England v Wales

:00:00. > :00:10.Apologies if you caught something with a bit of extra adrenaline from

:00:11. > :00:12.Joe Hart. It's that sort of day. We know you are feeling it at home. How

:00:13. > :00:34.do you think these players feel? Out into the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

:00:35. > :00:37.Home to Racing Club Lens. A stadium with a capacity greater than the

:00:38. > :00:41.town's population. You won't find many from this town in here today

:00:42. > :00:47.but it is jam-packed, those in red supporting Wales, those in white

:00:48. > :00:52.following England. We have heard the word passion a lot in the last few

:00:53. > :01:03.days. My goodness you will hear it now. Get the handkerchiefs ready and

:01:04. > :01:15.take some deep breaths, for the national anthems.

:01:16. > :01:22.# Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi

:01:23. > :01:30.# Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri

:01:31. > :01:39.# Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad

:01:40. > :02:38.Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the national anthem of

:02:39. > :02:45.England. If the legs have not already turned

:02:46. > :03:52.to jelly, please take a Zika! -- seat. Handshakes between familiar

:03:53. > :03:59.friends and foes. England are unchanged, the same XI that played

:04:00. > :04:04.against Russia, expected to play in the same formation. Only Wayne

:04:05. > :04:08.Rooney, with 113 games, has played more in this team, the third most

:04:09. > :04:13.experienced player, Gary Cahill, is the only one sitting on the yellow

:04:14. > :04:17.card from game one. All three, including Chris Smalling, played the

:04:18. > :04:25.last time England played Wales, a 1-0 Wembley win. A qualified doctor

:04:26. > :04:37.of law applying the laws today, Germany's Felix Brych, a 40-year-old

:04:38. > :04:41.from Munich. For Wales, three changes from the win over Slovakia,

:04:42. > :04:47.Wayne Hennessey has had a pain relieving injection after a back

:04:48. > :04:51.spasm, Joe Ledley comes in for Dave Edwards, his first start since

:04:52. > :04:55.breaking a bone in his leg on May the 7th. A gamble may be? Hal

:04:56. > :05:04.Robson-Kanu will play up front, with Williams making way.

:05:05. > :05:09.Lens has a very British feel in a stadium that looks like a kind of

:05:10. > :05:27.British place. Both sides will gather in their

:05:28. > :05:37.pre-match apples to just read one another up one last time before it

:05:38. > :05:42.all begins. -- huddles to rev. A bit of a shame that Wales are not in

:05:43. > :05:49.their home red. England are in white. This game seems to have had

:05:50. > :06:03.just of a bit of a bigger build-up, almost as though it has been allowed

:06:04. > :06:08.to breathe a little bit more. The countdown has started to kick off,

:06:09. > :06:15.it is going to be Wales who get things under way. Aaron Ramsey and

:06:16. > :06:19.Gareth Bale on the ball, and away we go, Three Lions, one Racking, it

:06:20. > :06:23.sounds like the stuff of legend, it is just the sort of game my

:06:24. > :06:33.companions alongside me would love to have played in. -- one Dragon.

:06:34. > :06:43.Harry Kane did not half set off on the front foot! Robbie Savage, a few

:06:44. > :06:48.words out of the way. The wingback areas are going to be massively

:06:49. > :06:53.important for Wales, Gunter and Taylor, offensively and defensively.

:06:54. > :06:57.Looking for a Hal Robson-Kanu and Gareth Bale to give England a

:06:58. > :07:02.difficult game, but what a great start from England. A lightning

:07:03. > :07:06.start, as if we expected anything else! We will speak to Martin Keown

:07:07. > :07:08.in a moment, but we dared take our eyes off what is happening with this

:07:09. > :07:20.Kyle Walker throw. Could not find Dele Alli. Martin,

:07:21. > :07:24.England's needs to win is more pressing than Wales today, but they

:07:25. > :07:30.got that late Russian goal out of their systems. I think so, they have

:07:31. > :07:32.had time to rebalance, the only thing that was missing was the

:07:33. > :07:37.cutting edge in their finishing. Harry Kane has started well,

:07:38. > :07:42.Williams will not want to take liberties in possession again.

:07:43. > :07:51.Cahill allowed a bit of time on the ball.

:07:52. > :08:02.Alli, Lallana, Sterling has moved across into a central position here.

:08:03. > :08:10.Just moving back out towards the left side now, as Dier finds Chris

:08:11. > :08:14.Smalling. And so does Rooney. I was expecting Wales to press the ball a

:08:15. > :08:17.lot more than they have. Interesting that the wingbacks, or the fullbacks

:08:18. > :08:23.for England, pushing the Welsh wingbacks all the way back, that

:08:24. > :08:27.could be a feature of today's play. Wayne Hennessey was passed fit to

:08:28. > :08:33.play, he would have been bitterly disappointed at missing that

:08:34. > :08:42.historic win over Slovakia. Rooney looking to find walk-out. Taylor is

:08:43. > :08:47.forced to knock the ball behind for an England corner.

:08:48. > :08:56.Looking for that diagonal ball, all afternoon, for Rooney, Walker, a

:08:57. > :09:00.positive start from England, on the front foot, closing the Welsh team

:09:01. > :09:05.down. Having all the possession, good start from England. Wayne

:09:06. > :09:13.Rooney to take the corner, not Harry Kane.

:09:14. > :09:23.Kane is there. Emerging from behind Smalling. The ball found its way in

:09:24. > :09:28.between the pair of them. Aaron Ramsey takes issue with a nudge from

:09:29. > :09:42.Dele Alli. Chris Gunter steps in. Now Herr Dr Brych. A needless foul,

:09:43. > :09:50.Ramsey gets up, you can wind Dele Alli up, a little word in his ear, a

:09:51. > :09:55.little push from Ramsey. A little smile on Martin Keown's phase,

:09:56. > :10:00.Arsenal against Spurs has started already. That is what Rooney is on

:10:01. > :10:10.the pitch four, over 100 caps, he will be calming him down. Walker

:10:11. > :10:15.closed by Ramsey, won by Ramsey. Ramsey is being held by Kyle Walker,

:10:16. > :10:21.and foul. The rhetoric, well, we all saw it, he could not have been

:10:22. > :10:26.better placed to see it. -- the referee. Kyle Walker tugging at

:10:27. > :10:31.Ramsey. Ramsey does go down a bit too early, his left leg seemed to

:10:32. > :10:38.slip, but the referee awards a free kick in a dangerous area. England

:10:39. > :10:39.have two in the wall and a line of seven across the edge of the six

:10:40. > :10:49.yard box. Ramsey taking plenty of time to get

:10:50. > :10:54.himself sorted, having won the free kick. Just looking at the English

:10:55. > :11:00.backline, not really picking up, they are just in a line, not man for

:11:01. > :11:07.man. It is a zonal system, a risky here. It is a line-out! Ramsey

:11:08. > :11:14.delivers. It was Dele Alli who was stationed at the right place to get

:11:15. > :11:19.it away. Taylor. Smalling Beaton, a little deflection. No real pace on

:11:20. > :11:21.it, easy enough for Joe Hart, who is in a hurry to find Raheem Sterling.

:11:22. > :11:33.Chris Gunter across with him. Quick ball out from Hart, he wanted

:11:34. > :11:38.to use Sterling's pace, but he would have had an awful lot to do from

:11:39. > :11:39.there. Just a watching brief to start with four Jamie Vardy once

:11:40. > :12:04.more. -- for. Ashley Williams is in charge of that

:12:05. > :12:10.one. From a defensive point of view, for Wales, they are playing the five

:12:11. > :12:15.at the back. Joe Allen, Ledley, and then in front of them, Ramsey and

:12:16. > :12:22.Bale to support Robson-Kanu. But Ramsey will drop in between Ledley

:12:23. > :12:26.and Allen to screen the back three. Very difficult for people to find

:12:27. > :12:32.space. You will find that Rooney will probably get the ball deeper

:12:33. > :12:38.than usual dumb luck for that diagonal. Cahill finds Lallana,

:12:39. > :12:43.Sterling has into the box for him. Sterling cannot keep it down. Great

:12:44. > :12:49.bit of work from Adam Lallana, he put it in the right place for

:12:50. > :12:53.Sterling, who could not find his perfect spot. Great counterattacking

:12:54. > :12:59.from England, ball into the box, this is the area which Sterling

:13:00. > :13:06.needs to improve. He needed to bury that one. Golden opportunity for

:13:07. > :13:12.England. From the Wales standpoint, that is the negative at times of

:13:13. > :13:16.playing wingbacks. Taylor was too forward, space behind, Lallana

:13:17. > :13:21.punished in with a great ball across. Sterling was just

:13:22. > :13:32.stretching. Difficult one for him, but at this level you would expect

:13:33. > :13:38.it to be taken. Gunter and Ramsey. Time plenty for James Chester to

:13:39. > :13:42.find Wayne Hennessey. He has launched that one, Gareth Bale will

:13:43. > :13:49.not chase it. It will go all the way through to Joe Hart. Chris Coleman

:13:50. > :13:54.was saying this week that he was looking forward to a bit of a

:13:55. > :14:02.dustup, a 100 mph game football. I think we are going to get one.

:14:03. > :14:07.Chester sees off Sterling, Ramsey used the spin.

:14:08. > :14:17.Robson-Kanu trying to get into the middle. He got his head to it as

:14:18. > :14:22.well. This is going to break for Neil Taylor. Taylor's ball in wasn't

:14:23. > :14:24.bad. Gary Cahill clear, England struggling a little bit here. That

:14:25. > :14:39.mistake from Walker does not help. Walker has it more under control

:14:40. > :14:41.this time to find Kane. Kane felt he took a nudge. The officials did not

:14:42. > :14:58.agree, but it will be a throw. That was the opportunity there, he

:14:59. > :15:03.is stretching. I do not think he has to stretch, I think he has to be

:15:04. > :15:06.more composed in front of goal. It has come off his heel kind of, be

:15:07. > :15:12.more positive, get your head over the ball, he should score that,

:15:13. > :15:16.Sterling. It looked worse from that angle, he seems to get to the ball

:15:17. > :15:20.too early. Top players, they put that away. We thought at Man City

:15:21. > :15:26.that is where the improvement would come, but it really hasn't. It may

:15:27. > :15:31.play on the mind of Raheem Sterling, affect the confidence a little bit.

:15:32. > :15:36.He came in for a bit of stick for his second-half performance against

:15:37. > :15:38.Russia at the weekend. Roy Hodgson has kept faith. Great bit of work

:15:39. > :15:47.from Hal Robson-Kanu. Walker did not dare risk challenging

:15:48. > :15:54.Bale, and it is a good block from Cahill - corner Wales. That is why

:15:55. > :15:59.Hal Robson-Kanu is in the team for Wales, he stretches the opposition,

:16:00. > :16:04.runs the channels. Bale charges into the box, try to shoot across goal,

:16:05. > :16:09.good block. Cahill knows he will have to be alerted that. Gareth Bale

:16:10. > :16:14.pulls the trigger, he is very dangerous, as we know. His corners

:16:15. > :16:21.can be pretty dangerous too. Joe Hart has lost it. He is indebted to

:16:22. > :16:31.Harry Kane for belting it away. Lallana called Taylor napping,

:16:32. > :16:36.England throw. That is a feature of Lallana's play, he wins the ball

:16:37. > :16:45.back brilliantly. Great tackle there from Taylor. As you see, Joe Hart,

:16:46. > :16:49.just loses the ball over Eric Dier. Positive goalkeeping from Joe Hart

:16:50. > :16:52.early on. He did have a little look towards the referee and stretched

:16:53. > :16:57.his arms out, but I don't think anything would be given for Joe

:16:58. > :17:01.Ledley's involvement there. It feels like a scrappy Premier League game

:17:02. > :17:06.with added. It is like a game of chess, really, tactically. You can

:17:07. > :17:12.see the benefits of both systems, I like the way that England have set

:17:13. > :17:15.their stall out, but on the break Wales look very dangerous. I am sure

:17:16. > :17:22.that the nerves will settle on both sides.

:17:23. > :17:38.Ramsey, shoulder to shoulder with the Spurs man, and he does enough to

:17:39. > :17:42.force out for a Wales throw in. You can see the problem there, Ramsey is

:17:43. > :17:44.going to have to chase all the way back, he will run his legs off, he

:17:45. > :18:14.won't want to do that every time. Dele Alli had just to make his way,

:18:15. > :18:21.Harry Kane went the other way, making himself available for the

:18:22. > :18:30.ball. Shooting chance for Rooney. Albeit from a long way out! It went

:18:31. > :18:35.a long way over. It is important, though, in that build-up, that when

:18:36. > :18:40.Harry Kane drops off, Ledley or Allen quickly engages him. Got the

:18:41. > :18:43.ball too easily, laid it back to Rooney, I think Wales will be happy

:18:44. > :18:54.that he is shooting from that distance.

:18:55. > :19:09.England were thinking about getting the game stopped, but Gary Cahill

:19:10. > :19:15.has got back to his feet. Adam Lallana is, as ever, moving quickly.

:19:16. > :19:21.Some intelligent runs by Lallana, he is the one looking to get behind,

:19:22. > :19:45.looking for the space in behind them.

:19:46. > :19:56.Dier has dropped back. Certainly not snapping into the tackles yet. Joe

:19:57. > :20:15.Allen is trying to change that. He ran into Chester. That was good

:20:16. > :20:18.defending. The push from Raheem Sterling was spotted. Welsh free

:20:19. > :20:23.kick. Patient build-up by England, they should be trying to get Alli on

:20:24. > :20:24.the ball in the free space that he is finding. They have to be patient

:20:25. > :20:47.and keep moving the ball. Wayne Hennessey is seeking out

:20:48. > :20:57.Robson-Kanu who does really well to get it down. They did not quite

:20:58. > :20:59.stick. Even though Rooney was in Dier's way he manages to squirm it

:21:00. > :21:25.away to Danny Rose. It's going to be important that Joe

:21:26. > :21:36.Allen engages Rose early. Ramsey can move to this side to engage Walker

:21:37. > :21:40.early. Here is Dele Alli. Lallana can push up against Davies and

:21:41. > :21:43.Sterling can push up against Chester to allow space for the England

:21:44. > :21:50.fullbacks to get forward. A little push from Davies. Dele Alli making

:21:51. > :22:00.great runs again from midfield. Here is Cahill.

:22:01. > :22:06.Aimed at Sterling. Sterling will now chase. Gunter gets it away but not

:22:07. > :22:07.very convincingly at all, straight to Rooney. He rather gets away with

:22:08. > :22:27.that. Gunter goes out to meet Rose. Danny

:22:28. > :22:30.Rose concedes possession and Joe Allen puts it through the legs of

:22:31. > :22:37.Wayne Rooney and he's away. Dier is policing. He just quickens his

:22:38. > :22:42.stride. He manages to get to it before Aaron Ramsey and makes sure

:22:43. > :22:47.that he wins the free kick. This is Dier, see his pace, again, reading

:22:48. > :22:50.the game beautifully well in front of his back four. Really important

:22:51. > :22:59.job because Wales look as though they want to counterattack at every

:23:00. > :23:04.opportunity. Dele Alli, that was his reaction to the push from Ben

:23:05. > :23:13.Davies, which was a risky manoeuvre. Tottenham against Tottenham. Dier

:23:14. > :23:19.has had a good start to the game for England. You would think Wales would

:23:20. > :23:27.be pretty content with how they have shaped up. Defensively, I would like

:23:28. > :23:32.them to get it forward to Gareth Bale and get on the front foot. That

:23:33. > :23:38.was a good tackle by Ramsey. Ramsey has been well and truly in the game.

:23:39. > :23:41.He has stayed down as Sterling goes away. Awkwardly off the head of

:23:42. > :23:46.Ashley Williams and spins behind for an England corner. Getting around

:23:47. > :23:57.Ramsey there, very well, hunting in pairs. Five of England's last seven

:23:58. > :24:02.championship goals have come from set pieces, three of those from

:24:03. > :24:13.corners. Wales will be well drilled. Cahill, followed by Williams. Rooney

:24:14. > :24:19.in, just over Eric Dier's head, but Eric Dier was free. Great move by

:24:20. > :24:21.Dier. He went to the front post and spun off the back of Ben Davies, Ben

:24:22. > :24:38.Davies was ball watching. Rooney was caught on the ball by

:24:39. > :24:59.Gareth Bale. Chris Coleman has got a message that

:25:00. > :25:03.he wants to impart. What he is saying is, to Joe Allen, get the

:25:04. > :25:10.ball and get playing, look for diagonals and get involved in the

:25:11. > :25:18.game going forward. They are doing great defensively but they need more

:25:19. > :25:24.offensively. There is no point having the Welsh Xavi if you are not

:25:25. > :25:27.going to get him with the ball at his boots. He is frightened to pass

:25:28. > :25:32.it forward and that is what will annoy him most of all. A couple of

:25:33. > :25:33.times Bale is getting into good positions but they are not looking

:25:34. > :25:52.forward. Not for long. Adam Lallana, just gave Chester the

:25:53. > :25:59.hurry up. He was strong enough to keep the ball, though. That was

:26:00. > :26:03.played off Dele Alli, Wales broke. James Chester, as with so many on

:26:04. > :26:11.the field in Wales shirts, actually English born.

:26:12. > :26:22.Ashley Williams is another. Launches it towards Gareth Bale. Bale can't

:26:23. > :26:27.do anything other than headed behind. It will be an England

:26:28. > :26:33.goalkick. A bit too straight from Ashley Williams. Gunter was very far

:26:34. > :26:37.forward. Trying to hit a bit more diagonally, because Gunter will have

:26:38. > :26:41.loads of space on the right hand side for Wales, as he did in the

:26:42. > :26:47.first game with Slovakia. He was a threat down the right-hand side. You

:26:48. > :26:51.just get the feeling with 20 minutes played that the game needs a bit of

:26:52. > :26:57.a lift, it is falling a bit flat so far. That would suit Wales more than

:26:58. > :27:00.England. It will, but they would still want to do better in

:27:01. > :27:03.possession. I wonder whether Ramsey should drop deeper in the build-up

:27:04. > :27:09.to try to get the ball off these defenders. Given away to Alli. He

:27:10. > :27:12.needs to get his feet sorted out quickly, not quick enough to really

:27:13. > :27:26.take advantage. Found again by Rooney. Dele Alli is chopped to the

:27:27. > :27:29.floor. England free kick. It was Joe Ledley, tackling from the wrong

:27:30. > :27:34.side. We were saying about Taylor that he should be in gauging Dele

:27:35. > :27:39.Alli, there. He comes in with his left foot and catches Alli, definite

:27:40. > :27:44.free kick. A fairly soft free kick. I thought we might have seen a tasty

:27:45. > :27:47.tackle or two by now, but it's been rather cautious on either side.

:27:48. > :27:55.Possibly because you two aren't playing! Harry Kane might not be on

:27:56. > :28:03.corners, but he's thinking about striking this free kick towards

:28:04. > :28:10.goal. He got it up but not down. Disappointing again. You wonder what

:28:11. > :28:16.this is doing to his confidence. He never really looked confident at

:28:17. > :28:19.all. Just skying it. It's a difficult skill to get it up and

:28:20. > :28:29.down but he gets it all wrong there, I'm afraid. Lallana, again, he's

:28:30. > :28:34.hunting. Closing in on Ben Davies and Williams takes no chances with

:28:35. > :28:38.the ball for Gareth Bale. He was met strongly by Chris Smalling. The flag

:28:39. > :28:45.is waged against the Welshman. Given it for a high foot, I think, there,

:28:46. > :28:56.the linesman. Sterling was seen off by Chester with Gunter's help.

:28:57. > :29:03.Cahill gets just enough on that to find Dele Alli. Pursued by Ramsey.

:29:04. > :29:12.He waits for the right moment. Ledley was caught strongly by

:29:13. > :29:17.Lallana. To strongly. You have to say that Ramsey's workload is

:29:18. > :29:22.outstanding. That is a foul, Lallana trying to get back. Wales are just

:29:23. > :29:29.happy to have a breather for a second, to get out of their own

:29:30. > :29:34.half. Ramsey for Wales and Lallana for England are the most energetic

:29:35. > :29:43.players on the field so far. Nice and easy for Joe Hart. Now Danny

:29:44. > :29:46.Rose. I just think for Wales at the minute, it is too straight, the

:29:47. > :29:50.balls are too straight, they are not switching play quick enough to get

:29:51. > :29:56.the wingbacks engaged, get the ball and switch it. Move England about.

:29:57. > :30:02.Rooney is on the move for England. Rose.

:30:03. > :30:07.Lallana was just trying to drift away from Williams in the box but

:30:08. > :30:16.the ball did not go the way of either of them.

:30:17. > :30:24.Lallana points the way, lovely flick towards Kane, well read by Ben

:30:25. > :30:28.Davies. Williams clears. A bit of rhythm is being found by England.

:30:29. > :30:39.Lallana has got great feet, good imagination and vision. Here is

:30:40. > :30:46.Bale. Can Wales get out? Bale was caught by Alli. Sterling. He left it

:30:47. > :30:52.too long. That was his failing at the weekend. Here is Rose. He has

:30:53. > :30:56.been tripped. Joe Ledley furiously wagging his finger. He did not think

:30:57. > :31:02.it was a foul but it's a free kick for England. He definitely catches

:31:03. > :31:08.him. That is two on the bounce, giving away free kicks. I totally

:31:09. > :31:13.disagree. He has not touched him. He goes down far too easily for me,

:31:14. > :31:20.Danny Rose. There is no contact whatsoever from Joe Ledley, that was

:31:21. > :31:22.a poor decision by the referee. Harry Kane has given this one up for

:31:23. > :31:36.his captain. Rooney is setting his sights. Rooney

:31:37. > :31:45.is lifting one towards Cahill! He did flick it. That was well watched

:31:46. > :31:50.by Hennessey. This time it's a great, teasing ball in, just stays

:31:51. > :31:57.onside. Ashley Williams not even getting off the ground. He just

:31:58. > :32:03.can't guide it in. What I will say, if you were these Welsh players,

:32:04. > :32:09.they are slipping, I'm not sure they have got the correct footwear. It

:32:10. > :32:19.was an excellent stop by Ramsey, though. Ramsey again. Eric Dier

:32:20. > :32:20.weighs in. Fairly, says the referee. Back in for Wales, to great cheers

:32:21. > :32:32.in the stands four James Chester. You just have the feeling that it's

:32:33. > :32:37.getting a bit more lively. It's getting a bit more scrappy, and that

:32:38. > :32:43.is suiting Wales. Ramsey, and I is bit of check on that for him. Here

:32:44. > :32:49.is Taylor. -- it is a nice bit of check. Sterling has two comeback and

:32:50. > :32:56.help there. And then Wales felt he was all over the back of Gunter.

:32:57. > :33:06.Sterling hurried up. Lallana. He lets the ball drift across to give

:33:07. > :33:12.himself more space. And somebody has turned on the game! Here is Walker.

:33:13. > :33:19.Walker against Taylor. That was defended by Davies. England corner.

:33:20. > :33:23.It has started. The gloves are off. Good response. It was getting a bit

:33:24. > :33:36.tetchy. Walker shows good pace down the right-hand side, testing Taylor.

:33:37. > :33:42.Wayne Rooney, very deliberately walking across to the corner flag.

:33:43. > :33:55.Trying to get himself and his team steady again. In the end he was

:33:56. > :33:59.looking for Alli. And arms applied. Alli's unhappy. He has to watch

:34:00. > :34:05.himself as he brushes past the referee. Joe Allen is doing his job

:34:06. > :34:11.well, there. I'm not sure that's a free kick actually. He has to jump,

:34:12. > :34:12.Dele Alli. He is the bigger guy, more physical presence, I'm not sure

:34:13. > :34:37.that was a foul. Smalling beaten by Bale, Robson-Kanu

:34:38. > :34:44.giving Cahill a real test. Too strong for Ramsey, Bale will chase.

:34:45. > :34:52.A push in the back of Lallana, no foul, Wales throw. Once again,

:34:53. > :34:53.Robson-Kanu giving one of the England centre halves problems with

:34:54. > :35:04.his pace. Taylor trying to put the pressure on

:35:05. > :35:20.Lallana. Rose now, Sterling has said off in front of him. -- set off.

:35:21. > :35:27.Good play from the wingback Taylor there, he has seen the crossfield

:35:28. > :35:33.passes, in a position where he can engage on Walker's first touch, good

:35:34. > :35:38.play. Arms were the problem there, this time Ben Davies on his White

:35:39. > :35:42.Hart Lane colleague, Kane. This is better, making himself available,

:35:43. > :35:53.turns inside, overcommitment once more. They are building up.

:35:54. > :35:58.England have got to start making these free kicks and corners count,

:35:59. > :36:00.getting somebody on the end of them, a bit of quality. The clock is

:36:01. > :36:15.ticking. Rooney tries to lift one in again,

:36:16. > :36:20.firmly cleared. Gunter swinging his arm angrily at the referee. Kane and

:36:21. > :36:27.Williams having a right battle on set pieces, both but pushing each

:36:28. > :36:31.other. We don't want to see the referee giving a penalty for shirt

:36:32. > :36:35.pulling, they are both having a right go at each other from every

:36:36. > :36:40.set piece. Just keep an eye on that one, Williams against Cahill. He

:36:41. > :36:45.seemed to have asked too much of Danny Rose there, he kept it in, but

:36:46. > :36:52.was it wise? Smalling was the cover man, Joe Hart get it away.

:36:53. > :36:59.Ramsey looked to have outdone Cahill for a moment, good recovery from the

:37:00. > :37:04.Chelsea centre back. Good harassing from Ramsey. He makes good runs from

:37:05. > :37:11.deep as well, you cannot switch off to that. The England back four all

:37:12. > :37:16.over the place at times, petrified in possession, get the ball to

:37:17. > :37:19.Gareth Bale, get him to run at this nervous England back four. The

:37:20. > :37:24.assistant referee was flagging for a foul there, but the referee was

:37:25. > :37:32.happy for England to get on with it. Lallana always happy to do that.

:37:33. > :37:38.Rooney tried to shift it out, hoping for a shooting opening, but it never

:37:39. > :37:50.appeared. Lallana looking for Sterling.

:37:51. > :37:56.Sterling did not seem to see Alli. Taking on Gunter, Kane goes for it,

:37:57. > :38:03.was it blocked by a hand?! England are adamant that it was. Not a

:38:04. > :38:08.penalty for me, I do not know what Ben Davies could do, he was not even

:38:09. > :38:11.looking at the ball. That is not handball, yes, it hit him on the

:38:12. > :38:16.arm, but you cannot give a penalty for that, he is not looking at the

:38:17. > :38:24.ball. Up but it has certainly hit his hand, you have to say. Ball to

:38:25. > :38:26.hand, hand to ball? It depends which corner you are in. I think you have

:38:27. > :38:42.just proved that. Ramsey did not get there. It is the

:38:43. > :38:51.first really big moments that we have had in the game. It is Ramsey,

:38:52. > :38:57.it looks as if he has won the ball there, Guy, just got a little toe on

:38:58. > :39:03.it. Where do expecting to go on his follow-through? He is going to catch

:39:04. > :39:07.Alli. A foul is a foul, Robbie. I am going to have to break you two up! I

:39:08. > :39:17.think everybody knew this would happen. Ashley Williams telling him

:39:18. > :39:21.to keep it, let's get out, let's keep our shape. I think we will

:39:22. > :39:27.change our shape at half-time, and I will sit in the middle! Taylor

:39:28. > :39:32.caught by Lallana. It is a Wales throw. Up when he gets that ball,

:39:33. > :39:43.Taylor is isolated, great closing down from the England players.

:39:44. > :39:51.Would it be a worry for you, Robbie, that Gareth Bale has not quite got

:39:52. > :39:57.into it yet? He has been on the fringes, Guy, but he is a player,

:39:58. > :40:02.anyone given moment in the game, he can create a moment of magic. While

:40:03. > :40:07.he is on the pitch, he will have an opportunity, a chance in this game.

:40:08. > :40:13.Well, I think he is probably the best player, if not the best player

:40:14. > :40:16.in Europe, outstanding talent, nobody runs quicker than him, it's

:40:17. > :40:22.the ball harder, leaps higher. We have seen some of the balls he has

:40:23. > :40:27.won in the air already today, but England are bossing possession. He

:40:28. > :40:34.has got a mate in Madrid who was not half bad, Martin! Up he is not half

:40:35. > :40:38.bad, but Bale will one day overcome him, he is very inspirational for

:40:39. > :40:39.this bunch. Certainly seem to be the case for the latter half of the

:40:40. > :41:03.season at Real Madrid too. Rooney is dictating the game, always

:41:04. > :41:07.looking for Walker. From Wales' standpoint, if I was Chris Coleman,

:41:08. > :41:12.I would say, get closer to Rooney when he picks that ball up. They are

:41:13. > :41:21.doing that better than Wales this afternoon.

:41:22. > :41:32.Gary Cahill again being watched very closely by Ashley Williams. In it

:41:33. > :41:33.comes from Rooney, Smalling gets it! Just past the post, not far passed

:41:34. > :41:43.it. Well, it is another great ball into

:41:44. > :41:48.the box, this time Smalling getting a yard of space, just cannot get it

:41:49. > :41:54.on target. He has got up brilliantly. Kane there as well,

:41:55. > :42:02.trying to flick it towards goal. Even Roy Hodgson was trying to flick

:42:03. > :42:10.it towards goal. Still England 0, Wales 0. A lovely afternoon in Lens.

:42:11. > :42:17.The game is warming up too. Walker's skips past Taylor, nobody there in a

:42:18. > :42:21.white shirt. Just an example of where England need more quality in

:42:22. > :42:26.the final third. It is OK getting into those areas, just a bit better

:42:27. > :42:28.at times, Sturridge warming up. I wonder if he wants to make a change

:42:29. > :42:39.at any point. The shout was hold, but he could not

:42:40. > :42:56.do that. Joe Ledley read that was about to

:42:57. > :43:04.happen from Dele Alli, and Rooney read that pretty well too.

:43:05. > :43:15.Up towards Lallana, but not close enough to him, and Lallana

:43:16. > :43:18.gesticulates to Kyle Walker. The Welsh fans pretty content with the

:43:19. > :43:21.way their team are defending, it is a nervous watch, whether you have

:43:22. > :43:26.the dragon on your shirt or the three lines. I must say, my heart is

:43:27. > :43:31.pounding in the commentary box, I'll be honest with you. Every time the

:43:32. > :43:36.ball goes near the Wales goal, we have got to say, defensively, the

:43:37. > :43:43.back three are doing well, no space in behind. Once or twice Lallana has

:43:44. > :43:51.got in behind them. Nothing doing for Gareth Bale.

:43:52. > :44:02.Good distribution from Hart. The Welsh fans trying to lift their

:44:03. > :44:09.side. A loud plenty of time on the ball in a half here, Kane to Alli.

:44:10. > :44:18.Walker, Williams gets it away. The only defender to make over 300

:44:19. > :44:24.clearances in the Premier League last term, Ashley Williams, an

:44:25. > :44:28.old-fashioned defender. He is the dictator in that defence, pointing

:44:29. > :44:42.the finger, shouting the orders. Got his work cut out at the moment.

:44:43. > :44:48.I don't think they should get the ball into Kane's beat without Ledley

:44:49. > :44:55.or Allen screaming from the throw in. It is to easy for him to get it

:44:56. > :44:59.do is feed. Certainly having a lot more of the ball at their feet in

:45:00. > :45:24.the last few minutes. Got to do more with it, got to move quicker.

:45:25. > :45:31.Just seeing what the danger could be for Wales, if Alli drops deep and

:45:32. > :45:37.Ashley Williams goes inside, because Chester and Davies are so far apart,

:45:38. > :45:45.Lallana can run diagonally. It is so important, these four. Lallana, one

:45:46. > :45:52.of the most impressive players in an England shirt today, Rooney too.

:45:53. > :45:57.Rooney finds Rose. Alli, Williams quickly and, joined by Chester,

:45:58. > :46:01.double trouble for England. Something that Williams has to do,

:46:02. > :46:08.three at the back, you have to send somebody in occasionally. They have

:46:09. > :46:15.done it there to good effect. Into the final five minutes of the first

:46:16. > :46:22.half. Chris Coleman is managing to look cool enough. Never played

:46:23. > :46:30.against England during his career, 32 appearances for is country. Here

:46:31. > :46:37.is Bale, here is Taylor, trying to slide one into Ramsey. Clearance

:46:38. > :46:41.from Walker. That is where Gareth Bale can be so dangerous, picking

:46:42. > :46:46.the ball up in his own half, driving at England, the back four. He has

:46:47. > :46:53.got to pick his head up, with that in behind the back four of England,

:46:54. > :46:58.poor ball from Taylor. Rooney has reciprocated a little too keenly

:46:59. > :47:03.there, it will be a free kick for Wales, you could see his frustration

:47:04. > :47:07.rising, all thanks to the work of the Wales number nine. You don't

:47:08. > :47:11.want to have an angry Wayne Rooney, you want him to keep his head, the

:47:12. > :47:17.elder statesman in this team now. This is all Gareth Bale territory, a

:47:18. > :47:19.long way out, but he can hit it from here. Joe Hart will be well aware of

:47:20. > :47:33.that. Just picked a bit of the Lens turf

:47:34. > :47:40.out of his boots, has Bale. Only one option for him. Nice looking rugby

:47:41. > :47:45.union kick, the way he has gone back and steps to the right, and he

:47:46. > :47:53.strikes brilliantly! Gareth Bale with a moment of absolute magic! Not

:47:54. > :48:02.many players in the world can do that!

:48:03. > :48:14.The Welsh legend might be writing another one, England 0, Wales 1. It

:48:15. > :48:21.is that man again! That man again, he has been on the fringes, it is 35

:48:22. > :48:26.yards out! It has gone over the wall, Joe Hart has got his hands on

:48:27. > :48:35.it, he has to be pushing that past the post. What a free kick! What a

:48:36. > :48:39.goal! Wales 1-0, look at the technique from Gareth Bale, it is in

:48:40. > :48:44.the middle of the goal, I think Joe Hart has got to do better. Listen,

:48:45. > :48:48.it is an un-believable strike, the ball nearly catches fire, he hits it

:48:49. > :48:53.so hard, but he should be saving that. The as got to put an extra

:48:54. > :49:01.step in across his goal and click that wide. Two goals at Euro 2016

:49:02. > :49:03.for Real Madrid and Wales' Gareth Bale, two free kicks, two mistakes?

:49:04. > :49:22.No, two great strikes. Rooney was rash in his challenge. He

:49:23. > :49:27.pushed him over and allow the free kick to happen, but I'm not being

:49:28. > :49:34.funny, a world-class goalkeeper in Joe Hart, he should not be getting

:49:35. > :49:38.beat from there. The same as against Kozacik at the weekend, down the

:49:39. > :49:42.middle. Such a long way out, to even have the audacity to even go for it

:49:43. > :49:46.from there, but we have seen him doing it so many times, he is a

:49:47. > :50:02.special player who scores special goals. What a problem Roy Hodgson

:50:03. > :50:06.now as do solve now. The first goal is always important in any game at

:50:07. > :50:11.any level. They now have to keep their wingbacks level, and when you

:50:12. > :50:23.play a back five, just get to half-time 1-0. Dier, to Danny Rose.

:50:24. > :50:25.We should not understate the part played by Hal Robson-Kanu in

:50:26. > :50:31.rattling Rooney to win the free kick. He has rattled himself by

:50:32. > :50:35.failing to keep the ball in. This is testing times for England, they need

:50:36. > :50:43.character, of course. The Welsh fans are loving this moment. It will cost

:50:44. > :50:47.a fair few quid to pay for your travel and get your hotel sorted and

:50:48. > :50:52.come to France. But every Welshman here thinks it is worth it right

:50:53. > :50:56.now. He is leaving that side of a goal open and he is slow to get

:50:57. > :51:11.across. His wrists are not strong enough. It did not move a lot, did

:51:12. > :51:20.it? Now, Robson-Kanu. What a worker. Here is Gunter. Looking for Ramsey.

:51:21. > :51:25.Aaron Ramsey has kept his balance better than Cahill and played a good

:51:26. > :51:34.ball in as well. He thunders into Allen. Into stoppage time. There

:51:35. > :51:39.will only be an minute of it. Ramsey. He will take that. Even

:51:40. > :51:43.though Bale didn't move, it might eat up most of the minute and mean

:51:44. > :51:50.that Roy Hodgson's team will go into the break a goal down. It will be an

:51:51. > :51:53.important team talk for Roy, dominating possession in this match,

:51:54. > :51:59.and they have found themselves behind. I think it's going to be the

:52:00. > :52:04.biggest team talk of his managerial career, his England career. If he

:52:05. > :52:07.doesn't get a positive display in the second half there will be

:52:08. > :52:15.massive questions asked of the England manager. Taylor. He wants to

:52:16. > :52:22.hear the half-time whistle before the throw, and now it is half-time.

:52:23. > :52:28.What a half for the Welsh Dragon. Gareth Bale has done it again. Two

:52:29. > :52:33.games, two free kicks, two goalkeepers who won't want to watch

:52:34. > :52:37.them again. Joe Hart was beaten from range. England have work to do if

:52:38. > :52:44.they are not to be beaten in this game. It is Wales' game to lose.

:52:45. > :52:49.STUDIO: Wales are ahead at half-time, England dominating much

:52:50. > :52:52.of the game. Ultimately it is the scoreline that counts? England have

:52:53. > :52:56.dominated possession but for all of their possession they have not

:52:57. > :53:00.worked the goalkeeper once and that is not good enough, Robson-Kanu was

:53:01. > :53:04.bullying our centre halves, showing great aggression and gave his team

:53:05. > :53:08.an outlet. We haven't seen anywhere near enough from Raheem Sterling.

:53:09. > :53:13.Roy has do change that at half-time and bring on another forward because

:53:14. > :53:18.Sterling hasn't given us enough. The game plan has worked for Wales?

:53:19. > :53:22.England have been the better team, but one strike from Gareth,

:53:23. > :53:28.magnificent. Joe Hart has got to say that, for me. We got a visible lift.

:53:29. > :53:33.We were on the rack at one point. Sterling had a great chance to score

:53:34. > :53:38.and he missed. England have got to score goals. England had 70%

:53:39. > :53:42.possession, but ultimately they did not carve out many chances? When

:53:43. > :53:46.they get a chance they have devoted away at this level. You can't keep

:53:47. > :53:51.getting chances, we got chances in the first gay man did not put them

:53:52. > :53:55.away, this time it was the same, falling to Raheem Sterling, we could

:53:56. > :54:00.have had a bit of breathing space if he put that away. We have looked

:54:01. > :54:04.nervy. A few passes going astray, we have had the possession again but we

:54:05. > :54:09.need killer instinct. Gareth Bale has been the difference? He stepped

:54:10. > :54:13.up. You have to talk about the goal, I agree with Dean, Wales have been

:54:14. > :54:17.poor, uncharacteristically giving away the ball, starting in the first

:54:18. > :54:23.ten seconds. They were not decisive enough, Harry Kane got through. We

:54:24. > :54:29.have got the goal, I don't think they will be able to hold out for 45

:54:30. > :54:33.minutes, but they have got the all-important first goal. Only two

:54:34. > :54:39.players have scored from two direct free kicks in the same tournament.

:54:40. > :54:43.Gareth Bale joins them. It's a brilliant strike, let's get that

:54:44. > :54:48.straight. He hits the target like the other day, but Joe Hart has do

:54:49. > :54:53.save that. Goalkeeper should be able to stand in the middle of the goal

:54:54. > :54:57.and save it. There is about four or five going in in the championship.

:54:58. > :55:04.The goalkeeper has do save that, whether the ball is a bit lighter

:55:05. > :55:08.these days... That is three yards inside the post. He is wrong-footed.

:55:09. > :55:13.He has seen a bit of swerve coming in. I don't know why he has to be

:55:14. > :55:18.one side of the goal? If you moved the wall and stood there and said,

:55:19. > :55:24.beat me from there. That is almost what he did. He was there with his

:55:25. > :55:28.hands. I agree with you. He starts further right and he leaves too much

:55:29. > :55:32.room on the left-hand side and gives himself a little bit too much to do.

:55:33. > :55:44.You could have a hundred of those with no wall and he would not score.

:55:45. > :55:47.Judging by what has happened in the first few days of this tournament. A

:55:48. > :55:53.great chance for Raheem Sterling early. He has do score. It's as

:55:54. > :55:59.simple as that, Gary. He looks short of match fitness, doesn't look

:56:00. > :56:02.confident. He draws in Ashley Williams which leaves space for

:56:03. > :56:07.Lallana which hasn't happened enough, good ball from Lallana, but

:56:08. > :56:11.at this level, you get one of those, they have to go in, otherwise you

:56:12. > :56:15.are punished. It happened the other day, we had chances and we were

:56:16. > :56:21.punished. Another one that has to go in. It is perfect for him, right in

:56:22. > :56:25.front of his feet, why does he end up on the floor? He should not even

:56:26. > :56:31.be stretching. A finisher just comes straight onto the ball. Alan will

:56:32. > :56:35.talk about it in a minute, but if you are playing someone is narrow

:56:36. > :56:41.alongside Harry Kane, surely one of them has to be a striker because you

:56:42. > :56:44.will surely get that opportunity. If you get someone into that position

:56:45. > :56:50.all the time, you will find the back of the net. If you go with a 4-3-3,

:56:51. > :56:54.you expect that the two wide players will be wide. But even more so when

:56:55. > :56:59.you play against three centre halves, Sterling has to get out on

:57:00. > :57:04.the touchline, given us a bit of width. I know Rose is there, but

:57:05. > :57:07.then you ask the question of the right wingback, Gunter. You also ask

:57:08. > :57:14.the question of the other centre half. Yes, it is moved out, but look

:57:15. > :57:17.at Sterling inside, the centre half is comfortable and he now has to

:57:18. > :57:21.give us a bit of width if he comes back out for the second half. Not

:57:22. > :57:25.enough questions have been asked, they have been far too comfortable,

:57:26. > :57:31.the vast majority has been in front of them. Get out wide. That is too

:57:32. > :57:37.easy for the centre half, not giving the full-back any options. Not

:57:38. > :57:41.giving the midfielder any options. We are carrying him, we are not

:57:42. > :57:48.playing with 11 men. As a free centre half, and the full-back, if

:57:49. > :57:52.they are in front of you, it is so easy, make them look, their face

:57:53. > :57:58.goes away from the game. Then people can run off you. If they can see the

:57:59. > :58:02.whole picture it is so easy to mark as a defender. England penalty

:58:03. > :58:06.shout, it hit the hand of Ben Davies? It certainly hits his hand

:58:07. > :58:13.but it's not intentional, it's an accident. I'm not even sure whether

:58:14. > :58:17.Ben is looking at the ball. It just hit his hand, absolutely, but there

:58:18. > :58:24.is no intention. Do we all agree? Yes. Yes, that is not deliberate. I

:58:25. > :58:27.have seen them given, though, occasionally. Cahill and Smalling

:58:28. > :58:31.with a couple of headers, set pieces, they have looked a bit

:58:32. > :58:35.threatening at times Roger Mark Rooney is on the corners and his

:58:36. > :58:40.delivery has been good. -- threatening at times? This one could

:58:41. > :58:46.have gone in. It's a good header and Williams slips. It's good movement

:58:47. > :58:51.by Smalling. Harry Kane nearly gets a touch and is just wide. They

:58:52. > :58:57.looked dangerous, England, from set plays. It is not quite happening in

:58:58. > :59:00.front of goal. Wales have sat deep, haven't they, for most of the game?

:59:01. > :59:05.Will it be the same in the second half and would you have liked to see

:59:06. > :59:08.them pressing more? Well, I don't think they have been allowed to

:59:09. > :59:12.because England have dominated possession and Wales have not been

:59:13. > :59:17.allowed to get four or five passes together. They have not been able to

:59:18. > :59:20.impose their game on Wales, really. Hal Robson-Kanu has done well in

:59:21. > :59:25.terms of what he had to do but in terms of getting Gareth Bale on the

:59:26. > :59:33.ball, we have not been able to get enough possession. It is too easy,

:59:34. > :59:36.they are not moving them around enough, they have been too

:59:37. > :59:40.comfortable, they have not asked enough questions and have not

:59:41. > :59:43.stretched to three centre halves and have not asked enough questions of

:59:44. > :59:47.the wingbacks. Yes, England have had the possession but they haven't done

:59:48. > :59:51.anywhere near enough with it. Wales are leading at half-time.

:59:52. > :59:53.Northern Ireland are also in action today.

:59:54. > :59:54.After losing the opening game against Poland,

:59:55. > :00:00.Let's hear from defender Jonny Evans.

:00:01. > :00:06.After the game on Sunday, you told me that you were mentally and

:00:07. > :00:09.physically drained, how well can Northern Ireland lift themselves

:00:10. > :00:18.were another big game? It's another game to enjoy, and hopefully we can

:00:19. > :00:22.put in a better performance. We did not play really, really badly

:00:23. > :00:29.against Poland. But at certain times in the game we could have created

:00:30. > :00:33.more chances going forward. We could have been more professional. Despite

:00:34. > :00:39.defeat how much did you enjoy the experience? It was amazing. We were

:00:40. > :00:46.talking on the way back on the bus after the game and we were saying,

:00:47. > :00:49.everything leading up to it has been one of the best things we have

:00:50. > :00:53.experienced in our careers as footballers. It was just an amazing

:00:54. > :00:59.occasion. One that we are all thankful to be part of. When a team

:01:00. > :01:02.loses, your team loses, can you take any satisfaction in your own

:01:03. > :01:09.personal performance on the biggest age? It's difficult to do that. --

:01:10. > :01:12.biggest stage. We all put in a lot of effort in that match. Defending

:01:13. > :01:16.for our lives and covering for each other. That is something we can be

:01:17. > :01:27.proud of. We worked hard for each other. Has the confidence taken a

:01:28. > :01:30.dent or is is it the case that you are still looking forward to

:01:31. > :01:35.tomorrow? We are still just looking to improve on simple things and that

:01:36. > :01:41.gives us belief, and we are here to enjoy the experience but we also

:01:42. > :01:44.want to not let the game passed us by and enjoy it as much as we can.

:01:45. > :01:48.We want to get the ball forward quicker and put the opposition under

:01:49. > :01:54.pressure. I think we will definitely see more of an exciting match. We

:01:55. > :01:57.will have highlights of Northern Ireland versus Ukraine and Germany

:01:58. > :01:59.against Poland on BBC Two at 11:15pm.

:02:00. > :02:01.Tomorrow the Czech Republic take on Croatia.

:02:02. > :02:04.And there's highlights of Italy-Sweden and Spain-Turkey

:02:05. > :02:17.Back to the game. Gaby has caught up with Danny Murphy and Ian Rush. Joe

:02:18. > :02:21.Hart will be disappointed, as good as Gareth Bale is and as mercurial

:02:22. > :02:27.as he is, he should be saving that? He should save it, he did not move

:02:28. > :02:31.his feet quickly enough. It is a mistake and hugely disappointing

:02:32. > :02:35.after dominating the half. We have not made enough chances now, we have

:02:36. > :02:40.do up the tempo and I would like to see one or two changes at half-time

:02:41. > :02:51.to inject pace into the side and get behind the Welsh back five. Wales

:02:52. > :02:53.absorbed so much pressure and the energy they have to give out, Ian

:02:54. > :02:56.Rush, to contain the England attacking line-up, which really,

:02:57. > :02:59.they played for most of the half down there. How can they keep it up

:03:00. > :03:03.for another 45 minutes? It will be difficult but when you have scored a

:03:04. > :03:06.goal you have something to work on, there will be changes made after

:03:07. > :03:11.about an hour, they have something to hold onto now and it's a massive

:03:12. > :03:14.boost for Wales, that goal. It came against the run of play but you

:03:15. > :03:19.nowhere in Gareth Bale has an opportunity... Wayne Rooney will be

:03:20. > :03:23.kicking himself that he allowed Robson-Kanu to get into him. It is

:03:24. > :03:27.still a long way out and you have to give away the odd foul. We have

:03:28. > :03:33.created a few chances but we are not clinical enough, we have seen that

:03:34. > :03:37.before. I would like to see Daniel Sturridge, personally. He was

:03:38. > :03:41.reticent to make changes? In Marseille. Sturridge has been on

:03:42. > :03:49.fire in training so I think he might go with him. Thanks, guys. Welcome

:03:50. > :03:56.to Lens, the fixture of Euro 2016. Away we go. It sounds like the stuff

:03:57. > :04:04.of legend. Sterling can't keep it down. He could not dare risk

:04:05. > :04:12.challenging him. Cahill! Kane goes for it and that was blocked, was it

:04:13. > :04:17.by a hand? Gareth Bale! That was a moment of absolute magic! Yes, that

:04:18. > :04:21.Gareth Bale goal is the only one from the first half, would you like

:04:22. > :04:27.to see Roy Hodgson making changes at half-time or will he wait a while?

:04:28. > :04:35.Immediate substitutions, they need goal-scoring instincts right now.

:04:36. > :04:40.Which would you prefer to see? I might bring both of them on. I think

:04:41. > :04:44.he has got to make a change, because at the minute it is not working,

:04:45. > :04:47.he's not shifting the centre halves around enough, we're not getting

:04:48. > :04:52.behind, we're not getting any width. He has got players on the Ben Chu

:04:53. > :04:56.have been in the form, and he has got to use them. Sometimes when you

:04:57. > :05:01.are a goal ahead, difficult to know whether to stick or twist, what do

:05:02. > :05:05.expect Wales to do? They sat back in the first half. We are getting

:05:06. > :05:09.forced back because England are a good team. We have got to keep the

:05:10. > :05:14.ball better, the first pass that we nick back has got to stick so we can

:05:15. > :05:18.get at the pitch. Chris will be looking at Joe Ledley, Joe Allen. I

:05:19. > :05:22.think they have both been injured, Joe Allen has been ill overnight. He

:05:23. > :05:26.has got David Edwards and Andy King that he can bring on, keep the

:05:27. > :05:30.engine going in the middle of the pitch. We are hearing that Sturridge

:05:31. > :05:34.did not join the players in the warm up, he has stayed in the dressing

:05:35. > :05:40.room, does that signify who might be coming on? We might well see him

:05:41. > :05:43.coming on, Sturridge, he can produce something out of the ordinary, very

:05:44. > :05:48.tricky, great skill, individual talent. He is very much individual,

:05:49. > :05:56.isn't he? He can produce something, and I think Vardy, striker, but

:05:57. > :06:01.Sturridge is a good substitution. There he is. Yes, looks like he is

:06:02. > :06:07.coming on, not sure who he is taking off yet. Descartes for Roy Hodgson,

:06:08. > :06:13.he has made a change, and Vardy as well. He might be doing exactly what

:06:14. > :06:18.you wanted, Alan, positive from the England coach. That will put the

:06:19. > :06:23.back three of Wales on the back foot. Hold on, two guys who have got

:06:24. > :06:27.the know-how to put the ball in the back of the net. The two in the

:06:28. > :06:37.first, Lallana and Sterling, very much providers. These two finishes.

:06:38. > :06:41.Kane off, Sterling off. His neck is on the line, if he did not make

:06:42. > :06:46.changes, the inevitable would happen. Big opportunity for those

:06:47. > :06:52.guys as strikers. Dean, you know, you have to make yourself as hero.

:06:53. > :06:57.What a good front three that is now. Will Wales alter the way they play,

:06:58. > :07:03.with two strikers? Gary, we are hanging on, relying on Gareth Bale!

:07:04. > :07:05.We have not kicked off! Let's rejoin Robbie Savage, Martin Keown and Guy

:07:06. > :07:16.Mowbray. So Roy Hodgson is going for broke,

:07:17. > :07:21.he has to, otherwise English cards will be broken. That Gareth Bale

:07:22. > :07:26.goal in the first part was the first time that Wales have scored in the

:07:27. > :07:30.last five meetings of these nations, their first goal since Mark Hughes

:07:31. > :07:39.scored on his debut in Wrexham on the 2nd of May 19 84. It was his

:07:40. > :07:45.Wales debut. So it is England who will start the second half, and

:07:46. > :07:50.their fans will hope on the front foot. Martin Keown is one of those,

:07:51. > :07:54.do you applaud those changes? Without a doubt, when you have that

:07:55. > :07:57.kind of firepower on the bench, Sturridge is probably the most

:07:58. > :08:01.naturally gifted centre forward we have, and magic is needed now.

:08:02. > :08:05.England really on the back foot, he needed to do something, too slow,

:08:06. > :08:13.not enough quality in the final third, that has to change now. Aaron

:08:14. > :08:17.Ramsey holding up Adam Lallana. We were not surprised to see that those

:08:18. > :08:22.two have run further than any other players on the field. From the

:08:23. > :08:27.England perspective, I think the England fans would rather see a

:08:28. > :08:34.proactive manager from the start, instead of a reactive manager.

:08:35. > :08:38.Reactive Roy has got a ring to it. I think they would like to see a

:08:39. > :08:48.winning manager. Here is Chris Smalling, ball out of play. England

:08:49. > :08:52.had a lot of possession in that first half and they were too slow,

:08:53. > :08:57.allowing Wales to get back into their shape quite quickly, be

:08:58. > :09:01.strong, and that one chance of Raheem Sterling, they should have

:09:02. > :09:06.scored. Other than that, there was no real pressure on Wales. The flag

:09:07. > :09:12.up against Robson-Kanu, who went down after a brush with Cahill, he

:09:13. > :09:18.started his movement from an offside position. Joe Hart gets the ball to

:09:19. > :09:26.Kyle Walker pretty quickly. Here is Daniel Sturridge.

:09:27. > :09:34.And still Daniel Sturridge, enjoying his run on the ball. Ledley went

:09:35. > :09:36.with him all the way. Ramsey has lost its to Alli, but only

:09:37. > :09:52.temporarily, great recovery. Vardy had a nibble at Bale, gliding

:09:53. > :10:00.away from him. The referee had the perfect view of that. Great pace,

:10:01. > :10:04.Gareth Bale, went past Walker, surely there was an arm on the

:10:05. > :10:07.shoulder from Walker, why on earth would he go down, great position on

:10:08. > :10:14.his left foot to whip the ball into the box, he had gone past Walker!

:10:15. > :10:18.Walker has got excellent pace, and even he is struggling to catch up.

:10:19. > :10:24.He goes down to easily there, when you see the replay. Bale almost got

:10:25. > :10:30.onto that, Ramsey almost got control of it!

:10:31. > :10:50.Already, Sturridge is playing out there, quite wide, coming in more

:10:51. > :10:52.centrally now. Vardy will be the top striker, playing on the shoulder of

:10:53. > :10:57.the last defender for Wales. Eric Dier shaping up to shoot,

:10:58. > :11:13.blocked. Four in the box for Walker, but

:11:14. > :11:18.Walker is getting there and soft, into the side of the goal,

:11:19. > :11:22.deflected, England corner, and there is an immediate England response.

:11:23. > :11:26.That is what you want, Walker getting down that right-hand side,

:11:27. > :11:27.lots of pace. That is the reaction from England that they were looking

:11:28. > :11:47.for. The message has to be attack. Smalling tried to attack it, Cahill

:11:48. > :11:50.behind him. Dele Alli will not get to it in time. Wales throw, Dele

:11:51. > :11:58.Alli thought it was going to go his way.

:11:59. > :12:05.Of course, with every throwing, with every free kick, you cannot blame

:12:06. > :12:11.Wales for taking as long as they want. England would do exactly the

:12:12. > :12:19.same, wouldn't they, time waste, if they could? I would take 43 minutes

:12:20. > :12:23.over that throw in! It is going to be a long 43 minutes for you,

:12:24. > :12:25.Robbie, if it stays like this - but I am sure you would take it that

:12:26. > :12:50.way. Walker takes the long way around

:12:51. > :12:55.past Taylor. When will he deliver? Allen realised he was coming in, got

:12:56. > :12:59.across, it is behind for a goal kick. Really positive start from

:13:00. > :13:05.England in the second half, positive substitutions from the manager. You

:13:06. > :13:10.could see how many bodies Wales had got back defending, look at many

:13:11. > :13:14.bodies were in the box from the Wales' point of view. All doing

:13:15. > :13:22.their jobs, good line, good shape. They are queueing up in the box for

:13:23. > :13:23.that ball from Walker, a ball of quality is needed for those

:13:24. > :13:51.strikers. You can pretend he does not know

:13:52. > :14:06.where the borders before the free kick. -- where the ball is.

:14:07. > :14:14.Williams' header has gone to Dele Alli. Sturridge has no way past

:14:15. > :14:32.James Chester. Sturridge has gone for goal, nowhere

:14:33. > :14:38.near it. Maybe encouraging, Martin, to see him wanting the ball at every

:14:39. > :14:41.opportunity. Roy has got his head down there, Sturridge not able to

:14:42. > :14:46.keep the ball down, though, speculative effort from a very long

:14:47. > :14:52.way out. This is the challenge of Vardy, getting tangled up with

:14:53. > :14:58.Williams. Roy Hodgson, unless something changes, will be sharing

:14:59. > :15:02.an unwanted record, England, five tournament games without a win since

:15:03. > :15:08.beating Ukraine in the final group game in Ukraine four years ago. He

:15:09. > :15:13.could follow Walter Winterbottom and Sir Bobby Robson by going six

:15:14. > :15:17.without a win, unless his team scored two goals without further

:15:18. > :15:25.apply. And it really would ramp up the pressure, not on Chris Coleman -

:15:26. > :15:29.he would be sitting pretty. What a turnaround it has been for Wales and

:15:30. > :15:34.his management, losing nine of his first 13 games in charge. He thought

:15:35. > :15:50.about quitting after three or four. Now see where Wales are.

:15:51. > :16:12.I think Dele Alli will get much more space in the second half, because

:16:13. > :16:15.body and Sturridge are trying to occupy two of the three centre

:16:16. > :16:23.halves, which will allow Dele Alli to get more space in front or

:16:24. > :16:28.running behind. Not even Jamie Vardy will catch that. Quality again,

:16:29. > :16:33.isn't it, in the final third? Dier recognising that, got to keep

:16:34. > :16:38.believing in yourself, getting back into this game. Listen, it is an

:16:39. > :16:41.experienced group, look at this ball, though, just a simple ball

:16:42. > :16:47.into the channel. Far too much weight on it.

:16:48. > :16:59.He's going to make everybody wait. Well won by Robson-Kanu, well struck

:17:00. > :17:02.by Ramsey. I think that was a why not moment. You saw Joe Hart off his

:17:03. > :17:16.line. Great strike. Nicely bounced back to Alli by

:17:17. > :17:24.Sturridge, Rooney now. Ramsey lunged in, Rooney tried to bend it into the

:17:25. > :17:29.corner, but when Hennessey has seen it, he got to it smartly. Rooney

:17:30. > :17:35.opens his body up, just feed it into the corner, Hennessey just gets a

:17:36. > :17:43.hand on it, good effort. Rooney now on the corner.

:17:44. > :17:54.Lallana comes for the short option, Joe Allen in pursuit, making that

:17:55. > :17:55.not a viable one. Bale heads it out. Robson-Kanu making life really

:17:56. > :18:05.awkward for Walker. He is doing himself no harm at all,

:18:06. > :18:07.the Wales number nine, in finding a new club. He left Reading at the end

:18:08. > :18:23.of last season. Cahill could not get off the floor,

:18:24. > :18:25.Vardy is there! England are level! The Jamie Vardy story goes on with

:18:26. > :18:41.another chapter! Wales ask the question about

:18:42. > :18:45.offside. The question for Roy Hodgson's team are on the weighty

:18:46. > :18:51.being and said, Jamie Vardy really does have the golden touch. , The

:18:52. > :18:58.hour,, the man, Vardy just waiting for that opportunity. He is on it in

:18:59. > :19:04.a flash. -- cometh. For me, he is maybe a fraction of side. He spins

:19:05. > :19:09.on it, he is not worried about that, predator in the box. He is on side,

:19:10. > :19:16.it has come off Ashley Williams' head. Just watch, he headed into

:19:17. > :19:25.Vardy's pass, it is a goal, positive substitution from Roy Hodgson has

:19:26. > :19:27.paid off, 1-1, game on! Here is Ramsey. Wales look to bite back very

:19:28. > :19:31.quickly. England 1, Wales 1 - Vardy, Bale?

:19:32. > :19:54.Who would have thought?! Jamie Vardy has scored in four of

:19:55. > :20:02.his last five England appearances, Premier League winner, the rise and

:20:03. > :20:06.rise goes on and on. Four years on, at the last European Championships,

:20:07. > :20:12.he was just leaving Fleetwood, he was on holiday with his mates. The

:20:13. > :20:16.fairy tale just keeps going, Roy will be delighted with him.

:20:17. > :20:17.to see Roy Hodgson making changes at half-time or will he wait a while?

:20:18. > :20:25.Wayne Hennessey, out and away. Sturridge got the ball on the

:20:26. > :20:29.left-hand side, whipped it into the back post and it comes off Ashley

:20:30. > :20:33.Williams. Vardy in the six yard area, that is where you get goals,

:20:34. > :20:39.that is why he scores so many. He puts it away. Credit to Roy Hodgson

:20:40. > :20:44.for two positive substitutions at half-time. Wales have dropped deeper

:20:45. > :20:50.and deeper. England have do keep this going and feed off this energy.

:20:51. > :21:00.Waving to the England fans, among them Mrs Vardy.

:21:01. > :21:24.Taylor, he had to be quick and can only get the ball back to England.

:21:25. > :21:28.It comes straight back at Wales. This time he is out of position and

:21:29. > :21:37.he puts pressure on Taylor who gives it away. Walker, watch him go.

:21:38. > :21:46.Towards Vardy. Good goalkeeping from Hennessey. This is a big period of

:21:47. > :21:49.the game for Wales. They had won against Slovakia and they came

:21:50. > :21:54.through it but this is wave after wave from England. They have do stay

:21:55. > :22:01.strong defensively. Sturridge to Lallana, this is some room. Flinging

:22:02. > :22:05.himself at it, Ben Davies, England say handball, the referee says

:22:06. > :22:09.corner and England say, that'll do. More of the same down the right-hand

:22:10. > :22:16.side. It catches his arm but I don't think there's any intention. I have

:22:17. > :22:19.seen them given, though. Is that three against the arm of Davies in

:22:20. > :22:29.the game? Rooney is looking for Cahill to

:22:30. > :22:40.attack it and he tried to come with everything he had. Alli.

:22:41. > :22:48.That is Rose. Vardy tries to spin away from the shoulder of Ledley.

:22:49. > :22:56.Out of the box comes Sturridge. He is and Vardy's introduction have put

:22:57. > :23:03.more spring in the step of being which players but is there a Wales

:23:04. > :23:07.break now? Robson-Kanu. Ramsey goes down the middle. Bale tries to find

:23:08. > :23:12.him but succeeds only in putting the ball into Joe Hart's clutches.

:23:13. > :23:17.Ramsey tries to hold his run, Bale looks up and he should have whipped

:23:18. > :23:21.it around the back four of England after Ramsey made that good run. But

:23:22. > :23:29.he puts too much on the past, Gareth Bale. It is a real positive part of

:23:30. > :23:34.the game now for England. It came off the heel of Taylor. The referee

:23:35. > :23:40.will bring playback and give the first yellow card of the game to Ben

:23:41. > :23:45.Davies. The first yellow card for a Welsh player at this tournament.

:23:46. > :23:50.Give and go. Davies, over the top tackle. This comes from Walker's

:23:51. > :23:55.endeavour down the right-hand side. He is like a machine and he has no

:23:56. > :24:03.protection, by the way, down the Welsh left-hand side. The Welsh hand

:24:04. > :24:08.side? I think the excitement is getting to everyone!

:24:09. > :24:21.Here is Wayne Rooney. Looking for Dier. Who will it fall to? It is

:24:22. > :24:29.Cahill! That is Dier. It was Davies, but it was going wide anyway. It

:24:30. > :24:33.could have reached Sturridge. Alli. Joe Hart as to get involved. It is

:24:34. > :24:39.almost as if the nerves were getting the better of the players there,

:24:40. > :24:41.swinging feet and heads. What a run by Dele Alli! Controlling it with

:24:42. > :25:01.his shoulder. Rose skips away from Ramsey. Lovely

:25:02. > :25:05.bit of body swerving now. Sturridge! He missed kicks. There was Ledley

:25:06. > :25:14.and he was caught late, it's a Welsh free kick. The latest siege is over.

:25:15. > :25:21.I can't breathe here, guys. Wave after wave of attack. This was

:25:22. > :25:26.Sturridge's moment, wasn't it? He fluffed his lines. A clean strike

:25:27. > :25:31.and he would surely score. He just ran into Ledley. That is why the

:25:32. > :25:35.free kick was awarded. A bit of after is involving Aaron Ramsey

:25:36. > :25:38.after that. Kane cannot get the ball out of his feet for the first

:25:39. > :25:42.opportunity, you can see the England fans with their hands on their

:25:43. > :25:49.heads, they are in the Senden C and they are looking to win the game and

:25:50. > :25:52.Wales have do just a strong. -- ascendancy. Every time ball goes

:25:53. > :25:57.into the box, they look nervous, Wales look nervous. Second balls,

:25:58. > :26:01.they have do try to win them cleanly. How fast is your heart

:26:02. > :26:18.going? It is pounding. Robson-Kanu. Dele Alli is there to stop the

:26:19. > :26:22.cross, he does that but it will be a Wales corner. The ball has not been

:26:23. > :26:26.down there too much since the start of the second half. It is one of

:26:27. > :26:34.those moments where you wonder if they could snatch something again,

:26:35. > :26:41.Wales. Required from England. -- good defending required from

:26:42. > :26:47.England. Chris Coleman's demeanour has barely changed all afternoon.

:26:48. > :26:53.Ramsey in. Vardy just keeps himself airborne long enough to flick it

:26:54. > :26:59.behind. Williams and Cahill, at the bottom of your picture. They are

:27:00. > :27:04.together once again. Ashley Williams has his arms all over the back of

:27:05. > :27:10.him, look. The referee has missed that. Joe Ledley has gone down

:27:11. > :27:15.again. You do worry about this, with the fact that he broke a bone in his

:27:16. > :27:24.leg on May the 7th against Stoke City. This is his first start of a

:27:25. > :27:29.game since then. Yes, he has got a knock right on that area. It is run

:27:30. > :27:34.Mark Lobel that he has come back from a broken leg so quickly. That

:27:35. > :27:46.certainly won't have helped him. It might have do be a Wales

:27:47. > :27:58.substitution. -- it's remarkable. Wales are asking questions now.

:27:59. > :28:08.The spirits have not been dampened in that end. Joe Ledley is

:28:09. > :28:16.desperately trying to prove to everybody that he can still jog. Off

:28:17. > :28:20.the field, at least for now. Ramsey's corner. Williams could not

:28:21. > :28:23.get off the floor. For a second it looked as though had he been able to

:28:24. > :28:38.it may have been a problem for England. Here is Sturridge. Walker

:28:39. > :28:43.made the run, Sturridge went for gold. That is two efforts he's had,

:28:44. > :28:48.he is setting his sights. What they have done better in the second half,

:28:49. > :28:52.England, they have moved the ball a lot quicker, they listened to Alan

:28:53. > :28:55.Shearer at half-time, they have done that, Wales cannot get set and

:28:56. > :29:01.therefore they are creating opportunities. Joe Ledley came on

:29:02. > :29:05.for Edwards in the first match and it looks as though it will be the

:29:06. > :29:10.other way round today. He did well, Joe Ledley. As you said, he did

:29:11. > :29:16.fantastically well to be here. He has put in a shift for his side. I

:29:17. > :29:20.would not say that Wales have used the ball well today, they have

:29:21. > :29:25.looked nervous and have not been great but Joe Ledley can be proud of

:29:26. > :29:28.his performance today. The reception is also for his dedication, ever

:29:29. > :29:36.since the injury he has been having 6am starts with Crystal Palace and

:29:37. > :29:41.Wales' physios. They have been putting it in and the pair of them

:29:42. > :29:49.have got him to start in this major tournament. On comes Edwards. A nice

:29:50. > :29:51.little story is that he used to be a housemate of Joe Hart when they were

:29:52. > :30:01.together at Shrewsbury. Just about midway through the second

:30:02. > :30:06.half. Only three quarters of this tale is told, though. I think we

:30:07. > :30:09.might see another little change soon. I think he might go with

:30:10. > :30:18.Gareth Bale upfront, take-off Robson-Kanu and put on Williams. Put

:30:19. > :30:25.Jonny Williams in just to help out the midfield. Well done, I think

:30:26. > :30:40.that is the first time either of you have used we, ie understand it if

:30:41. > :30:44.you do. He manages to see off Dier. Roy will be pleased that he has got

:30:45. > :30:49.back into the game, he wants the momentum lifted again. The

:30:50. > :30:53.substitution has taken the sting out of England and Wales will be quite

:30:54. > :30:58.happy with that. Bale dispossessed. That was well picked off by James

:30:59. > :31:05.Chester. He does that really well, he comes out and wins it with good

:31:06. > :31:08.anticipation. Now the back three. Here is Chris Gunter. Danny Rose

:31:09. > :31:16.comes out to meet him and forces him all the way back to Hennessy.

:31:17. > :31:30.Chris Smalling. Wales are getting deeper and deeper. Williams, Davies,

:31:31. > :31:33.Chester, Taylor has been playing as a left back at times, they are

:31:34. > :31:49.getting very deep, the Welsh backline.

:31:50. > :31:58.That is good work again from Chester but the ball runs away from Ramsey.

:31:59. > :32:05.He is Rooney. Alli is allowed to take it. Gets it back in the end.

:32:06. > :32:12.Sturridge's shot is smothered. Here is Walker. Four in the box. Plenty

:32:13. > :32:19.of Welsh defenders, too. Sturridge. Dier, that was rather lazily played

:32:20. > :32:23.forward. There was space for Dele Alli, though, perfect position for

:32:24. > :32:27.him when the Welsh backline was deep and Alli was allowed to get into the

:32:28. > :32:32.space on the half term. He is becoming a growing influence in this

:32:33. > :32:34.game. 20 minutes left, who will be the hero, who will be the

:32:35. > :32:47.matchwinner? Will there be one? Wales are going to make another

:32:48. > :32:52.substitution in a moment, it is as though Robbie Savage has a hotline

:32:53. > :33:08.to Chris Coleman. Here is Danny Rose.

:33:09. > :33:17.Sturridge, he hears the cry from Walker.

:33:18. > :33:33.Now, England are really going to go for it, it would seem. Marcus

:33:34. > :33:37.Rashford, with a word or two from his men talk, Gary Neville. The

:33:38. > :33:43.first change is for Wales, Hal Robson-Kanu will make way for

:33:44. > :33:49.Williams. You don't have to look so pleased for yourself! They are

:33:50. > :33:53.getting overrun in midfield, they need an extra body, use the pace of

:33:54. > :34:02.Bale, run the channels and get Wales up the pitch. Those stats don't do

:34:03. > :34:08.him justice. Williams did very well in the first match, didn't he? No

:34:09. > :34:13.surprises, there. It is looking as though Rashford is now going to come

:34:14. > :34:17.on as well, talk about fairy tales. He is an outstanding talent, this

:34:18. > :34:23.young man. Getting the full treatment today.

:34:24. > :34:32.I think Ramsey has lost his footing more than most. Lallana, and with a

:34:33. > :34:38.pat on the back, England have got the 18-year-old Manchester United

:34:39. > :34:42.man ready for his competitive England debut, having scored 138

:34:43. > :34:43.seconds into his first senior appearance against Australia just

:34:44. > :35:04.the other week. Cannot find a way through to Alli

:35:05. > :35:05.yet. England have got to get Sturridge more central, higher up

:35:06. > :35:16.the pitch. Alli trying to deceive Ashley

:35:17. > :35:23.Williams, who wasn't having any of it. Behind it goes, and on will come

:35:24. > :35:27.Marcus Rashford. Adam Lallana is the player to go off for England. He has

:35:28. > :35:31.covered pretty much every blade of grass on the field, he is going to

:35:32. > :35:36.get a rousing sendoff from the England supporters, and all will

:35:37. > :35:40.come Rashford, England's youngest ever player at the European

:35:41. > :35:44.Championships, beating Rooney by four days, after his performance

:35:45. > :35:48.against France all those years ago, 12 years ago. He is a young man with

:35:49. > :35:52.a wonderful mentality as well, his temperament is perfect. Don't be

:35:53. > :36:00.surprised if he does something special.

:36:01. > :36:06.Williams down, with Chris Smalling very close to him. The shouts mainly

:36:07. > :36:11.came from those in the stands, I have got to say. Gareth Bale have

:36:12. > :36:16.joined in, nobody else. Jonny Williams went down to easy, no

:36:17. > :36:23.penalty, the referee has got that absolutely spot-on.

:36:24. > :36:31.Rashford is just clipped, Aaron Ramsey, the 18-year-old's first

:36:32. > :36:37.touch of the championship is not his best. UEC Jonny Williams, great

:36:38. > :36:48.tenacity, but goes down far too easy. It is a dive! No doubt about

:36:49. > :36:52.it. Well, he should not be winning the second ball. The centre have

:36:53. > :36:56.should be clearing his lines with a header, he should not be allowing

:36:57. > :37:06.Jonny Williams to regain the second ball and drive into the area.

:37:07. > :37:14.Sturridge rather belatedly follows Taylor back into his own half.

:37:15. > :37:20.Taylor looking for Bale. He gets a little too much on it. Really has

:37:21. > :37:25.added brilliant heading prowess to his game since his move to Madrid.

:37:26. > :37:29.That is what you would want, the isolation between Bale and Rose on

:37:30. > :37:35.the back post. Nine headed goals in La Liga, Gareth Bale, a real threat

:37:36. > :37:41.in the air. He could not get his head directly on target. I think

:37:42. > :37:44.England need to get balls into that central area so they can slide

:37:45. > :37:48.things into channels for Vardy. Anything over the top for him

:37:49. > :37:59.recently. That is not the sort of service that

:38:00. > :38:03.Jamie Vardy really thrives on. Putting his hand up, acknowledging

:38:04. > :38:07.that, the ball into Rashford, who knocked it off and makes an

:38:08. > :38:13.intelligent run, but he does not get seen by Rose. Look at those faces,

:38:14. > :38:22.the Debrett's, the concentration. Thursday afternoons are quite

:38:23. > :38:28.boring, generally! Alli can be a freeze boat in getting forward to

:38:29. > :38:31.support Sturridge, Vardy and Rashford. -- a free spirit. They

:38:32. > :38:40.have to try to win this game, and the positivity from Roy Hodgson's

:38:41. > :38:41.substitutions... Very positive! Vardy, Sturridge, Rashford. And

:38:42. > :39:12.Rooney, all on the field together. Rose gives it away, straight to

:39:13. > :39:19.Allen. Ramsey, a lovely bit of play, but Chris Smalling has picked it

:39:20. > :39:23.off. Steely challenge going in there, rose just having a bit of a

:39:24. > :39:25.moment, giving the ball away. Somebody should be getting into his

:39:26. > :39:32.ear, talking to him. Gunter's throw. Rooney, now

:39:33. > :39:52.Smalling. Walcott is still so full of energy.

:39:53. > :39:57.-- Walker. Ramsey there in the nick of time for Wales. Great challenge

:39:58. > :40:04.by Ramsey on the edge of the box, he has to make sure of that challenge.

:40:05. > :40:08.Good challenge, Ramsey. But you just sense now, with 13 minutes left,

:40:09. > :40:20.there is going to be a winner, and it looks like it will be England.

:40:21. > :40:35.Rashford breezes past whichever way he wants.

:40:36. > :40:43.Walker against Taylor, we have seen that a lot today. Rooney sells the

:40:44. > :40:51.dummy to Ramsey, great recovery, Williams in with Chester, both

:40:52. > :40:57.together. In goes Dier, it will not break for Taylor. The ball goes out

:40:58. > :41:00.of play. It is an onslaught of attacks, this is Wayne Rooney, but

:41:01. > :41:06.look at the Welsh defenders come out to block this shot, passion from the

:41:07. > :41:15.Welsh. It is a Premier League game being played out on the other side

:41:16. > :41:18.of the Channel now. On the pitch now, it is human nature, you're

:41:19. > :41:22.thinking, from the Welsh perspective, can we get a point? You

:41:23. > :41:31.do drop deeper, you see the attacks coming, and you think, let's try to

:41:32. > :41:35.protect this point. That is the worry, because England will have all

:41:36. > :41:41.the possession, they will try to create everything. But look at this,

:41:42. > :41:44.Martin has alluded to it, the passion, Chester and Williams

:41:45. > :41:52.throwing themselves out to block it. They did it so, so well. Rooney just

:41:53. > :41:56.giving the ball away, you cannot be sloppy, you have got to keep as

:41:57. > :42:03.action, make it count now at this stage of the game. -- keep

:42:04. > :42:11.possession. Alli has been left behind by Edwards here.

:42:12. > :42:18.Nice change of direction, positive play from Jonny Williams! It could

:42:19. > :42:23.have opened up for him, you can't blame him for having a go. Well, he

:42:24. > :42:27.is in all sorts of space, a player who was on loan to MK Dons at the

:42:28. > :42:31.end of the season, who got relegated. Look at him, he is

:42:32. > :42:36.inspired. Just cannot hit the target.

:42:37. > :43:10.He is going to power past Taylor, Allen is there to help out, and a

:43:11. > :43:15.great bit of work from Joe Allen. Walker can moan all he likes, but

:43:16. > :43:19.Joe Allen has done the right thing, got his body across, showing great

:43:20. > :43:24.pace to get past Taylor. Look how he uses his body, it is a foul, Walker

:43:25. > :43:27.is trying to get around him. If you are a defensive midfielder in this

:43:28. > :43:31.situation, with your wing backs out of place or yours and a half not

:43:32. > :43:37.getting over, you have to do that, and Joe Allen did it exceptionally

:43:38. > :43:43.well. Team-mates for Team GB at the Olympics four years ago to Walker,

:43:44. > :43:49.he is the best right back we have seen in this tournament so far. Joe

:43:50. > :43:57.Allen was actually listed in the Olympics programme as English, I bet

:43:58. > :44:02.that went down well! Rashford took the ball from Allen, but Edwards

:44:03. > :44:08.promptly won it back for Wales. Williams is off again, making Joe

:44:09. > :44:16.Hart think of it. Out of position, on his left foot as well. Again, and

:44:17. > :44:17.other attack from England. Alli hesitated when might have been a

:44:18. > :44:38.chance to put one up towards Vardy. They have got no out ball, Gareth

:44:39. > :44:45.Bale has got to try to get there quick, but it keeps coming back.

:44:46. > :45:02.Rashford, Rose, here is Alli. England's young guns going for it.

:45:03. > :45:14.Sturridge trying to hold off Bale, what a great battle that is.

:45:15. > :45:29.Wayne Hennessey cannot quite get there, it is going to be a corner.

:45:30. > :45:33.England are over complicating it a little bit, better off getting down

:45:34. > :45:35.the side and into the box. That was one pass too many. Another corner,

:45:36. > :45:50.though. Rooney in, it is Dave Edwards who

:45:51. > :45:57.has got it up but not away. Allen does that bit. It is Gary Neville

:45:58. > :46:00.who rushed out to get to the ball and Harry England on again. I am

:46:01. > :46:03.surprised he did not split those tracksuit bottoms! You can tell him

:46:04. > :46:21.later! A slip from Ramsey, a double touch.

:46:22. > :46:25.He can see some body running in behind, he once that ball into the

:46:26. > :46:34.channel to get Wales up the park. They are not doing it. Superb

:46:35. > :46:38.footwork. Marcus Rashford has come into this as though he is having a

:46:39. > :46:41.kickabout in the park, he has done that with just about every game for

:46:42. > :46:48.Manchester United and England so far. Here he is again.

:46:49. > :46:56.Alli, the whistle has gone against England, for Wales, and they will

:46:57. > :47:01.take a bit of time. They just need to keep their heads here. Great feet

:47:02. > :47:04.there from Dele Alli, outstanding talent, Rashford, coming on as

:47:05. > :47:18.though he is in the back garden with his mates, these are big steps in a

:47:19. > :47:23.game of this size. It just goes on for him, doesn't it? A go on his

:47:24. > :47:28.England debut, two goals on his Manchester United debut, then his

:47:29. > :47:35.Premier League debut, then his first Manchester derby. Can he complete

:47:36. > :47:39.the set today? Needless to say, Robbie Savage hopes not. Have you

:47:40. > :47:46.got a rocking chair up here? You are rocking a bit! It is nerve wracking

:47:47. > :47:51.times for the Welsh support, because England keep coming at them, keep

:47:52. > :47:54.coming at them. Are they going to get the winning goal? Here is

:47:55. > :48:00.Rooney, trying to do it all by himself.

:48:01. > :48:09.It is too deep for Sturridge, he will chase but he is never going to

:48:10. > :48:13.get there. Another tick in the box for the Welsh defence. Wales really

:48:14. > :48:22.digging in, not wanting to give an ounce away. I feel his pain, Guy!

:48:23. > :48:28.Come on, Wales, he is saying! Let's be fair, Martin, Wales are holding

:48:29. > :48:36.on. That is it, they have decided, they are camped in their own half,

:48:37. > :48:43.it is up to England to get that goal. That is what it means to

:48:44. > :48:45.football fans. You have got to say, the England and Wales fans have been

:48:46. > :48:59.absolutely fantastic. Amen do that. Fantastic ball from Taylor, Bale

:49:00. > :49:14.will try to make it into a better one. Here is Walker.

:49:15. > :49:21.Eric Dier has all too often not got the ball. He is moaning about

:49:22. > :49:27.movement, but he needs to give the ball to Wayne Rooney and keep it

:49:28. > :49:28.moving - wrong selection. Jamie Vardy has had almost one touch, one

:49:29. > :50:00.goal today. Three minutes of the 92 ago. -- 90,

:50:01. > :50:06.to go. Alli on the edge of the penalty area. Taylor, across to try

:50:07. > :50:22.to stop the cross. Ashley Williams could not follow it

:50:23. > :50:26.again. Taylor just gets it away. Despite Vardy's attentions. Smalling

:50:27. > :50:32.has to get this right. There is enough on it. He has done ever so

:50:33. > :50:50.well there. The ball was in the air for ages. He dealt with it nicely.

:50:51. > :50:57.What a huge, huge couple of minutes for both managers. For Chris Coleman

:50:58. > :51:02.and his men, if they can hang on and get a point and then beat Russia

:51:03. > :51:06.they will win the group. If Roy's man can get the winning goal, they

:51:07. > :51:11.will go into the game with Slovakia and if they win that they will win

:51:12. > :51:16.the group. A huge couple of minutes for both teams. Rashford have the

:51:17. > :51:24.beating of Chester. Ashley Williams is Wales' captain and hero. Here is

:51:25. > :51:32.Jonny Williams. Could not quite keep it in. That is why Ashley Williams

:51:33. > :51:36.is there. He is doing it here for Wales. That is a big comparison. You

:51:37. > :51:45.have to read the game and he has done that there. Walker decided to

:51:46. > :51:49.lash the ball in but it didn't work. He goes for broke. He has put in so

:51:50. > :52:01.many crosses that he thinks, why not? Rooney to put the ball in.

:52:02. > :52:08.Cahill is bouncing. Sturridge at the back. K Hillhead Street over the

:52:09. > :52:15.bar. -- Cahill heads it over the bar. He gets the run-up again but he

:52:16. > :52:26.can't get any power or direction that he wants. Wales will be just a

:52:27. > :52:32.point away from guaranteeing their place in the last 16 if it stays

:52:33. > :52:36.like this. Of course, with four of the third placed teams going

:52:37. > :52:46.through, it's almost harder not to in some ways. There is still plenty

:52:47. > :52:55.to be decided. Is there a winner in Wales? Taylor is looking for Bale,

:52:56. > :53:00.Smalling gets there. That was a great header. That is what you are

:53:01. > :53:04.looking for, someone to take charge in the box. Don't care about

:53:05. > :53:10.reputations, just get it away. Settle yourselves in for a huge

:53:11. > :53:18.three minutes. That is misses Coleman. What a big three minutes,

:53:19. > :53:21.coming up for both teams. Wales have been so deep in this second half and

:53:22. > :53:27.have offered nothing going forward, can they hang on, and it would be a

:53:28. > :53:33.great point. England have got to keep moving this board, keep

:53:34. > :53:40.playing. It looks as though there are heavy legs out there now. This

:53:41. > :53:49.is Rooney. Sturridge. He should be fresh having only played one half

:53:50. > :53:54.and he has had a good half. Alli comes towards him and Vardy is in

:53:55. > :54:08.the area. Daniel Sturridge! Daniel Sturridge scores!! Injury time is

:54:09. > :54:22.England's this time! Talk about passion, talk about pride. This

:54:23. > :54:36.England team have it in bucketloads. From 1-0 down, to winning the game.

:54:37. > :54:40.Roy has rung in the changes. They have paid off. He just knocks it in

:54:41. > :54:45.and then he goes and he gets it back. He gets lucky and he hits it

:54:46. > :54:50.off his right foot, no chance for the keeper. How he gets through that

:54:51. > :54:59.sea of players we will never know, but who cares? England are in front!

:55:00. > :55:03.Just enough on it. To beat Wayne Hennessey, and to have Roy Hodgson

:55:04. > :55:12.celebrating like a man 40 years his junior! Both substitutes, both

:55:13. > :55:18.scoring, Roy Hodgson reacted well at half-time. Boy, did they celebrate

:55:19. > :55:25.that goal! He got into the area, and he hits it quick. He toe pokes it.

:55:26. > :55:28.Gunter went down. He uses him as a shield. Hennessey reacted late

:55:29. > :55:33.because he could not see it. You have to say that over the 90

:55:34. > :55:38.minutes, England have deserved it. The best part of a minute left yet.

:55:39. > :55:47.Have the young lions learned their lesson of the weekend? That is

:55:48. > :55:57.Cahill. It might only take one more chance for Wales. Taylor. Williams

:55:58. > :56:02.is up there. Bale has attacked it! There was one more chance for Wales!

:56:03. > :56:08.You could not put it past Bale. Look at this. What a leap. It comes out

:56:09. > :56:11.of nowhere. Luckily he can't get it on target from an England point of

:56:12. > :56:27.view. The Welsh are not giving up yet. England fans are singing. Their

:56:28. > :56:35.anthem. Don't Take Me Home. CHEERING They are home and dry today. It

:56:36. > :56:40.means everything. It's a win for St George and defeat for the Dragon. As

:56:41. > :56:45.England put themselves into first place in group B. Which is set for a

:56:46. > :56:52.thrilling conclusion on Monday night. Martin Keown and Robbie

:56:53. > :56:56.Savage, if you have anything left... It was a gallant effort from the

:56:57. > :57:00.Welsh, hanging on for dear life, but in the end that bit of quality, we

:57:01. > :57:06.said that Sturridge was the most naturally gifted striker on the

:57:07. > :57:09.bench. He wins it for England. It was a fantastic result in the end.

:57:10. > :57:14.Positive substitutions from Roy Hodgson. Gareth Bale with a good

:57:15. > :57:19.strike in the first half, mistake from Joe Hart, should have saved it.

:57:20. > :57:23.I don't think Wales played that well as a team, they looked a bit nervous

:57:24. > :57:29.and did not get forward much, hanging on, Wales, in the second

:57:30. > :57:34.half. You have to say, Roy Hodgson reacted to that poor first half

:57:35. > :57:38.performance from England, his substitutions have won England the

:57:39. > :57:44.game. Fair play to England, fair to Roy Hodgson. Wales will fight to

:57:45. > :57:47.live another day. A point against Russia will see Wales through. Well

:57:48. > :57:52.done to both sets of supporters after this very good game, but well

:57:53. > :57:58.done to England. Great drama, great game, great way to spend a Thursday

:57:59. > :58:06.afternoon. Both teams could now go through to the last 16. STUDIO:

:58:07. > :58:10.Gareth Bale, hugely disappointed of course. He put Wales ahead in that

:58:11. > :58:16.game in the first half but England came back to win a game from behind

:58:17. > :58:22.for the first time ever in a major tournament! Wayne Rooney, one of the

:58:23. > :58:26.key players for England in midfield. Applauding the England supporters.

:58:27. > :58:32.Joe Hart will be relieved after his error from the Gareth Bale free kick

:58:33. > :58:35.in the first half. Look at the Wales team, getting together, they are

:58:36. > :58:39.still very much in the tournament, they have lost this game but they

:58:40. > :58:42.have three points and that this particular European Championships

:58:43. > :58:46.there is a good chance of going through even if you finish in third

:58:47. > :58:51.in the group. But overall England dominated the game. But it is

:58:52. > :58:59.heartbreak for Wales right at the end. Joy for England? It was much

:59:00. > :59:03.better in the second half, Roy did what he had to do and gambled and

:59:04. > :59:07.brought in the substitutes. You put on a substitute because they have to

:59:08. > :59:11.make an impact because something has not gone right or somebody is

:59:12. > :59:14.injured but you say, go and make an impact, and those guys have done it

:59:15. > :59:19.in the second half and they deserved it. It was possession, but there was

:59:20. > :59:23.something at the end of it, we stretched them more and got bodies

:59:24. > :59:30.in the box for once, and those guys have produced the goods. I will come

:59:31. > :59:33.to you, Dean, John and Rio shortly, but first let's hear from Daniel

:59:34. > :59:38.Sturridge, the winning goal scorer is with Gabby. Daniel, describe what

:59:39. > :59:45.it's like to score the winner in a match like that. It's a great

:59:46. > :59:50.feeling. It is unbelievable. I am grateful for the opportunity from

:59:51. > :59:53.the gaffer, grateful to God for allowing me to score, and it's a

:59:54. > :00:02.beautiful feeling to represent your country, and in a rivalry against

:00:03. > :00:06.another great country. It's a great feeling. This match has a unique

:00:07. > :00:10.atmosphere, can you relay what it feels like in the stadium? It is

:00:11. > :00:17.great. There is only one more game in the group, so I don't want to get

:00:18. > :00:21.too excited. But the atmosphere is unbelievable. There is not many

:00:22. > :00:25.games where you experience an atmosphere like this, and the

:00:26. > :00:31.togetherness between the two countries is amazing. It's a game

:00:32. > :00:36.that puts England's victory, it puts them top of the group going into the

:00:37. > :00:41.final game, it has turned the pressure stakes, your goal? As I

:00:42. > :00:45.said before, you know, it's great to help the boys win the game, my

:00:46. > :00:48.brother has travelled over here and my cousin, and for them to

:00:49. > :00:52.experience this with me, as well as the other travelling fans, as I

:00:53. > :00:56.said, it's a great feeling, and hopefully now we can get through. I

:00:57. > :01:02.don't know if we through yet, but if we are, the next game against

:01:03. > :01:06.Slovakia is important. You are not quite through yet, do you think this

:01:07. > :01:10.was enough to earn you a start in the final game? That is up to the

:01:11. > :01:15.gaffer. I just want to perform when I get the minutes. I am grateful for

:01:16. > :01:20.the opportunity because I have huge faith in him and thanks to my family

:01:21. > :01:25.and the fans. Thank you. The hugely important goal which puts England

:01:26. > :01:28.top of group B, one point against the back year guarantees them

:01:29. > :01:35.passage and a win will see them top the group. Wales, one point will

:01:36. > :01:40.likely be enough to put them through either as the runner-up or as one of

:01:41. > :01:45.the best third placed teams. So close to getting a result but in the

:01:46. > :01:49.end, all credit to Roy Hodgson, he has put players with goal-scoring

:01:50. > :01:53.instincts on the pitch and they looked as though they had run out of

:01:54. > :01:58.ideas at one point, but Vardy, that is not a coincidence, the ball drops

:01:59. > :02:04.to him in front of the keeper. He does that every week. When Sturridge

:02:05. > :02:10.picks it up I thought, oh no, if he can play a one-two with someone.

:02:11. > :02:13.Credit to the manager, positive substitutions and that is sickening

:02:14. > :02:17.for the Welsh boys but both countries are still in it. Back to

:02:18. > :02:22.Lens, we can hear from the Welsh goal-scorer Gareth Bale. Gareth, you

:02:23. > :02:27.defended like heroes for long parts of that game, how difficult is that

:02:28. > :02:34.result to take right now? Yes, massively disappointing, but I am

:02:35. > :02:38.very proud of everybody. We gave everything, like wheel ways do, and

:02:39. > :02:43.as I said before, we always give 100% and if we have no regrets we

:02:44. > :02:49.can't do any more. Obviously we are very disappointed at the moment, but

:02:50. > :02:53.inside we still feel strong, we still feel happy and we are enjoying

:02:54. > :02:57.the experience. We still have one more game to go and the tournament

:02:58. > :03:02.is not over yet, we are still in the thick of it and we go into the next

:03:03. > :03:05.game with even more strength. That game against Russia now is so

:03:06. > :03:12.important? Every game is important, we know that. As I said before, we

:03:13. > :03:15.keep fighting all the way, we knew that if it wasn't a great result

:03:16. > :03:19.today we would still be in the thick of things, and as I say, the fans

:03:20. > :03:23.have been amazing, incredible scenes again. We thank them for their

:03:24. > :03:28.support, and we will keep fighting to qualify. Gareth Bale, accents

:03:29. > :03:34.waiting the positive, Wales are still very much in it. What did you

:03:35. > :03:37.make of the England performance overall? They were probing, they

:03:38. > :03:42.were pushing forward, that was great to see in the second half, the

:03:43. > :03:46.fullbacks pushing further forward. And he brought on the strikers, we

:03:47. > :03:50.criticised him in the media for his substitutions but we have to give

:03:51. > :03:54.him credit this time, he brought five strikers and that is why, so

:03:55. > :04:02.they can flood the box, chances fell to the right people. As for Wales, a

:04:03. > :04:07.gallant performance, but ultimately, outplayed? Yes. Towards the end of

:04:08. > :04:11.the game, and for most of the second half it was one team trying to win

:04:12. > :04:15.the game and that was England. Wales were trying to hold on. I thought

:04:16. > :04:18.the application and desire and commitment from the Welsh players

:04:19. > :04:23.was there, as always. But we were just beaten by a stronger team who

:04:24. > :04:26.showed a little bit more quality, which England have, that we didn't

:04:27. > :04:36.today. Wales leading at half-time, vital

:04:37. > :04:39.but England came out in the second half, Hodgson brought on Sturridge

:04:40. > :04:43.and Vardy, and almost immediately Vardy scored, four goals out of five

:04:44. > :04:48.shots on target in his England career. He had to make changes,

:04:49. > :04:53.Gary, because what he was doing before and clearly wasn't working,

:04:54. > :04:57.and before I go on, I have to give the officials tremendous credit.

:04:58. > :05:02.Because to see this, in match play, in game time, a very good decision.

:05:03. > :05:07.It actually comes off Ashley Williams' head, he is not offside.

:05:08. > :05:12.But in that position, you will score goals, that is not a fluke. That

:05:13. > :05:17.happens time and time again, and it is a very good decision, and a

:05:18. > :05:24.superb finish. Obviously Gareth Bale did not spotted was his own defender

:05:25. > :05:28.that nodded it back in. We didn't at first, but if you watch Vardy, he is

:05:29. > :05:33.on the move, and that is the secret of scoring goals. That was the

:05:34. > :05:36.finish that was needed in the last game as well. Do you know what? He

:05:37. > :05:41.gambled on the hope that the ball was going to drop to him from two

:05:42. > :05:45.yards out, and it paid off. We did not have that in the first half,

:05:46. > :05:50.that threat, and the manager had to change it, and he did, and it has

:05:51. > :05:55.worked perfectly, brilliant decision. Extraordinary finale,

:05:56. > :05:59.Daniel Sturridge did it, a class act, wonderful footballer. If you

:06:00. > :06:04.were going to bring someone on to score goals, he done that, and he is

:06:05. > :06:08.probing on the edge of the box here, just waiting. When you have got the

:06:09. > :06:14.ball here, as Dean said, this is beautiful from the forward, play and

:06:15. > :06:19.run, something will happen, that is what you are told as a kid. Guiding

:06:20. > :06:26.the ball in with his right foot, he gets his left forearm up against

:06:27. > :06:31.Gunter, get off! And he has put it away, great bit of football, to be

:06:32. > :06:35.honest with you. While Wales defended superbly for the whole

:06:36. > :06:39.game, they were punished at the end. It is the lack of backlift from

:06:40. > :06:45.Sturridge, the keeper has got no chance of reacting, because he has

:06:46. > :06:50.taken it so quickly, like a little ping, brilliant finish. No question

:06:51. > :06:55.that the substitutions had a real impact on the game. Sturridge looked

:06:56. > :07:00.sharp, taking people on, some of his shots went awry, but he was trying

:07:01. > :07:04.to make things happen. Strikers have an instinct that you cannot teach.

:07:05. > :07:08.They go in the right place at the right time, and Lallana and Sterling

:07:09. > :07:13.have not got that instinct, but the other two have. Rashford was on fire

:07:14. > :07:19.as well. We done well, I thought we rode the storm and they had run out

:07:20. > :07:24.of ideas. But it is the amount of quality on the pitch, that is not

:07:25. > :07:28.luck, Vardy's goal, and neither is Sturridge's goal. The quality on the

:07:29. > :07:32.pitch in the right areas, the strikers came on, they had to

:07:33. > :07:36.defend, three centre halves occupied, allowing space for other

:07:37. > :07:39.people, the fullbacks running forward, Rooney behind them, Dele

:07:40. > :07:45.Alli had more influence on the game. But the manager done well today,

:07:46. > :07:48.give him credit. We can hear from the first England goal-scorer, the

:07:49. > :07:54.first Leicester player ever to score at a major tour in and for England,

:07:55. > :07:57.Jamie Vardy. Congratulations, you came on, instant impact, what was it

:07:58. > :08:02.like sitting on the bench and wanting to be part of the match? I

:08:03. > :08:07.think everyone wants to be part of it, the plane starting line-up, but

:08:08. > :08:12.it is a team game, there are 23 of us, we are all in it together. You

:08:13. > :08:16.want to make an impact, and I have today. At half-time, we noticed you

:08:17. > :08:20.and Daniel Sturridge did not come out, the boss had told you you were

:08:21. > :08:26.coming on, what else was said? England the lion's share of

:08:27. > :08:29.possession and territory, but Wales were defending magnificently. We

:08:30. > :08:32.thought we were playing well, the message was to carry on doing what

:08:33. > :08:37.we were doing and hopefully the goal would come. What was it like to play

:08:38. > :08:42.in that atmosphere? It was incredible. It is good wherever we

:08:43. > :08:47.play, our fans are always nice and loud, the 12th man. And the manager

:08:48. > :08:51.showing great faith in his substitutions, but also the young

:08:52. > :08:54.players, Marcus Rashford came on and looked very relaxed in that

:08:55. > :08:58.environment. Yeah, he does, he has got a future ahead of him, that is

:08:59. > :09:02.the reason he is in the squad, we will be back in the training pitch

:09:03. > :09:07.now and looking forward to Tsubaki. In control of your destiny now. We

:09:08. > :09:19.will take each game as it comes, hopefully we will get another win to

:09:20. > :09:21.win the group. Does that goal put you in contention for a starting

:09:22. > :09:24.place? We will have to wait and see! We will find out next game.

:09:25. > :09:27.Certainly will not do him any harm, he played a part in the other goal,

:09:28. > :09:31.with his back to goal. Some people think that does not suit Vardy, but

:09:32. > :09:34.perhaps he proved them wrong. Let's remind ourselves of our Wales took

:09:35. > :09:41.the lead with a very similar free kick to the first game, Gareth Bale.

:09:42. > :09:46.He hits it with great power, the ball has moved, and he has done Joe

:09:47. > :09:51.Hart. Some say the keeper should have saved it, and I just felt, you

:09:52. > :09:55.know, we held on after this goal. This gave us a massive lift just

:09:56. > :09:59.before half-time. England were dominant in the first half, they

:10:00. > :10:04.missed several opportunities, and I just felt it was a little bit too

:10:05. > :10:08.far to see out 90 minutes on the back of this. I think England,

:10:09. > :10:13.especially with the substitutions, they were able to make, in Sturridge

:10:14. > :10:24.and Vardy, England were just far too strong for us. Similar to the first

:10:25. > :10:30.game. That is his reputation. But this one, this is bad from the

:10:31. > :10:35.goalkeeper. Joe Hart, 40 yards out? Rio said to me, he is not going to

:10:36. > :10:41.shoot from here, surely! Yazidi technique to get it up and down, but

:10:42. > :10:47.still both of those. -- he has got the technique. But the keeper should

:10:48. > :10:50.save it. Poor goalkeeping. Wayne Rooney as a midfield player, he

:10:51. > :10:55.looks like he has played there all his life. We highlighted him before,

:10:56. > :10:59.when you have talents like he has, he fills the game, no matter where

:11:00. > :11:06.you play him on the pitch. He has got an idea of where to play,

:11:07. > :11:10.wherever it is. His delivery is as good as anyone, that is why he was

:11:11. > :11:13.not on free kicks and corners in the first game. He wants to perform, he

:11:14. > :11:17.has got pride. He would not have been happy with the first game as

:11:18. > :11:21.leader, and he showed today, not just when he has got the ball,

:11:22. > :11:26.having the desire and the personality to want the ball all the

:11:27. > :11:30.time. Great effort there. But more than anything, as I said, he wanted

:11:31. > :11:36.to conduct, takes the ball, and to have the mettle to do that is a sign

:11:37. > :11:41.of a great player. The kind of ran the show, Alan. Over the two games,

:11:42. > :11:45.Gary, he is the one person that can come out of both games with

:11:46. > :11:48.tremendous credit. I thought he was the man of the match in the first

:11:49. > :11:54.game for England. I might add Walker as well. I would go along with that

:11:55. > :11:58.as well, and he will be far away from man of the match tonight. He

:11:59. > :12:02.was the one wanting to dictate play, he was the one who was prepared to

:12:03. > :12:05.grab the game by the scruff of the net in the second half, drive

:12:06. > :12:12.everyone forward, I thought he played very well, yeah. That area

:12:13. > :12:18.was dominated, midfield, by England, and Wales could not get out. I agree

:12:19. > :12:23.with what you said, Walker and Arose, like Olympic athletes, for 90

:12:24. > :12:30.minutes, up and down the pitch. They called us all sorts of problems.

:12:31. > :12:34.Let's hear from Adam Lallana. Congratulations, that was a real

:12:35. > :12:37.team effort from England today, the manager throwing on substitutions

:12:38. > :12:44.very early in the game there, and you played a huge part in that

:12:45. > :12:47.performance today, describe what it was like. These are the games you

:12:48. > :12:49.want to be playing in, representing your country at a major tournament.

:12:50. > :12:55.We said before the tournament we would need every man of the 23, and

:12:56. > :13:00.that has been shown today. He made a couple of changes, and both got on

:13:01. > :13:04.the scoresheet, a massive part in a huge win for us. After the

:13:05. > :13:07.disappointment of conceding late on against Russia, it did not diminish

:13:08. > :13:11.the belief in English attacking play, and the speed of the ball in

:13:12. > :13:15.the second half was really impressive. The pitch was a bit dry,

:13:16. > :13:22.I know it is the same for both teams, but we said at half-time that

:13:23. > :13:24.we might need to quicken things up, a few more combinations. With a bit

:13:25. > :13:27.of patience, I thought we were brilliant, started well in the

:13:28. > :13:31.second half, got the goal, we kept plugging away and got the goal in

:13:32. > :13:34.the last minute off the back of conceding against Russia, that was

:13:35. > :13:41.kind of nice, to get one in the last minute. What about the rivalry, the

:13:42. > :13:44.Wales-England, England seem to be very much containing that, not

:13:45. > :13:48.getting too caught up in the atmosphere? But could you enjoy the

:13:49. > :13:52.atmosphere? Of course, it is everybody's job to build it up, it

:13:53. > :13:56.is a massive occasion, but we kind of know that we wanted to do our

:13:57. > :14:00.talking on the pitch, it is still early days yet. We are not sure if

:14:01. > :14:05.we are through, Wales are not sure. It is a great occasion, nice to come

:14:06. > :14:10.out on top. But you control your destiny now. Yes, four points with

:14:11. > :14:14.one tough game remaining, but we are full of confidence and cannot wait

:14:15. > :14:19.until Monday. Hearing from Adam Lallana brings us onto the width

:14:20. > :14:23.aspect of England's play, which in the second half was provided by the

:14:24. > :14:29.fullbacks, but in the first-half, there was a lack of wit. They were

:14:30. > :14:32.very comfortable in the first half, other than the Sterling chance. But

:14:33. > :14:37.look at the two fullbacks, on the right-hand side you got Walker, on

:14:38. > :14:42.the left-hand side you have got Rose, you are giving them that, the

:14:43. > :14:46.two wingbacks of Wales, different problems - do you go out to mark

:14:47. > :14:50.them all stay inside? This is the first half, where there were no

:14:51. > :14:53.options for England. If Sterling was to get out there, like in the second

:14:54. > :14:59.half, asking different questions at the centre halves and there

:15:00. > :15:03.wingbacks. We did it, I think, much better in the second half than we

:15:04. > :15:08.did in the first half. He changed it, Roy, and he gave the freedom of

:15:09. > :15:13.both fullbacks second have to get up there. But it just wasn't happening,

:15:14. > :15:16.because of Sterling's game was not honoured, he is not on form. That is

:15:17. > :15:21.what the full-back and the midfielders were faced with. Not

:15:22. > :15:27.offering an option, not offering to go behind, not giving us the width,

:15:28. > :15:31.Sterling, like you should have been in the first top. The changes

:15:32. > :15:37.worked. We are going to get a few words from Wayne Rooney, but for the

:15:38. > :15:42.Wales fans, we are not ignoring them, they have just not come out of

:15:43. > :15:47.the dressing room yet. The England captain. OK, congratulations, a

:15:48. > :15:54.magnificent England performance, the result left late. Yeah, it was, the

:15:55. > :15:59.first I thought we did OK, we just had to move the ball quicker.

:16:00. > :16:04.Unfortunate to go 1-0 down, and the second half, the manager made some

:16:05. > :16:08.positive changes, and it has paid off for us. We were fantastic in the

:16:09. > :16:12.second half, we made Wales work hard, kept the ball, probing at

:16:13. > :16:17.them, got the win in the end. Showed a lot of character today, I am sure

:16:18. > :16:20.everyone in the dressing room will be delighted. The manager has spoken

:16:21. > :16:25.quite a lot over the last couple of weeks about how this is a squad,

:16:26. > :16:29.this is about substitutions being as important as the starting XI in any

:16:30. > :16:33.of these matches, and you need that strength in depth, England have

:16:34. > :16:38.proved they have that today. Yeah, you do. I think we know as a group

:16:39. > :16:42.of players we are not just 11 men, we have got 23 players in the squad,

:16:43. > :16:46.and we are all capable and we are all confident and trust each other

:16:47. > :16:52.to the lack that whoever is plain, they will do a good job. We have

:16:53. > :16:55.shown that we have gotten very exciting players, we played some

:16:56. > :16:59.great stuff. It is just a great feeling to win the game the way we

:17:00. > :17:03.did, and I think that will almost qualify us, with one game to go, we

:17:04. > :17:08.will have to finish the job on Monday. Finish top of the group.

:17:09. > :17:13.Yeah, we can, and at half-time we had to believe we could win the game

:17:14. > :17:17.and keep going. We kept pushing, we got it, so I think it was a great

:17:18. > :17:21.victory, well-deserved. As someone who knows him well, at least were

:17:22. > :17:25.you for Marcus Rashford to come out, the youngest player in Ait-Atmane

:17:26. > :17:33.for England? Yeah, he will be delighted. I have not seen him in

:17:34. > :17:38.the dressing room, but I am sure he is delighted, I am really pleased

:17:39. > :17:42.for him. 112 days ago he made his debut for Man United, and he is now

:17:43. > :17:48.playing on the biggest stage for England, so a great story, we are

:17:49. > :17:51.all pleased for him. Well done. Wayne Rooney there, expressing his

:17:52. > :17:57.thoughts on the end of the game. Interesting, we have seen a few late

:17:58. > :18:03.goals at this tournament. Before that, Wales were very gallant,

:18:04. > :18:08.blocking everything. I thought they defended really well all afternoon,

:18:09. > :18:11.actually. We talked about England's efforts on goal, the amount of shots

:18:12. > :18:13.they had, but Wayne Hennessey did not have an awful lot to do in terms

:18:14. > :18:22.of shot stopping. You see there, a good defensive

:18:23. > :18:27.block with his head. This time, Rashford, Williams getting in,

:18:28. > :18:31.strong, great tackle. Young Rashford comes off the bench, lively, got to

:18:32. > :18:34.make sure he gets the ball. This time, it is Chester and Williams

:18:35. > :18:42.throwing everything at the ball to defend strongly. I think, knowing a

:18:43. > :18:46.few of the guys in the changing room, like you, as well, they cannot

:18:47. > :18:51.be too despondent with that. They are still in with a shout of

:18:52. > :18:55.qualifying. It is always painful, though. In the last minutes of the

:18:56. > :18:59.game, but seeing Ashley Williams speak to the team, he will be

:19:00. > :19:04.saying, it has been a big game, we have left a lot of sweat on the

:19:05. > :19:08.pitch, but we have got a game to go and we will qualify. He is a real

:19:09. > :19:13.leader. Brilliant, I'm just hoping that Joe Ledley has not injured his

:19:14. > :19:17.leg again, because that would be him out of the tournament. But the

:19:18. > :19:20.commitment was there from everybody, England had too much class, we have

:19:21. > :19:28.just got to move onto the next game. It was important to get three points

:19:29. > :19:29.from first game, so this does not damage us too much. Let's hear from

:19:30. > :19:39.Ashley Williams. You must have gone to a full range

:19:40. > :19:42.of emotions over 90 minutes. Yeah, definitely, it is tough, we have

:19:43. > :19:47.another game on Monday, we have already spoken in the dressing room,

:19:48. > :19:51.we will not get down about it. It hurts, obviously, like the fans,

:19:52. > :19:55.everyone involved, we were close to getting another point, and we didn't

:19:56. > :19:59.get it. That is football, we have all felt like that before, but we

:20:00. > :20:03.will have to get over it, we stick together as a squad and go again.

:20:04. > :20:07.Defensively, you dug in, did you think you had done enough? You have

:20:08. > :20:10.not done enough until the final whistle-blowers. We have seen late

:20:11. > :20:17.goals in this tournament already, we need to concentrate until the last

:20:18. > :20:20.whistle, and then there is a little deflection, a quick snapshot finish,

:20:21. > :20:26.which was a good finish. You know, it was not that we switched off, I

:20:27. > :20:29.think, just one of those things. Finally, like you say, still

:20:30. > :20:34.possible to qualify, how difficult will it be to lift the side after

:20:35. > :20:38.losing the match in such a way? No, it will be fine, we have spoken, the

:20:39. > :20:44.manager has spoken, we know what it is, it hurts, but we will get back

:20:45. > :20:47.on the plane, we will regroup, get together, do something as a squad.

:20:48. > :20:55.At the end of the date we have got three points at two games, we can

:20:56. > :20:57.still qualify. It is all about recovering from this one, focusing

:20:58. > :21:02.on the next one, making sure we go through the group.

:21:03. > :21:08.They are still in the tournament and that is the important thing to

:21:09. > :21:12.remember. Yes, three points from the first one, if we lost to England we

:21:13. > :21:17.can still get through. Russia don't look that strong? They have been

:21:18. > :21:20.poor in both games. They are struggling and their manager is in

:21:21. > :21:25.even more trouble, he might not even make the game! Chris Coleman the

:21:26. > :21:31.Welsh manager is ready to talk with us. England experienced almost

:21:32. > :21:36.exactly the same feelings in their game with Russia, a last-minute goal

:21:37. > :21:41.that denied them victory, pretty much a last-minute goal denied your

:21:42. > :21:46.point today? A point would have been fantastic, they are a very strong

:21:47. > :21:54.team. Congratulations to Roy on his good substitutions. We knew that

:21:55. > :21:58.they would press us and pushback. I felt we did that at certain times,

:21:59. > :22:04.and most of the time we were quite strong. We weren't really that

:22:05. > :22:10.worried. The goals that we gave away, we were disappointed, it was

:22:11. > :22:14.just unfortunate. When you go into a game of this magnitude, against that

:22:15. > :22:19.quality, you have to do something special to get something. The guys

:22:20. > :22:25.showed such heart and stuck at the game, and 60 seconds remaining,

:22:26. > :22:29.giving up that point that we worked so hard to get was disappointing.

:22:30. > :22:34.And our players are obviously gutted, but we can't hold on to this

:22:35. > :22:39.feeling because we have Russia now in the last game. We will be

:22:40. > :22:44.disappointed tonight but then we have to move on, we are here to get

:22:45. > :22:50.to the last 16, everybody was looking at this game in Wales,

:22:51. > :22:54.because it's against England, but it was always just the middle game of

:22:55. > :22:59.three for me, and we have to put this to bed and react. When we play

:23:00. > :23:02.on Monday against a tough Russian team. Knowing if we get a good

:23:03. > :23:07.result we are still in the tournament. It is still all to play

:23:08. > :23:11.for. It is a very energy consuming game that your team has to play,

:23:12. > :23:15.absorbing so much pressure, when you look at the England bench, there is

:23:16. > :23:19.a bit of envy that they have so much talent to choose from? Of course,

:23:20. > :23:26.when you are bringing on the likes of Vardy and Sturridge, and the top

:23:27. > :23:31.quality of Sterling is coming off the pitch, and Harry Kane, these are

:23:32. > :23:36.top players. We knew that before we started. We knew we were up against

:23:37. > :23:40.it. It was a good old-fashioned British derby game, and I said that

:23:41. > :23:43.it would be before the game. I knew that they would have a lot of

:23:44. > :23:47.possession because they do that to most teams, they are so good. They

:23:48. > :23:52.have been on such a good run coming into the tournament. Disappointed

:23:53. > :23:56.after their point against Russia, we knew that that would not deter them

:23:57. > :23:59.and they would be strong and they never disappointed us and I hope we

:24:00. > :24:04.never disappointed them in that we push them to the last minute.

:24:05. > :24:09.Unfortunately it was not to be. Best of luck against Russia. Is there

:24:10. > :24:14.anything more you feel Chris Coleman could have done? Not really. I don't

:24:15. > :24:17.think he will dwell much on the result, rightly so, he will be

:24:18. > :24:21.disappointed and so will the players because they were a minute away from

:24:22. > :24:27.getting a result at the end of the day. They now have four days to

:24:28. > :24:32.recover, another tough game, and it looks as though Wales will qualify

:24:33. > :24:35.as one of the best placed third finishers, and it seems that they

:24:36. > :24:39.will now need to prepare against Russia in four days. The official

:24:40. > :24:43.man of the match was Kyle Walker of England. Rio, we thought he was

:24:44. > :24:49.terrific up and down the right-hand side. The typifies the modern day

:24:50. > :24:54.full-back. He is like a winger. He is so quick. His pace and intensity,

:24:55. > :25:02.like a machine, everything he does is at full pelt and he pressures the

:25:03. > :25:08.wingbacks. He asks the question, are you willing to run with me for 90

:25:09. > :25:13.minutes up and down this page? From the first minute to the last, open

:25:14. > :25:19.up your legs and get what you can. I have always been critical about his

:25:20. > :25:23.defensive area, in his own third of the pitch, where he is not as

:25:24. > :25:27.comfortable, but when you are on the front foot, there is not many better

:25:28. > :25:32.in the world on the front foot, when you are attacking. You can see his

:25:33. > :25:39.touches. Up and down, that is like a winger. He commits you, he does not

:25:40. > :25:43.take the easy option and passes it into midfield, he commits you.

:25:44. > :25:48.Taylor knows he's been in a game for toil being led manager made some

:25:49. > :25:54.crucial substitutions. -- been in a game! You have calmed down? That was

:25:55. > :26:01.some celebration. It's amazing, really. We played so well against

:26:02. > :26:05.Russia and lost in the 93rd minute, and today we worked so hard in the

:26:06. > :26:12.second half, we pushed and pushed and pushed and it takes until the

:26:13. > :26:16.92nd minute to get out. It goes to show that things do even out, but

:26:17. > :26:20.it's very rare to see them evening out in the space of two games. Wales

:26:21. > :26:27.were defending with all of their hearts to hang on the point. Yes. If

:26:28. > :26:30.I had have been watching from afar and was not involved with England

:26:31. > :26:34.and I was watching Wales against some other opponent I would have

:26:35. > :26:36.felt sorry for them, but you must excuse me for not feeling sorry for

:26:37. > :26:44.them because I am pleased for ourselves. In the second half it was

:26:45. > :26:49.a very dominant performance and I felt we were aggressive in our

:26:50. > :26:52.attacking play, very bold. And it took a lot of incredibly good

:26:53. > :26:59.defending from the Wales back five to keep us out but we got two goals,

:27:00. > :27:03.and I'm sure Chris will be too disappointed with his team's

:27:04. > :27:06.performance. Like us I'm sure he will look forward to the knockout

:27:07. > :27:11.rounds. You made early subsidiary shins after the break and they paid

:27:12. > :27:15.dividends? Well, we thought a lot about what the starting 11 should

:27:16. > :27:20.be. And of course we were aware that the game against Russia took

:27:21. > :27:27.something out of people. But I did not really want to sort of break any

:27:28. > :27:32.eggs, I thought I would keep one or two of my sleeve, I was not counting

:27:33. > :27:35.on going 1-0 down and I was hoping we could see out the first half

:27:36. > :27:41.maybe in the lead and then we could make changes. They were pushed onto

:27:42. > :27:46.me a little bit earlier than normal. It was always in our thoughts to

:27:47. > :27:49.bring on Sturridge and Vardy, and then it would always be someone like

:27:50. > :27:55.Wilshere or Rashford, when you are looking for a goal. England managers

:27:56. > :28:00.in particular our much maligned, and easily criticised of course, but on

:28:01. > :28:04.this occasion, certainly, Roy Hodgson deserves a lot of credit for

:28:05. > :28:08.those positive substitutions. I said it at half-time that his neck was on

:28:09. > :28:12.the line and he was up against it, he asked his players to do a job and

:28:13. > :28:16.they did not in the first half so he was within his rights to say, you

:28:17. > :28:22.have had your turn, I will put on fresh legs. He had to do that. We

:28:23. > :28:26.said we needed more legs and bodies up front, to ask more questions of

:28:27. > :28:31.the back three, and he did that. As a manager, when you are thinking

:28:32. > :28:39.that way, you say to the guys coming on, you have to make an impact. The

:28:40. > :28:43.guys did that. He deserves credit. The players that he put on our two

:28:44. > :28:48.of the best strikers in the best league in the world. That kind of

:28:49. > :28:51.artillery on the side! Rashford is the best young player in Britain at

:28:52. > :28:57.the minute, and he's been able to bring him on as well. Now who does

:28:58. > :29:01.he play? He has a nice problem, what do you do and who do you pick?

:29:02. > :29:07.Personally I would put on the same guys again. Would you play all three

:29:08. > :29:12.strikers? If you count Rooney as well, although he is in midfield.

:29:13. > :29:16.This is the confidence they will get from the result, especially the way

:29:17. > :29:20.it finished, and you have to control that, sometimes momentum in a

:29:21. > :29:27.tournament can be vital and they have a bit now, let it continue.

:29:28. > :29:30.Changing now is not the right way forward, Roy can tell other people,

:29:31. > :29:35.they have a good squad and they can come in and make an impact. Harry

:29:36. > :29:41.Kane had a wonderful season but he may lose his place, he looks a bit

:29:42. > :29:45.jaded? Possibly. He had a lot of games, he plays up top on his own

:29:46. > :29:49.for Spurs and does too much running for me, sometimes, rather than just

:29:50. > :29:54.playing between the boxes and being an number nine. Being a centre

:29:55. > :29:57.forward. It's a long tournament, England will now qualify to the

:29:58. > :30:15.knockout stages, so he will still have a part to play, Harry Kane.

:30:16. > :30:32.Highlights of Italy- and Spain- Turkey. What a wonderful goal. Just

:30:33. > :30:43.brilliant. Does anyone speak French in here? Time is nearly up, what are

:30:44. > :30:47.your final thoughts? Positive day, positive second half, had to make

:30:48. > :30:53.changes and did, deserves credit. Hopefully we can now click on. From

:30:54. > :30:57.a Welsh perspective, still in it? Of course we are still in the

:30:58. > :31:04.competition. A valiant effort today, just not quite working out, England

:31:05. > :31:09.were the better team. In a nutshell, the better team won. The important

:31:10. > :31:14.thing is to lift the players after that defeat? With the players that

:31:15. > :31:19.England have got, it would have been unbelievable, we cannot let this is

:31:20. > :31:22.not us sideways. Can England win? I would not go that far but we have

:31:23. > :31:28.momentum and that is key. Certainly is. It's honours even between

:31:29. > :31:38.England and Wales after Vardy and Sturridge spoiled Wales's party.

:31:39. > :31:43.Goodbye. England is a big nation. It will be a typical British derby

:31:44. > :31:47.game. I never said England didn't have passion, I just think we have

:31:48. > :31:51.more. We have the better players and we will show what we are capable of

:31:52. > :31:58.doing. It makes us that bit more hungry to do well. Talk is cheap.

:31:59. > :32:07.Three lions, one dragon, sounds like the stuff of legend. Sterling, hares

:32:08. > :32:17.into the box, and he can't keep it down. Bale. Walker does not dare

:32:18. > :32:27.challenge him. Rooney is lifting one towards Cahill! Kane goes for it,

:32:28. > :32:29.was that blocked by a hand? England are adamant that it was. Smalling

:32:30. > :32:43.gets it. Chest puffed out, he strikes it

:32:44. > :32:49.brilliantly. Gareth Bale! With a moment of absolute magic.

:32:50. > :32:54.Rooney is trying to bend it into the corner.

:32:55. > :33:13.Jamie Vardy's story goes on with another chapter. Daniel Sturridge!

:33:14. > :33:14.Sturridge scores! Talk about passion, this England team have it

:33:15. > :33:22.in bucket loads. It's a win for I work for the Serious Fraud Office.

:33:23. > :33:23.Is that why you were there? I work for the Serious Fraud Office.

:33:24. > :33:30.Is that why you were there?