany. If that happens, they also need the best goal

:39:51. > :39:55.difference against the match against the team they will be tied

:39:55. > :39:59.against the team they will be tied with. Simple! Another good game.

:39:59. > :40:05.Remarkable how many games we have had where a team has taken a two

:40:05. > :40:10.goal lead... They come back into it. It was an exciting climax. For a

:40:10. > :40:15.long time before the Dutch scored, we were looking at the Germans

:40:16. > :40:18.playing with quality. We thought they were justifiable second

:40:18. > :40:23.favourites for the tournament. It was really, really impressive. The

:40:23. > :40:26.Dutch had missed a few chances. When van Persie scored, all of a

:40:26. > :40:33.sudden there was a spring in the Dutch step and they came back into

:40:33. > :40:38.it. But maybe a bit much to ask them for. The Germans are renowned

:40:38. > :40:41.for getting the job done. I think you have seen two great sides to

:40:41. > :40:46.the Germans. One in the first half where they were passing the ball

:40:46. > :40:50.and scoring two could goals. But in the second half, when they were

:40:50. > :40:53.asked a question after van Persie scored, they didn't panic. Some

:40:53. > :40:57.teams you think they will get nervous, but you don't think like

:40:57. > :41:01.that. Annoyingly so! With most teams you would have felt that

:41:01. > :41:05.because you would have expected an onslaught from the Dutch, but the

:41:05. > :41:09.Germans stood firm. I never thought they were in any trouble. A decent

:41:09. > :41:13.comeback in the second half, Clarence, but two defeat now. But

:41:13. > :41:18.all is not lost. A win against Portugal and they might well go

:41:18. > :41:22.through. They have to believe in themselves. This is a very hard

:41:22. > :41:26.defeat to cope with, but I think the second half they showed some

:41:26. > :41:34.very good moment. Especially when they put Sneijder on the left and

:41:34. > :41:41.van Persie was closer to Huntelaar. They created much more energy in

:41:41. > :41:48.attack. They just couldn't give even more. I didn't see the whole

:41:48. > :41:53.team... You never sensed it would happen. You have nothing to lose.

:41:53. > :41:57.What will this mean to the Dutch people? I imagine they will be

:41:57. > :42:00.distraught at this stage, but will there be despondency about the way

:42:00. > :42:06.the team played? The biggest disappointment is losing against

:42:06. > :42:10.the Germans. But there's still a chance to go on. It will be mixed

:42:10. > :42:17.feelings. Disappointment, but you lost against a very good team. On

:42:17. > :42:20.the other hand, you still have the opportunity to go through. Would

:42:20. > :42:25.you like to see them start the game against Portugal with a little bit

:42:25. > :42:29.more of the approach they still are -- showed in the second half?

:42:29. > :42:34.Absolutely. Van der Vaart brought a different game for the Dutch,

:42:34. > :42:38.playing a little bit more up front when the Dutch were attacking. Even

:42:38. > :42:41.in some of the action we may see later, he was the extra man in

:42:41. > :42:45.attack and that allowed the strikers to stay close to the box

:42:45. > :42:48.and become dangerous. The first and become dangerous. The first

:42:48. > :42:53.half was all about Germany, they conceded a couple of chances, but

:42:53. > :42:59.they showed how to finish. Great play. It was an excellent ball from

:42:59. > :43:05.Schweinsteiger. It really was. He has a little look and the weight of

:43:05. > :43:10.pass... A great turn from Gomez and an excellent finish. Heitinga is

:43:11. > :43:15.with Gomez there. He is tight with him. But he drops back five yards,

:43:16. > :43:19.which enables Gomez de getting between the two centre-halves and

:43:19. > :43:25.once he does that, he has got them where he wants them. But he still

:43:25. > :43:30.has a lot to do, but a brilliant touch and an equally good finish.

:43:30. > :43:34.The full-back has a shocker. He does not watch the ball. He plays

:43:34. > :43:37.does not watch the ball. He plays Gomez on. I agree with Clarence

:43:37. > :43:42.about the structure, but defensively in the two games, the

:43:42. > :43:46.defensively in the two games, the Dutch have not been good enough.

:43:46. > :43:50.wonderful finish for the second goal. A wonderful finish. But we

:43:50. > :43:54.have seen it in the last game and also hear. Great centre-forward

:43:54. > :43:59.play. The number of times you see centre-forwards flicking it on and

:43:59. > :44:06.the other one standing and watching. He trusts Mola and he wins it. --

:44:06. > :44:10.Muller. He wants to get in the box. Another lovely ball from

:44:10. > :44:15.Schweinsteiger and it is an even better finish than the first one.

:44:15. > :44:21.Yes, the goalkeeper goes down, but I would say that is a great finish

:44:21. > :44:26.rather than poor goalkeeping. goalkeeper has gone down on the

:44:26. > :44:32.deck. If he stands up, he saves it. An identical thing happened in the

:44:32. > :44:39.second half with Gomez. He is expecting his team-mate to win it.

:44:39. > :44:43.He creates another chance. Gambling. You have to gamble. You have to

:44:43. > :44:48.trust your team mate and he does that. He got another opportunity.

:44:48. > :44:54.But he is absolutely shattered. Not a bad guy to come on, Klose!

:44:54. > :45:00.and I would have hated coming off with two goals. The Germans were

:45:01. > :45:05.totally impressive in possession. The way they played, they were

:45:05. > :45:11.always in control. They will be difficult to beat. Schweinsteiger

:45:11. > :45:15.had an awesome game today. He did. Robin van Persie, we talked about

:45:15. > :45:18.him at half-time, we said he was the sort of striker that kept going

:45:18. > :45:25.and something would happen. have to give him credit for the way

:45:25. > :45:30.he kept getting in there. He wasn't put off by a his missed chances. He

:45:30. > :45:34.kept on going. A lovely turn. Right foot as well, a great strike

:45:34. > :45:39.through the defender's legs. When he picks it up, there's no real

:45:39. > :45:47.chance. He has cut inside and that is then -- harder than any chances

:45:47. > :45:51.he has had four top less time to think. Unbelievable hit. Fantastic.

:45:51. > :45:56.For the Dutch it is very important that he got this goal going into

:45:56. > :45:59.the last match where goals need to be scored. They looked far more

:45:59. > :46:03.comfortable in the second half with the system they were playing.

:46:03. > :46:08.Sneijder was passing little balls into van Persie and Huntelaar and

:46:08. > :46:14.they looked much more of a threat. Van Persie had three other chances

:46:14. > :46:18.in the match and he snatched at everyone. The first one is the best

:46:18. > :46:22.one. How many times have we seen this in the Premier League where he

:46:22. > :46:28.puts his foot through it and he scores? Not any easy ball to hit.

:46:28. > :46:34.You have seen him do it before. goes in when things are going for

:46:34. > :46:39.you. Yes. That is the difference. That was a half chance. The fickle

:46:39. > :46:47.thing called for. I have to give credit for him for keeping

:46:47. > :46:51.believing. We said beforehand the time to worry is when you're not

:46:51. > :46:55.getting the chances. You also see centre-forwards shying away from

:46:55. > :47:01.getting in there when he has missed a few. But he kept going and got

:47:02. > :47:05.his goal in the end. Sneijder is an important player. He will have to

:47:05. > :47:10.produce some of those things we saw in the second half. Sneijder has

:47:10. > :47:14.had a lot of problems this year physically. I would prefer to see

:47:14. > :47:19.him on the left side where he can come in and take a shot at goal or

:47:19. > :47:24.put the strikers in action. That happened from the second part of

:47:24. > :47:29.the second half when he started to play more from the left and van

:47:29. > :47:36.Persie was more in the middle with Huntelaar. A great block here.

:47:36. > :47:40.Coming from the left again. You need people in the box. This time,

:47:40. > :47:50.for one of the few times, we had four players in the box. That is

:47:50. > :47:53.

:47:53. > :48:02.Tactically, you look at the game, from the Dutch perspective, and

:48:02. > :48:08.also the Germans... The Germans, always, very disciplined, how they

:48:08. > :48:14.have the game tactics. They showed it in the second half, the Dutch

:48:14. > :48:20.came in with Rafael van der Vaart, but if you look at the strikers,

:48:20. > :48:26.somebody has to go into the space. They are a bit too slow. The ball

:48:26. > :48:35.goes back in again there. The Germans instead, they have pace up

:48:35. > :48:41.front. These are the positions, Wesley Sneijder on the left, Arjen

:48:42. > :48:50.Robben making speed, was the Schneider close to the strikers,

:48:50. > :48:57.and that gave an of the pace to the game. The Germans, every time, they

:48:57. > :49:04.had six players are striking. It was a different pace. That was the

:49:04. > :49:08.biggest difference. He took off Mark van Bommel. Mark van Bommel

:49:08. > :49:12.and Nigel de Jong offered nothing in the first half, but it changed

:49:12. > :49:17.in the second half. They looked much more of a threat. If you look

:49:17. > :49:23.at the performance of the two sides, the Germans were a class apart, but

:49:23. > :49:28.the Dutch had their moments. not enough in the end. Let's remind

:49:28. > :49:38.ourselves of what happened in the other game in the grip today,

:49:38. > :49:38.

:49:38. > :50:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:50:20. > :50:25.Denmark against Portugal. -- in the back in business. Nicklas Bendtner

:50:25. > :50:35.maintains his 100% run, he has played five against Portugal, a

:50:35. > :50:35.

:50:35. > :51:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:51:31. > :51:40.Helder Postiga needed to react much Only minutes after coming on, it is

:51:40. > :51:45.the substitute who might have won Two terrific games today. Let's

:51:45. > :51:49.turn our attention to tomorrow. The Republic of Ireland have it all to

:51:49. > :51:57.do, and we have been assessing the mood in the camp ahead of

:51:57. > :52:02.They have returned north to their training ground, licking their

:52:02. > :52:06.wounds after the defeat against Croatia. Still a sizable press pack

:52:06. > :52:10.following them, the dream is alive, but it does not come much harder

:52:10. > :52:14.than the world champions, Spain. Spain began the defence of their

:52:14. > :52:18.European title with a draw against Italy at the weekend, a result

:52:18. > :52:25.which ended their run of 14 competitive victories on the bounce.

:52:25. > :52:31.It was not their best performance. Is it a good time to play the best

:52:31. > :52:36.team in the world? Everybody in this room has written the script

:52:36. > :52:41.already, that the players will be beaten by Spain, but in the

:52:41. > :52:47.dressing room, there is no way we will believe that. Whether they are

:52:47. > :52:52.superior, we have to believe that we have got every chance tomorrow,

:52:52. > :52:56.it is 11 it is 11, 90 minutes. Irish were always going to be

:52:56. > :53:00.massive underdogs, and after the defeat to Croatia, things have got

:53:00. > :53:06.even harder. They have been in the position before, and they have used

:53:06. > :53:12.it to their advantage. It was always going to be back against the

:53:12. > :53:20.ball. We were going to be massive underdogs. But it has suited us

:53:20. > :53:26.before. The pressure is on Spain to get the result. Tate are one of the

:53:26. > :53:30.best international teams in the world. -- they are. The Irish were

:53:30. > :53:35.a hugely disappointing the other night, and their coach is hinting

:53:35. > :53:45.at changes, but not that many. Is now the time for James Maclean? Is

:53:45. > :53:49.

:53:49. > :53:55.he in your thoughts? Or you friends with him?! I do not know what the

:53:55. > :54:01.manager's plans are, he has not told us. He is played -- he is paid

:54:01. > :54:05.to make the decisions. It is down to him. But we have got 23 players

:54:05. > :54:10.all raring to go, and willing to play, and desperate to get on the

:54:10. > :54:14.pitch, so whatever 11 players are picked, they will be ready to go.

:54:15. > :54:20.The last time Ireland played Spain was in 2002. They were the better

:54:20. > :54:24.team, but they lost. 20,000 Irish fans are already in Gdansk. They

:54:24. > :54:30.will be hoping they find some of the good form and keep alive their

:54:30. > :54:37.dream of a place in the last 16. They will need all of the good luck

:54:37. > :54:42.they can get. Mick McCarthy has been talking to us.

:54:42. > :54:50.The two not know what you feel about that game, did you feel pride,

:54:50. > :54:56.or are you still disappointed? should have won on the night. It is

:54:56. > :55:02.10 years on, so there is pride, disappointment, but we had a great

:55:02. > :55:07.competition, we did really well. it impossible to get at Spain?

:55:07. > :55:11.Never write them off. You might be able to do more than we could, but

:55:11. > :55:17.they are still the team to beat. They can get something. Is it

:55:17. > :55:24.likely? It is unlikely. If Spain play as well as they can. They

:55:24. > :55:28.dominate the midfield. We will have to take care of them in the middle

:55:28. > :55:35.of the park, but the manager has done an unbelievable job in getting

:55:35. > :55:42.us here in the first place. We have done as well as anybody, playing a

:55:42. > :55:48.4-4-2. But playing against Spain, if you let them dominate in

:55:48. > :55:52.midfield, we are in danger. The manager knows his best players, he

:55:52. > :55:58.knows his best team, and he will know the best way to play against

:55:58. > :56:04.Spain. His list of honours is as long as my arm. I have my opinions,

:56:04. > :56:10.but I will not give him advice. It is going to have to be a brilliant

:56:10. > :56:14.performance to get something, but we are capable of producing that,

:56:14. > :56:19.and being a tight and tough and resolute, and the underdog tag has

:56:19. > :56:25.always suited us. It will be lovely to go into the last game with

:56:25. > :56:28.something to play for. Playing against your old manager, it is

:56:28. > :56:34.always a frightening, daunting prospect, so let's hope we get to

:56:34. > :56:44.that position. They have got a lot to do. They

:56:44. > :56:48.will get 70, 80% of the possession, Spain it. The game against Croatia,

:56:49. > :56:52.they last -- they lost the goals at bad times. They have wonderful team

:56:52. > :56:57.spirit and phenomenal support, but at the end of the day, they have

:56:57. > :57:02.not got the quality required. But you can never write them off.

:57:02. > :57:10.do you think they will get on? Do they just have to play tight and

:57:10. > :57:15.hope to get a draw? Is it conceivable? I like the team, how

:57:15. > :57:20.they play. They made a good impression on me. They were a bit

:57:20. > :57:26.unlucky with the goals they conceded, but if they played with

:57:27. > :57:33.spirit, it bit more organised... The Spanish could have difficulties.

:57:33. > :57:40.Spain did not have any centre- forward, what is going on?! I was

:57:40. > :57:45.amazed at the system. It was like the old Barcelona, passing. They

:57:45. > :57:49.got the point, but I have not seen anybody that has been spectacular.

:57:49. > :57:54.Barcelona have got Lionel Messi. But they had Fernando Torres, they

:57:54. > :58:04.looked a lot more threatening when he started running in behind. It

:58:04. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:25.will be fascinating to see what Let's pop back to Kharkiv to hear

:58:25. > :58:29.the thoughts of Martin Keown on tonight's game.

:58:29. > :58:34.It is approaching midnight here in Kharkiv, you can see the stadium is

:58:34. > :58:39.emptying, the fans are disappearing off into the night, it was said

:58:39. > :58:44.that these games are full of class and tension, but the class belonged

:58:44. > :58:47.to Germany and the tension now belongs to Holland, but it was one

:58:47. > :58:51.of those great European Championships nights. The slick

:58:51. > :58:56.machine of Germany, but showing great flair and imagination now,

:58:56. > :59:02.what we have not seen in the past. Mesut Ozil wording for what, the

:59:02. > :59:06.passing from Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Mario Gomez is a phenomenal

:59:06. > :59:11.finisher. I'll be seeing a German team coming to the boil at the

:59:12. > :59:16.right time, combined with a Dutch team who have gone over the edge?

:59:16. > :59:20.They made the World Cup final in 2010, they were the top scorers

:59:20. > :59:24.coming into this competition, but it has gone somewhere. The rest of

:59:24. > :59:29.the teams are watching this, that is a major psychological blow, the

:59:29. > :59:33.way they have taken apart the Dutch team. But it is about growing

:59:33. > :59:37.through the tournament. They have not yet qualified, and Holland are

:59:38. > :59:43.not yet out, so it is still all to play for, but the Germans were

:59:43. > :59:47.truly superb. The Dutch? They got better, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will

:59:48. > :59:52.have to start next time. Robin van Persie came to the fore in the

:59:52. > :59:57.second half. But it is tough for them, they almost need a miracle.

:59:57. > :00:02.am sure they are sick of the side of the stadium, but they play here

:00:02. > :00:08.again on Sunday, and if they fail to win, they are finally buried in

:00:08. > :00:17.the Group of Death. Third time lucky for Holland?

:00:17. > :00:22.hope so. You do not seem overly confident! The Danes are in the

:00:22. > :00:27.best position. Portugal and Holland will have to play a final.

:00:27. > :00:31.Germany and Denmark draw... I am worried defensively about the Dutch.

:00:31. > :00:37.They have lost the first two games, they are so low-key that they still

:00:37. > :00:42.have a chance. Germany, winners? Very impressive technically,

:00:42. > :00:48.togetherness, passing, not panicking under pressure. Alan

:00:48. > :00:57.Shearer has diverted -- deserted Spain! You pick a team and stick

:00:57. > :01:01.with them! Saltend means that Germany have won, if you were not

:01:01. > :01:11.watching earlier, you will not have the slightest clue what I am

:01:11. > :01:19.

:01:19. > :01:25.talking about. Good night. -- Law they hate each other. It is a good

:01:25. > :01:33.effort. They are creating chances, he is not taking them again. The