Netherlands v Germany Match of the Day Live


Netherlands v Germany

Similar Content

Browse content similar to Netherlands v Germany. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Good evening. What a prospect we have tonight, Germany against

:02:27.:02:31.

Holland. These countries do not like each other. Think England

:02:31.:02:35.

against Scotland but without the jokes and where both sides could

:02:35.:02:45.
:02:45.:02:47.

win it. What makes a rivalry? many things. Competition. It is

:02:47.:02:57.
:02:57.:02:59.

history. Stuff that happened years ago. Good and bad. Rivalries do

:02:59.:03:05.

provoke intense emotions. Desire. Anger. And this is not just any

:03:05.:03:15.
:03:15.:03:15.

rivalry. Germany against Holland. You can't put a label on it.

:03:15.:03:23.

goal! At the crux of it, our Mutual interests, something in common.

:03:23.:03:29.

are not so different, you and I. And wherever you live, one thing

:03:29.:03:39.
:03:39.:03:40.

stands out. The love of football. We need to win. 1-0 Denmark!

:03:40.:03:47.

Football. It wasn't meant to be like this. This game was supposed

:03:47.:03:52.

to decide who would come first or second in Group B, but Germany

:03:52.:03:55.

could make very life -- life very difficult for the Dutch after their

:03:55.:04:03.

opening defeat to Denmark. Here with us is a tense Clarence Seedorf.

:04:03.:04:07.

I'm not sure you could do tense even if you tried! One of life's

:04:07.:04:11.

more laid-back characters. Even you must think Holland have to win this

:04:11.:04:17.

game. These are the games. This is what it's all about. It is an

:04:17.:04:21.

exciting moment. It is an important moment for important players to

:04:21.:04:26.

show what they can do. It doesn't happen very often in Dutch history,

:04:26.:04:33.

but players are starting to complain(!). Unusual. Van der Vaart

:04:33.:04:37.

has said he should be in the side. This is generally a good thing when

:04:37.:04:42.

it happens to Holland. It would be very bad to see the opposite!

:04:42.:04:47.

Everybody is motivated and wants to play. Speaking out, it means this

:04:47.:04:54.

generation is starting to get into it because it is important. They

:04:54.:04:58.

all understand choices and respect the choices of their coach. This is

:04:58.:05:03.

one of the highlights of the first phase. Potentially a classic. The

:05:03.:05:08.

ingredients are there, two sides with quality and ability. If the

:05:08.:05:11.

opening games have been straightforward, where both sides

:05:11.:05:16.

got three points, the consensus says it would be a draw, but not

:05:16.:05:20.

now because the Dutch have to get something out of this game. It is

:05:20.:05:25.

set up to be a classic. The Dutch missed so many chances in the first

:05:25.:05:30.

game. They have to put that right, they have to find the target.

:05:30.:05:34.

football, the time to worry is when you don't create the chances. They

:05:34.:05:37.

will look at that and think if they create as many chances tonight,

:05:37.:05:44.

which I don't think they will, they have to take one or two.

:05:44.:05:47.

Interesting that van Persie is still in there instead of Huntelaar,

:05:47.:05:51.

which I think is a bit of a surprise. You think perhaps he

:05:51.:05:56.

should have left van Persie out? think he might have put van Persie

:05:56.:05:58.

think he might have put van Persie to the left-hand side and put

:05:58.:06:03.

Huntelaar up the middle. I would be devastated if I was Huntelaar. With

:06:03.:06:09.

his record, not only for the Dutch team, but how many goals he scored

:06:09.:06:14.

last year, he got 31 goals in 51 caps. To be not playing in the

:06:14.:06:18.

starting 11 when you have missed so many chances in the first game, I

:06:18.:06:21.

many chances in the first game, I would be thinking, come on, what

:06:21.:06:26.

have I got to do? You would have thought it was virtually impossible

:06:26.:06:30.

for van Persie to play so badly and Robben to play so badly again. I

:06:30.:06:34.

know if Clarence things differ the about the system, but if you create

:06:34.:06:38.

25 chances in the match, you are doing something right. It was just

:06:38.:06:43.

the ineptitude of the strikers. you not happy with the selection?

:06:43.:06:49.

would have made some changes. But in general, having those players,

:06:49.:06:56.

like Sneijder, Robben and van Persie, having van der Vaart on the

:06:56.:07:02.

bench, you have two creative players. Van Bommel and De Jong are

:07:02.:07:08.

to match -- too much. I would have another player up front. Maybe

:07:08.:07:13.

putting Sneijder on the left. thought Sneijder in the second

:07:13.:07:18.

half... He has had a poor season in Italy, but in the second half, when

:07:18.:07:25.

he started to play, he played one incredible pass route to van Persie.

:07:25.:07:30.

He can be prominent in this match. The German side are unchanged. They

:07:30.:07:34.

won their first game. Doesn't surprise me. They were not

:07:34.:07:37.

spectacular in the first game, but spectacular in the first game, but

:07:37.:07:46.

they won. But that team has got used, experience. The youngest

:07:46.:07:50.

German squad for a major championship since 1934. But if you

:07:50.:07:54.

look at the number of caps those young guys have got, Ozil, Khedirar,

:07:55.:08:00.

they have played in major competitions now. Muller was joint

:08:00.:08:05.

top scorer in the World Cup a couple of years ago. They are still

:08:05.:08:15.
:08:15.:08:15.

very experienced be they all seem young to last! -- to us. They are

:08:15.:08:19.

brilliant at getting the job done, and even when they came under

:08:19.:08:23.

pressure against Portugal, they survived. They have got good

:08:23.:08:29.

players, four of the back five play for Bayern Munich. And Hummels, 23,

:08:29.:08:36.

is an exciting prospect. OK. This encounter takes place in Kharkiv,

:08:36.:08:39.

where Jake Humphrey is our man on the spot.

:08:39.:08:42.

One of the real challenges being in this country is trying to

:08:42.:08:46.

understand properly its fractious persecuted past. If you head west

:08:46.:08:51.

from hair, Warsaw in Poland, it is clear they have a dislike of Russia.

:08:51.:08:56.

We saw that in the clashes last night between the fans of BOP in

:08:56.:09:01.

the eastern Ukraine, in Kharkiv, it is a very different story. This was

:09:01.:09:05.

the first city to recognise Soviet rule in December 1917 and as well

:09:05.:09:10.

as that, when this was under Soviet rule, it was the capital of Ukraine.

:09:10.:09:14.

Looking at the building's tells you a lot. The building in the distance,

:09:14.:09:21.

the white building, was the first- ever Soviet skyscraper, built in

:09:21.:09:26.

1928 in that Plashet -- classic construction this style. And take a

:09:26.:09:30.

look up there. Lenin staring out over the city. Need I say more

:09:30.:09:34.

about the fact he is up there and people are happy to look at that

:09:34.:09:39.

statue on a daily basis. How ironic that in the city that has got on

:09:39.:09:43.

well with its near neighbours over the years, tonight it hosts one of

:09:43.:09:46.

the classic grudge matches for top the fans are starting to stream in.

:09:46.:09:51.

They have got the big orange footballs. Look at the number of

:09:51.:09:56.

coaches. It will be an exciting match. I have a few fans with me.

:09:56.:10:02.

But take a look at the toenails. Well done. Proper effort. You guys

:10:02.:10:06.

have played all of your group matches in Kharkiv. How have you

:10:06.:10:12.

found the tournament? Absolutely great. We have had a lot of fun.

:10:12.:10:17.

The atmosphere, the weather, perfect. It in England, a lot of

:10:17.:10:21.

black and Asian English fans were told not to travel because of

:10:21.:10:25.

concerns over racism, have you experienced any? Not at all. They

:10:25.:10:31.

all want a picture with us. People have helped us, people are very

:10:31.:10:36.

friendly. Nothing about racism or whatever. I don't feel anything,

:10:36.:10:42.

nothing negative. So good to hear. Now we need positive vibes on the

:10:42.:10:48.

football field. You think a 3-1 win for the Dutch. Certainly. I hope

:10:48.:10:55.

van Marwijk will start with Huntelaar and van Persie. And that

:10:55.:10:58.

they both crush the jinx they have and score some goals. A what was

:10:58.:11:03.

the problem in the first game? Is a just taking chances? They must show

:11:04.:11:11.

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

:11:11.:11:15.

positivity here! But if it goes wrong, I have some good news.

:11:15.:11:18.

You're only 20 miles from the Russian border and the vodka is

:11:18.:11:25.

dead cheap. You can drown your sorrows. Enjoy the match. Thank you.

:11:25.:11:31.

Living the dream, Jake Humphrey! Franz Beckenbauer said meetings

:11:31.:11:36.

between these nations always breeds footballer class, a motion and

:11:36.:11:43.

unprecedented tension, a statement supported by the weight of history.

:11:43.:11:48.

Two nations with amazing talent, going at each other. The rivalry

:11:48.:11:53.

between the Dutch and the Germans has always been very hot. One of

:11:53.:11:57.

the biggest grudge matches from a German perspective. What really

:11:57.:12:02.

annoys me about the Dutch as that they turn winning a game of

:12:02.:12:09.

football into more of an issue. the 1970s, the past played a

:12:09.:12:12.

certain role of it because of the Second World War and the horrible

:12:12.:12:18.

history. The football became a replaying of the allegory of the

:12:18.:12:23.

war, good against evil. Dutch, good, Gillett, good, Lothar Matthaus,

:12:23.:12:31.

evil. It probably started in the 1974 World Cup final in Munich.

:12:31.:12:37.

1974, the World Cup, always a big memory in Holland. Johan Cruyff

:12:37.:12:45.

having a great World Cup. He must score and das! Every year it is on

:12:45.:12:50.

TV and it is a great memories, even if it is a sad memory in the end.

:12:50.:12:53.

Holland have exhibited a brand of football that has won them friends

:12:53.:12:57.

all over the world. A style of play that everybody hopes will make

:12:57.:13:02.

their World Cup final against West Germany a classic. 1974 has always

:13:02.:13:09.

rankled with both sides. The Dutch feel the best team in the world

:13:09.:13:13.

didn't win. I think the Germans are a little bit resentful because

:13:13.:13:19.

their win this sort of diminished in review of the world because they

:13:19.:13:23.

beat Johan Cruyff's team. Out of the game, the Dutch said they were

:13:24.:13:27.

the winners because they had more possession and did more tricks and

:13:27.:13:31.

flicks. Johan Cruyff is the father of Dutch football. His bizarre

:13:31.:13:37.

thesis about 1974 was that we won. People still remember our football,

:13:37.:13:42.

they don't remember the German's football. I looked up the laws of

:13:42.:13:48.

football and law 10. Let me read it. It says, the team scoring the

:13:48.:13:54.

greater number of goals during a match is the winner. To our nation,

:13:54.:14:00.

match is the winner. To our nation, that World Cup meant a lot.

:14:00.:14:03.

remember everything about the tournament. Great games with

:14:03.:14:09.

Holland. For me it was a huge disappointment because I thought we

:14:09.:14:13.

could have won that game, the semi- final. I thought we played a very

:14:13.:14:21.

good game. Van Baston! Goal! With barely 90 seconds to go. I think it

:14:21.:14:25.

was seen as the writing of an historical wrong from the Dutch

:14:25.:14:31.

perspective and then it did feedback into the ideas of beating

:14:31.:14:35.

the bigger neighbour and perhaps exerting some kind of revenge on a

:14:35.:14:39.

symbolic level, pay back for the Second World War. Millions of Dutch

:14:39.:14:43.

people went on to the streets into what was then a very staid country

:14:43.:14:47.

on a Tuesday night, they threw their bikes in the air and said

:14:47.:14:52.

Ahoure, we've got our bikes back, because the Germans had confiscated

:14:52.:14:56.

bicycles during the war. A big rivalry between the Dutch and

:14:56.:15:00.

Germans. It is all to do with their lack of sportsmanship. They had

:15:00.:15:07.

this famous incident with Robben Combe and gesturing -- Ronald

:15:07.:15:13.

crewmen. That did not go down very well. For the Dutch players to

:15:13.:15:16.

behave like most angry fans was astonishing. We all got carried

:15:16.:15:26.
:15:26.:15:30.

away. Ruud Gullit! Les! -- yes! Winning the European Championship

:15:30.:15:34.

with that fantastic group of players, they deserved that. In

:15:34.:15:40.

some way we admired them. Ruud Hollett had their hair and some of

:15:40.:15:44.

my friends were running around celebrating. It was really, really

:15:44.:15:50.

great. 1988 was special. On the day, the Dutch won it fair and square.

:15:50.:15:55.

It would be nice if they would not make such a big deal about it.

:15:55.:15:59.

great sides from Europe, West Germany against Holland. Two years

:15:59.:16:05.

later in the World Cup. We always remember Frank Rijkaard's moments

:16:05.:16:15.

with Rudi Voeller. Did he spit at him? Rudi Voeller got sent off.

:16:15.:16:21.

doubt about it, right card spat on Rudi Voeller. -- Frank Rijkaard.

:16:21.:16:24.

They had a falling out in the corridor towards the locker-room.

:16:24.:16:32.

Years later, they talked about it Anne Frank apologised. Klinsmann!

:16:32.:16:39.

What a goal. At this point we talk about those moments of the rivalry

:16:39.:16:43.

and a negative moments of that game, but I also remember great players

:16:43.:16:48.

on the pitch. It was an amazing Dutch side and once we got them out

:16:48.:16:58.
:16:58.:17:02.

of the way, we felt like nobody Since the 90s, it has wound down.

:17:02.:17:07.

The Germans have changed, because they now want to play beautifully.

:17:07.:17:13.

They have begun learning a lot from Holland. The Dutch have been going

:17:13.:17:21.

from Total Football to a more solid team, waiting for their chances.

:17:21.:17:25.

This Germany team is blessed with technical, exciting young players,

:17:25.:17:28.

the players that Germany did not produce when the Dutch had

:17:28.:17:35.

wonderful players. Germany is playing great football, but we have

:17:35.:17:39.

not won a tournament since 1996. That is 16 years, we have not even

:17:39.:17:46.

been to a final. For the best part of 48 months! All of those days of

:17:46.:17:54.

her at! 1988 since the Dutch won anything,

:17:54.:17:58.

1996, the Germans. Germany have become more flamboyant, the Dutch

:17:58.:18:05.

have become more workmanlike. It is quite confusing! It is, but it is

:18:05.:18:10.

all to do with the talent of the generation. The Germans have

:18:10.:18:13.

produced players with those characteristics, and the Dutch, the

:18:13.:18:18.

opposite. But the Dutch still have great players up front, and they

:18:18.:18:24.

can produce those special moments. The team that scores the greater

:18:24.:18:30.

amount of goals wins the game! never knew that! He read it

:18:30.:18:38.

beautifully! Fantastic! There is so much history, it goes back,

:18:38.:18:42.

genuinely, they do not like it ever. That is great for the game, it is

:18:42.:18:48.

great to watch. We talk about the talent and the ability, but the

:18:48.:18:53.

history set it up perfectly. Potentially, we have got a classic.

:18:54.:18:57.

The hair things are called dreadlocks! I had them myself, but

:18:58.:19:05.

I could not remember the name! Before we move on, a bit of

:19:05.:19:08.

domestic news. Chelsea have confirmed they have appointed

:19:08.:19:12.

Roberto di Matteo as their permanent manager on a two-year

:19:12.:19:16.

contract. That is his report to guiding them to a first Champions

:19:17.:19:21.

League trophy this month. It is a two-year contract, with no exit

:19:21.:19:28.

clause after one year. If he does one year, he will do well! The

:19:28.:19:38.
:19:38.:19:57.

other two sides in this group met Agger. He has acknowledged it is a

:19:57.:20:07.
:20:07.:20:10.

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

:20:10.:20:20.
:20:20.:20:21.

Portugal, Helder Postiga this time. It is flitting from the corner!

:20:21.:20:26.

Portugal scored through Pepe! They have been building pressure, their

:20:26.:20:33.

key players have been getting shots on towards golf. Now, it is their

:20:33.:20:43.
:20:43.:20:43.

key defender, the big man, Pepe, who makes it 1-0. It will be a

:20:43.:20:49.

yellow card. Then Mark Field it should have been read against Raul

:20:49.:20:59.
:20:59.:21:21.

Meireles. -- Denmark feel it should Postiga! That is a great golf. --

:21:21.:21:30.

goal. Fabio Coentrao got the Cross end. Nani threaded the pass through.

:21:30.:21:35.

As soon as Helder Postiga was in front of Simon Kjaer, it is

:21:35.:21:45.
:21:45.:21:46.

unstoppable. Portugal are in control of the game. Helder Postiga

:21:46.:21:52.

was lifers against Germany, the media said that Nelson Oliveira

:21:53.:22:01.

should have been chosen instead. -- he was lifeless against Germany.

:22:01.:22:06.

Denmark are back in business! Where was the Portugal defence? Nicklas

:22:06.:22:11.

Bendtner maintains his 100% run, played five against Portugal,

:22:11.:22:19.

scored five, a goal in every game. That is another phase of play,

:22:19.:22:24.

because he was offside from the first ball. He was never daring to

:22:24.:22:34.
:22:34.:22:46.

miss. A clever header from Michael quicker than that. He got a look of

:22:46.:22:56.
:22:56.:23:35.

disgust from his captain. He should turned it around! Paulo Bento's

:23:35.:23:39.

Portuguese have thrown it away. What a ball from the art -- from

:23:39.:23:45.

Lars Jacobsen! Rui Patricio thought he had saved it. It was pushed onto

:23:45.:23:55.
:23:55.:24:24.

the post, but there is enough power Ronaldo has had so many moments

:24:24.:24:29.

against Denmark, but we always felt it was not going to be his day.

:24:29.:24:34.

Silvestre Varela, who miskicked at first time of asking it, walloped

:24:34.:24:44.
:24:44.:25:02.

might be it. The ball just rolled away.

:25:02.:25:08.

Another thrilling game. The group is still very much alive. The Dutch

:25:08.:25:12.

will be breathing a huge sigh of relief, they cannot be knocked out

:25:12.:25:17.

tonight. Should Germany when, they cannot quite guarantee their

:25:17.:25:22.

progress to the quarter-finals. If Holland win, all four teams would

:25:23.:25:27.

go into the final round of group games locked together on three

:25:27.:25:31.

points, imagine that. Quite a prospect on the so-called Group of

:25:31.:25:41.
:25:41.:25:41.

Denmark looked dead and buried, Nicklas Bendtner scored twice, but

:25:41.:25:46.

Cristiano Ronaldo, he missed two chances, you cannot believe it.

:25:46.:25:55.

Then, Sylvester -- Silvestre Varela, he is strong on his right and on

:25:55.:26:02.

his left! And unbelievable bit of luck. It was incredible. It was a

:26:02.:26:06.

great game, and we saw the Portuguese attacking it, finally.

:26:06.:26:10.

They were so disappointing in the World Cup and in the first game.

:26:10.:26:20.
:26:20.:26:21.

Kristiana Ronaldo will be relieved. He fluffed a half chance in the

:26:21.:26:26.

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

:26:26.:26:33.

times have we seen him stick those in? That is 40 yards past the post.

:26:33.:26:38.

I was screaming for him to take it around the goalkeeper. This is two

:26:38.:26:44.

minutes later. That is a fantastic header. He likes playing against

:26:44.:26:51.

Portugal, six goals in five games. That takes us to 2-2. Talk me

:26:51.:26:59.

through this, Clarence! A good left foot! He is so lucky! It lands

:26:59.:27:06.

perfectly for him. He was in the right place at the right moment!

:27:06.:27:12.

Twice! It is some strike. What has been fascinating since the

:27:12.:27:17.

tournament started, 30 goals have been scored, and over a third have

:27:17.:27:21.

been headers. It has got something to do with the football, because

:27:21.:27:26.

two years ago, everybody was moaning about it, but I have not

:27:26.:27:31.

heard one person complaining about it in this tournament. It is not so

:27:31.:27:35.

difficult, and they get the shots on target. It helps when you do not

:27:35.:27:41.

play with a balloon! It is a very good ball. Thank heavens they got

:27:41.:27:46.

it right. In 48 hours, England will play their second game of the

:27:46.:27:56.

What have the players beat up to today? Training this morning but

:27:56.:28:01.

was swept, we have had rain today. Martin Kelly is still suffering

:28:01.:28:06.

from a virus. Ashley Cole does not do bald work for two days after a

:28:06.:28:12.

game, so he went to the gym. Otherwise, no other injuries. Roy

:28:12.:28:16.

Hodgson has given the players time off, and about a third have got

:28:16.:28:20.

family or friends flying over to spend some time with them this

:28:20.:28:25.

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

:28:26.:28:29.

the England team are based in Poland, but they games are in

:28:29.:28:35.

Ukraine, how inconvenient has to travel been? Roy Hodgson is

:28:35.:28:40.

convinced they are still doing the right think. This was not his plan,

:28:40.:28:45.

but he said he did not change anything, because the heat and

:28:45.:28:49.

humidity in the Ukraine, he thinks it is worse to be in that all week

:28:49.:28:53.

long, he would rather come back here, and a more accessible town,

:28:53.:28:57.

the players can for come round, go for a coffee, he feels the

:28:57.:29:04.

facilities they have far better. It was raided today -- it was raining

:29:04.:29:09.

today, and it will be raining tomorrow when they arrived in Kiev.

:29:09.:29:13.

The temperatures are called up there. He is much happier with

:29:13.:29:18.

those conditions. This game against Sweden is a different proposition,

:29:18.:29:22.

this is going to be a game that Sweden have got to chase. Danny

:29:22.:29:26.

Welbeck told us earlier that he thinks it will be quite an exciting

:29:26.:29:29.

match. From a neutral perspective, it will

:29:29.:29:38.

be fun. It will be better for us, once the game gets opened up, there

:29:38.:29:42.

will be a few goalscoring opportunities. I was excited to be

:29:42.:29:46.

involved in a major competition for England. I was quite isolated at

:29:46.:29:52.

times, but at that level, you are not going to get so much possession,

:29:52.:29:56.

and you have got to take it into your stride, and when you get the

:29:56.:29:59.

ball, hold it up and bring others into play.

:29:59.:30:03.

I understand a few of the players have had haircuts, including Wayne

:30:03.:30:08.

Rooney, which I imagine this and think he only dreamed about 12

:30:08.:30:13.

months ago! We could not help but notice that his head looked

:30:13.:30:18.

different. The new hair on the top is still there, but the hair at the

:30:18.:30:23.

back was shorter. It became clear a few others had had haircuts. Ashley

:30:23.:30:32.

Cole has gone for a mopey can, -- most piquant, and this was going on

:30:32.:30:40.

in Ashley Young's room. Roy Hodgson did not trust that Barber, he has a

:30:40.:30:45.

man back home who does his hair! You can always tell it has been a

:30:45.:30:49.

quiet day when we start talking about haircuts! It all got very

:30:49.:30:59.
:30:59.:31:09.

exciting! That game can wait, because we have

:31:09.:31:19.
:31:19.:31:50.

There is sure to be a terrific atmosphere in Kharkiv as two of the

:31:50.:31:54.

best supported sides go head to head. Sampling the mood in the

:31:54.:31:59.

Metalist Stadium, Martin Keown and Jake Humphrey.

:31:59.:32:02.

For the second time in this tournament, the Dutch are here on

:32:02.:32:06.

the field, they will hope they do not have a repeat performance of

:32:06.:32:11.

the first game. It is not just the team's playing tonight, but again,

:32:11.:32:16.

you are a few feet away from a football pitch, it has got you %.

:32:16.:32:21.

Yes, it reminds you of when you played the game for yourself. When

:32:21.:32:26.

you look at this, I watched this in the 1974 World Cup, what a

:32:26.:32:30.

fantastic game, let's hope it is half as good tonight. The Dutch

:32:30.:32:34.

became famous for Total Football, the Germans have been efficient,

:32:34.:32:38.

but a bit of arrogance from the Germans tonight to prove to the

:32:38.:32:42.

Dutch they can play Total Football? He think about professionalism with

:32:42.:32:47.

the Germans, but tonight, they will look to play quality football.

:32:47.:32:52.

Bastian Schweinsteiger, his raking passes, Mesut Ozil will get forward,

:32:52.:33:02.
:33:02.:33:03.

if you switch off, Mario Gomez will The Portugal win helps them. They

:33:03.:33:07.

have to focus on what they're doing. They want to put the show on for

:33:07.:33:11.

their supporters. I'm sure tonight they will play with much more

:33:11.:33:16.

ruthlessness than in the first match. This game is the equivalent

:33:16.:33:19.

of England against Germany, they don't need any more motivation.

:33:19.:33:25.

There's no love lost. Team-mates that I played with, they will want

:33:25.:33:30.

to win. Robin might come alive for them. Van Persie will surely score

:33:30.:33:35.

some goals tonight. Two classic teams, let's hope for a classic

:33:35.:33:40.

match. Martin picked him out, but Arjen

:33:40.:33:44.

Robben has stated that losing becomes an art in itself. Very

:33:44.:33:54.
:33:54.:34:05.

philosophical! The Dutch will be It is always very disappointing

:34:05.:34:13.

when you lose your first game. But I think we played well. We created

:34:13.:34:18.

enough chances to beat them and unfortunately we missed too many.

:34:18.:34:22.

We have to forget the game against Denmark and there's a major game

:34:22.:34:26.

coming up against Germany. Every game from now will be a final so we

:34:26.:34:34.

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

:34:34.:34:38.

TRANSLATION: Everything is becoming more intense. The whole world is

:34:38.:34:44.

watching us and we are used to that and a few, as runners up in the

:34:44.:34:48.

World Cup, if you lose the first match you know this will happen. It

:34:48.:34:52.

gives me more energy and I tried to pass that on to the players. These

:34:52.:34:56.

things happen and if you want to dwell on it for days and my awake

:34:56.:35:05.

at night, Be My Guest, but that is not what I do. During the World Cup,

:35:05.:35:09.

sometimes you have easy games to start with, but once you play the

:35:09.:35:14.

Euros, from the first game, it is very difficult. But the confidence

:35:14.:35:17.

we have got in the team is that we have the quality to get three

:35:17.:35:22.

points. They have the quality to get three points, but they have got

:35:22.:35:31.

tough opposition. Very tough. I think they are very motivated. Dirk

:35:31.:35:37.

Kuyt said some interesting things, we created a lot, but Denmark had a

:35:37.:35:43.

much better defence. I think they have to play fast and better and

:35:43.:35:46.

more aggressive and be a little bit more determined in terms of energy

:35:46.:35:50.

and team spirit to go and get the win. The interesting thing is the

:35:50.:35:55.

two holding players for the Dutch are destructive more than creative.

:35:55.:35:59.

It puts tremendous onus on the from four to play. That is where

:35:59.:36:06.

Sneijder comes in. He has to pass and move well. The other thing they

:36:06.:36:09.

need is at the van Persie we have seen all season for Arsenal rather

:36:09.:36:13.

than the one that played the other night. I was fascinated to see how

:36:13.:36:18.

he would play in this tournament. He just hasn't missed anything in

:36:18.:36:21.

front of goal all season for Arsenal. If anyone was going to

:36:21.:36:25.

come into a tournament full of confidence, it was this guy. We

:36:25.:36:29.

were unsure whether he would play up front on his own or whether he

:36:29.:36:34.

would play hunt a lot and may be moved him to the left. -- Huntelaar.

:36:34.:36:40.

He doesn't seem as fluid when he is on his own for Holland. At Arsenal,

:36:40.:36:44.

he goes to the left and the right, he comes short, he is not afraid to

:36:44.:36:47.

do that. But in this Dutch team, he do that. But in this Dutch team, he

:36:47.:36:52.

is probably not allowed to do that. This was early on in the game. As a

:36:52.:36:57.

striker, this is what you want. You think to yourself, give me another

:36:57.:37:05.

one. He had four or five. This one, right foot, across the goal. Not a

:37:05.:37:10.

particularly great effort. This one is all wrong. He tried to take a

:37:10.:37:16.

touch with his left foot instead of his right. He did not look as

:37:16.:37:20.

confident as he has been all season. A fresh-air shot. All season we

:37:20.:37:26.

have seen them smashing them. Shocking bobble! It wasn't a bottle.

:37:26.:37:33.

It hit his right foot. His balance was all wrong. Decent movement, but

:37:33.:37:36.

again, right foot. We have seen again, right foot. We have seen

:37:36.:37:40.

them go in all season. He has to score goals tonight. You said there

:37:40.:37:43.

are question marks against his temperament, he gets too nervous

:37:43.:37:50.

playing for the national side. He has to answer those critics. Yes. I

:37:50.:37:57.

think the coach has a vital role in that. They all know who he is. He

:37:57.:38:03.

puts a lot of pressure on himself and the coach has to give him all

:38:03.:38:08.

the confidence he needs. He know he has all the confidence at Arsenal,

:38:08.:38:13.

but it is not the same for Holland. It is the flair missing from him in

:38:13.:38:20.

these games. You have to handle that as a top player, Clarence. One

:38:20.:38:24.

thing is pretty sure tonight, he would get as many chances as he did

:38:24.:38:29.

the other night. He can't play as badly again, impossible. Let's

:38:29.:38:34.

speak about Germany. You have spoke -- picked out Mats Hummels. He has

:38:34.:38:38.

had a great season in Germany. Begins the Portuguese I thought he

:38:38.:38:43.

was so impressive. -- against the Portuguese. Bayern Munich have four

:38:44.:38:48.

of the five players in the back five. This guy is terrific, the

:38:48.:38:52.

five. This guy is terrific, the best of the lot. 23 years old. We

:38:52.:38:57.

pick him up here, a little look. Another little look. And then he

:38:57.:39:01.

tracks the run and he has got the lot. He has got every attribute you

:39:01.:39:07.

would want as a centre-back. He is dominant in the air. Tremendous

:39:07.:39:15.

composure, two good feet, brave, brilliant covering head of there. -

:39:15.:39:19.

- header. He picked this up with consumer tees and when he gets

:39:19.:39:26.

possession, he can't half play. Two great feat. He comes for what can't

:39:26.:39:36.
:39:36.:39:37.

always finds a team-mate. -- forward. Terrific pass. What I like

:39:37.:39:42.

about this is there is movement in front of him, he waits and waits

:39:42.:39:48.

and picks the right option. and picks the right option.

:39:48.:39:52.

Fantastic player. Left foot this time, build up fabulous. You've

:39:52.:39:55.

been quite critical of the German defensive partnerships in recent

:39:55.:39:59.

years. It has been a weakness for them, but he could make a

:39:59.:40:04.

difference. He is fantastic, he has every attribute and he is better

:40:04.:40:10.

than Mertesacker. Arsenal fans will not like that, but because

:40:10.:40:15.

Mertesacker was so slow, that can affect your performance. If you

:40:15.:40:18.

haven't got any pace in your defence, you tend to go deeper and

:40:18.:40:23.

deeper, whereas this kid will come out and play. Clarence, what have

:40:23.:40:31.

Holland got to do to win this game? Be very aggressive. Make sure they

:40:31.:40:37.

don't give too much space away. The Germans up front are really Will

:40:37.:40:44.

Sharp. Alan, who will win? Germany, just. Gomez might have a big say.

:40:44.:40:50.

Clarence? You will stick up for your country! That is obvious!

:40:50.:40:56.

goes without saying. Final word? think Germany will be too strong.

:40:56.:41:01.

Ozil will have a big part to play. If this game lives up to the hype,

:41:01.:41:07.

we can expect a genuine classic. The Netherlands begins Germany. --

:41:07.:41:17.
:41:17.:41:46.

Our commentators in the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv are Mark

:41:46.:41:52.

Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. COMMENTATOR: good evening, what a

:41:52.:41:55.

privilege it is to be at one of the most enthralling international

:41:55.:42:04.

football fixtures. An old Dutch midfielder admitted thirsting for

:42:04.:42:11.

revenge for the Second World War in the 1974 World Cup final. It was a

:42:11.:42:15.

day of national redemption when Ruud had it's brilliant team won

:42:15.:42:19.

the Euro 88 semi-final in Hamburg. -- Ruud Gullit's brilliant team.

:42:19.:42:29.
:42:29.:42:29.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:42:29.:43:28.

You can see the tension on the Germany have memories of losing the

:43:28.:43:33.

second game in Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010. There will be no

:43:33.:43:43.
:43:43.:43:43.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:43:43.:44:32.

If Germany win tonight, they might still not make the quarter-finals.

:44:32.:44:42.
:44:42.:44:43.

It is all to play for. A very hot night, the stifling 84 degrees. As

:44:43.:44:49.

airless as the old detention room at school. It was always Ella's in

:44:49.:44:53.

my day and that is how it is in this stadium. -- Ellesse. The last

:44:53.:44:57.

time the Dutch failed to qualify it time the Dutch failed to qualify it

:44:57.:45:03.

from the group stages in the European Championships was in 1980.

:45:03.:45:10.

Robin van Persie keeps his place up front. Huntelaar, the top scorer in

:45:10.:45:14.

the Bundesliga this season, only on the bench. A surprise for many who

:45:14.:45:18.

have been following Holland in this tournament and were very critical

:45:18.:45:23.

of van Persie after their opening defeat. The role of van Bommel in

:45:23.:45:28.

shackling the movement of Ozil will be crucial. Philipp Lahm voted one

:45:28.:45:32.

of the best full-backs in his last three tournaments. The referee is

:45:33.:45:39.

Yonas Eriksson from Sweden. -- Joan S Eriksson. The Germans beat

:45:39.:45:44.

Holland 3-0 in a friendly in November. Miroslav Kloser was among

:45:44.:45:53.

the scorers as they inflicted the biggest Dutch defeat in 13 years.

:45:53.:45:57.

Do five of that side were in the team that beat England in the Euro

:45:58.:46:02.

Under 21 final three years ago. It is a fine German conveyor-belt

:46:02.:46:06.

system for bringing through talent. 7 Bayern Munich players in that

:46:06.:46:13.

side. Among the substitutes, Rafael van der Vaart can feel a little bit

:46:13.:46:17.

unlucky not to start. He impressed late on as the Dutch were beaten by

:46:17.:46:24.

the Danes. Klose will be hoping to come on, two short of good Muller's

:46:24.:46:29.

record of 16 goals in World Cups and European Championships. -- Gerd

:46:29.:46:35.

Muller's. The Germans ranked third in the world, the Dutch fourth. It

:46:35.:46:41.

is another sultry evening in Ukraine. We are in Kharkiv, the

:46:41.:46:50.

second city. Support in the stadium. Orange Serps -- orange shirts a way

:46:50.:46:58.

to the left. Germany in their famous white and black, kicking

:46:58.:47:02.

away from the bulk of their fans. Khedira seems to be playing in a

:47:02.:47:07.

more forward role than he did in the World Cup finals in 2010.

:47:07.:47:11.

Wesley Sneijder, who had such a brilliant tournament. The boys in

:47:11.:47:16.

the studio have been talking about Hummels. De Jong partnering van

:47:16.:47:20.

Bommel. Will Holland move the ball quickly enough from the central

:47:20.:47:25.

midfield position? The referee keep us waiting a few moments. Robin van

:47:25.:47:33.

Persie will kick-off. Was he trying too hard for Holland? Did he lose

:47:33.:47:38.

his composure in front of goal? Holland will kick-off. So many

:47:38.:47:44.

memories behind us of great matches between these two countries. The

:47:44.:47:49.

role of the referee just as important as it was with Jack

:47:49.:47:59.
:47:59.:48:04.

happen tonight? Two identical systems, we do not hope they cancel

:48:04.:48:09.

each other out. The Dutch played well enough against Denmark to have

:48:09.:48:14.

won two games, they do not need to beat themselves up, but it is the

:48:14.:48:22.

enemy, it is Germany, and they hate each other. No unrest in the Dutch

:48:22.:48:27.

camp, they insist. Bert van Marwijk admits that the fixture has thrown

:48:27.:48:31.

up the best games of the last generation, very intense. There is

:48:31.:48:41.
:48:41.:49:17.

van Persie. It was a bad idea, the past. It was a bit too quick for

:49:17.:49:27.
:49:27.:49:41.

to a team-mate! -- Arjen Robben. was booed in a pre-tournament

:49:41.:49:51.
:49:51.:50:12.

friendly. He gets booed by L of the in German tactics and style over

:50:12.:50:16.

the past the years. They still resemble a team of giants, they are

:50:16.:50:26.
:50:26.:50:31.

Gregory van der Wiel struggled in the last 20 minutes, he was

:50:31.:50:35.

exhausted by the heat. Lukas Podolski and Thomas Muller, they

:50:35.:50:40.

make the pitch as big as possible. They understand how the system

:50:40.:50:45.

works, even though they are not naturally wide men. The system has

:50:45.:50:50.

brought and nine of the Under 21 side from 2009 through to the

:50:50.:50:57.

senior team in the last two finals. Only James Milner and Theo Walcott

:50:57.:51:07.
:51:07.:51:11.

have made it through for England group tonight. That is because of

:51:11.:51:21.
:51:21.:51:41.

the earlier result, Portugal ID and often against Philipp Lahm.

:51:41.:51:46.

Philipp Lahm is a real competitor. Height is a disadvantage, but he

:51:46.:51:56.
:51:56.:51:56.

has never let it bother him. Just like most of the Barcelona team.

:51:57.:52:06.
:52:07.:52:07.

Nothing will bother Nigel de Jong. No it never seemed to get to him. -

:52:07.:52:17.
:52:17.:52:52.

Germany play their football has developed in Holland over the last

:52:52.:52:57.

few years. The lot of Dutch players now play in the Bundesliga, like

:52:57.:53:06.

Arjen Robben, that has helped it up. One of those players, Klaas-Jan

:53:06.:53:13.

Huntelaar, will not be pleased being on the bench. They are right,

:53:13.:53:16.

going with Robin van Persie. You do not suddenly throw him out of a

:53:16.:53:26.
:53:26.:53:40.

the season this season, he has picked up a couple of red cards.

:53:40.:53:46.

One of them was for failing -- found and Miroslav Klose, the

:53:46.:53:56.
:53:56.:54:11.

Mats Hummels still in? He drifted as though he had no idea where

:54:11.:54:15.

Robin van Persie had gone. If that had been in the Premier League, it

:54:15.:54:19.

would have been nestling in the back of the net. He could have had

:54:19.:54:29.
:54:29.:54:55.

They know the threat he carries. Three of them had to deal with him.

:54:55.:54:59.

Holger Badstuber, described by one of the great Dutch coaches as the

:54:59.:55:09.
:55:09.:55:09.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:55:09.:55:50.

best left-sided defender in Germany goalkeeper got down low and saved

:55:50.:55:56.

from Mesut Ozil. I do not think Maarten Stekelenburg saw that until

:55:56.:56:06.
:56:06.:56:34.

centre of defence, Germany. Dutch are moving the ball very

:56:34.:56:44.
:56:44.:56:54.

quickly. Has the guy from the does not feel it was as dangerous

:56:54.:57:04.
:57:04.:57:04.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:57:04.:58:11.

strides this season, the 18 year- they are creating chances, and he

:58:11.:58:17.

is not taking them again. It is a good save in the end. A goal-kick

:58:17.:58:27.
:58:27.:58:27.

was given. Apologies. He scuffed it a bit. I thought he had got a touch,

:58:27.:58:33.

but obviously not. This is the Maarten Stekelenburg saved. It hit

:58:33.:58:40.

the post! What is Mats Hummels still in? He thinks the goalkeeper

:58:40.:58:50.
:58:50.:58:50.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:58:50.:59:35.

system after Euro 2000, Germany, when they had such a terrible

:59:35.:59:41.

tournament. They finished bottom of their group. Alan Shearer got a

:59:41.:59:50.

terrific goal in the first few minutes. They reviewed the whole

:59:50.:00:00.
:00:00.:00:13.

system, and they came up with this Khedira will take turns to get

:00:13.:00:23.
:00:23.:00:23.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:00:23.:01:05.

into Joris Mathijsen. He played for The first of the game. The

:01:05.:01:09.

Barcelona player, he played very little football this season because

:01:09.:01:17.

of a knee ligament injury. He has only had 190 minutes since that the

:01:17.:01:27.
:01:27.:01:27.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:01:27.:02:46.

injury. -- he has only played 90 the world, Holland, last August.

:02:46.:02:56.
:02:56.:03:19.

They were found out when they went referee and got it for

:03:19.:03:24.

Schweinsteiger's efforts. I'm not sure they really wanted it, they

:03:24.:03:34.
:03:34.:03:54.

Germans. But Badstuber had his arm twice with that diagonal ball,

:03:54.:04:04.
:04:04.:04:12.

right to left. A suspicion of contract goes on to the World Cup

:04:12.:04:17.

finals in Brazil and he has had the dreaded vote of confidence in the

:04:17.:04:27.
:04:27.:04:27.

last couple of days from the Chief of the Dutch FA. Why would you be

:04:27.:04:37.
:04:37.:05:03.

of the ball. He has seen very Bronckhorst missing at the World

:05:03.:05:12.

Cup two years ago. Van Bronckhorst retired after that. You forget how

:05:12.:05:22.
:05:22.:05:43.

Persie. It was a poor ball. It is not difficult from this position to

:05:43.:05:49.

pick him out. You have got all the time in the world to pick out van

:05:49.:05:59.
:05:59.:05:59.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:05:59.:06:40.

three times from that position that the history of European

:06:40.:06:44.

Championship finals and the Dutch are the second highest, but it is

:06:44.:06:54.
:06:54.:07:02.

against Denmark. -- Willems. He got his defensive positions wrong once

:07:02.:07:12.
:07:12.:07:32.

or twice and nearly got caught you. Team-mates, aren't they?

:07:32.:07:42.
:07:42.:07:47.

Bayern Munich. Runners up in the Bundesliga. Lost to Chelsea in the

:07:47.:07:57.
:07:57.:08:09.

Champions League. He has had to after Terry Butcher picked up a

:08:09.:08:19.
:08:19.:08:19.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:08:19.:09:12.

terrible cart playing away in execution. No, they have looked

:09:12.:09:22.
:09:22.:09:42.

ordinary so far, Germany. Jogi Low the season with a groin injury.

:09:42.:09:50.

Chelsea were once interested in him. A lot of interest, I would imagine,

:09:50.:10:00.
:10:00.:10:27.

They were beaten by Croatia. They have made three tournament semi-

:10:27.:10:37.
:10:37.:11:10.

referee says Heitinga was wrestling lead! Mario Gomez. He scored the

:11:10.:11:15.

goal that won their opening victory and he gets his second of the

:11:15.:11:19.

tournament. Jonathan, that is probably only his third touch of

:11:19.:11:23.

the game so far. But doesn't he come alive when the ball comes into

:11:23.:11:33.
:11:33.:11:40.

the box? As we saw in the first don't worry about that. Great take

:11:40.:11:50.

with his left foot. He passed it into the back of the net. Quality.

:11:50.:11:56.

Brains on the ball as well, Schweinsteiger. There was criticism

:11:56.:12:02.

that he didn't score at such a regular level for his country as he

:12:02.:12:07.

did for his club. That is 13 goals in his last 16 internationals.

:12:08.:12:14.

Amazing. Only touched the ball half a dozen times the other night.

:12:14.:12:23.

everybody knows, he was coming off. The substitute was ready to come on.

:12:23.:12:33.
:12:33.:12:40.

Germany are building something special. Can Holland hit back

:12:40.:12:50.
:12:50.:13:04.

people might once have said. Got game in the blink of an eye. But he

:13:04.:13:14.
:13:14.:13:27.

stadium, but they are being outnumbered. The German supporters

:13:27.:13:35.

of the noisiest. -- are the noisiest. Robben went for it! A

:13:35.:13:40.

good save by his Bayern Munich team-mate. It would have to be some

:13:40.:13:45.

strike to beat Neuer from there. It is his trademark, coming inside

:13:45.:13:55.
:13:55.:13:59.

with a whipped shot across the year-old tonight, raw and

:13:59.:14:09.
:14:09.:14:14.

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

:14:14.:14:24.
:14:24.:14:25.

think they expected van Bommel to run with the ball. Not much in it.

:14:25.:14:30.

Van Bommel rarely got above walking pace against Denmark, but he was

:14:30.:14:40.
:14:40.:15:03.

climbing on Ozil there. A real sea change in this tournament since

:15:03.:15:11.

Ukraine's opening win, it has come alive in Ukraine. This situation

:15:11.:15:21.
:15:21.:15:40.

completely suits Germany. They do could still go through if they beat

:15:40.:15:46.

Portugal. But this could be curtains for them. For that

:15:46.:15:49.

equation, they would need Denmark to lose against Germany in their

:15:49.:15:59.

final game. A very tall order. Denmark to lose against Germany?

:15:59.:16:04.

For Holland qualify should they lose here. Look at Philipp Lahm.

:16:04.:16:11.

Couldn't quite stretch enough. Interesting to see the offside with

:16:11.:16:21.
:16:21.:16:29.

where the ball or the man was. need more assistance, they don't

:16:29.:16:39.
:16:39.:16:39.

have enough on the pitch! Accurate 2012, the two linesman and then the

:16:39.:16:43.

assistants behind the dole. assistants behind the goal don't do

:16:43.:16:48.

anything. I haven't yet seen them make a decision. No. It is either

:16:48.:16:58.
:16:58.:17:24.

playing the more simple football, the more effective football. Yes.

:17:24.:17:34.

Yes. The thing is, we go back to van Persie's chance so early in the

:17:34.:17:44.
:17:44.:17:44.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:17:44.:18:57.

not won a tournament since 1996 at were seeing the same picture that

:18:57.:19:07.
:19:07.:19:27.

we work in the stadium. That is the himself in again. -- left back.

:19:27.:19:34.

They have had to play him because the man who would normally have

:19:34.:19:42.

filled end his injured. Stijn Schaars could play there, but he is

:19:42.:19:51.

more of a central midfield player. The Germans spot the weakness all

:19:51.:20:00.

the time, and they play on it. were in that square last night, it

:20:00.:20:04.

was fairly quiet, but the Dutch fans we spoke to were very cautious

:20:04.:20:14.
:20:14.:20:40.

and disappointed about their team's tournament, presumably. It is the

:20:40.:20:45.

last chance for a fair few of these Dutch players. Robin van Persie has

:20:45.:20:51.

another tournament in him, should they qualify for Brazil. D'etre

:20:51.:21:00.

Williams has time on his side. -- Jetro Willems. The German players,

:21:00.:21:10.
:21:10.:21:13.

it is they youngest squad since little better. Yes, understandable,

:21:13.:21:21.

I suppose, 1-0 down. Wesley Sneijder needed it to feet. It

:21:21.:21:29.

looks like he is you -- losing a bit of confidence, Robin van Persie.

:21:29.:21:39.
:21:39.:21:49.

four occasions in qualifying. There is a quandary, back -- they played

:21:49.:21:55.

together in a successful Dutch side? They played together when

:21:55.:22:05.
:22:05.:22:27.

Dutch defence the other day, saying that they were ordinary. I do not

:22:27.:22:37.
:22:37.:22:37.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:22:37.:23:31.

bopped, to try and get the ball. -- fate hated his spot. Jetro Willems

:23:31.:23:36.

is all over the place. They might need to taking out of his misery at

:23:36.:23:41.

half-time. He got caught out of position and was struggling to get

:23:42.:23:51.
:23:52.:24:00.

game they have played since losing the World Cup semi-final two years

:24:00.:24:10.
:24:10.:24:33.

there! If it had gone anywhere else, it was 2-0. Either side of the

:24:33.:24:40.

goalkeeper... But where were the Dutch defensively? It is amazing.

:24:40.:24:47.

Absolutely amazing. They had to score from there. That is the clue,

:24:47.:24:57.
:24:57.:25:09.

centre back, up from a free kick, nervous start. He had a nervous

:25:09.:25:19.
:25:19.:25:31.

start in the first game, but then place. 2-0. He cannot miss at the

:25:31.:25:39.

moment, Mario Gomez. A magnificent finish. That is the same routine.

:25:39.:25:49.
:25:49.:25:52.

Bastian Schweinsteiger, to Mario Gomez. There is a man on the edge.

:25:52.:25:58.

Jetro Willems gets sucked in again, underneath the ball. They are

:25:58.:26:03.

really clever how they work the ball out, all the time. It is a

:26:03.:26:13.
:26:13.:26:18.

brilliant finish again. The kiss some angle. -- it is some angle.

:26:18.:26:22.

They have only lost once when he has scored, he has 25 goals for his

:26:22.:26:28.

country now. I am not sure about the goalkeeper, you should go with

:26:28.:26:38.
:26:38.:26:38.

your right hand. But try telling that to Mario Gomez. They were a

:26:38.:26:44.

very good team in South Africa, a developing team. Mario Gomez has

:26:44.:26:49.

matured as an international player. They have got very good youngsters

:26:49.:26:56.

coming through as well, Andre Schurrle, Mario Gotze, a special

:26:56.:27:04.

team developing. They have needed one to calm the anxieties of 16

:27:04.:27:14.
:27:14.:27:23.

you do at half-time, assuming it is only two? Bert van Marwijk has a

:27:23.:27:33.
:27:33.:27:46.

hangdog expression, and he has told they found -- they can find a way

:27:46.:27:56.
:27:56.:27:56.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:27:56.:28:49.

back. The German goals, the Boateng! He thought, I will have a

:28:49.:28:59.
:28:59.:29:00.

smash at this! He did not score a goal for his last four clubs, nor

:29:00.:29:10.
:29:10.:29:18.

Germany. That is why. They looked Bastian Schweinsteiger, where it

:29:18.:29:28.
:29:28.:29:38.

life. Germany have not had to play that well to be winning. He missed

:29:38.:29:48.
:29:48.:29:57.

chances in the Champions League competitive football against

:29:57.:30:03.

Germany, that goes back to 1990, is about to end, and as they come up

:30:03.:30:13.
:30:13.:30:41.

with something special. Arjen movement. He has had a patchy

:30:41.:30:51.
:30:51.:31:01.

the races either. Philipp Lahm is coming up as the attacking full-

:31:01.:31:05.

back, sending Ibrahim Afellay backwards. They are all over the

:31:05.:31:15.
:31:15.:31:26.

here against Portugal. But Portugal looked dangerous on the attack

:31:26.:31:31.

against Denmark today. You would not fancy this Dutch defence

:31:31.:31:41.
:31:41.:32:19.

can run at the defenders. It was first foreign player to captain

:32:19.:32:29.
:32:29.:32:48.

of Muller. Free-kick given against Willems. Painful to watch the young

:32:48.:32:55.

man. I think you need to take him off. Just take him off. It is going

:32:55.:33:01.

from bad to worse. For his own sake let alone the team. One minute of

:33:01.:33:10.

stoppage time. 18 years and 71 days when he played against Denmark,

:33:10.:33:14.

Willems, to set the new record as a European Championship finals

:33:14.:33:24.
:33:24.:33:48.

youngster. Out of his depth against Podolski. -- fouled Podolski. Very

:33:48.:33:54.

much in the autumn of his career, van Bommel, at 35. Struggling in

:33:54.:34:04.
:34:04.:34:25.

half. Schweinsteiger will take the the corner. Germany very nearly 3-0

:34:25.:34:30.

up at the break, it would have been an own goal by the Arjen Robben.

:34:30.:34:35.

Germany very much in the driving seat. Two goals by it Mario Gomez,

:34:35.:34:41.

at the top scorer now. The first on 25 minutes, played in by

:34:41.:34:45.

Schweinsteiger, the second, played in by Schweinsteiger as well. It

:34:45.:34:50.

looks like van der Vaart might be coming on. The Netherlands are 2-0

:34:50.:35:00.
:35:00.:35:01.

The German's power on and it is looking mighty grin for the Dutch

:35:01.:35:06.

at present. Alan Hansen, you tipped the Germans to win the tournament.

:35:06.:35:13.

Alan Shearer! What an insult that is! Now you can see why I did tip

:35:13.:35:19.

them. Now I know I'm getting old!. After 15 minutes of that half, it

:35:19.:35:23.

is men against boys. They are offering so much more than the

:35:23.:35:27.

Germans. Van Persie had a very, very good chance again and he

:35:27.:35:30.

missed the chance. You could see the air being sucked out of the

:35:30.:35:35.

Dutch. They have collapsed, it should have been three or four. The

:35:35.:35:39.

big difference in the first half is you have got the Dutch playing such

:35:39.:35:44.

a rigid system, four at the back and two sitting midfield players in

:35:44.:35:48.

de Jong and van Bommel and they are not moving. Germany, Khedira and

:35:48.:35:53.

Schweinsteiger, are getting up to support Gomez. Two fantastic

:35:53.:35:58.

finishes and two great balls by a Schweinsteiger. Clarence Shearer!

:35:58.:36:03.

You came into this tournament, the Dutch, with high hopes, Great

:36:03.:36:07.

expectations. They are in desperate trouble. The first game did not

:36:07.:36:14.

help. A good start, I liked the start, very aggressive, they got

:36:14.:36:20.

chances again. Unfortunately, no good finishes and the Germans grow

:36:20.:36:25.

into the game. They did score when the chances came. That is the big

:36:25.:36:29.

difference. I thought it was a high-quality match. Some of the

:36:29.:36:33.

technique was excellent. I agree with Alan that the first 10 minutes,

:36:33.:36:37.

van Persie had a couple of really good chances. And then the Germans

:36:37.:36:42.

came back in. Defensively both came back in. Defensively both

:36:42.:36:45.

teams have had problems and no more so than with the opening goal. A

:36:45.:36:51.

brilliant take by Gomez, but watch the full-back. Van der Wiel is too

:36:51.:36:57.

interested in what Podolski is doing instead of watching the ball.

:36:57.:37:01.

Eventually he plays Gomez onside. It is a magnificent ball from

:37:01.:37:06.

Schweinsteiger and a fantastic take. But it if he is doing his job

:37:06.:37:11.

properly, Clarence, it is not a goal. But also, we have the central

:37:11.:37:14.

defender, Heitinga, he makes the same mistake as he did against

:37:14.:37:24.
:37:24.:37:26.

Germany. Stay with your man. Let him shoot from miles out. Another

:37:26.:37:31.

mistake. That is the difference. Schweinsteiger, not once have I

:37:32.:37:38.

seen van Bommel or de Jong getting into the German half. The big thing

:37:38.:37:43.

about de Jong and van Bommel, Alan is right, creatively they are doing

:37:43.:37:46.

nothing, but defensively they are poor as well. Not a great

:37:47.:37:51.

combination. A word on Gomez's finishing. It is the difference

:37:51.:37:55.

between the sides. One strike in form and one out of form.

:37:55.:37:59.

striker had a great chance and would normally put it away. We have

:37:59.:38:04.

seen him score all season for Arsenal. But Gomez is the big

:38:04.:38:09.

difference. The second one was a magnificent finish. A great finish

:38:09.:38:15.

of BOP great play from Gomez, he read the flick on. His movement is

:38:15.:38:22.

brilliant. But Schweinsteiger gets the ball and it has a lovely ball.

:38:22.:38:25.

You could ask one or two questions of the goalkeeper, but I have to

:38:25.:38:31.

give the credit to Gomez. That is a sensational finish. He lifts it

:38:31.:38:35.

over the goalkeeper. A lovely ball from Schweinsteiger, first touch,

:38:35.:38:42.

vision is fantastic. Just watch the goalkeeper go down. He lifted it

:38:42.:38:48.

over him. He doesn't even look because he knows whether goals.

:38:48.:38:54.

keeper is so culpable. You think he should save that? Absolutely.

:38:54.:38:59.

was right in the corner! By not having it. Clarence, if he stays on

:38:59.:39:08.

his feet... Seeing the left-back being in the centre and the centre-

:39:08.:39:14.

back on the left, this says a lot about the development of the action.

:39:14.:39:24.
:39:24.:39:24.

There were few other German chances. Ozil... Terrific player. It was a

:39:24.:39:30.

while after he hit it that we picked up that it had hit the post.

:39:30.:39:35.

You don't realise. It was soon perk. The goalkeeper has got no chance.

:39:35.:39:40.

And then there was a penalty shout. I think the referee got this right.

:39:40.:39:45.

I don't think that is a penalty. Definitely not. Too easy,

:39:45.:39:50.

absolutely not. Wonderful technique, Ozil. The other chance was from an

:39:50.:39:55.

Ozil free-kick. Badstuber should have scored. He has to score, this

:39:55.:40:04.

is a situ! A good save nevertheless. No, a bad miss. Can we talk about

:40:04.:40:08.

Heitinga? It is impossible for a defender not to feel the man on

:40:08.:40:12.

this occasion. You could see it coming, that he would go free. It

:40:12.:40:17.

is such a pity that he doesn't pay attention in the box. Earlier in

:40:18.:40:22.

the game, the Germans defended quite high. They were up the pitch.

:40:22.:40:27.

We talked beforehand about togetherness. On a couple of

:40:27.:40:34.

occasions, Lahm on the left was playing van Persie on. I think this

:40:34.:40:43.

is the first three minutes. That is three or four minutes in an van

:40:43.:40:50.

Persie get through. This is a great chance. How many times have we seen

:40:50.:40:54.

van Persie burying one of these this season for Arsenal? He could

:40:54.:40:59.

take a touch, he could do anything. The thing is, for a striker, he

:40:59.:41:03.

keeps getting in there. Sometimes it goes for you and sometimes it

:41:03.:41:08.

doesn't. A but unfortunately, you get judged in the big tournaments

:41:08.:41:11.

and he has missed three or four big chances in the first game and he

:41:11.:41:17.

has now missed certainly one big chance. We have seen him two or

:41:17.:41:19.

three times this season looking at the ball coming over his shoulder

:41:20.:41:24.

and finishing it. That is the difference. You get chances at this

:41:24.:41:29.

level and you have to put them away. That one coming over Hummels's

:41:29.:41:33.

shoulder, he looks like he is snatching at it. The ones he has

:41:33.:41:38.

scored for Arsenal... It is confident. Clarence, in contrast to

:41:38.:41:42.

the Dutch getting one man up front a lot of the time, the Germans get

:41:42.:41:47.

a lot of players forward. Absolutely. They are a little bit

:41:47.:41:51.

more confident in front of goal. We have seen it a couple of times

:41:51.:41:55.

where the Germans get into the box with three or four players, five

:41:55.:42:01.

players, and the whole team goes up front. The Dutch have sometimes two

:42:01.:42:03.

front. The Dutch have sometimes two players in the box and that is the

:42:03.:42:09.

difference. OK. It is not too long to wait for England's second game.

:42:09.:42:19.
:42:19.:42:22.

Not long, but a little bit too Captain, leader. You command the

:42:22.:42:27.

team. You command the pitch, you command respect. Rally the troops.

:42:27.:42:34.

Joleon Lescott gives England the lead! Dictate the play. Bobby Moore,

:42:34.:42:44.
:42:44.:42:46.

Terry Butcher, now it is your turn. Let's get the thoughts of the

:42:46.:42:50.

England boss, Roy Hodgson, who has been talking with Gabby.

:42:50.:42:54.

You've had time to reflect on the team performance and the tactics

:42:54.:42:58.

you chose for France. Have you had time to think about what it meant

:42:58.:43:02.

to you and your personal emotions standing there as England manager

:43:02.:43:10.

in a tournament? No. I don't know if I have. The game was so intense.

:43:10.:43:15.

There were not many moments where you felt you could relax. Laurent

:43:15.:43:19.

Blanc would probably have felt the same way. My emotions would be that

:43:19.:43:22.

I really enjoyed the game. I enjoyed the way the players went

:43:22.:43:26.

about their work, I think they did exceptionally well to keep their

:43:26.:43:30.

shape and discipline as well as they did and also to look dangerous

:43:30.:43:33.

on the counter-attack. Especially knowing that France were going to

:43:33.:43:38.

be, on paper at least, the most difficult opponents in the group.

:43:38.:43:44.

Do you know your team to face Sweden? Yes. But I haven't

:43:44.:43:47.

communicated that. We also have plenty of time, it is 48 hours

:43:47.:43:51.

before the game. I wouldn't dream of suggesting to someone what the

:43:51.:43:55.

team will be. But in our mind we have worked out what we think will

:43:55.:44:02.

be the best thing to do. Sweden only had 35% possession and England

:44:02.:44:07.

had 40%. Something has to give. don't believe in possession

:44:07.:44:12.

statistics, they don't interest me. I don't believe in shock statistics,

:44:12.:44:17.

possession statistics. Until someone, one day, manages to devise

:44:17.:44:21.

a system where every time I see a statistic about a shot at goal, it

:44:21.:44:26.

is a shot at goal that worries me, I don't even consider it. I think

:44:26.:44:30.

the Swedes will be what they are, very well-organised, very hard to

:44:30.:44:34.

beat. In most major tournaments they have made an appearance and

:44:34.:44:38.

they have held their own very, very well. You have allowed the players

:44:38.:44:42.

some time off this afternoon. Is that part of your plan that they

:44:42.:44:50.

would have some time today? Yes. In Krakow we said you one more than

:44:50.:44:53.

welcome to bring your family's along. We had a team meeting this

:44:53.:44:57.

morning before the training session. I said to the players, if you want

:44:57.:45:00.

to spend the rest of the afternoon and early part of the evening with

:45:00.:45:04.

your wife or girlfriend or other members of family, you are welcome.

:45:04.:45:09.

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

:45:09.:45:15.

curfew? I can't remember. Who will check them in? Will you be checking

:45:15.:45:25.
:45:25.:45:29.

them in by the door? Those days are You should not miss any of you

:45:29.:45:33.

wrote 2012 with what we have got for you on the BBC. Dan Walker is

:45:33.:45:37.

on top of everything. We have so many ways for you to

:45:37.:45:43.

stay in touch with Euro 2012. All our matches are live on the BBC

:45:43.:45:48.

Sport website, including both semi- finals and the big one. There are

:45:48.:45:51.

highlights online, every game, every goal, every moment that

:45:51.:45:57.

matters. And you can keep up-to- date with all the action on your

:45:57.:46:00.

mobile. Wherever you are, don't miss a minute of the action with

:46:00.:46:07.

commentary from Radio 5 Live. Hit the red button for all the extras

:46:07.:46:13.

and re runs of all the big games. Or catch up through the iPlayer on

:46:13.:46:18.

all our coverage and highlights shows. The BBC is the place to be

:46:18.:46:23.

for Euro 2012, on TV, radio and online.

:46:23.:46:27.

Let's pop back to Kharkiv where Martin Keown is doing a man-to-man

:46:27.:46:32.

marking job on Jake Humphrey. Well come back to vote stadium in

:46:32.:46:35.

Kharkiv. We are eyeing the sprinklers with caution because

:46:35.:46:41.

they keep coming over. We are amongst the Dutch fans at this end.

:46:41.:46:46.

Orange tops, red faces. They certainly have. The Germans are so

:46:46.:46:50.

clinical, Gomez in front of goals quite stunning, it is almost

:46:50.:46:54.

embarrassing for the Dutch. They have to respond to this. They have

:46:54.:46:58.

to make tactical changes because they were second best. Let's

:46:58.:47:03.

imagine you're a van Marwijck, what do you say and do? I think

:47:03.:47:07.

Huntelaar has to come on. Van Persie energies a role. Van Bommel,

:47:07.:47:10.

I think it is the end of his international career. They are too

:47:11.:47:17.

rigid in midfield. With Khedira and Schweinsteiger, they are so fluid

:47:17.:47:21.

in that area. They have the extra player in the final third. As for

:47:21.:47:25.

Germany, they will know that is going on in the Dutch dressing room.

:47:25.:47:31.

I guess Jogi Low will be saying we can make history, we can punish the

:47:31.:47:36.

Dutch players. They are winning at a canter. Hummels at the back

:47:36.:47:40.

looked a bit shaky. I thought the Dutch might feel they could get in

:47:41.:47:45.

behind with diagonal runs. If you can get Sneijder playing those

:47:45.:47:49.

balls in behind the defence, you never know, the Dutch might respond.

:47:49.:47:54.

You're an Arsenal fan. A van Persie man. Is it time for Huntelaar to

:47:54.:47:58.

replace him? Without a doubt, but van Persie still has something to

:47:58.:48:02.

offer. In front of goal it is not happening for him. It is a sticky

:48:02.:48:06.

night in Kharkiv, the heat could be about to be turned up massively on

:48:06.:48:16.
:48:16.:48:17.

Holland. They need something in the They need at least two goals, can

:48:17.:48:22.

you see them getting back into this? We need some changes. What

:48:22.:48:27.

changes would you make? Ibrahim Afellay and Mark van Bommel, I

:48:28.:48:34.

would take them out, and I would bring in Rafael van der Vaart. I

:48:34.:48:41.

would bring on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and keep Robin van Persie on.

:48:41.:48:45.

all at attack, and for the Germans to hammer them on the break. They

:48:45.:48:50.

have got to get more support from midfield for the strikers. They

:48:50.:48:57.

have got to get rid of the two in midfield, take-off Mark van Bommel

:48:57.:49:00.

and get Rafael van der Vaart in there. They have got nothing to

:49:00.:49:08.

lose it. It looks like Rafael van der Vaart is coming on. Mark van

:49:08.:49:13.

Bommel is off, because he has the captain's armband. And Klaas-Jan

:49:13.:49:20.

Huntelaar as well. You have named both changes! But who has gone off?

:49:20.:49:26.

The captain is off. I am sure we will find out. Jonathan Pearce will

:49:26.:49:36.
:49:36.:49:40.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar coming on. Mark van Bommel and Ibrahim Afellay have

:49:40.:49:46.

gone off. It will be interesting see -- two-seat where Robin van

:49:46.:49:54.

Persie plays. He is starting on the right hand side. It looks as if

:49:54.:49:59.

Holland will play that way, as they chase the game. Rafael van der

:49:59.:50:06.

Vaart has the captain's armband. Germany lead, with the two goals

:50:06.:50:12.

from Mario Gomez. It will be interesting if the Dutch can pinch

:50:12.:50:22.
:50:22.:50:27.

the first goal. If not, it is game goals between them at club level

:50:27.:50:34.

this season, and who have 59 goals for their country. They have gone

:50:34.:50:44.
:50:44.:50:58.

it was not a brilliant run, he just jumped over to the left-hand side,

:50:58.:51:04.

and he got in behind John Heitinga. It is far too easy. Germany are a

:51:04.:51:09.

very good team. They will get better in the next couple of years,

:51:09.:51:17.

I would suspect. At the moment, Holland are making it easy for them.

:51:17.:51:27.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was sitting uneasily on the bench. Deflected

:51:27.:51:33.

from Arjen Robben, it is a corner. The first of the game for Germany.

:51:33.:51:39.

They do not need corners. Rafael van der Vaart approaching 100 caps

:51:39.:51:49.
:51:49.:52:26.

least the quarter-finals in every European Championships inswinging

:52:26.:52:36.
:52:36.:53:14.

in 1988. But they are on the brink Khedira and Mesut Ozil have run the

:53:14.:53:24.
:53:24.:53:46.

midfield. John Heitinga is complete control, not! An arm came

:53:46.:53:53.

back and flicked him. It was accidental. Is that the multi-

:53:53.:53:57.

millionaire referee? Yes, he sold his share in a multimedia company,

:53:57.:54:07.
:54:07.:54:46.

they tell me. He does this for love, was not much wrong with the

:54:46.:54:52.

challenger. Rafael van der Vaart never really went with -- never

:54:52.:55:02.
:55:02.:55:02.

really went for the ball. It is a foul. Because of Portugal's victory

:55:02.:55:07.

against Denmark, 3-2, nothing can be settled in this group. It was

:55:07.:55:14.

always promising to be a tight grip. If Germany win tonight, results

:55:14.:55:18.

could conspire against them in the last round of games. But it is

:55:18.:55:28.
:55:28.:56:00.

of these sides could be in the quarter-finals, but that has not

:56:00.:56:06.

happened in these finals since 1968. Germany are very much in the box

:56:06.:56:16.
:56:16.:56:16.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:56:16.:57:08.

Schweinsteiger is the epitome of the German side. Mats Hummels was

:57:08.:57:13.

denied by a fine save from Maarten Stekelenburg. Dear, oh dear. The

:57:13.:57:23.
:57:23.:57:24.

Dutch defence completely parted. The second Sabres excellent. --

:57:24.:57:27.

second save was excellent. Mats Hummels, looking for his second

:57:27.:57:37.
:57:37.:58:08.

goal for his country. He scored in the edge of the box. You would not

:58:08.:58:15.

bet against Germany scoring a couple more. Jetro Willems had no

:58:15.:58:20.

help whatsoever. Sami Khedira has done some fantastic work, getting

:58:20.:58:30.
:58:30.:58:32.

the ball back. He allows Bastian Schweinsteiger to play. They swap,

:58:32.:58:42.
:58:42.:58:42.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:58:42.:59:39.

a foothold in this game, and very have an awful lot more touches on

:59:39.:59:49.
:59:49.:00:22.

the ball than Germany. There were has not happened too often tonight.

:00:22.:00:31.

The Germany manager is going nuts, working nerve. -- je which unnerved.

:00:31.:00:41.
:00:41.:00:42.

22 of his squat -- his squad will be at the World Cup finals.

:00:42.:00:52.
:00:52.:01:29.

Miroslav Klose says he will be for anybody else. It is all about

:01:29.:01:39.
:01:39.:02:07.

back into this game, back into the tournament. The great band of

:02:07.:02:10.

orange cloud, with wearing, a fancy-dress costume wearing Dutch

:02:11.:02:16.

supporters. They always have great fun travelling the world, and now

:02:16.:02:22.

the German fans can respond with their noise. Some of the stadia

:02:22.:02:27.

have been a bit flat in the Ukraine, but it is lively tonight.

:02:27.:02:37.
:02:37.:02:46.

prevent van Persie giving Holland a lifeline. That was class in three

:02:46.:02:51.

departments. All from Arjen Robben. The finish from van Persie and the

:02:51.:03:01.
:03:01.:03:07.

half a little bit better. A young full-back of great potential. Given

:03:07.:03:17.
:03:17.:03:18.

things happen. It is great for us because they are going to take

:03:18.:03:28.
:03:28.:03:52.

that nervy start. He has been has always been the best full-back.

:03:52.:04:02.
:04:02.:04:12.

Holland are happy to let them play Germany. They are being allowed to

:04:12.:04:16.

play like this, there's no great pressure on them. A bedraggled

:04:16.:04:25.

Holland. Lahm went for it. He scored the opening goal of the 2006

:04:25.:04:33.

World Cup from that sort of position. Holland's other problem

:04:33.:04:36.

is that there are so many attack- minded players on, there's nobody

:04:36.:04:46.

to get the ball back. 37 goals they scored in qualifying. They did lose

:04:46.:04:50.

their final game against Sweden, but they had qualified by then.

:04:50.:04:57.

They beat San Marino 11-0, a Dutch record. Everything looked bright

:04:57.:05:07.
:05:07.:05:12.

and Rosie. Then they arrived here Germany have settled into that

:05:12.:05:17.

rhythm. You can see England again Sweden live on BBC One on Friday

:05:17.:05:27.
:05:27.:05:42.

night. -- against Sweden. A big one tournament so far, the goals --

:05:42.:05:51.

Arsenal new boy, not a great tournament for Arsenal striker's!

:05:51.:06:01.
:06:01.:06:33.

- strikers. Arsene Wenger is it away so he could pick it up.

:06:33.:06:43.
:06:43.:07:05.

Didn't fancy a left-foot shot, did corner as well. It moved late on.

:07:05.:07:15.
:07:15.:07:27.

got down very well. A good keeper. Unoccupied for long periods and

:07:27.:07:37.
:07:37.:07:46.

Neuer. In 2010, he said he would stay the goalkeeper for the

:07:46.:07:56.
:07:56.:08:08.

foreseeable future. He has given pair of hands. They had to produce

:08:08.:08:13.

a new league trophy in Ajax because he dropped the trophy from the

:08:13.:08:23.
:08:23.:08:23.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:08:23.:09:04.

Holland to win 1974 because of the style of football, but we have to

:09:04.:09:10.

admire the style of this German side as well. You said in the

:09:10.:09:14.

preamble, it has been completely rebuilt. They had I think about the

:09:14.:09:24.
:09:24.:09:24.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:09:24.:10:35.

conversation with Arjen Robben on telling him to do. They were lucky

:10:35.:10:45.
:10:45.:10:46.

there. -- unlucky. They have made two substitutions. Always a

:10:46.:10:50.

question as to the strength of their squad overall. That is van

:10:51.:10:59.

Bommel, is his international career at an end? The manager's son-in-law.

:10:59.:11:09.
:11:09.:11:22.

ball into Schweinsteiger, he was Ozil's movement has been

:11:22.:11:32.
:11:32.:11:51.

bamboozling at times for the more competitive in the Channel and

:11:51.:12:01.
:12:01.:12:17.

in the ground. A ticket costs about 30 Euros. 300 Euros the month is

:12:17.:12:27.
:12:27.:12:36.

about 40p to 50p. Is there any currency you have not mentioned

:12:36.:12:46.
:12:46.:13:12.

being a harsh type of place, but the city's we have visited had open

:13:12.:13:19.

spaces and parks, no building development going on. I think minus

:13:19.:13:23.

25 in the winter might make it harsh! I don't think Arjen Robben

:13:23.:13:33.
:13:33.:13:45.

the finish was there. Clever movement got him in their in the

:13:45.:13:50.

first place. He snatched at it a little bit. He had a bit more time

:13:50.:13:56.

than he thought. With the Dutch, I just think the chance for van

:13:56.:14:05.

Persie that were saved -- that was saved... If they had scored. One of

:14:05.:14:09.

the boys in his studio said it seemed to suck the life out of them.

:14:09.:14:19.
:14:19.:14:19.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:14:19.:15:17.

in this half without van Bommel there. A very solid performance

:15:17.:15:26.

from Germany. The Dutch are weak in the challenge. Too easily dissuaded.

:15:26.:15:30.

They can't complain about long and exhausting clubs' seasons. Bayern

:15:30.:15:40.
:15:40.:15:51.

-- brilliant block by Jerome Boateng. The referee was in a

:15:51.:16:01.
:16:01.:16:14.

his best. But when he gets his head up. More often than not he just

:16:14.:16:24.
:16:24.:16:44.

Arjen Robben bravely won the free- kick. I think if he had pulled out

:16:44.:16:54.
:16:54.:16:59.

for Mario Gomez. Two goals brilliantly taken separate the

:16:59.:17:09.
:17:09.:17:32.

On comes Miroslav Klose. One of more in three World Cup finals.

:17:32.:17:38.

Five short of good Mola's national German record of 68. -- Gerd

:17:38.:17:48.
:17:48.:17:49.

Muller's. Brilliant goal! That is what he can do at his best. He has

:17:49.:17:55.

driven Holland back into the game. He just caught his manager having a

:17:55.:17:59.

sneaky look at the clock as well. This is brilliant. On his weaker

:17:59.:18:05.

right foot. A sumptuous finish. They moved the ball really quickly.

:18:05.:18:12.

A good run by Huntelaar to take players away. Sweet strike. Got

:18:12.:18:22.
:18:22.:18:29.

Netherlands have reduced the arrears. The lead has been cut in

:18:29.:18:39.
:18:39.:18:59.

Mats Hummels got across at Robin van Persie. It was last ditch.

:18:59.:19:03.

have gained half a yard in straight away, if you can see it, they have

:19:03.:19:13.
:19:13.:19:32.

down, he is upon his feet. It is a great at this there now. -- great

:19:32.:19:35.

atmosphere now. There is such a difference, when they moved the

:19:35.:19:45.
:19:45.:19:51.

ball. The amount of touches. A good recovery challenger. Editor of the

:19:51.:19:54.

German cynicism, there is nothing wrong with Mats Hummels, he just

:19:54.:20:00.

wanted to slow the played down. Four goals in his last five games,

:20:00.:20:06.

Robin van Persie. Goodness me, if he had only taken a couple more of

:20:06.:20:13.

his chances, the Orange team would be facing a different future. They

:20:13.:20:23.
:20:23.:20:38.

are not out of the championships de Jong. Why did he not hit it

:20:38.:20:44.

early? That is what he is saying to himself. It was a really good

:20:45.:20:54.
:20:55.:21:05.

One of the great sounds and sights of world football, Dutch fans on

:21:05.:21:15.
:21:15.:21:27.

their fate. -- on their feet. Dirk Dutch, the way that Germany are

:21:27.:21:37.
:21:37.:21:37.

hacking it forward. It is a young German team. Do they have the

:21:37.:21:47.
:21:47.:22:03.

experience to hold on against the does, but he could have played in

:22:03.:22:11.

Wesley Sneijder. That is a foul against Mesut Ozil on Nigel de Jong.

:22:11.:22:21.
:22:21.:22:23.

It is starting to get ratty. free kick given up against Mesut

:22:23.:22:33.
:22:33.:22:33.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:22:33.:23:21.

was not a penalty. The Dutch bench were quickly on their feet, but

:23:21.:23:31.
:23:31.:23:58.

will make another substitution. It is not a penalty. I agree. Toni

:23:58.:24:07.

Kroos will come on. The Bayern Munich player. Another youngster,

:24:07.:24:17.
:24:17.:24:17.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:24:17.:25:32.

Lahm. He will get a yellow card. last, from Nigel de Jong. They are:

:25:32.:25:40.

To make a slightly defensive change, Tony Close replacing it Mesut Ozil.

:25:40.:25:49.

-- Toni Kroos. They did this the other night. A wonderful player,

:25:49.:25:59.
:25:59.:26:12.

the 2007 and a 17 World Cup. -- Under 17 World Cup. He went to buy

:26:12.:26:18.

La the coups and to kick-start his career, then he went back to Bayern

:26:18.:26:28.
:26:28.:26:53.

Munich. Dirk Kuyt is coming on for secure rhythm. They now have an

:26:53.:27:03.
:27:03.:27:09.

extra man in midfield, so they can the back of his head. It is just a

:27:09.:27:19.
:27:19.:27:31.

delay. A pat on the back! What a Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Arjen Robben

:27:31.:27:35.

has gone off on the far side of the pitch, he is walking round the

:27:36.:27:40.

picture. That would suggest he is very displeased. It would not be

:27:40.:27:50.
:27:50.:27:52.

the first time, certainly not the last. Maybe it was just so that he

:27:52.:27:56.

could get things done quickly. He is walking right in front of the

:27:56.:28:06.
:28:06.:28:10.

Dutch fans. There is no I in team. A long walk for Arjen Robben. This

:28:10.:28:18.

is fairly and necessary. -- necessary. It is hot, it is

:28:18.:28:28.
:28:28.:28:32.

exhausting, but it is also a the camera then, every single

:28:32.:28:42.
:28:42.:28:51.

Arjen Robben from the Dutch fans. He still has not gone off yet. Not

:28:51.:29:01.
:29:01.:29:24.

the dug-out. The man who likes to be in the spotlight, he can offer

:29:24.:29:34.
:29:34.:29:46.

such wonderful skill and match- team role against his club team

:29:46.:29:56.
:29:56.:30:05.

that is what team stands for. that a mantra at Anfield? No, I

:30:05.:30:15.
:30:15.:30:29.

second half. Germany are in no hurry to take the goal-kick. Rafael

:30:29.:30:39.
:30:39.:30:43.

van der Vaart smashed the ball. has played well. Yes. He is a good

:30:43.:30:53.
:30:53.:31:01.

another chance? All credit to Holland for the way they have

:31:02.:31:09.

fought back into the game. April limit taking Robin van Persie goal.

:31:09.:31:18.

-- brilliantly taken. The changes at half-time were positive. If they

:31:18.:31:23.

could get an equaliser, it would turn this group of death on its

:31:23.:31:33.
:31:33.:31:34.

head. Wesley Sneijder could not be e-petition. He has been full of

:31:34.:31:39.

running from the start. He has had his injuries with his club this

:31:39.:31:49.
:31:49.:31:49.

season. Not the best of campaigns for him, with Inter Milan. He never

:31:49.:31:55.

looks at -- he never looks concerned, not a grey hair on his

:31:55.:31:59.

head, it Joachim Low. A yellow card for Jerome Boateng for time-wasting,

:31:59.:32:09.
:32:09.:32:24.

is a corner. Pursued all the way by Miroslav Klose, aged 34. He has had

:32:24.:32:34.
:32:34.:32:56.

long as he can. He has forced another corner. Germany have

:32:56.:33:06.
:33:06.:33:06.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:33:06.:34:15.

maintained possession. The seconds up his body and very nearly let

:34:15.:34:24.

Klose in. That was almost suicide by Stekelenburg. Genially tackled

:34:24.:34:34.
:34:34.:35:08.

the ball into the net, Klose. -- he the return by Willems. He will get

:35:08.:35:18.
:35:18.:35:26.

a yellow card for that. It looks as The problem is, it wastes time. It

:35:26.:35:36.
:35:36.:35:36.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:35:36.:36:29.

Marwijck, by Jogi Low's side still in the lead. Muller is replaced by

:36:30.:36:39.
:36:40.:36:40.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:36:40.:37:35.

down a few seconds. German fans are there. -- Willems. It was a

:37:35.:37:40.

wretched clearance from the young full-back. They are playing to see

:37:40.:37:50.
:37:50.:38:00.

They are good at it. Every aspect of the game. They look as if they

:38:00.:38:06.

fear the worst, van Bommel and Robben. His theatrical gesture,

:38:06.:38:16.
:38:16.:38:32.

having been substituted, will not the ball, Huntelaar. Jogi Low wants

:38:32.:38:41.

it all over. We still have around two or three seconds left. The

:38:41.:38:49.

referee has blown. All Germany need is a point in their last game.

:38:49.:38:55.

Germany have taken a giant stride. Two more goals for Mario Gomez in

:38:55.:38:59.

the first half, brilliantly taken. Holland made changes, they brought

:38:59.:39:03.

on van der Vaart and Huntelaar at half-time. Van Persie pulled them

:39:03.:39:08.

back into the game. Germany need a point, the Netherlands need a

:39:08.:39:18.
:39:18.:39:26.

A great win for them, but Germany A great win for them, but Germany

:39:26.:39:29.

have not quite qualified for the last eight yet. Only a shock defeat

:39:29.:39:33.

against Denmark and Portugal win against Holland would put them at

:39:33.:39:37.

risk of missing out on goal difference. The Dutch are living

:39:37.:39:41.

dangerously. To sneak through, they must beat Portugal and hope Denmark

:39:41.:39:46.

lose to Germany. If that happens, they also need the best goal

:39:46.:39:51.

difference against the match against the team they will be tied

:39:51.:39:55.

against the team they will be tied with. Simple! Another good game.

:39:55.:39:59.

Remarkable how many games we have had where a team has taken a two

:39:59.:40:05.

goal lead... They come back into it. It was an exciting climax. For a

:40:05.:40:10.

long time before the Dutch scored, we were looking at the Germans

:40:10.:40:15.

playing with quality. We thought they were justifiable second

:40:16.:40:18.

favourites for the tournament. It was really, really impressive. The

:40:18.:40:23.

Dutch had missed a few chances. When van Persie scored, all of a

:40:23.:40:26.

sudden there was a spring in the Dutch step and they came back into

:40:26.:40:33.

it. But maybe a bit much to ask them for. The Germans are renowned

:40:33.:40:38.

for getting the job done. I think you have seen two great sides to

:40:38.:40:41.

the Germans. One in the first half where they were passing the ball

:40:41.:40:46.

and scoring two could goals. But in the second half, when they were

:40:46.:40:50.

asked a question after van Persie scored, they didn't panic. Some

:40:50.:40:53.

teams you think they will get nervous, but you don't think like

:40:53.:40:57.

that. Annoyingly so! With most teams you would have felt that

:40:57.:41:01.

because you would have expected an onslaught from the Dutch, but the

:41:01.:41:05.

Germans stood firm. I never thought they were in any trouble. A decent

:41:05.:41:09.

comeback in the second half, Clarence, but two defeat now. But

:41:09.:41:13.

all is not lost. A win against Portugal and they might well go

:41:13.:41:18.

through. They have to believe in themselves. This is a very hard

:41:18.:41:22.

defeat to cope with, but I think the second half they showed some

:41:22.:41:26.

very good moment. Especially when they put Sneijder on the left and

:41:26.:41:34.

van Persie was closer to Huntelaar. They created much more energy in

:41:34.:41:41.

attack. They just couldn't give even more. I didn't see the whole

:41:41.:41:48.

team... You never sensed it would happen. You have nothing to lose.

:41:48.:41:53.

What will this mean to the Dutch people? I imagine they will be

:41:53.:41:57.

distraught at this stage, but will there be despondency about the way

:41:57.:42:00.

the team played? The biggest disappointment is losing against

:42:00.:42:06.

the Germans. But there's still a chance to go on. It will be mixed

:42:06.:42:10.

feelings. Disappointment, but you lost against a very good team. On

:42:10.:42:17.

the other hand, you still have the opportunity to go through. Would

:42:17.:42:20.

you like to see them start the game against Portugal with a little bit

:42:20.:42:25.

more of the approach they still are -- showed in the second half?

:42:25.:42:29.

Absolutely. Van der Vaart brought a different game for the Dutch,

:42:29.:42:34.

playing a little bit more up front when the Dutch were attacking. Even

:42:34.:42:38.

in some of the action we may see later, he was the extra man in

:42:38.:42:41.

attack and that allowed the strikers to stay close to the box

:42:41.:42:45.

and become dangerous. The first and become dangerous. The first

:42:45.:42:48.

half was all about Germany, they conceded a couple of chances, but

:42:48.:42:53.

they showed how to finish. Great play. It was an excellent ball from

:42:53.:42:59.

Schweinsteiger. It really was. He has a little look and the weight of

:42:59.:43:05.

pass... A great turn from Gomez and an excellent finish. Heitinga is

:43:05.:43:10.

with Gomez there. He is tight with him. But he drops back five yards,

:43:11.:43:15.

which enables Gomez de getting between the two centre-halves and

:43:16.:43:19.

once he does that, he has got them where he wants them. But he still

:43:19.:43:25.

has a lot to do, but a brilliant touch and an equally good finish.

:43:25.:43:30.

The full-back has a shocker. He does not watch the ball. He plays

:43:30.:43:34.

does not watch the ball. He plays Gomez on. I agree with Clarence

:43:34.:43:37.

about the structure, but defensively in the two games, the

:43:37.:43:42.

defensively in the two games, the Dutch have not been good enough.

:43:42.:43:46.

wonderful finish for the second goal. A wonderful finish. But we

:43:46.:43:50.

have seen it in the last game and also hear. Great centre-forward

:43:50.:43:54.

play. The number of times you see centre-forwards flicking it on and

:43:54.:43:59.

the other one standing and watching. He trusts Mola and he wins it. --

:43:59.:44:06.

Muller. He wants to get in the box. Another lovely ball from

:44:06.:44:10.

Schweinsteiger and it is an even better finish than the first one.

:44:10.:44:15.

Yes, the goalkeeper goes down, but I would say that is a great finish

:44:15.:44:21.

rather than poor goalkeeping. goalkeeper has gone down on the

:44:21.:44:26.

deck. If he stands up, he saves it. An identical thing happened in the

:44:26.:44:32.

second half with Gomez. He is expecting his team-mate to win it.

:44:32.:44:39.

He creates another chance. Gambling. You have to gamble. You have to

:44:39.:44:43.

trust your team mate and he does that. He got another opportunity.

:44:43.:44:48.

But he is absolutely shattered. Not a bad guy to come on, Klose!

:44:48.:44:54.

and I would have hated coming off with two goals. The Germans were

:44:54.:45:00.

totally impressive in possession. The way they played, they were

:45:01.:45:05.

always in control. They will be difficult to beat. Schweinsteiger

:45:05.:45:11.

had an awesome game today. He did. Robin van Persie, we talked about

:45:11.:45:15.

him at half-time, we said he was the sort of striker that kept going

:45:15.:45:18.

and something would happen. have to give him credit for the way

:45:18.:45:25.

he kept getting in there. He wasn't put off by a his missed chances. He

:45:25.:45:30.

kept on going. A lovely turn. Right foot as well, a great strike

:45:30.:45:34.

through the defender's legs. When he picks it up, there's no real

:45:34.:45:39.

chance. He has cut inside and that is then -- harder than any chances

:45:39.:45:47.

he has had four top less time to think. Unbelievable hit. Fantastic.

:45:47.:45:51.

For the Dutch it is very important that he got this goal going into

:45:51.:45:56.

the last match where goals need to be scored. They looked far more

:45:56.:45:59.

comfortable in the second half with the system they were playing.

:45:59.:46:03.

Sneijder was passing little balls into van Persie and Huntelaar and

:46:03.:46:08.

they looked much more of a threat. Van Persie had three other chances

:46:08.:46:14.

in the match and he snatched at everyone. The first one is the best

:46:14.:46:18.

one. How many times have we seen this in the Premier League where he

:46:18.:46:22.

puts his foot through it and he scores? Not any easy ball to hit.

:46:22.:46:28.

You have seen him do it before. goes in when things are going for

:46:28.:46:34.

you. Yes. That is the difference. That was a half chance. The fickle

:46:34.:46:39.

thing called for. I have to give credit for him for keeping

:46:39.:46:47.

believing. We said beforehand the time to worry is when you're not

:46:47.:46:51.

getting the chances. You also see centre-forwards shying away from

:46:51.:46:55.

getting in there when he has missed a few. But he kept going and got

:46:55.:47:01.

his goal in the end. Sneijder is an important player. He will have to

:47:02.:47:05.

produce some of those things we saw in the second half. Sneijder has

:47:05.:47:10.

had a lot of problems this year physically. I would prefer to see

:47:10.:47:14.

him on the left side where he can come in and take a shot at goal or

:47:14.:47:19.

put the strikers in action. That happened from the second part of

:47:19.:47:24.

the second half when he started to play more from the left and van

:47:24.:47:29.

Persie was more in the middle with Huntelaar. A great block here.

:47:29.:47:36.

Coming from the left again. You need people in the box. This time,

:47:36.:47:40.

for one of the few times, we had four players in the box. That is

:47:40.:47:50.
:47:50.:47:53.

Tactically, you look at the game, from the Dutch perspective, and

:47:53.:48:02.

also the Germans... The Germans, always, very disciplined, how they

:48:02.:48:08.

have the game tactics. They showed it in the second half, the Dutch

:48:08.:48:14.

came in with Rafael van der Vaart, but if you look at the strikers,

:48:14.:48:20.

somebody has to go into the space. They are a bit too slow. The ball

:48:20.:48:26.

goes back in again there. The Germans instead, they have pace up

:48:26.:48:35.

front. These are the positions, Wesley Sneijder on the left, Arjen

:48:35.:48:41.

Robben making speed, was the Schneider close to the strikers,

:48:42.:48:50.

and that gave an of the pace to the game. The Germans, every time, they

:48:50.:48:57.

had six players are striking. It was a different pace. That was the

:48:57.:49:04.

biggest difference. He took off Mark van Bommel. Mark van Bommel

:49:04.:49:08.

and Nigel de Jong offered nothing in the first half, but it changed

:49:08.:49:12.

in the second half. They looked much more of a threat. If you look

:49:12.:49:17.

at the performance of the two sides, the Germans were a class apart, but

:49:17.:49:23.

the Dutch had their moments. not enough in the end. Let's remind

:49:23.:49:28.

ourselves of what happened in the other game in the grip today,

:49:28.:49:38.
:49:38.:49:38.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:49:38.:50:20.

Denmark against Portugal. -- in the back in business. Nicklas Bendtner

:50:20.:50:25.

maintains his 100% run, he has played five against Portugal, a

:50:25.:50:35.
:50:35.:50:35.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:50:35.:51:31.

Helder Postiga needed to react much Only minutes after coming on, it is

:51:31.:51:40.

the substitute who might have won Two terrific games today. Let's

:51:40.:51:45.

turn our attention to tomorrow. The Republic of Ireland have it all to

:51:45.:51:49.

do, and we have been assessing the mood in the camp ahead of

:51:49.:51:57.

They have returned north to their training ground, licking their

:51:57.:52:02.

wounds after the defeat against Croatia. Still a sizable press pack

:52:02.:52:06.

following them, the dream is alive, but it does not come much harder

:52:06.:52:10.

than the world champions, Spain. Spain began the defence of their

:52:10.:52:14.

European title with a draw against Italy at the weekend, a result

:52:14.:52:18.

which ended their run of 14 competitive victories on the bounce.

:52:18.:52:25.

It was not their best performance. Is it a good time to play the best

:52:25.:52:31.

team in the world? Everybody in this room has written the script

:52:31.:52:36.

already, that the players will be beaten by Spain, but in the

:52:36.:52:41.

dressing room, there is no way we will believe that. Whether they are

:52:41.:52:47.

superior, we have to believe that we have got every chance tomorrow,

:52:47.:52:52.

it is 11 it is 11, 90 minutes. Irish were always going to be

:52:52.:52:56.

massive underdogs, and after the defeat to Croatia, things have got

:52:56.:53:00.

even harder. They have been in the position before, and they have used

:53:00.:53:06.

it to their advantage. It was always going to be back against the

:53:06.:53:12.

ball. We were going to be massive underdogs. But it has suited us

:53:12.:53:20.

before. The pressure is on Spain to get the result. Tate are one of the

:53:20.:53:26.

best international teams in the world. -- they are. The Irish were

:53:26.:53:30.

a hugely disappointing the other night, and their coach is hinting

:53:30.:53:35.

at changes, but not that many. Is now the time for James Maclean? Is

:53:35.:53:45.
:53:45.:53:49.

he in your thoughts? Or you friends with him?! I do not know what the

:53:49.:53:55.

manager's plans are, he has not told us. He is played -- he is paid

:53:55.:54:01.

to make the decisions. It is down to him. But we have got 23 players

:54:01.:54:05.

all raring to go, and willing to play, and desperate to get on the

:54:05.:54:10.

pitch, so whatever 11 players are picked, they will be ready to go.

:54:10.:54:14.

The last time Ireland played Spain was in 2002. They were the better

:54:15.:54:20.

team, but they lost. 20,000 Irish fans are already in Gdansk. They

:54:20.:54:24.

will be hoping they find some of the good form and keep alive their

:54:24.:54:30.

dream of a place in the last 16. They will need all of the good luck

:54:30.:54:37.

they can get. Mick McCarthy has been talking to us.

:54:37.:54:42.

The two not know what you feel about that game, did you feel pride,

:54:42.:54:50.

or are you still disappointed? should have won on the night. It is

:54:50.:54:56.

10 years on, so there is pride, disappointment, but we had a great

:54:56.:55:02.

competition, we did really well. it impossible to get at Spain?

:55:02.:55:07.

Never write them off. You might be able to do more than we could, but

:55:07.:55:11.

they are still the team to beat. They can get something. Is it

:55:11.:55:17.

likely? It is unlikely. If Spain play as well as they can. They

:55:17.:55:24.

dominate the midfield. We will have to take care of them in the middle

:55:24.:55:28.

of the park, but the manager has done an unbelievable job in getting

:55:28.:55:35.

us here in the first place. We have done as well as anybody, playing a

:55:35.:55:42.

4-4-2. But playing against Spain, if you let them dominate in

:55:42.:55:48.

midfield, we are in danger. The manager knows his best players, he

:55:48.:55:52.

knows his best team, and he will know the best way to play against

:55:52.:55:58.

Spain. His list of honours is as long as my arm. I have my opinions,

:55:58.:56:04.

but I will not give him advice. It is going to have to be a brilliant

:56:04.:56:10.

performance to get something, but we are capable of producing that,

:56:10.:56:14.

and being a tight and tough and resolute, and the underdog tag has

:56:14.:56:19.

always suited us. It will be lovely to go into the last game with

:56:19.:56:25.

something to play for. Playing against your old manager, it is

:56:25.:56:28.

always a frightening, daunting prospect, so let's hope we get to

:56:28.:56:34.

that position. They have got a lot to do. They

:56:34.:56:44.

will get 70, 80% of the possession, Spain it. The game against Croatia,

:56:44.:56:48.

they last -- they lost the goals at bad times. They have wonderful team

:56:49.:56:52.

spirit and phenomenal support, but at the end of the day, they have

:56:52.:56:57.

not got the quality required. But you can never write them off.

:56:57.:57:02.

do you think they will get on? Do they just have to play tight and

:57:02.:57:10.

hope to get a draw? Is it conceivable? I like the team, how

:57:10.:57:15.

they play. They made a good impression on me. They were a bit

:57:15.:57:20.

unlucky with the goals they conceded, but if they played with

:57:20.:57:26.

spirit, it bit more organised... The Spanish could have difficulties.

:57:27.:57:33.

Spain did not have any centre- forward, what is going on?! I was

:57:33.:57:40.

amazed at the system. It was like the old Barcelona, passing. They

:57:40.:57:45.

got the point, but I have not seen anybody that has been spectacular.

:57:45.:57:49.

Barcelona have got Lionel Messi. But they had Fernando Torres, they

:57:49.:57:54.

looked a lot more threatening when he started running in behind. It

:57:54.:58:04.
:58:04.:58:19.

will be fascinating to see what Let's pop back to Kharkiv to hear

:58:19.:58:25.

the thoughts of Martin Keown on tonight's game.

:58:25.:58:29.

It is approaching midnight here in Kharkiv, you can see the stadium is

:58:29.:58:34.

emptying, the fans are disappearing off into the night, it was said

:58:34.:58:39.

that these games are full of class and tension, but the class belonged

:58:39.:58:44.

to Germany and the tension now belongs to Holland, but it was one

:58:44.:58:47.

of those great European Championships nights. The slick

:58:47.:58:51.

machine of Germany, but showing great flair and imagination now,

:58:51.:58:56.

what we have not seen in the past. Mesut Ozil wording for what, the

:58:56.:59:02.

passing from Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Mario Gomez is a phenomenal

:59:02.:59:06.

finisher. I'll be seeing a German team coming to the boil at the

:59:06.:59:11.

right time, combined with a Dutch team who have gone over the edge?

:59:12.:59:16.

They made the World Cup final in 2010, they were the top scorers

:59:16.:59:20.

coming into this competition, but it has gone somewhere. The rest of

:59:20.:59:24.

the teams are watching this, that is a major psychological blow, the

:59:24.:59:29.

way they have taken apart the Dutch team. But it is about growing

:59:29.:59:33.

through the tournament. They have not yet qualified, and Holland are

:59:33.:59:37.

not yet out, so it is still all to play for, but the Germans were

:59:38.:59:43.

truly superb. The Dutch? They got better, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will

:59:43.:59:47.

have to start next time. Robin van Persie came to the fore in the

:59:48.:59:52.

second half. But it is tough for them, they almost need a miracle.

:59:52.:59:57.

am sure they are sick of the side of the stadium, but they play here

:59:57.:00:02.

again on Sunday, and if they fail to win, they are finally buried in

:00:02.:00:08.

the Group of Death. Third time lucky for Holland?

:00:08.:00:17.

hope so. You do not seem overly confident! The Danes are in the

:00:17.:00:22.

best position. Portugal and Holland will have to play a final.

:00:22.:00:27.

Germany and Denmark draw... I am worried defensively about the Dutch.

:00:27.:00:31.

They have lost the first two games, they are so low-key that they still

:00:31.:00:37.

have a chance. Germany, winners? Very impressive technically,

:00:37.:00:42.

togetherness, passing, not panicking under pressure. Alan

:00:42.:00:48.

Shearer has diverted -- deserted Spain! You pick a team and stick

:00:48.:00:57.

with them! Saltend means that Germany have won, if you were not

:00:57.:01:01.

watching earlier, you will not have the slightest clue what I am

:01:01.:01:11.
:01:11.:01:19.

talking about. Good night. -- Law they hate each other. It is a good

:01:19.:01:25.

effort. They are creating chances, he is not taking them again. The

:01:25.:01:33.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS