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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. | |
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win it. What makes a rivalry? many things. Competition. It is | :02:47. | :02:57. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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other two sides in this group met Agger. He has acknowledged it is a | :19:57. | :20:07. | |
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foul, but it should not be any more again. The chances are coming for | :20:10. | :20:20. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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miss. A clever header from Michael quicker than that. He got a look of | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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exciting! That game can wait, because we have | :31:09. | :31:19. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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van Persie. It was a bad idea, the past. It was a bit too quick for | :49:17. | :49:27. | |
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to a team-mate! -- Arjen Robben. was booed in a pre-tournament | :49:41. | :49:51. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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have made it through for England group tonight. That is because of | :51:11. | :51:21. | |
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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. | |
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has never let it bother him. Just like most of the Barcelona team. | :51:57. | :52:06. | |
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Nothing will bother Nigel de Jong. No it never seemed to get to him. - | :52:07. | :52:17. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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centre of defence, Germany. Dutch are moving the ball very | :56:34. | :56:44. | |
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quickly. Has the guy from the does not feel it was as dangerous | :56:54. | :57:04. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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system, and they came up with this Khedira will take turns to get | :00:13. | :00:23. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Germans. But Badstuber had his arm twice with that diagonal ball, | :03:54. | :04:04. | |
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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. | |
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last couple of days from the Chief of the Dutch FA. Why would you be | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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against Denmark. -- Willems. He got his defensive positions wrong once | :07:02. | :07:12. | |
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or twice and nearly got caught you. Team-mates, aren't they? | :07:32. | :07:42. | |
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Bayern Munich. Runners up in the Bundesliga. Lost to Chelsea in the | :07:47. | :07:57. | |
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Champions League. He has had to after Terry Butcher picked up a | :08:09. | :08:19. | |
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terrible cart playing away in execution. No, they have looked | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
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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. | |
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They were beaten by Croatia. They have made three tournament semi- | :10:27. | :10:37. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Germany are building something special. Can Holland hit back | :12:40. | :12:50. | |
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people might once have said. Got game in the blink of an eye. But he | :13:04. | :13:14. | |
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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. | |
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with a whipped shot across the year-old tonight, raw and | :13:59. | :14:09. | |
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concern for Germany, the way that move was allowed to build. I don't | :14:14. | :14:24. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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where the ball or the man was. need more assistance, they don't | :16:29. | :16:39. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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not won a tournament since 1996 at were seeing the same picture that | :18:57. | :19:07. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Dutch defence the other day, saying that they were ordinary. I do not | :22:27. | :22:37. | |
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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. | |
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game they have played since losing the World Cup semi-final two years | :24:00. | :24:10. | |
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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. | |
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centre back, up from a free kick, nervous start. He had a nervous | :25:09. | :25:19. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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you do at half-time, assuming it is only two? Bert van Marwijk has a | :27:23. | :27:33. | |
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hangdog expression, and he has told they found -- they can find a way | :27:46. | :27:56. | |
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back. The German goals, the Boateng! He thought, I will have a | :28:49. | :28:59. | |
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smash at this! He did not score a goal for his last four clubs, nor | :29:00. | :29:10. | |
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Germany. That is why. They looked Bastian Schweinsteiger, where it | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
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life. Germany have not had to play that well to be winning. He missed | :29:38. | :29:48. | |
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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. | |
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with something special. Arjen movement. He has had a patchy | :30:41. | :30:51. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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can run at the defenders. It was first foreign player to captain | :32:19. | :32:29. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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in 1988. But they are on the brink Khedira and Mesut Ozil have run the | :53:14. | :53:24. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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half a little bit better. A young full-back of great potential. Given | :03:07. | :03:17. | |
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things happen. It is great for us because they are going to take | :03:18. | :03:28. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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-- brilliant block by Jerome Boateng. The referee was in a | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
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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. | |
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for Mario Gomez. Two goals brilliantly taken separate the | :16:59. | :17:09. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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exhausting, but it is also a the camera then, every single | :28:32. | :28:42. | |
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Arjen Robben from the Dutch fans. He still has not gone off yet. Not | :28:51. | :29:01. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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is a corner. Pursued all the way by Miroslav Klose, aged 34. He has had | :32:24. | :32:34. | |
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long as he can. He has forced another corner. Germany have | :32:56. | :33:06. | |
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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. | |
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the ball into the net, Klose. -- he the return by Willems. He will get | :35:08. | :35:18. | |
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a yellow card for that. It looks as The problem is, it wastes time. It | :35:26. | :35:36. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. |