:01:00. > :01:07.I have no problems with my temperament. I have paid the price.
:01:07. > :01:13.When you play, you always think you can change the game. I am available
:01:13. > :01:23.to play, so I am excited. We are all fighting for a place, there is
:01:23. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:30.competition. Hopefully I can do Good evening. Wayne Rooney was back.
:01:30. > :01:36.England were unbeaten under Roy Hodgson, and required just a point
:01:36. > :01:42.against Ukraine to go through. How could it go wrong? After highlights,
:01:42. > :01:52.we will have the views of Allen Hansen, Alan Shearer and Lee Dixon.
:01:52. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:06.to the Stadium macro. This is a different place tonight. Three-
:02:06. > :02:12.quarters poll for the draw with France. Tonight, a brimming bowl of
:02:12. > :02:18.Ukrainian passion. A huge test to be passed to reach the quarter-
:02:18. > :02:21.finals. England's a third group game experience has brought
:02:21. > :02:29.different results and aggression that previous championships. We
:02:29. > :02:32.need this to be more Wembley 96, less Stockholm 92. England's
:02:32. > :02:37.leading man is back for the starring role. His suspension over,
:02:37. > :02:42.we always knew that Wayne Rooney would be in for game three. He will
:02:42. > :02:49.need a broad shoulders and a cool head. Andy Carroll has made way for
:02:49. > :02:54.him. The rest of the team is as it was, James Milner plays. From a
:02:54. > :03:00.country they didn't qualify for the finals, hungry's Viktor Kassai may
:03:00. > :03:06.be a contender to referee the final himself. He will feel pressure to
:03:06. > :03:11.perform well, just as much as the players. England's talismanic is in,
:03:11. > :03:21.Ukraine's is out. Shevchenko has been struggling with fluid on the
:03:21. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:31.need, so he sits it out. In comes the Serbian born damage. -- Devic.
:03:31. > :03:38.
:03:38. > :03:48.only need to draw. That is a big only. Ukraine must win, or the
:03:48. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:55.make it to visitors from England welcome, but this is the point
:03:55. > :04:01.where the hospitality is courted for a couple of hours. The drama in
:04:01. > :04:11.Donetsk has begun. The Ukraine manager, Oleg Blokhin, has picked a
:04:11. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:34.team to get goals, and they must ball away to safety. A wall of
:04:34. > :04:50.
:04:50. > :04:56.from the wrong side of his boot. The big talking point as regarding
:04:56. > :05:00.the Ukraine team, no Shevchenko. Does that hinder them or improve
:05:00. > :05:05.them? Certainly when he was in England, it looked like he was
:05:05. > :05:15.running with a piano on his back, so judging from that, it might help
:05:15. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:31.Garmash. It moved in the air a little bit. A decent strike,
:05:31. > :05:31.
:05:31. > :06:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:06:23. > :06:33.Welbeck was blocked off, trying to get on the end of it, the referee
:06:33. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:51.didn't see it. Much better from bit worried how Konoplienka is just
:06:51. > :07:01.cutting in all the time, everything is opening up for him. You only
:07:01. > :07:25.
:07:25. > :07:30.need one of those to bounce up onto has almost changed tack in recent
:07:30. > :07:34.days, building up the expectation rather than trying to play it down.
:07:34. > :07:44.I loved his line yesterday about playing football to try and get
:07:44. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:58.people carried away, dreaming is Great touch. Just took a bit of
:07:58. > :08:24.
:08:24. > :08:34.bar. Just a little bit too easy for Ukraine, isn't it? Their movement
:08:34. > :08:51.
:08:51. > :08:55.is really good, they are lively up didn't clear the bar by March.
:08:55. > :09:00.Ashley Young's heart can stop beating quite so quickly now.
:09:00. > :09:07.yes, it is a mistake. His positioning is really are at the
:09:07. > :09:17.moment. He has really joined in alongside car-park off. - across
:09:17. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:33.did really well, Milner was away. very clumsy challenge. Reminder of
:09:33. > :09:43.what Oleg Blokhin said, he accused some of his defenders have not
:09:43. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :09:58.going. He managed to somehow shovel the ball clear. I think he is going
:09:58. > :10:08.to claim he didn't see it until very late. Nobody else touched it.
:10:08. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:26.He didn't want to get his gloves big chance. The player who has been
:10:26. > :10:36.billed as the returning hero. was a great ball in for Ashley
:10:36. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :11:03.Young. He is in a great position, was closing in. Good play, this,
:11:03. > :11:13.from Ukraine. Yarmolenko knows that was his moment. A slight touch from
:11:13. > :11:22.
:11:23. > :11:32.deflected for an England corner. More positive, though, from Ashley
:11:33. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:08.that John Terry was on his way back Johnson is looking been used. Why
:12:08. > :12:45.
:12:45. > :12:49.on earth has there been a reaction puts it in. England have the lead
:12:49. > :12:59.they so desperately needed. How on earth did that find its way all the
:12:59. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:08.goals you will ever score for England, and it might be one of the
:13:08. > :13:14.most important. When the second cross comes in from Steven Gerrard
:13:14. > :13:20.can he get a little bit of luck, the buoy marking him slips, but
:13:20. > :13:26.what is the goalkeeper doing? What is he doing? I will my goodness me,
:13:26. > :13:32.thank you very much! Just what England needed. Right at the start
:13:32. > :13:36.of the second half. A draw will do, but England are in the lead.
:13:36. > :13:46.think Pyatov has touched the ball three times with his hands, and he
:13:46. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:07.has dropped it twice. This is crossbar. It was a decent, testing
:14:07. > :14:17.ball from Gusev there. He had to get himself into position, it was
:14:17. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:50.Pyatov. He ran out of legs, he must have run 60 or 70 yards. It was a
:14:50. > :15:00.great ball from sh -- Ross Steven Gerrard. It was a great block from
:15:00. > :15:12.
:15:12. > :15:22.Rooney. I am not sure if that was a cross or a shot. Had that been Andy
:15:22. > :15:42.
:15:43. > :15:50.Carroll, could would have been a He let the ball bounce off his head.
:15:50. > :16:00.Joe Hart and -- Artem Milevskiy could have levelled it up. England
:16:00. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:11.fell asleep. Offside? He was. It is a warning. Our Andriy Shevchenko is
:16:11. > :16:27.
:16:28. > :16:37.beginning he stretching. Maybe say it is a golf. It has not been
:16:38. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:50.Anatoliy Tymoshchuk. It is a free kick, outside the box. How close
:16:50. > :16:57.was it to crossing the line? think England have got away with
:16:57. > :17:07.that. Definitely. We might see how close this was before we see
:17:07. > :17:10.
:17:11. > :17:20.England hit the goal kick -- free kick. It looks over. It does.
:17:21. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:43.a course South Africa. -- that stands. The Ukraine supporters know
:17:43. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:57.they should have had a goal, it Goal line technology, here we go
:17:57. > :18:04.again. We need to see a replay of the incident again and whether the
:18:04. > :18:14.fifth official is... It is in. It is a great clearance from John
:18:14. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:52.Terry, but it is in. Give it to ever strike for England. It is a
:18:52. > :19:00.great strike -- great save. This was his first touch, but was not
:19:00. > :19:10.great. He gets up, he gets back, he is on cited a bit, a very good
:19:10. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:35.Joleon Lescott was there in the nick of time. Yevhen Konoplyanka.
:19:35. > :19:45.You cannot tell how it is wobbling. There was something in there.
:19:45. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:15.Well played, Danny Welbeck. I thought he might go on, because
:20:15. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:32.Wayne Rooney had to almost turn at a major tournament since they
:20:32. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:48.beat Switzerland in 1954 at the off that one, but the coach is in
:20:48. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :21:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:21:39. > :21:49.no murder. He is probably screaming idea, though. The two wide players
:21:49. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :22:01.have now. The board said three minutes would be added on, and we
:22:01. > :22:05.are nearly there. With England, looking at the three displays, the
:22:05. > :22:11.ball has started to run for them. They just have got the breaks at
:22:11. > :22:16.the right time. It was a sewage incident, when John Terry moved the
:22:16. > :22:19.ball away, even though it looked like it was over the line. England
:22:19. > :22:25.are over the line and into the quarter-finals. They only needed a
:22:25. > :22:31.draw, they have got the win, thanks to an easy goal from Wayne Rooney.
:22:31. > :22:40.It is the end for Ukraine. England will go on and on at the European
:22:40. > :22:50.Championships. In the city built on mining, England have dug deep. They
:22:50. > :23:03.
:23:04. > :23:08.have struck gold. We are all off to Roy Hodgson's unbeaten England top
:23:08. > :23:18.the group. They now face Italy on Sunday for a place in the semi-
:23:18. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:38.Ukraine finish third courtesy of their opening-day victory over the
:23:38. > :23:43.Scandinavians. There is plenty to be positive about tonight, a clean
:23:43. > :23:49.sheet, always very good to have. Wayne Rooney, 87 minutes, plus a
:23:49. > :23:54.goal. The defending at times was very good. We have a world-class
:23:54. > :24:00.goalkeeper in Joe Hart. We rode our luck at times, but every team needs
:24:00. > :24:04.a bit of luck. We have not hit top gear it yet, there is no doubt, but
:24:04. > :24:10.Spain have not, Germany have not, France have not. There is plenty to
:24:10. > :24:14.be optimistic about. Would you can cope with that? It is Italy rather
:24:14. > :24:22.than Spain as well, which has got to be a bonus? Let's forget about
:24:22. > :24:27.them for the moment! They are improving. Against France, there
:24:27. > :24:31.were lots of things, they were bad in possession, but they defended
:24:31. > :24:36.well. Against Sweden, there were defensive problems, but they were
:24:36. > :24:39.better going forward. Going into the game today, he look at where
:24:39. > :24:45.they finished in the table, seven points, they have won the group
:24:45. > :24:50.quite easily. Lots to be positive about. Overall, they have done very
:24:50. > :25:00.well. It was imperative they got the job done. They shake its at --
:25:00. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:08.they say you should start quickly, and we had two performances from
:25:08. > :25:17.Steven Gerrard and John Terry. games this season that England have
:25:17. > :25:26.won 1-0, that is always a good sign. 1-0 to the England! Let's hear from
:25:26. > :25:34.We have grown in strength, and the players have shown incredible
:25:34. > :25:44.spirit and desire. We played a real away match today. The 4000
:25:44. > :25:49.Englishmen and -- were outnumbered. We asked -- we were asked a lot of
:25:49. > :25:53.questions, but we stuck to our guns. Did you ride your luck? I believe
:25:53. > :25:57.it might have been an offside situation as well, so these things
:25:57. > :26:01.even themselves out. If you have followed England in the past, the
:26:01. > :26:07.last thing you talk about his goals that should have been given or not
:26:07. > :26:13.given. Perhaps it was our turn to get one, if it was over the line.
:26:13. > :26:17.But it was a wonderful piece of work from John Terry. It is always
:26:17. > :26:24.going to be difficult for the referees and linesmen and Tel:
:26:24. > :26:30.Technology comes in. The first half was nervous, but Wayne Rooney, it
:26:30. > :26:36.was not his most difficult golf. was important. He has not scored in
:26:36. > :26:40.tournament football for a long time. Eight years. It is a long time. He
:26:40. > :26:46.had a few other chances, he got himself into a few other positions,
:26:46. > :26:51.and his confidence improved. He got tired a bit, but he had already
:26:51. > :26:56.done 80 of minutes. We did not expect more than that. Expectation
:26:56. > :27:02.is rising, back home, everybody is getting behind England, love and
:27:02. > :27:08.the tournament. Will you win it? do not mind the expectation. We
:27:08. > :27:13.have been buoyed by the news from home. Everybody seems to be
:27:13. > :27:17.becoming an England fan. If you on a football player or a coach, you
:27:17. > :27:22.want people to appreciate you and to get behind you and people to
:27:22. > :27:26.give you the feeling that, if I have a bad game, it will not be a
:27:26. > :27:31.catastrophe. We are getting more of that feeling, and the players are
:27:31. > :27:35.responding as they are. Only the second time ever that
:27:35. > :27:41.England have won the grid in the European Championships. The last
:27:41. > :27:46.time was 9096! He has done a fantastic job, he has got all of
:27:46. > :27:51.the Major calls right. Danny Welbeck and Ashley Young, then
:27:51. > :27:57.Danny Welbeck and Andy Carroll. He brings Wayne Rooney -- Wayne Rooney
:27:57. > :28:02.in today, he has got all of the decisions right. Under Fabio
:28:02. > :28:10.Capello, the players were not happy, but Roy Hodgson is calm, collected,
:28:10. > :28:15.the players know their job. It is reflected in the results. It is
:28:15. > :28:25.great to see passion on the touchline! Clenching his fist.
:28:25. > :28:28.
:28:28. > :28:35.of the players in in the national 21.7% conversion rate of chances
:28:35. > :28:41.for England, the highest in the tournament so far. He is always on
:28:41. > :28:49.the move in the box. He is drifting to the far post. He is always on
:28:49. > :28:53.the move, he getting between the defenders. I do not care as a
:28:53. > :28:58.centre-forward, you do not get two points for a goal outside the box.
:28:58. > :29:05.It will not bother him. It is a simple goal, but it is a very
:29:05. > :29:12.important one. A lot of debate about the goalkeeper. I cannot
:29:12. > :29:19.understand. Any decent wicket keeper would have taken it!
:29:19. > :29:29.looks easy in slow motion. It has just been touched in front of him,
:29:29. > :29:30.
:29:30. > :29:34.We talked about it being over the line, I suppose it is important to
:29:34. > :29:39.say that even if it had gone in, England would still have gone
:29:39. > :29:45.through, 1-1. I don't think the Ukrainians were particularly happy
:29:45. > :29:51.about it! He was going ballistic on the line. Initially, the English
:29:51. > :29:59.defence gets caught out, but when John Terry get back, Joe Hart makes
:29:59. > :30:06.a sensational save. It looked in. It looks over the line, it is over
:30:06. > :30:14.the line. The 5th after sure, he has got a really bad have used
:30:14. > :30:20.there! -- the 5th official. haven't got a clue what he is doing
:30:20. > :30:25.there. He has got to be able to see that, but I'm glad he didn't.
:30:25. > :30:31.crucial time, as well. England might have had a hard last 15
:30:31. > :30:35.minutes of the referee gives that. You mentioned Joe Hart. He made a
:30:35. > :30:43.couple of important saves. When you get through the back four, you want
:30:43. > :30:46.to be able to rely on a top keeper. And this guy is, no doubt. Just
:30:46. > :30:52.watch how big he makes himself in front. Look at the way he spreads
:30:52. > :30:58.himself. Both legs, both arms, it is an excellent save. If he doesn't
:30:58. > :31:03.get back, John Terry has no chance of getting it. Konoplienka was
:31:03. > :31:06.fantastic here, but again, good defending from Joleon Lescott. The
:31:07. > :31:10.way the ball moves in the air, for him to get such a strong left hand
:31:10. > :31:17.on it when he is going the other way to buy that is a great, great
:31:17. > :31:26.save. I was full of praise for Steven Gerrard, but when they got
:31:26. > :31:31.through the back four, he saved us. Congratulations, that is the way to
:31:31. > :31:36.come back, isn't it? It is a great feeling, to score the goal, but we
:31:36. > :31:43.worked hard tonight as a team, it was difficult at times, for myself
:31:43. > :31:47.that was quite difficult, playing almost 90 minutes as well. But we
:31:47. > :31:54.dug in, defended well, and we are delighted to get three points.
:31:54. > :31:59.the most difficult goal you will ever score! Know, I had a good
:31:59. > :32:04.chance and the first half, I should have done better, I think all my
:32:04. > :32:09.chances came on my head, thankfully a but the one that counted.
:32:09. > :32:13.little bit off the pace in the first half, would you say? Yes, I
:32:13. > :32:18.get the ball away a few times, a bit sloppy, but I had to keep going.
:32:18. > :32:25.Keep trying to do the simple things and it paid off in the end. Ball
:32:25. > :32:32.over the line clear by John Terry, a little bit of, for Blom contain!
:32:32. > :32:37.I don't know, that is up for the officials. Maybe it is time we got
:32:37. > :32:44.a bit of luck at Championships. is not often you say lucky England.
:32:44. > :32:49.No, but I think it was deserved, with limited them to shot outside
:32:49. > :32:54.of the area, mostly, I think we deserved to win. What was it like
:32:54. > :33:00.to be back in the cut-and-thrust of it? Be is great to be back playing,
:33:00. > :33:06.to come back to score was great for us. What about the celebration,
:33:06. > :33:14.plans? No, I used to that of Andy Carroll's hair product before the
:33:14. > :33:20.game. -- a bit of Andy Carroll's hair product.
:33:20. > :33:25.What about his overall performance? He has been out for a little while,
:33:25. > :33:28.jumping at the bit. A I thought he was very rusty. It wasn't his
:33:28. > :33:38.normal performance that we are used to see, he didn't bring people into
:33:38. > :33:43.the game, he didn't look That was very early on in the game.
:33:43. > :33:47.This is the chance that he has. The movement is very good. He pulls out
:33:47. > :33:53.to the far post, but he is caught on his heels a little bread. He is
:33:53. > :33:58.on his way down when he tries to head it. His link-up play wasn't
:33:58. > :34:05.great, and I think if Rooney had been playing regularly, he doesn't
:34:05. > :34:09.let the defender get across him, he doesn't let him catch him. But you
:34:09. > :34:13.know what, it actually doesn't matter, because the life of a goal
:34:13. > :34:17.scorer is, doesn't matter how you play, you are judged on your goals,
:34:17. > :34:21.and he scored the most important goal, that is all that matters.
:34:21. > :34:25.it had been a Premier League game, you would have said he had a
:34:25. > :34:29.shocker, but the big bonus for England is he has had the game he
:34:29. > :34:35.needed massively, and he will be much better next time. The biggest
:34:35. > :34:42.thing is, he scored. And it will breed confidence. Strikers love
:34:42. > :34:48.goals, they love them! You would rather play badly and score then
:34:48. > :34:55.played brilliantly and not score. You made a lifetime out of that!
:34:55. > :34:59.Steven Gerrard, given that of the match. -- man of the match. He has
:34:59. > :35:08.deserved it, he has been England's bass player, led by example, passed
:35:08. > :35:13.the ball, he has swept up. He is actually looking fitter than when
:35:13. > :35:23.he was at Liverpool. You were really worried about his fitness,
:35:23. > :35:23.
:35:23. > :35:27.but he has come straight to the They are good team, they are at
:35:27. > :35:31.home, they have all the advantages, but a sign of a good team is when
:35:31. > :35:39.the going gets tough, you roll up your sleeves a new fight for every
:35:39. > :35:44.ball. A your third assist of the tournament. The that is my job. I
:35:44. > :35:49.have terrific front men, if they get service, they will mark them
:35:49. > :35:55.away. I don't think Wayne Rooney found it too hard to not! You had a
:35:55. > :35:59.bit of luck with the ball that crossed the line. To do well in
:35:59. > :36:01.these competitions eat you need a bit of luck, and you go to the
:36:01. > :36:07.Frank Lampard goal a couple of years ago, that was clearly over
:36:07. > :36:10.the line. If that is the case, we will take it and hope there is a
:36:10. > :36:15.little bit more in future. Now it is Italy in the quarter-finals,
:36:15. > :36:19.because you have topped the group, not Spain. If I think the important
:36:19. > :36:23.thing is not to think we have an easier tie with Italy, they are a
:36:23. > :36:30.fantastic side, we need to show them as much respect as we would
:36:30. > :36:35.have done a bit was Spain. We need to perform how we have done. Wayne
:36:35. > :36:39.Rooney looked more relaxed, was it good having him there? Of course,
:36:39. > :36:44.we have been desperate to have him back, he is world class. He was
:36:44. > :36:47.always going to be a bit nervous, the pressure was on him to turn up
:36:47. > :36:57.and run the show, I thought he was terrific. Hopefully he will get
:36:57. > :36:57.
:36:57. > :37:01.Steven Gerrard lead from the front. I think he will take huge
:37:01. > :37:05.confidence from being given the England armband on a permanent
:37:05. > :37:10.basis. I know from a personal point of view, and you will pull the same,
:37:10. > :37:14.I think it makes you feel 10 ft tall. That has shown in this
:37:14. > :37:18.tournament. I think he is just happy been fit. When he came back
:37:18. > :37:23.for Liverpool, he wasn't even going in for tackles come he wasn't
:37:23. > :37:28.getting from box to box, he was tentative. Now I think he is 100%
:37:28. > :37:32.fit. He looks like the dynamic Gerrard we know. He will never be
:37:32. > :37:39.the same player as five or six years ago, but how many times have
:37:39. > :37:49.we seen this? 50, 60 yards passing, inch-perfect. So difficult to
:37:49. > :37:54.defend against. Then, leading by example, sticking with it, and
:37:54. > :37:57.forcing the defender to just clear and make the mistake. I don't think
:37:57. > :38:05.it is a coincidence that when you look at the action, some of the
:38:05. > :38:09.tackles going on, the 50 - 50 ones, he is always involved. He gets the
:38:10. > :38:14.first touch there, but he is always looking up, he sees Wayne Rooney
:38:14. > :38:19.coming, and that is absolute perfection. If Wayne Rooney is fit
:38:19. > :38:28.there, he will take it on and score. This is the final five minutes,
:38:28. > :38:32.this is on his weaker foot, a great touch, a great ball in. His quality
:38:33. > :38:39.from a dead-ball, we saw it in the previous game, but again tonight,
:38:39. > :38:43.from free-kicks. Where do they have to improve? In the first half, they
:38:43. > :38:50.really struggled for large periods, they seemed to be drenched in their
:38:50. > :38:55.own half. I think Paul possession was better today, but they gave a
:38:55. > :38:58.lot of width of way, I thought they struggled a little bit. But
:38:58. > :39:03.ultimately, I think overall, you have to look at their positioning
:39:03. > :39:08.on the pitch and say, Steven Gerrard rules that. John Terry at
:39:08. > :39:12.the back pushing up, and Steven Gerrard, that is the key to how
:39:12. > :39:19.England played. Up front you have got Rooney, but that is the key,
:39:19. > :39:22.they set the tempo. I still think at times, most teams in this
:39:22. > :39:29.competition I'm pretty, but at times we can keep the ball a little
:39:29. > :39:33.bit better. -- in this competition are improving. You can give
:39:33. > :39:39.yourself a bit over breeze so when you are passing it around. It is a
:39:39. > :39:42.lot easier when you have got the ball. We have seen spells in the
:39:42. > :39:46.three matches where they just keep giving it away cheaply, and sooner
:39:46. > :39:54.or later you come up against a good side, you do that against a good
:39:54. > :39:59.side and they will punish you. I thought we were fantastic against
:39:59. > :40:04.a really good Ukrainian side. They have to win the game, they came
:40:04. > :40:10.flying out, we defended well when we needed to. Everyone just worked
:40:10. > :40:15.so hard, everyone is dead on their feet, but John Terry is a fantastic
:40:15. > :40:21.player, here shirted for Chelsea in the Champions League. -- he has
:40:21. > :40:27.shown it. The lads have worked so hard, Roy Hodgson has come in and
:40:27. > :40:30.tried to put his rules across as quickly as you can. But we have
:40:30. > :40:34.trust each other and believe in each other's ability, and I think
:40:34. > :40:38.today and in previous fixtures we have been showing how hard we are
:40:38. > :40:43.willing to work. Good, organised team, good on the counter-attack,
:40:43. > :40:49.and it was a hostile environment, they put us under pressure, we had
:40:49. > :40:56.some -- they had some good chances, but we have shown a good resilience
:40:56. > :41:00.about us, and we really did it out tonight. We are confident we can go
:41:00. > :41:06.all the way, it will be a tough game, but we are confident that
:41:06. > :41:11.with the set out our business, we will be hard to beat. How delighted
:41:11. > :41:18.I U2 of wood of the world and European champions? And get the
:41:18. > :41:24.extra day? The extra day is important. But as you say, no easy
:41:24. > :41:29.games, it will not be an easy game to beat Italy, but we are confident.
:41:29. > :41:35.Now England will play against Italy, they got past a very difficult
:41:35. > :41:43.group, and I told them, I think England can reach the final.
:41:43. > :41:50.think England can go all the way? Why not? For you, is this your last
:41:50. > :41:54.game? I just want to play one more, maybe a friendly game, just for my
:41:54. > :42:04.family, for my friends, for the fans who supported me for many,
:42:04. > :42:08.A wonderful career Shevchenko has had. As for England, John Terry, he
:42:08. > :42:12.is a leader, isn't he? There was a lot of debate about whether he
:42:12. > :42:16.should be here, whether it should be someone else, whether it should
:42:16. > :42:22.be Rio, but on the pitch he has done it. When he is defending the
:42:22. > :42:30.18 yard line, he his as good as anyone. He has always been
:42:30. > :42:37.brilliant positionally. Two full backs behind the centre backs, not
:42:37. > :42:42.great, but to get round the back, and that is good play. Again, go
:42:42. > :42:47.tight quickly, and when it is coming out to the left-hand side,
:42:47. > :42:52.watch him. Just get in a great position, he knows exactly where to
:42:52. > :42:56.go. That is a phenomenal touch. And what about this for a block - they
:42:56. > :43:05.are a bit deeper, same problems they had against the French, but a
:43:05. > :43:10.great block. Positionally, in the air, not a problem. A great pass to
:43:10. > :43:16.Ashley Young that set up Wayne Rooney. He reads it, he gets in
:43:16. > :43:22.front of the centre forward. This was the slight problem, when you
:43:22. > :43:29.are reading it, consummate ease, but when you try and go too early
:43:29. > :43:32.and get it wrong, as he does here, he is looking for the ball to be
:43:32. > :43:36.played there, he takes a step forward and thinks he is going to
:43:36. > :43:43.nick it. But unfortunately for him, he misjudges it. He is struggling
:43:43. > :43:47.to get back. This is where the problem arose. To be fair, the
:43:47. > :43:55.clearance on the line, even though it was over the line, is
:43:55. > :44:01.sensational. When is a good clearance on the line not a good
:44:01. > :44:07.clearance on the line? When it is Oliver! On that last one, he has to
:44:07. > :44:11.know who is behind him. When Terry and Lescott get dragged away from
:44:11. > :44:15.the 18 yard line, that is when you have a problem. There is not a
:44:15. > :44:19.great deal of pace between the two of them. We saw a couple of decent
:44:19. > :44:24.crosses from Ashley Young, but by and large we have not seen the best
:44:24. > :44:30.of him. I think today the main problem was dealing with their wide
:44:30. > :44:34.players, Yarmolenko and Konoplienka. They caused some problems. Not just
:44:34. > :44:38.for the full backs, I thought they were excellent today, but James
:44:38. > :44:45.Milner did the work in front, and Ashley and struggled a little bit
:44:45. > :44:50.with positioning. Ashley Cole is the best left-back in the world in
:44:50. > :44:59.my opinion, but he still needs help in front of him. If Ashley Young is
:44:59. > :45:04.scared about what is outside him, but he stays inside. Too much space.
:45:04. > :45:14.That just releases the centre half -- centre forward through the gap.
:45:14. > :45:14.
:45:14. > :45:19.John Terry does brilliantly to I do not want him to go at there, I
:45:19. > :45:24.want him to stay nice and tight. That opens up the gap, because he
:45:24. > :45:28.has gone too far out. Scott Parker has to go with the runner. He
:45:29. > :45:35.releases the space. You should not be able to play a ball tight like
:45:35. > :45:43.that. It is about talking. This one, he gets it just about right, but he
:45:43. > :45:49.makes a basic mistake. Ashley Cole has got to talk to him a lot more
:45:49. > :45:56.and move him around the pitch. amazing thing was, Ashley Young
:45:56. > :46:00.must have asked Ashley Cole were to go, Bridges unbelievable. -- which
:46:00. > :46:10.is unbelievable. A chance to see the other match,
:46:10. > :46:20.
:46:20. > :46:26.For Sweden, one last appearance on the international stage. R Ola
:46:27. > :46:33.Toivonen replaces Johan Elmander, who is injured. Emir Bajrami
:46:33. > :46:38.replaces Rasmus Elm. France are unbeaten in 23 games. Yohan Cabaye
:46:38. > :46:43.says they are determined to win the group, but he is injured. Jan
:46:43. > :46:53.M'Vila starts for the first time in these finals, as does Hatem Ben
:46:53. > :47:17.
:47:17. > :47:27.from Andreas Isaksson to parry it. You may remember Erik Hamren's
:47:27. > :47:43.
:47:43. > :47:48.assistance. He used to play for He ruffled the side netting, and he
:47:48. > :47:53.misses a very good chance. He gets out of jail, the Frenchman.
:47:53. > :48:03.Isolated, all on his own. On a toy for there should have done better.
:48:03. > :48:03.
:48:03. > :49:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:49:07. > :49:10.goalkeeper on his toes. France are France are behind. Zlatan
:49:10. > :49:17.Ibrahimovic, the Golden Boy of Swedish football, has finally
:49:18. > :49:22.answered his critics on the biggest stage. He adjusts his feet, and
:49:22. > :49:29.what a striker that is. marvellous goal, great Chet Baker.
:49:29. > :49:32.His manager, so full of character, full of joy. Five goals in six for
:49:32. > :49:38.Sweden. They have been a better side than their results suggest in
:49:38. > :49:43.this competition. England deservedly beat them, but they came
:49:43. > :49:51.from behind to lead at one stage. For periods of the game against the
:49:51. > :49:58.Ukraine, they were by far the better team. Hugo Lloris made
:49:58. > :50:08.himself pick and saved it. A lazy pass, fantastic. He hammered it
:50:08. > :50:13.
:50:13. > :50:19.with his left foot, a good stop great save, but he should not have
:50:19. > :50:29.to make it. Shocking defending from the French. The French team seemed
:50:29. > :50:43.
:50:43. > :50:47.devoid of ideas. The heat is had to parry it. It is a better
:50:47. > :50:55.striker. Outside the box, from distance, the goalkeeper has got to
:50:55. > :51:01.deal with it. France want to send on Olivier Giroud. He has scored 25
:51:01. > :51:11.goals this season. He is on the verge of scoring two -- joining
:51:11. > :51:20.
:51:20. > :51:30.suddenly, there is a man -- much better move. Suddenly, there is a
:51:30. > :51:32.
:51:32. > :51:38.man from deep. At last, France will have two up front. What an impact
:51:38. > :51:43.that would have made. What a chance. He is in acres of space. He does
:51:43. > :51:53.everything right. A great run, a poor finish. Four minutes of
:51:53. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:15.Sebastian Larsson of Sunderland. A poor French side have been beaten.
:52:15. > :52:22.England's ascendancy in the group assured. France could not much like
:52:22. > :52:28.a side that will travel much further in this competition. Gael
:52:28. > :52:38.Clichy is nowhere to be seen. Philippe Mexes cannot get across.
:52:38. > :52:44.Sebastian Larsson, dispatched. Sebastian Larsson has a thunderous
:52:44. > :52:54.shot on him. France looked complacent from the first whistle.
:52:54. > :52:58.
:52:58. > :53:02.Sweden have beaten a Paul France. - Despite that defeat, France still
:53:02. > :53:08.go through. They will play Spain, they will have to improve
:53:08. > :53:13.considerably. Very much like when they played England, they did not
:53:13. > :53:19.have anybody running behind the Swedish defence. They coped with it
:53:19. > :53:26.ES, Sweden. Have we seen a better goal and this tournament and the
:53:26. > :53:33.Zlatan Ibrahimovic? 8 Great Strike, fantastic. Alan Hansen should talk
:53:33. > :53:42.through this! I am a convert! have got his picture on my wall! It
:53:42. > :53:47.is a great picnic. -- technique. To generate the power... Of what a
:53:47. > :53:56.picture. I do not understand how people can up like him. He has got
:53:56. > :54:06.everything. Absolutely everything! He scores lots of goals. This is
:54:06. > :54:29.
:54:29. > :54:38.It is wide open. The Germans and the Spanish are the favourites.
:54:38. > :54:42.They both could have gone home. They were very lucky, the Germans,
:54:42. > :54:48.the penalty kick incident, and the Croatians had a great chance
:54:48. > :54:54.against the Spanish. There is no clear favourite. The Italians are
:54:54. > :54:59.getting better. I do not fancy them rattle. The Italians against the
:54:59. > :55:05.Croatians, they looked tired, jaded, and a lack of pace. Alan come up
:55:05. > :55:10.what do you think about the Italians? They are always strong,
:55:10. > :55:14.well-organised, difficult to beat. They will be tough to beat, nobody
:55:14. > :55:19.fancied them after all, coming into the tournament, because of the
:55:19. > :55:27.match fixing scandal. They too well when they have a match-fixing
:55:27. > :55:37.scandal. They have done it before. They will be stronger. It will be
:55:37. > :55:46.
:55:46. > :55:53.Keep an eye out for Alan Shearer's horse! Euro 2012 has a day off
:55:53. > :56:02.tomorrow. Final thoughts? It has been a great night for England and
:56:02. > :56:07.Roy Hodgson. Expectations were low, but not anymore. Can they win it?
:56:07. > :56:13.There is still room to improve, but we are getting a bit more excited.