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An masters of the destiny going into the final round of group games of | :00:59. | :01:06. | |
Euro 2016. Victory over Slovakia would see Roy Hodgson's side win | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
their group. -- England and Wales were masters of their own destiny. | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
For Wales, a point and they would almost certainly qualify. Good | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
evening. Highlights of both matches coming up. We're in the company of | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
Danny Murphy, Alan Shearer, and Dean Saunders. This was how things stood | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
in Group B, all four side still with a chance of making it through. -- | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
sides. Can Wales embrace this opportunity? | :01:37. | :01:45. | |
The only way to guarantee finishing in the top two and progression from | :01:46. | :01:52. | |
Group B is to win. But Russia's need is maybe even greater. If they don't | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
win they cannot progress. The Berezutski twins are celebrating | :01:55. | :02:03. | |
their birthday. Neither of the defensive back two | :02:04. | :02:24. | |
will enjoy Gareth Bale. Four changes to the Russian side in total. Wales | :02:25. | :02:32. | |
won the toss. They make one change, Sam Vokes start in place of | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
Robson-Kanu. Two games in this tournament, two | :02:37. | :02:53. | |
free kicks, two goals, Robbie Savage, how you feeling? Nervous. -- | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
how are you feeling? A dangerous looking ball. Chester | :03:00. | :03:18. | |
dealt with it well. Sam Vokes, getting selection ahead of | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
Robson-Kanu. We will talk about that in a moment, because Joe Allen is | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
looking to Gareth Bale. Ramsey in the middle. Gareth Bale got the shot | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
away, big chance the Sam Vokes. Flag up on the far side anyway. We see in | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
the build-up what Sam Vokes can offer. Got the ball, ticketing, and | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
put it behind Batman, Gareth Bale. It is a strike. -- take it in and | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
put it behind that man. Great start from Wales. A great noise from the | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
Welsh crowd. Ramsay is onside. Wales with the | :03:55. | :04:10. | |
lead! Aaron Ramsey for Wales. He knows he is in front. If they win | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
there is nothing anybody can do to deny them. Russia have given the | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
ball away cheaply. What a ball from Joe Allen. Look at the touch of Joe | :04:20. | :04:28. | |
Allen, look at Ramsay, timed absolutely perfectly. Then he has | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
the composure, he sees the goalkeeper charging out. He has the | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
audacity to wait for the goalkeeper to fall down, and then he puts it | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
over him. Cool, calm, collected. Perfect start. Delightful finish. | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
And it is a challenge from Davis to Ramsay. Gareth Bale trying to | :04:51. | :05:03. | |
exploit a gap. He has made a great run. It has come to Taylor. Can the | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
finish? He saves the first, but not the second. -- he finished. His | :05:11. | :05:18. | |
first ever for Wales. They are in dreamland. They haven't even played | :05:19. | :05:26. | |
20 minutes yet. Neil Taylor doubles Wales' lead. Impressive from the | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
Wales team. Ramsay again. Look at where he puts the ball. That has | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
bolstered the team. They dropped deeper. Bale gets the ball. I | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
thought he was going to knock it across. He took his time. Good save, | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
and then he blasts it into the net. A little bit lucky for Gareth Bale. | :05:50. | :06:01. | |
Outside of his left foot. Wales in dreamland. 2-0. Fantastic, fantastic | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
start. Playing good advantage. Sam Vokes is | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
with Ramsay. A comfortable save for the | :06:10. | :06:29. | |
goalkeeper. Mamaev made the attack on Gareth Bale. No protection. | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
Exposed again. And it fell to the wingback. Crucial save. Hennessy. It | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
is a brilliant save from Hennessy. It is a long ball from Akinfeev. | :06:45. | :06:52. | |
Williams has got onto it. But what a save. Under pressure. It is a decent | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
ball. Gareth Bale accelerating. Sam | :07:00. | :07:19. | |
Vokes... The goalkeeper prevents a third. | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
It is a really good header, that. Oh! Gareth Bale. Scintillating run. | :07:25. | :07:41. | |
Once again, they cannot live with him. Just look at how he drives | :07:42. | :07:50. | |
them. Should have been a foul. He can pass his cheeks out. You are | :07:51. | :08:01. | |
getting battered! -- puff. Ramsay, well hit. Akinfeev shuffling it | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
around the post. In the first half, he has been the best by any | :08:13. | :08:14. | |
tournament. The pass from Ramsay is stretching | :08:15. | :08:24. | |
the Russians. Gareth Bale's shot... He is in the | :08:25. | :08:45. | |
mood. What the job he has done, Chris Coleman. -- what a job. Gareth | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
Bale has turned it away from one. He has the pace to beat the two | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
defenders. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for the | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
Russian goalkeeper Wales could be four, or five in front. | :09:07. | :09:21. | |
Every time Gareth Bale gets the ball you think something is going to | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
happen tonight. Best performance in the tournament so far. He is playing | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
with freedom. I think it has helped having Sam Vokes in the side. Sam | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
Vokes has nicked it away from his man. Ramsay with Gareth Bale going | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
up the middle. Gareth Bale... Akinfeev again! It is good work from | :09:43. | :09:51. | |
Sam Vokes. Stole the ball. And the timing of the pass from Ramsay, | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
Gareth Bale is just trying to dink it over the legs of Akinfeev. He has | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
rushed out. Good save from the goalkeeper. He just got his toe to | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
the ball. Once again, devastating counterattack from Wales. 2-0 | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
doesn't really begin to reflect Wales' superiority. Ledley, great | :10:12. | :10:24. | |
ball, Ramsay leaves it. -- Aaron Ramsey. Gareth Bale is onside. | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
Surely this time! CHEERING | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
There is the man, and there is the man with the plan. Wales three, | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
Russia zero. So much space on the right-hand side. Great from Ledley. | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
Gives the ball to Aaron Ramsey. He can drive it through the back four. | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
No protection. But just look at the timing of the run. Sam Vokes in an | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
offside position, he was clever enough to leave it for Gareth Bale. | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
He sees the goalkeeper rushing out. Look at how he composes self. Takes | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
it outside of his left foot. Licks it both Akinfeev. What a finish. -- | :11:10. | :11:20. | |
over Akinfeev. You are looking at Euro 2016's top scorer. So easy for | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
Wales. What a performance. You cannot help wondering what Ronaldo | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
makes of Gareth Bale taking this tournament by the scruff of the | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
neck. It is one of the most one-sided games I have seen in a | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
European Championships. And I have been watching for a number of years, | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
these tournaments. For Wales to come out, and a little bit of pressure, | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
after conceding late against England, they have come out with | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
energy every time they have attacked. They have looked like they | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
could score every time they have attacked. Danger here. Over the bar. | :11:56. | :12:05. | |
A scant consolation it would have been, but he should have scored. It | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
is a fantastic performance into the box. | :12:13. | :12:24. | |
-- deflected behind. A good block from the Russian defender. | :12:25. | :12:48. | |
Almost overcome with the absolute joy of it. That is what it means. | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
That is what it means to these fans. Look at them. That is what it means. | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
Unbelievable passion, spirit, moved to tears by sheer pride. Pride is | :13:03. | :13:10. | |
the word. What a night to be a Welshman. | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
WHISTLE The whistle has gone. Wales are | :13:17. | :13:25. | |
through. Chris Coleman got everything right. Cracking from | :13:26. | :13:36. | |
Coleman. Exemplary from Alan. Ramsay was -- Aaron Ramsey was rampant. And | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
Gareth Bale was absolutely magnificent. | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
We knew everything was on this game. It was in our hands. We said before | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
the game just to go out there, enjoy ourselves. I have no regrets. Micah | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
have always said. The performance was probably the best I have been | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
involved with since I have been involved. -- like I have always | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
said. We move on now. The three points are massive. The performance | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
was even sweeter than the points. I thought the players were brave | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
tonight. What a night. One I will never forget, you know? I thought we | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
started the game so well. From start to finish, we thoroughly deserved | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
the win. To win in style Mike Batt, it is a special moment for Welsh | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
football, I think -- like that. Unbelievable feeling. To get it in | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
the year rose, at this stage. I did my best to miss it. But I scored in | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
the second attempt. The energy was sapped out of them. You often get | :14:45. | :14:47. | |
those games where you can ease off in the last ten or 15 minutes, we | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
did well. We started so well. The boys ahead of us were brilliant. | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
Created well. Broke them. Everybody worked so hard. Fantastic feeling. | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
What an occasion. We have been waiting a long time to show we are | :15:03. | :15:05. | |
capable of doing this on a big stage. To get two wins, and to come | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
so close against England, it is a fantastic thing. We have nothing to | :15:11. | :15:17. | |
fear. We respect everybody. But no fear. Why should we have any fear? | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
Well played, Wales, they go through. Marvellous, magical, memorable | :15:23. | :15:30. | |
comedy. We don't get many days like these, but this has to be up there | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
with one of the best performances I have seen in my lifetime from the | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
Wales team. That could have been ten. It was a brilliant effort, they | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
won very easily and it all started with a great start, with Aaron | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
Ramsey putting them ahead. The performance was great, helped by the | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
worst performance I have seen from an international team, but Aaron | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
Ramsey's brain from the start is two steps ahead of everybody's. Great | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
ball, great run, Joe Allen puts him in. If you watch her sharp ears, he | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
sets off before everybody else, the timing of his run -- house shop he | :16:08. | :16:12. | |
is. The ball has the right way to macro on it and the writeback gets | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
it wrong and what a finish, he played out of his skin today -- the | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
right back. They all did, but Aaron Ramsey was probably the best. That | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
was the start of the game but it was all the way through, very | :16:32. | :16:33. | |
comfortable victory. Total domination of the 90 minute and Dean | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
said, it could've been and should have been, but for the finishing and | :16:39. | :16:41. | |
the goalkeeper, it would have been nine or they were superb. Rarely | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
seen a team so dominant against another. This is Russia, it is not | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
one of the tiny nations in this tournament, really. It's not, but | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
what was even better if they have lost their last game, they were | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
under some pressure. It wasn't a dead rubber, which we see sometimes | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
in tournaments. It was a game where they had to get something out of it, | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
they played on the front foot and passed the ball better. Absolutely | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
brilliant. Keylor, the last time he scored was six years ago and I do | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
believe you might have been with him at the time -- Taylor. I was, it was | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
a similar venue to this, it was Grays athletic. He hadn't scored for | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
four years. But look at his desire compared to the Russian right back's | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
desire to get back. And again, it is a similar type goal, they get caught | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
square at the back and Neal is through, gets lucky rebound, but the | :17:40. | :17:43. | |
defenders all get attracted to Gareth Bale. They should be killing | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
this post the other way, but for some reason, they did it all night, | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
stepping towards the ball, all of the goals were quite similar. Great | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
finish from Neil. Gets a bit of luck, he didn't know what he was | :17:58. | :18:01. | |
doing there. I will remind him later. Gareth Bale, he has scored | :18:02. | :18:08. | |
two wonder free kicks in this tournament already. He has been | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
quiet in some aspects, especially against England, but tonight, he was | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
dominant, he was brilliant. He is looking like the best player in the | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
tournament by a mile. Three goals in three games. He ran riot all night. | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
He is just too quick and strong for everyone. Look at the space in | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
behind the Russian midfield in front of the defence. All night, they had | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
nobody there helping the back four and they step up again and Bale, | :18:34. | :18:41. | |
what a finish. That is acute, clever, intelligent finish. Timed | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
his run to perfection but once he is there, he is so cool, and the little | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
left over the goalkeeper, the touch and the bend with a left foot. He | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
knows exactly what he is doing, he knows the goalkeeper is coming out | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
and will go low and thinks it over. He is a hell of a player, Danny. I | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
think it was his best performance of the tournament. The first two games, | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
he was a bit in and out but tonight, he showed all of his qualities, his | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
dribbling, pace, crossing and shops. He just dominated the game, Dean. He | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
is too good for everybody, you can't leave him this type of space. This | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
time, he comes in on his left foot, they can't stop him and he is a | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
great striker of the ball. Sam is offside the gets a shot in. This | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
one, Tottenham against Milan a few years back. Look at the players | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
chasing him, it looks like they have divers' boots on. He is like a | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
Rolls-Royce, great skill. Again, you can't leave him this type of space | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
because he is capable of doing that if you stand off him. When you | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
consider the pressure that is on his shoulders... We know he is a big | :19:54. | :19:56. | |
game player, he has produced in big games for Real Madrid, but when you | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
consider the pressure, Wales is on his shoulders. We have all said if | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
he performs, Wales have a chance of getting through the group, so for | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
him to do that under that pressure speaks volumes about his character. | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
He was given a free role as well, wasn't he, popping up on the left | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
and right and sometimes central? They build the team around him and | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
when he has that freedom and the space... He was that quick and | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
strong, he was making players look pedestrian. But he was helped by | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
them, they were terrible tonight, Russia. But you can compare him to | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
the best players in the world. It hasn't happened so far for Ronaldo | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
this tournament, the two big stars from Real Madrid. Leonid Slutsky, we | :20:40. | :20:47. | |
understand, has quit as the Russian coach but I tell you someone who | :20:48. | :20:51. | |
won't get the sack, Chris Coleman. What an achievement to take his team | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
through to the last 16. Well, to get them here, superb. To get the | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
performances, to be difficult to beat, to have everyone in sync and | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
to get the best out of his star players tells you, I think, what a | :21:07. | :21:09. | |
brilliant job that Chris Coleman is doing. Bearing in mind he lost nine | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
of the first 13 games and he was under pressure, calling for his | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
head. Decided to do it his own way. The players love him. I didn't think | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
we'd qualify as easy as we did and I didn't think we qualify in the | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
tournament as easy as we have. You can tell the players love him | :21:30. | :21:31. | |
because of the performances they are putting in, the effort, the | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
commitment. Everything is jelling. I know a couple of the lads, I have | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
spoken to them and you get a clear picture of how much respect they | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
have got for him. It is not false. You see it in the performance. Now, | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
as you'd expect, in Wales, they were getting quite excited about the | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
game. This was Aaron Ramsey's goal, this was reaction in Cardiff. I | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
would say they were getting quite excited. Brilliant scenes. | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
Marvellous to see, it really is. What does it mean for Welsh | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
football? Well, if I wasn't here, I would have been with them. It is a | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
massive boost for football in Wales. I played for a long time and we | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
never have a day like this. It is just brilliant. I can't believe how | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
easily we have done it. Waiting all that time for it. And we were | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
unlucky against England. I will give you that on this occasion. With | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
Wales finishing on six points, England had to beat Slovakia to top | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
the group. Your commentators, Martin Keown and | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
Guy Mowbray. Where to next for England? It almost certainly won't | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
be home but winning this final group game could be crucial in shaping how | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
long their Euro 2016 ride will last. Three points will mean first place | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
and on to Paris for the last 16. Slovakia, though, have the same | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
incentive. It is the same Slovakia side that beat Russia last | :23:02. | :23:04. | |
Wednesday, with three still in the team that played in the last meeting | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
with England seven years ago, Pekarik, Skrtel and star man Marek | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
Hamsik all figured in a 4-0 defeat at Wembley. Only a win will | :23:16. | :23:18. | |
guarantee the potentially hugely important top spot for England but | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
with qualification almost assured, Roy Hodgson has rung the changes. | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
Six of them, with games for Nathaniel Clyne, Ryan Bertrand, | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
Jordan Henderson, Jack Wilshere and Thursday's super subs, Daniel | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
Sturridge and Jamie Vardy. Martin, lots of changes but you have | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
applauded Roy Hodgson's boulders. I had, he is believing in his squad, | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
you have to trust your players. It is bold from Roy, let's hope they | :23:47. | :23:47. | |
don't let him down. Bat was Vardy. Pure instinct. -- | :23:48. | :23:59. | |
battles. It is Nathaniel Clyne, you would think it was Walker, gets down | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
the right and it comes off his thigh, Jamie Vardy. | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
Sturridge arrives in the penalty area, and Alana there as well. | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
-- Adam Lallana. Henderson kept it nicely. Help time I Adam Lallana to | :24:17. | :24:29. | |
Vardy. What a superblock tackle that is. It is a scrappy attempt from | :24:30. | :24:37. | |
England, they flick it on and Sturridge is in and Pekarik, it is | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
an outstanding challenge. Now Lallana. The shot was dragged | :24:43. | :24:56. | |
wide and it was a nice crisp move from England. It is Lallana again | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
coming in off the left, just creeping into that position. For me, | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
he snatches at that. It has been a reasonable start for England. I | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
think already... Vardy can surely beat scuttle in a race. Good save. | :25:16. | :25:27. | |
Great save from the keeper, he was retreating. Just stands up and makes | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
a barrier. How many times have you seen Vardy put them away in the | :25:32. | :25:33. | |
Premier League? Henderson, what a ball. Clyne will | :25:34. | :25:44. | |
get there. Wilshere didn't quite get there. | :25:45. | :25:55. | |
Clyne pokes it through. Henderson. And Kozacik took it away from | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
scuttle. England just livening themselves up now -- from Martin | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
Skrtel. Just needs to keep it that bit lower, no chance for Vardy | :26:11. | :26:11. | |
there. Here is Lallana! Straight at | :26:12. | :26:26. | |
Kozacik. And Slovakia get it away. Good save from the keeper. He should | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
be looking to put that in a corner. He has gone for safety. | :26:32. | :26:38. | |
Vardy let it run. It was crashed by Henderson, straight against the head | :26:39. | :26:57. | |
of Durica. A little more know-how needed from an England point of | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
view, perhaps, in the second 45 minutes. | :27:02. | :27:10. | |
Pekarik is dragged down by Bertrand. I think that might be one foul too | :27:11. | :27:19. | |
many from the Southampton left-back. Bertrand gets a little too close to | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
him and he can't retrieve it. It is a definite foul. And a position of | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
opportunity for Slovakia. Their fans censored. Joe Hart with just enough | :27:33. | :27:40. | |
on it. Actually, plenty on it. I wonder if he just mistimed it, but | :27:41. | :27:42. | |
great reach in the end. Joe Hart stays back, calling for | :27:43. | :27:53. | |
Chris Smalling to get it away. Therein lies the danger of not | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
taking chances at the other end. Huge let off for England there. | :27:59. | :28:06. | |
Maybe that is just what we need. That was a wake-up call. Clyne gets | :28:07. | :28:15. | |
in front of Weiss. Couldn't keep it down. It was blocked, that is why it | :28:16. | :28:21. | |
went so high over. What a fantastic run that is, great ball to him. Does | :28:22. | :28:26. | |
everything right but score. I just wonder if he has been fouled as he | :28:27. | :28:30. | |
hits back. Yes, he definitely caught him. This was the error at the other | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
end, Smalling trying to bounce it back to Joe Hart. Not enough pace on | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
the backpass, he just can't get to it. Pekarik a game, Smalling started | :28:42. | :28:51. | |
to go backwards. Here is Kozacik. He will always check back and he very | :28:52. | :28:54. | |
nearly managed to squeeze it past Joe Hart. The fans were calling for | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
Wayne Rooney's introduction near the end of the first half and he is | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
going to come on in midfield again and Jack Wilshere number -- Jack | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
Wilshere's number is up. The whole of the stadium has been calling for | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
Wayne Rooney to come on. He hasn't hung about, Roy Hodgson. | :29:17. | :29:23. | |
Henderson across. Daily -- Deli Alli. What a great ball, Henderson | :29:24. | :29:42. | |
just thinks it up and Deli Alli right on cue almost. | :29:43. | :29:51. | |
England need that variation in their play. Sturridge... Just needed a | :29:52. | :30:03. | |
better connection. Well, it's a fantastic ball. Just prods it into | :30:04. | :30:07. | |
that area. We have suddenly got Sturridge and a central position. He | :30:08. | :30:12. | |
is watching it, over his shoulder, very difficult to catch it on the | :30:13. | :30:17. | |
fall. The English road have been absolutely fantastic, you have to | :30:18. | :30:21. | |
say. The advantage with Rooney. It is blocked. It is not a free kick, | :30:22. | :30:28. | |
it is a corner, though. Rooney is sensing something is going to happen | :30:29. | :30:34. | |
for him. It is only a good block that denies him. You have to credit | :30:35. | :30:40. | |
the Slovakia defending, the goalkeeper and all those in front of | :30:41. | :30:43. | |
him putting everything on the line, getting in a way of everything. | :30:44. | :30:48. | |
Wayne Rooney lifts it. Peter Pekarik happy to let it run. I don't know | :30:49. | :31:00. | |
why, because it will be another corner. They usually say don't make | :31:01. | :31:07. | |
changes before a corner, but they are making one. Sturridge isn't | :31:08. | :31:11. | |
happy. I'm sure no player is happy about being replaced. He had a word | :31:12. | :31:15. | |
with the touchline staff when he was told of the change that was going to | :31:16. | :31:23. | |
happen a couple of minutes ago. Bertrand. Kay had attacks. In front | :31:24. | :31:27. | |
of the keeper, he cannot get any touch. -- Gary Cahill. Stronger this | :31:28. | :31:33. | |
time, but just not able to win it strongly enough. | :31:34. | :31:40. | |
Shifted it out. Nobody waiting for him. | :31:41. | :31:48. | |
Now it is on. It is a great turn from Wayne Rooney. He looks up to | :31:49. | :32:02. | |
the skies, because he screws the shot wide of his left foot. | :32:03. | :32:12. | |
Relentless from England. -- off. Henderson looking for Harry Kane. He | :32:13. | :32:17. | |
couldn't hang in the air long enough. Good play again. Wayne | :32:18. | :32:23. | |
Rooney involved. Just too high for Harry Kane to get anything on it. | :32:24. | :32:24. | |
Agonising for him. Dele Alli lets fly, but the ball | :32:25. | :32:47. | |
goes too high. It has exasperated a view of his colleagues. Well, there | :32:48. | :32:50. | |
are some players in a better position. Henderson... He just gets | :32:51. | :32:58. | |
sucked into hitting this one. -- few. Into the fifth minute of injury | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
time. Nathaniel Clyne is still going down that same wing. What a good | :33:04. | :33:12. | |
catch it is. The rolling was pretty impressive, too. It looks like it is | :33:13. | :33:19. | |
over now. England missed the chance to go top of the group. | :33:20. | :33:32. | |
Chris Smalling... WHISTLE Slovakia celebrate as if they have | :33:33. | :33:43. | |
just achieved great things at the European Championship. I suppose | :33:44. | :33:46. | |
getting out of the group and into the last 16, after not playing at | :33:47. | :33:54. | |
these championships too often is a big thing for them. England are left | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
a bit disappointed. They have done pretty much everything they could, | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
but they couldn't manage to score and find a way through and win the | :34:04. | :34:06. | |
game as they did late on against Wales. No repeat of the late glory | :34:07. | :34:11. | |
tonight, but England are through, all right, if not in quite exuberant | :34:12. | :34:13. | |
celebratory mood. Full-time. Congratulations were you happy that | :34:14. | :34:30. | |
the starting XI picked up from where they left things with Wales? We | :34:31. | :34:36. | |
dominated. It was good to have some players on the bench we could put | :34:37. | :34:39. | |
on, especially as Slovakia were tiring, to increase the pressure on | :34:40. | :34:43. | |
them. But we put pressure on them from the very first minute. The | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
passing was fine. Creating goal chances. But as anybody who was | :34:50. | :34:54. | |
watching the game could see, we didn't take them, unfortunately, | :34:55. | :34:57. | |
which leaves us with 0-0 which is frustrating. We wanted to top the | :34:58. | :35:03. | |
group. We are disappointed we didn't do it because we had the chance to | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
do it. The play, the positioning, everything, it sounds easy to say, | :35:09. | :35:12. | |
but we did everything but score. Every corner of the pitch, every | :35:13. | :35:16. | |
part of the pitch, the Slovakian players will be proud of what they | :35:17. | :35:19. | |
did tonight. It is in the end of the world for us, we are into the next | :35:20. | :35:23. | |
round, and nobody will look forward to playing us. You are going to | :35:24. | :35:28. | |
Nice, you don't know who your opponent will be, how difficult is | :35:29. | :35:32. | |
it not to know, and how will you prepare? We will prepare in the same | :35:33. | :35:38. | |
way. It is now all about recovering. We have a week to do that, like you | :35:39. | :35:44. | |
say. If anything positive came out of this, it is that. We will go from | :35:45. | :35:51. | |
there and wait to see who we get. We have to try and win. Hopefully we | :35:52. | :35:59. | |
won't be playing for a draw. Hopefully we will see different | :36:00. | :36:02. | |
football in the tournament in general. Hopefully it will make it | :36:03. | :36:06. | |
easier for us, but you never know. If the team keeps working like it is | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
at the moment, we will meet teams that will come to us, a bit more | :36:13. | :36:16. | |
than in the first three games, and perhaps the spaces will open up and | :36:17. | :36:20. | |
we will be even more dangerous. STUDIO: Wales top Group B. They were | :36:21. | :36:28. | |
five to one to win the group before a ball was kicked. England qualify | :36:29. | :36:34. | |
for the last 16. Slovakia likely to progress as a best third placed | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
team. Who Wales and England will play next is complicated until the | :36:40. | :36:43. | |
other groups have concluded. But we know that Wales will play a team who | :36:44. | :36:53. | |
finished third in either Group A, C, or D. It is slightly more clear for | :36:54. | :36:59. | |
England. They will play the runners-up of Group F in Nice. | :37:00. | :37:10. | |
Frustrating evening to England, lots of chances, couldn't put them away, | :37:11. | :37:14. | |
what did you of it? I didn't agree with them making that many changes. | :37:15. | :37:19. | |
I think it is vital to get momentum. I thought there was opportunity to | :37:20. | :37:22. | |
do that after the Wales game, particularly in the way they won, so | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
I think it was a wrong decision to do that after the game. Having said | :37:28. | :37:31. | |
that, we created chances. We should have scored goals. Particularly in | :37:32. | :37:35. | |
the first half. We controlled possession but didn't create | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
chances. It is ironic, before the tournament, I, along with everybody, | :37:41. | :37:47. | |
worry about defence. But it was the forwards' play which must improve. | :37:48. | :37:54. | |
It is never easy when a team sit back and watch. England have had to | :37:55. | :37:58. | |
face that in this competition. Also, if you get the first one, things go | :37:59. | :38:02. | |
one, but they couldn't manage that. Which is a concern. But you cannot | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
win the tournament yet... I think we have played better than a lot of | :38:08. | :38:11. | |
people expected us to do. We've made more chances. We haven't scored | :38:12. | :38:15. | |
them, with the quality of strikers we have, I accept that, but overall | :38:16. | :38:19. | |
I think we are moving forward. Finishing second shouldn't harm us | :38:20. | :38:26. | |
that much. So many positives to look at the England team with. They were | :38:27. | :38:34. | |
dominant from the first minute. Roy Hodgson has made the changes people | :38:35. | :38:38. | |
wanted in front of the pitch. They are the ones that let us down. I | :38:39. | :38:43. | |
know you were transfixed to the Welsh victory, but you just saw the | :38:44. | :38:48. | |
highlights there. A striker's life, you know it well, it isn't easy when | :38:49. | :38:51. | |
there are that many bodies in the box. It is difficult when they put | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
all of the bodies in there to create the space you need. But they were | :38:58. | :39:02. | |
creating chances. I am with Alan, the changes and settled things. I've | :39:03. | :39:11. | |
never been a fan of it. Euro 96, second game, we beat Scotland, very | :39:12. | :39:14. | |
similar to England beating Wales the other day, we go into the next game, | :39:15. | :39:19. | |
against Holland, and we put in a magnificent game because of the | :39:20. | :39:22. | |
confidence after beating Scotland. I thought it was an opportunity for | :39:23. | :39:25. | |
Roy Hodgson to do that tonight with this England team. Not absolute | :39:26. | :39:34. | |
sitters. Particularly in the first half. Henderson, over the top, that | :39:35. | :39:38. | |
was the one occasion that they played high on Jamie Vardy. They | :39:39. | :39:43. | |
used him and his pace. The passing from Henderson was superb. On his | :39:44. | :39:47. | |
left foot. He tries to go with pace rather than curling inside the | :39:48. | :39:53. | |
goalkeeper. We worked the flank well on this occasion. Goalkeeper's | :39:54. | :40:00. | |
height, isn't it, it goes lower. The one thing missing from his game. | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
That is the one thing missing from everybody's game. 64 shots and three | :40:06. | :40:11. | |
goals. That tells its own story. I think this should have been a | :40:12. | :40:16. | |
penalty. He has every right to go down. He has clipped his legs, | :40:17. | :40:20. | |
Nathaniel Clyne The Miz stays on his feet, if he is too honest... He | :40:21. | :40:25. | |
should have given the penalty, the official. -- Nathaniel Clyne, he | :40:26. | :40:38. | |
stays on his feet. Very unlucky. It is unlikely to get it into the box | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
and it hasn't gone in. If you use your bad luck now, the good luck | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
might come in the knockout stages, who knows. Eric Dyer, into storage, | :40:48. | :40:58. | |
and again, they should score. -- Dier. I was pleased with the first | :40:59. | :41:02. | |
half performance, but I didn't see any urgency in the second half. I | :41:03. | :41:05. | |
was pretty disappointed with the second half. Positive performances | :41:06. | :41:16. | |
for England, Danny, Dier? CHUCKLES | :41:17. | :41:21. | |
I couldn't resist. This is what you want from a holding midfielder. | :41:22. | :41:24. | |
Somebody who can open the team up, get you on the front foot. He spots | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
the players in those pockets. He does this brilliantly. We know that. | :41:30. | :41:33. | |
He can see danger. Look at this for a pass... Beautiful. You would | :41:34. | :41:40. | |
expect this from the likes of Michael Carrick. He has made that | :41:41. | :41:44. | |
position his own. He is strong, tenacious, calm, and that... That is | :41:45. | :41:52. | |
the type of play you expect from Wilshere or Rooney. Not a midfield | :41:53. | :41:56. | |
player. That is a positive for Roy Hodgson. He has become our main man | :41:57. | :42:01. | |
in the middle of the park. Other areas, talking about the midfield, | :42:02. | :42:04. | |
because that is predominantly weather changes were made -- where | :42:05. | :42:11. | |
the changes were made. Henderson, how do you think he did? I think he | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
did well. He lacks quality of the final pass at times. What he did was | :42:17. | :42:23. | |
defend. He has followed his man around the pitch. He was so good in | :42:24. | :42:27. | |
the previous game. When he wanted to drop deep, he wouldn't let him turn. | :42:28. | :42:33. | |
You can see him, he is just stopping him. He is always on the turn. | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
Always looking, where is he? Obviously people talking around him | :42:40. | :42:42. | |
and he didn't have an influence on the game. This is somebody who I | :42:43. | :42:45. | |
thought in the last game was superb. That is what Henderson gives it with | :42:46. | :42:49. | |
his athleticism, his discipline, he knows how to play the role. He | :42:50. | :42:52. | |
hasn't played much football in the last few months. And I thought he | :42:53. | :42:57. | |
lasted the game very well. This was late in the game, when he was tired, | :42:58. | :43:01. | |
not giving him the time and space to get onto the counterattacks. Here he | :43:02. | :43:07. | |
is again. Closing down with the help of Nathaniel Clyne. He was a part of | :43:08. | :43:12. | |
all of the good things defensively. Did he get forward? Yes. At times he | :43:13. | :43:19. | |
lacked a bit of quality, but he is capable, he just needs to be a bit | :43:20. | :43:22. | |
more confident at times because he can do it. And this is probably the | :43:23. | :43:32. | |
most unlucky one. Ten, 20 yards... So considering it is his first game | :43:33. | :43:36. | |
in a while I thought he did really well. I have watched England now for | :43:37. | :43:41. | |
the three games. I don't think Roy Hodgson knows his best 11 and I | :43:42. | :43:44. | |
don't think he knows his best system. From that point of view I | :43:45. | :43:47. | |
think that is where England are struggling. Sturridge doesn't want | :43:48. | :43:52. | |
to play on the right-hand side. He is playing a 4-3- three, if you | :43:53. | :43:57. | |
like. Rain sterling had a chance come he didn't take it. Sturridge | :43:58. | :44:01. | |
wants to play down the middle, centre forward, we haven't really | :44:02. | :44:07. | |
got any wing players, which is important. -- Raheem Sterling had a | :44:08. | :44:15. | |
chance. Who would you play? Jamie Vardy. Harry Kane down the middle. | :44:16. | :44:20. | |
Sturridge on the right. If you keep making the chances you are making, | :44:21. | :44:23. | |
and I'm looking from the outside, I am Welsh, you won't score. All of | :44:24. | :44:31. | |
the strikers, they are all kind of Central, and they? That is what I am | :44:32. | :44:35. | |
saying. You have to have one out of position. It needs to be balanced. | :44:36. | :44:41. | |
With Adam Lallana on the left, you can cover him Conor Henderson behind | :44:42. | :44:43. | |
him, you can cover him when he goes inside. -- you can cover him, | :44:44. | :44:50. | |
Henderson behind him. I think the system is OK. He actually played in | :44:51. | :44:58. | |
a diamond, with Wayne Rooney up front, and then bringing Harry Kane | :44:59. | :45:02. | |
on, they managed fine. It will scatter gun. Against Wales we have | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
Marcus Rashford, Sturridge on the right... But if he doesn't change | :45:08. | :45:15. | |
it, we are going to say that everything was predictable again. | :45:16. | :45:19. | |
You cannot win unless you win. Will you just praised Henderson, do you | :45:20. | :45:22. | |
think he will start in the next game? No. Neither do I. I would go | :45:23. | :45:30. | |
with two up, and the diamond shaped with Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane. | :45:31. | :45:34. | |
But you have got to play it properly. I think the system is | :45:35. | :45:41. | |
working OK, leave Jamie Vardy, Sturridge, Adam Lallana... | :45:42. | :45:47. | |
We haven't been brilliant when we have played this system. It's an | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
opinion, I think we have played quite well in the three games. Wales | :45:54. | :46:00. | |
have played Russia and Slovakia and scored five goals against them. But | :46:01. | :46:04. | |
they will have a go against Wales and it is counterattack, it is | :46:05. | :46:09. | |
different when teams sit back. If I was England I would say, try and | :46:10. | :46:13. | |
break us down. You think the French or the Portuguese would put men | :46:14. | :46:16. | |
behind the ball against us? Jude think we have played well? I think | :46:17. | :46:22. | |
we have played decent football and lacked finishing touch that will | :46:23. | :46:25. | |
come. I think we have played reasonably well, I am mildly | :46:26. | :46:29. | |
encouraged, if that counts. So England and Wales go through and | :46:30. | :46:32. | |
tomorrow, Northern Ireland were turned to join them. Standing in | :46:33. | :46:35. | |
their way the world champions Germany. This is the situation in | :46:36. | :46:42. | |
Group C. Three points might yet big enough to qualify. Let's hear from | :46:43. | :46:50. | |
captain Stephen Davis. We are in a great position, looking forward to | :46:51. | :46:54. | |
the game and for so long, it felt like I wasn't going to get the | :46:55. | :46:57. | |
chance to play at this stage, so we are just cherishing being here and | :46:58. | :47:02. | |
don't want the fairy tale to end. If beating Ukraine was the proudest | :47:03. | :47:06. | |
moment of your career, is this the biggest challenge? It is going to be | :47:07. | :47:11. | |
a huge test, and we are under no illusions but I think it is a game | :47:12. | :47:15. | |
for us to look forward to and if we go out and give our all and come off | :47:16. | :47:19. | |
with a result, there will be a lot of satisfaction and pride, but there | :47:20. | :47:22. | |
was a lot of hard work to do. What would it mean to you and your | :47:23. | :47:25. | |
team-mates to make it through to the knockout stages and for everybody in | :47:26. | :47:30. | |
Northern Ireland? It would mean everything. Obviously with social | :47:31. | :47:34. | |
media, we get to see the reaction back home and the atmosphere in the | :47:35. | :47:38. | |
stadium the other night was unbelievable. Everybody is enjoying | :47:39. | :47:41. | |
the moment, is proud of the country and it is great to see. Northern | :47:42. | :47:45. | |
Ireland versus Germany is live on BBC One and the website from 4:30pm. | :47:46. | :47:52. | |
You can catch the other game in the group on the red button. There will | :47:53. | :47:56. | |
be highlights of all four of tomorrow's games, including Croatia | :47:57. | :48:00. | |
and Spain. Switching sports for a moment, follow coverage of England's | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
one-day international against Sri Lanka on the BBC sport website | :48:06. | :48:07. | |
tomorrow, with video clips of key moments. We are out of time, the | :48:08. | :48:13. | |
debate will go on all night. Thank you very much. That from us. In the | :48:14. | :48:17. | |
North through to the knockout stage but Wales win the group and the | :48:18. | :48:24. | |
drinks are on Dean Saunders -- England are through. Good night. | :48:25. | :48:28. | |
This is it. Aaron Ramsey with a dink! Here is Vardy. Good save, | :48:29. | :48:45. | |
Kozacik. They are in Dreamland! Lallana! Goal saving clearance. | :48:46. | :49:01. | |
There is the man. Wales are through. And there is the man with the plan. | :49:02. | :49:03. |