BBC One: Men's Football: Great Britain v Senegal

0:00:48 > 0:00:52We are almost there. After a seven- day, 1,000 mild tour around the

0:00:52 > 0:00:57country, the Olympic flame will be lit just over 24 hours from now

0:00:57 > 0:00:59here in Olympic Park. In the last few minutes, the Duke and Duchess

0:00:59 > 0:01:04of Cambridge and Prince Harry watched the flame arrive at

0:01:04 > 0:01:11Buckingham Palace, and we will be in Hyde Park shortly to follow its

0:01:11 > 0:01:15progress. Women's football at the honour of kicking off the 2012

0:01:15 > 0:01:20Olympic Games yesterday. Today the flame, the baton and the ball

0:01:20 > 0:01:24passes to the men, and tonight's main event is 200 miles away in

0:01:24 > 0:01:28Manchester, Old Trafford is the venue for Great Britain versus

0:01:28 > 0:01:33Senegal. It is the opening game for Stuart Pearce's team and the first

0:01:33 > 0:01:40appearance by a British men's team in the Olympics since 1960. The

0:01:40 > 0:01:45last time Britain won football gold was 1912. Will 100 years of a

0:01:45 > 0:01:49slight ache be about to end? Figov is at 8pm. This is our home for the

0:01:49 > 0:01:55next two and a half weeks, right at the heart of Olympic Park. The

0:01:55 > 0:01:58final touches are being applied to the stadium in the background. The

0:01:58 > 0:02:02opening ceremony will involve 15,000 performers and be watched by

0:02:02 > 0:02:06billions of people across the world before the action, other than the

0:02:06 > 0:02:16football and a bit of archery, gets under way on Saturday. We are under

0:02:16 > 0:02:20

0:02:20 > 0:02:3010 has gone on the board, and that his Olympic history! Kalou was on

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0:02:30 > 0:02:39his way to four gold metals! -- The nation expected, and she has

0:02:39 > 0:02:47not disappointed! Great Britain get the gold medal! Isn't she

0:02:47 > 0:02:56marvellous?! He runs along with effortless ease. Chris Hoy, this

0:02:56 > 0:03:01man is unstoppable! And the world record has gone! Eight gold medals

0:03:01 > 0:03:05for Michael Phelps and the USA! Usain Bolt has blown a world away!

0:03:05 > 0:03:09You might have noticed that football did not feature too much

0:03:09 > 0:03:15in there, and it is not one of the more traditional and in exports,

0:03:15 > 0:03:19but we will take any sort of success on the international stage.

0:03:19 > 0:03:24-- Olympic sports. With me tonight, Alan Hansen and Robbie Savage, who

0:03:25 > 0:03:27like me, has dyed himself runs for the fortnight. This is the first

0:03:27 > 0:03:32Olympic Games you have worked on. Absolutely, but I have been

0:03:32 > 0:03:37watching for a long time, since 1964, a long time ago, and any

0:03:37 > 0:03:41event that the Brits have got a chance of winning, especially gold,

0:03:41 > 0:03:46is extra special. I'm looking forward to the 800m, the 1500m, I

0:03:46 > 0:03:50have always watched that with great interest. But last time round, the

0:03:50 > 0:03:54hundred metres with Usain Bolt, I would love him to do it again. He

0:03:54 > 0:03:58has not been having it all his own way recently, and he has got a

0:03:58 > 0:04:02slight back problem, but at the same time the 100m final would be

0:04:02 > 0:04:08great if he did the same as he did four years ago. What are you

0:04:08 > 0:04:13looking forward to? The 200m as well, Yohan Blake versus Bolt will

0:04:13 > 0:04:19be fantastic, I think Blake could beat him. Where does football stand

0:04:19 > 0:04:23in the Olympics? Alan? It is under 23, for a start, it is a bit

0:04:23 > 0:04:30different. I suppose, as I say, growing up, I thought the Olympic

0:04:30 > 0:04:34gold was the pinnacle of any body's career. If they win Olympic gold

0:04:34 > 0:04:39here, they would take the World Cup rather than Olympic gold, so that

0:04:39 > 0:04:42takes a third of the shine off it. The interest from the people in the

0:04:42 > 0:04:46United Kingdom has not been the best, go up and down the country,

0:04:46 > 0:04:50people say they are not interested. If Team GB get into the quarter-

0:04:50 > 0:04:55finals, then the interest will start to grow more and more. Like

0:04:55 > 0:05:00any other sport, if gold is in play. Exactly, once they get to that

0:05:00 > 0:05:04stage, but it is always the same thing. If you enter a competition,

0:05:04 > 0:05:09you want to do well. I am sure that Stuart Pearce and the lads will

0:05:09 > 0:05:14want to do as well as possible. line allowed three over-age players,

0:05:14 > 0:05:17which you like to have played in this sort of environment? Be in

0:05:17 > 0:05:23Welsh, not qualifying for a major competition, I would love to have

0:05:23 > 0:05:28played. Look at Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy, Welsh people are

0:05:28 > 0:05:31playing tonight, I definitely would have played. It is a tournament

0:05:31 > 0:05:36that is winnable as well, because you never know what you're going to

0:05:36 > 0:05:40get. We have already seen some strange results. If you watched the

0:05:40 > 0:05:45warm-up game, Team GB against the Brazilians, they look really tasty.

0:05:45 > 0:05:49We were watching the game before, the other two in the group, Uruguay

0:05:49 > 0:05:56looked sensational! So they are against it. What is always

0:05:56 > 0:06:00intriguing for me is that the skies, the last Premier League game was in

0:06:00 > 0:06:05May, it is like pre-season. You are a mile short of fitness, and they

0:06:05 > 0:06:09played the first game, I always felt that the second and third and

0:06:09 > 0:06:134th games were even farther. They have not played together at any

0:06:13 > 0:06:16stage other than the warm-up game, they are really up against it.

0:06:16 > 0:06:22Normally, in major tournaments, we complain about our players being

0:06:22 > 0:06:25tired, but now they are too fresh! No, it is the same thing, and the

0:06:26 > 0:06:30most important thing when you come back pre-season, playing in these

0:06:30 > 0:06:35matches, is to keep a hold of the ball, possession is King. In the

0:06:35 > 0:06:38game against Brazil, they will all over the place. We can cross now to

0:06:38 > 0:06:43Sophie Raworth in Hyde Park, where the Olympic flame should be

0:06:43 > 0:06:46arriving shortly. Yes, it certainly should, up to

0:06:46 > 0:06:4960,000 people have gathered here in Hyde Park to watch the Olympic

0:06:50 > 0:06:54flame arrived here on the eve of the London Games, and what a

0:06:54 > 0:06:58wonderful evening they have got for us. Many are these people have been

0:06:58 > 0:07:01here all afternoon, they have been treated to a special appearance by

0:07:01 > 0:07:05Mark Ronson and Katie be at the moment, and was the flame has

0:07:05 > 0:07:10arrived, it is Dizzee Rascal who will be headlining tonight. What

0:07:10 > 0:07:15they all want to see is the flame, 69 days after it said off from

0:07:15 > 0:07:19Land's End on its journey all around the UK. It will arrive here

0:07:19 > 0:07:24shortly on this, the last full day of the torch relay. It is going to

0:07:24 > 0:07:29be carried onto the stage behind me, the cauldron on the left of the

0:07:29 > 0:07:34stage will be lit, and waiting to greet the torch-bearer will be the

0:07:34 > 0:07:38London mayor, Boris Johnson, as well as the Olympians, including

0:07:38 > 0:07:43Jonathan Edwards. We are expecting the last torch-bearer to run into

0:07:43 > 0:07:48the park in about five or six minutes, and it has had quite an

0:07:48 > 0:07:51eventful day already. It has been all over the place, Downing Street,

0:07:51 > 0:07:56Buckingham Palace in the last few minutes, St Paul's Cathedral,

0:07:56 > 0:08:00Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, everywhere in central London! 173

0:08:00 > 0:08:05torch-bearers today, and I have one of them with me, a well-known face,

0:08:05 > 0:08:12of course, former England captain Lewis Moody, and you had that torch

0:08:12 > 0:08:16in your hands not so long. Tell us about it. I did, I was very

0:08:16 > 0:08:20fortunate to take part in it along with some incredible individuals. I

0:08:20 > 0:08:25got to meet an old friend, Lawrence Dallaglio, weakest tortures, and it

0:08:25 > 0:08:30was just an amazing experience. You want to be involved in the Olympics,

0:08:30 > 0:08:34and it is very humbling. Everyone keeps saying how emotional it is.

0:08:34 > 0:08:37Yeah, it is, do you know, as a sportsman, you get to play in front

0:08:37 > 0:08:40of a lot of crowds and people, and I was so nervous and excited

0:08:40 > 0:08:47getting off the bus, seeing the throngs of people lining the

0:08:47 > 0:08:52streets. It was an emotional day. To have your family there watching,

0:08:52 > 0:08:57to know what it means to the nation, uniting everyone, it is wonderful.

0:08:57 > 0:09:00The atmosphere in London today and the last few days has been amazing,

0:09:00 > 0:09:05Hulk of course by this fantastic weather. I am so glad the weather

0:09:05 > 0:09:09has turned, you know. It is a phenomenal occasion, building to

0:09:09 > 0:09:13the Olympics, and today is just the spectacle that it should be, this

0:09:13 > 0:09:19occasion in Hyde Park, to be here, looking forward to the opening

0:09:19 > 0:09:22ceremony, I cannot wait. I am going to be there, and I have heard from

0:09:22 > 0:09:26the initial sightings that people saw that it is going to be a real

0:09:26 > 0:09:31spectacle, so to be in London, to be able to go and see that, to be

0:09:31 > 0:09:34there, I had to do it, I cannot wait. A fantastic sportsmen

0:09:34 > 0:09:38yourself, you never got to take part in the Olympics, but that will

0:09:39 > 0:09:44change when rugby becomes an Olympic sport in four years' time.

0:09:44 > 0:09:48Yes, great news, rugby sevens in 2016, I wish I was younger, I might

0:09:48 > 0:09:52have had a shot! Any athlete would love a chance in the Olympics, I

0:09:52 > 0:09:56almost thought about giving up rugby and trying handball, but I

0:09:56 > 0:10:01didn't! It is such a great events, you know, and it brings all those

0:10:01 > 0:10:07sports that you do not get a chance to see, taekwondo, judo, shooting,

0:10:07 > 0:10:11diving, archery, not just rugby, football and cricket. The number of

0:10:11 > 0:10:15young kids who will have seen it, it is wonderful. Inspiring for them,

0:10:15 > 0:10:22we have the football tonight, Team GB, can the men follow the women

0:10:22 > 0:10:25and produce a win? I hope so, they look pretty strong. I think Team GB

0:10:25 > 0:10:28in football as rate, bringing the nations together, different

0:10:28 > 0:10:32rivalries, putting them under one roof, seeing how they play. I do

0:10:32 > 0:10:37not think I will see its tonight, not sadly, because I will be

0:10:37 > 0:10:41watching this fantastic occasion. You are known as a legend in

0:10:41 > 0:10:44Leicester, I will hand back to another Leicester legend, Mr Gary

0:10:44 > 0:10:50Lineker! I thought she meant Robbie Savage!

0:10:50 > 0:10:56That is open to debate, by the way! What is your favourite moment in

0:10:56 > 0:11:04Olympic history? Well, I mean, Alan Wells' 100m goes close, winning the

0:11:04 > 0:11:14gold. A Scot! But as I said before, I am a big fan of the middle-

0:11:14 > 0:11:15

0:11:15 > 0:11:23distance runners, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett in 1984... 1884? 1884!

0:11:23 > 0:11:27Sebastian Coe was omnipotent in the 800m, and he got beaten in 1980 and

0:11:27 > 0:11:341984, and then he was beaten, and people had written in off, he comes

0:11:35 > 0:11:40back in the final in Los Angeles. David of emotion. Emotion, but the

0:11:40 > 0:11:44last 100m, he ran 12.5 seconds, phenomenal, he showed so much grit

0:11:44 > 0:11:48and determination. We are always going on about that, but in

0:11:48 > 0:11:51athletics, he was absolutely sensational. I think he has had

0:11:51 > 0:11:55something to do with these games, if memory serves me right. Your

0:11:55 > 0:11:59favourite memory, you were telling me, is slightly different. It is

0:11:59 > 0:12:05the one I first remember. I spent most of my career as a blonde who

0:12:05 > 0:12:09went down far too easily, so mind goes back to 1984, Mary Decker.

0:12:09 > 0:12:13Just the way she went down, Zola Budd, she could have carried on.

0:12:14 > 0:12:22She had a sneaky look, she had three laps left, she put it on a

0:12:22 > 0:12:27little bit, and people forget... Simulation? A Briton won the silver

0:12:27 > 0:12:31medal, but Mary Decker went down far too easily! Fantastic stuff.

0:12:31 > 0:12:37that your highlights? That is my first memory of the Olympics.

0:12:37 > 0:12:43Somebody going down? It is in the greatest moments ever. What number?

0:12:43 > 0:12:50Top 50. Mind was Daley Thompson, I remember Los Angeles in particular,

0:12:50 > 0:12:54there he goes. A proper athlete. The 10 events, he always found a

0:12:54 > 0:12:59way, he would have a couple of dodgy discuss the Rose, but the

0:12:59 > 0:13:04last one he would fling out there. There was a photograph in the paper,

0:13:04 > 0:13:12he met up with his big rival of the time. The German. The German,

0:13:12 > 0:13:18absolutely fantastic. There was one where his pole vault snapped.

0:13:18 > 0:13:22brilliant! He was a true great. still is, he still is. And a bit

0:13:22 > 0:13:25different at the same time, and he remains that way until the state.

0:13:25 > 0:13:31At Old Trafford tonight is Dan Walker, what is the atmosphere

0:13:31 > 0:13:36like? Good evening, gentlemen, rather impressive, in fact. It was

0:13:36 > 0:13:40about three-quarters full for the UAE versus Uruguay game, but there

0:13:40 > 0:13:44are thousands of people who have come from right across the UK, a

0:13:44 > 0:13:48family of six that have arrived from Edinburgh this afternoon. The

0:13:48 > 0:13:52teams are about to come out, Team GB arriving on the pitch. You can

0:13:52 > 0:13:55hear the welcome they are getting tonight. Actually, there was a

0:13:55 > 0:13:58family all the way from Birmingham, thinking they would get the chance

0:13:58 > 0:14:02to meet Robbie Savage tonight. I have had to break the news that he

0:14:02 > 0:14:08is in London, which they are very sad about. In terms of the Team GB

0:14:08 > 0:14:13team used, two changes from the warm-up game. In comes Jack Butland

0:14:13 > 0:14:16in goal, and that the centre-half position, Steven Caulker will play

0:14:16 > 0:14:21alongside Micah Richards. Just one change, James Tomkins misses out as

0:14:21 > 0:14:24well. Other than that, the same 11 which took on Brazil. With

0:14:24 > 0:14:28reference to last night, the football we saw yesterday, not

0:14:28 > 0:14:33quite the proportion art North Korea problems, but in the official

0:14:33 > 0:14:36match programme here, Joe Allen is in as an Englishman, which any

0:14:36 > 0:14:39Welshman Paul Wells Lady will tell you will not go down particularly

0:14:39 > 0:14:49well. Other than that, a very smooth build-up, and hopefully we

0:14:49 > 0:14:50

0:14:50 > 0:14:53But Robbie Savage has grimmest about that information. I'm there

0:14:53 > 0:15:00to believe that the flame is about to arrive in Hyde Park. Let's go

0:15:00 > 0:15:08back to Sophie. Yes, Gary, it is just about to arrive here near the

0:15:08 > 0:15:18stage in Hyde Park. And there he is. That is a 19-year-old Tyler Rix,

0:15:18 > 0:15:21

0:15:21 > 0:15:26But he has been chosen as an inspirational young man. He has

0:15:26 > 0:15:35achieved a lot in his 19 years. A talented footballer. An extremely

0:15:35 > 0:15:41talented musician. He already has a best-selling jazz album to his name.

0:15:41 > 0:15:51And a model as well and here he comes. Heading towards this huge

0:15:51 > 0:15:58

0:15:58 > 0:16:0560,000 people waiting to see him bring it that Olympic flame, which

0:16:06 > 0:16:11has travelled all the way from ancient Olympia or increase. -- In

0:16:12 > 0:16:21a Greece. 69 days of the flame has been on the road in the UK. And

0:16:22 > 0:16:30

0:16:30 > 0:16:36this is the last full day of the UK What a moment for that young man.

0:16:36 > 0:16:46There, running alongside him, the torch security team who have been a

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0:16:51 > 0:17:01with it since the very start since And, as he goes up on stage, he

0:17:01 > 0:17:07

0:17:07 > 0:17:10will be greeted by the mayor, Boris But Hyde Park, absolutely packed.

0:17:10 > 0:17:20Thousands of people have been waiting here literally since 2pm

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0:17:34 > 0:17:37What a sight. And what an evening And he makes his way past a

0:17:37 > 0:17:47gathering of Olympians, six of them in total, including Jonathan

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0:18:21 > 0:18:31And so, Tiler Rex has looked at the last ceremonial cauldron in Hyde

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0:18:37 > 0:18:47Let me have a quick word with you, There's nothing to describe that

0:18:47 > 0:18:59

0:18:59 > 0:19:04feeling. It's so amazing. An By a would like to say a huge

0:19:04 > 0:19:11thank-you to the London Olympics Committee who has given 1,000

0:19:11 > 0:19:21Porter there is this opportunity. I feel so honoured to be selected by

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0:19:22 > 0:19:32Coca-Cola for this. I hope anything are you guys want to do, I promise

0:19:32 > 0:19:32

0:19:33 > 0:19:42to you it is possible. Live your dreams. Thank you. Tyler Rex. Let's

0:19:43 > 0:19:45

0:19:45 > 0:19:53speak to the mayor of London now. Thank you, Jonathan. I've never

0:19:53 > 0:20:03seen anything like this in all my life. The excitement is growing so

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0:20:04 > 0:20:08Is going to go off the scale. The mania. People are coming from

0:20:08 > 0:20:17around the world and they are seeing us and they are seeing the

0:20:17 > 0:20:24greatest city on earth. There are some people who are coming from

0:20:24 > 0:20:31around the world who don't know about the preparations we have done

0:20:31 > 0:20:35in the last seven years. There is a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to

0:20:35 > 0:20:44know whether we are ready. Are we ready?

0:20:44 > 0:20:52Yes, we are. The Aquatics Centre is ready, everything is ready, the

0:20:52 > 0:21:01security is ready, everything is ready. Team GB athletes are ready,

0:21:01 > 0:21:11aren't they? They are going to win more gold, silver, bronze medals

0:21:11 > 0:21:15

0:21:15 > 0:21:25than you would need to bail out Final question. Can we put on the

0:21:25 > 0:21:29

0:21:30 > 0:21:35greatest Olympic Games that has I'll be worried about the weather?

0:21:35 > 0:21:42-- are be worried about whether? Can we beat France? Australia?

0:21:42 > 0:21:49Germany? Thank you very much, everybody. Have a wonderful,

0:21:49 > 0:21:53wonderful London 2012. Thank you for your support. We are ready says

0:21:53 > 0:21:56the London mayor, Boris Johnson. The flame has travelled all the way

0:21:56 > 0:22:06from ancient Olympia in Greece and tomorrow night it will be burning

0:22:06 > 0:22:14Thanks very much, Sophie. Magnificent scenes in Hyde Park.

0:22:14 > 0:22:18Boris is enjoying himself. We are 35 minutes from from kick-off at

0:22:18 > 0:22:24Old Trafford. Let's pop back to Dan Walker who's with our Team GB

0:22:24 > 0:22:27reporter Garth Crooks. A almost a full house. If you listen to the

0:22:27 > 0:22:31interviews with the Team GB representatives, Ryan Giggs has

0:22:31 > 0:22:36spoken about the spirit in the team are. Stuart Pearce has spoken but

0:22:36 > 0:22:41the fact there is real fire in the team. Bellamy says they will get

0:22:41 > 0:22:45better as they go on. Is a quality? Undoubtedly. Last Friday against

0:22:45 > 0:22:52Brazil, Stuart Pearce was looking for his best side and I think we

0:22:52 > 0:22:57have got it this evening. But what is very apparent to me is that

0:22:57 > 0:23:03Senegal are a very big, fit and strong side. They have 10 players

0:23:03 > 0:23:08over six foot. There are some big people out there. Yes, but it's

0:23:08 > 0:23:11important our quality players, Ryan Giggs, Allen, handles the ball.

0:23:11 > 0:23:15They can do that. In the Premiership last season, they did

0:23:15 > 0:23:22it week in week out but today it's important they are not intimidated.

0:23:22 > 0:23:27They won't be. Allen needs to support Giggs. And Bellamy. They

0:23:27 > 0:23:32must not be intimidated by the side and power. Play as well as they can.

0:23:32 > 0:23:36I think they will get rewards. terms of experience, this feels

0:23:36 > 0:23:40like a real football match. The atmosphere is incredible. There is

0:23:40 > 0:23:45a huge crowd. It's a good experience for the home nation

0:23:45 > 0:23:51players. Absolutely. When Team GB came out today, you felt the

0:23:51 > 0:23:55atmosphere. I have been to a lot of Games and I felt it. But the crowd

0:23:55 > 0:23:59gets behind them and they put of a good performance, I think it will

0:23:59 > 0:24:05set the tempo for the whole competition. Of course, in the

0:24:05 > 0:24:10Olympics, some players come of age. Daniel Sturridge could be one of

0:24:10 > 0:24:15those players. It begin getting a where it matters around the box, I

0:24:15 > 0:24:20think he will score goals. We've already seen the other two teams in

0:24:20 > 0:24:26the group, UAE and Uruguay plain earlier. Do you think there has

0:24:26 > 0:24:33been enough to worry Stuart Pearce? I don't think Stuart Pearce will be

0:24:33 > 0:24:38surprised at all by what he saw with Uruguay and U A E. U A E, a

0:24:38 > 0:24:42lot of touches, nice football, but experience came through there.

0:24:42 > 0:24:49Uruguay didn't panic. They did what they had to do. Got the goals when

0:24:49 > 0:24:53it mattered. I think it is going to be Team G producing tonight. Garth

0:24:53 > 0:24:58will be following day Team GB throw the tournament and it all starts

0:24:58 > 0:25:03tonight at 8pm. Thanks very much, and I Love Garth Crooks's laid-back

0:25:03 > 0:25:07approach, don't you? We saw Team GB play Brazil and they look

0:25:07 > 0:25:11completely out of sorts. The first time together in a match but they

0:25:11 > 0:25:15were found wanting, weren't they? Yes, defensively they were all over

0:25:15 > 0:25:22the place. A lack of preparation, a lack of playing together and I

0:25:22 > 0:25:27think it showed. Terrible defending there. You talk about fitness and

0:25:27 > 0:25:35Micah Richards looks a big and quick but I have seen him do this

0:25:35 > 0:25:45three or four times last season for considered he's but this time he is

0:25:45 > 0:25:51

0:25:51 > 0:25:56short of fitness. It's a penalty understanding possession. Obviously

0:25:56 > 0:26:01the back four and the two centre- backs are a concern. Possession

0:26:01 > 0:26:11wise, they have got to keep a hold At the same time, you have got to

0:26:11 > 0:26:15get it together as a team, haven't you? Yes, they were struggling.

0:26:15 > 0:26:19Firstly, Tomkins was in the wrong starting position. It should be

0:26:19 > 0:26:23Richards dropping off. Joe Allen does not track his run-up. A lack

0:26:23 > 0:26:33of communication because they have not played together. We saw that in

0:26:33 > 0:26:38think he is onside there. He should have scored. Indecision all over

0:26:38 > 0:26:42the park, a lack of communication. The goalkeeper comes out into no

0:26:42 > 0:26:50man's land. They could not keep the ball. The left-back and the centre

0:26:50 > 0:26:55half big, we see Taylor and Tomkins, indecision. And we see it with

0:26:55 > 0:27:01Richards force of not playing together week in week out, they

0:27:01 > 0:27:09need to. Absolutely. Richards does really well here, is a top-class

0:27:09 > 0:27:14player. The start of the season, he does not have his fitness. Tomkins

0:27:14 > 0:27:19does not know where he's going. The big thing here is you are watching

0:27:19 > 0:27:25that game, the Brazilians looked like a team and that game at this

0:27:25 > 0:27:30afternoon, the two teams, UAE and Uruguay look ready but Team GB look

0:27:30 > 0:27:37like a lot of strangers. If they are going to progress, they have to

0:27:37 > 0:27:41To hang on for a couple of Games and get the feeling of playing

0:27:41 > 0:27:45together. I was speaking to Craig Bellamy this morning. He said

0:27:45 > 0:27:51training was good but lack of preparation and time together and I

0:27:51 > 0:27:57think it shows her. The back four facing their own goal. They are

0:27:57 > 0:28:01facing the wrong way. To be fair to them, it's really difficult when

0:28:01 > 0:28:05you just turn up as a centre-back and they put somebody alongside you

0:28:05 > 0:28:09and what do you do when the opposition get it? Where is the

0:28:09 > 0:28:13line going to be? You can't do that in five minutes also it takes years

0:28:13 > 0:28:17of practice and they have got a week and a half, or whatever. And

0:28:17 > 0:28:21we expect them to be great and it's not going to happen but what you

0:28:21 > 0:28:25have got to do, if you are going to progress, you have got to play as a

0:28:25 > 0:28:30team because if you don't, there's nothing there for you. It seems

0:28:30 > 0:28:34pessimistic at the moment. We have got some decent players. In the

0:28:34 > 0:28:44second half, they were a much better. There are players who can

0:28:44 > 0:28:44

0:28:44 > 0:28:49They have got pace. And Sturridge, he's got point to prove. I think

0:28:49 > 0:28:52the good news is that the half- decent line-up. It looks much

0:28:52 > 0:28:57better than the starting line-up against Brazil. A lot of pace in

0:28:57 > 0:29:03there. Swansea players in particular. They had shown all

0:29:03 > 0:29:13season they can be comfortable in the possession. It's a big

0:29:13 > 0:29:17

0:29:17 > 0:29:24A big game for the two centre-backs. Micah Richards looks like he has

0:29:24 > 0:29:27been eating it all summer long, he's very heavy. The Olympic action

0:29:27 > 0:29:37began yesterday when great Britain's women are met a new

0:29:37 > 0:29:41

0:29:41 > 0:29:45Zealand at the Millennium Stadium start of the 2012 and then they

0:29:45 > 0:29:52games. Great Britain and New Zealand have the accolade of being

0:29:52 > 0:30:01the first athletes to get down to business at the 2012 Olympics. As

0:30:01 > 0:30:05he led the Games begin! -- let the Games begin! Jenny Bindon felt that

0:30:05 > 0:30:14was the best course of action, I do not know whether it was on target

0:30:14 > 0:30:24but the keeper did not want to take any chances at all. He hit his Eni

0:30:24 > 0:30:26

0:30:27 > 0:30:34Aluko, a great save by Bindon, Smith in the centre. It is off the

0:30:34 > 0:30:40post. That is the closest we have come, Anita Asante just the

0:30:40 > 0:30:45thickness of the post away from making history. Kelly Smith...

0:30:45 > 0:30:55Great Britain playing some great stuff here. Alex Scott shoots and

0:30:55 > 0:31:13

0:31:13 > 0:31:17herself, and she might get another by herself, can she? Through for

0:31:17 > 0:31:24Great Britain but not finding the target, brilliant New Zealand's

0:31:24 > 0:31:27defending. It is Stephanie Houghton, it is brilliant, Steph Houghton

0:31:27 > 0:31:31scores, Great Britain have the lead, and Steph Houghton has the honour

0:31:31 > 0:31:41of scoring the first ever goal for Great Britain's women the

0:31:41 > 0:31:57

0:31:57 > 0:32:00international team at an Olympic by Karen Bardsley. Great Britain

0:32:00 > 0:32:05have hung on. At the end, they deserve to win, because they have

0:32:05 > 0:32:09dominated the game. Hope Powell's team have got off to the best

0:32:09 > 0:32:19possible start, and the Olympics got off to a winning start for Team

0:32:19 > 0:32:32

0:32:32 > 0:32:375:15pm, live on BBC Three. One other story from yesterday,

0:32:37 > 0:32:40organisers have apologised after a South Korean flag was shown

0:32:40 > 0:32:44alongside a North Korean player at Hampden Park ahead of their game

0:32:44 > 0:32:51against Colombia. The match eventually kicked off one hour late

0:32:51 > 0:32:58with North Korea winning 2-0. Of all the flags in all countries and

0:32:58 > 0:33:02all the world, it had to be those A good Welsh presence in his side,

0:33:02 > 0:33:08no Scotsman, we know there are ridiculous political reasons that I

0:33:08 > 0:33:16cannot quite comprehend, but a good presence, good editions, to.

0:33:16 > 0:33:21Hopefully they will gain valuable experience for there euros. Allen,

0:33:22 > 0:33:26pace, Ramsey on the bench, a great experience for the young boys. --

0:33:26 > 0:33:31Giggs. Alan, the Welsh have got some good players coming through at

0:33:31 > 0:33:36the moment. It augurs well for the national side, four or five really

0:33:36 > 0:33:41talented youngsters coming through, get another two or 3 in, they have

0:33:41 > 0:33:45got a chance of qualification. obvious absentee, I am not sure

0:33:45 > 0:33:50about his idea of keeping a low profile, scoring for Spurs in

0:33:50 > 0:33:55America, Gareth Bale, who seemed to be so on board for the Olympic

0:33:55 > 0:34:00movement and then his injury or... I do not know what it is. Pressure

0:34:00 > 0:34:04from the club? That is a big possibility. That is the usual one

0:34:04 > 0:34:07in my experience! The last thing he should do is score in a pre-season

0:34:08 > 0:34:12friendly, maybe they should have held him back, but I think that

0:34:12 > 0:34:16Gareth Bale, it is a missed opportunity, one chance in a

0:34:16 > 0:34:20lifetime to play in the Olympic Games. We have been here, it is

0:34:20 > 0:34:24fantastic. It is a shame for the team, because he is such a great

0:34:24 > 0:34:29player. Like Robbie says, if you are going to play, fine. If you're

0:34:29 > 0:34:35not, fine. But if you say you are going to play then Pollard with a

0:34:35 > 0:34:37back injury, you don't play for your club. Spurs have said that

0:34:37 > 0:34:43criticism is unnecessary and unjustified, as you would expect

0:34:43 > 0:34:48them to say. Why? For what reason is it unjustified? If you say he

0:34:48 > 0:34:52cannot play in the Olympics because of his bad back and then he plays,

0:34:52 > 0:34:56then there is... They said he recovered quicker than they thought.

0:34:56 > 0:35:01To play in a pre-season friendly, you have to have 10 days' training,

0:35:01 > 0:35:04so you know whether you will be fit or not. The other thing, if it is a

0:35:04 > 0:35:10back injury, they would not take the chance if they thought there

0:35:10 > 0:35:16was any danger that it might get worse. A bit dodgy. Another

0:35:16 > 0:35:20absentee for different reasons, of course, David Beckham. Remember, we

0:35:20 > 0:35:27have only got about 25 minutes until kick-off, Robbie! I know your

0:35:27 > 0:35:30views are quite strong. As Alan was saying, to play in the Olympic

0:35:30 > 0:35:33Games as a footballer, possibly it is not the pinnacle, so this is why

0:35:33 > 0:35:37David Beckham should have been involved, to help the youngsters,

0:35:37 > 0:35:41yes. If it was purely on football, I do not think he would have been

0:35:41 > 0:35:46in it. This is the Olympic Games, you do not just get selected

0:35:46 > 0:35:50because of helping the bid, or being a great ambassador, otherwise

0:35:50 > 0:35:57why not Sebastian Coe running. that basis, why put him on the list

0:35:57 > 0:36:01in the first place. If you're not going to include him at all, you

0:36:01 > 0:36:05are not going to be in the squad, but put him on the list and then

0:36:05 > 0:36:13not include him, that showed disrespect. When Stuart Pearce said

0:36:13 > 0:36:15it was for footballing reasons, that was right. You would bet alive

0:36:15 > 0:36:18that he would play in this tournament, and if your life

0:36:18 > 0:36:23depended on it, you would take the three players that he has picked

0:36:23 > 0:36:27before David Beckham. Even though he is performing very well in

0:36:27 > 0:36:33America, scored a spectacular goal, a player of the season in the MLS.

0:36:33 > 0:36:38Yes, even though, categorically. Definitely 100%, no question.

0:36:38 > 0:36:43footballing reasons. I tell you what, he can keep the ball in that

0:36:43 > 0:36:48team better than anybody, still. think you two can carry on this

0:36:48 > 0:36:51argument. No Beckham at these Games, but it will be an Olympics are many

0:36:51 > 0:36:54firsts, and we are privileged to witness one of them, one of

0:36:55 > 0:37:03Britain's greatest ever players finally making his tournament debut.

0:37:03 > 0:37:06At the grand old age of 38, step forward Ryan Joseph Giggs. For all

0:37:06 > 0:37:09your experience and success, you have never been involved in an

0:37:09 > 0:37:14international tournament, how are you approaching it? I am really

0:37:14 > 0:37:17enjoying it, first and foremost. Going away and having the training

0:37:17 > 0:37:22camp and preparing, perhaps in a different way than you would with

0:37:22 > 0:37:26your club. I cannot wait for the tournament to start. Obviously, we

0:37:26 > 0:37:30need to start well, but you need to get better with each game, which is

0:37:30 > 0:37:35hopefully what we will be doing. There is a strong Welsh contingent

0:37:35 > 0:37:40in the squad, has that been held for? Obviously, I know the Welsh

0:37:40 > 0:37:44lads better than the English lads, so it has been good. Good young

0:37:44 > 0:37:48players, obviously Craig is a bit more experienced, but talented

0:37:48 > 0:37:51players. Mixing with the English lads really good, which is always

0:37:51 > 0:37:56important, you need a good team spirit if you're going to be

0:37:57 > 0:38:02successful, and that has not been a problem. Any banter? Yeah, lots of

0:38:02 > 0:38:06bounder! They are all young lads, same interests. Like I say, team

0:38:06 > 0:38:15spirit has been really good from day one. That has been one of the

0:38:15 > 0:38:20pleasing aspects of our time together. But there one or two

0:38:20 > 0:38:25players who have surprised you? because I think they are all

0:38:25 > 0:38:29quality players, and that is why Stewart has pick them. They are all

0:38:29 > 0:38:33comfortable on the ball, and it is a massive sort of platform for them

0:38:33 > 0:38:36to show what they are capable of. You know, I'm not going to name

0:38:36 > 0:38:40names, because who knows who is going to come out of it better than

0:38:40 > 0:38:43others? It is just whether they take their chance of not. You are

0:38:43 > 0:38:48here at Old Trafford preparing to play for Great Britain. Does that

0:38:48 > 0:38:51feel strange? Yeah, it does, my only other game here was Wales

0:38:51 > 0:38:55against England, and that was strange, going into the away

0:38:55 > 0:38:58dressing room. I will not be in the away dressing room this time, but

0:38:58 > 0:39:04it is strange, not going onto the pitch as a United player, playing

0:39:04 > 0:39:09in front of United fans. So it is different, but it is a challenge I

0:39:09 > 0:39:13am looking forward to. As Sir Alex wish you well, told you not to get

0:39:13 > 0:39:17injured question-marks no! The boss has been really supportive ever

0:39:17 > 0:39:20since I got the chance of selection and the chance to be part of it.

0:39:20 > 0:39:30Right from the start, he has wished me well, and I'm sure that he will

0:39:30 > 0:39:36

0:39:36 > 0:39:45hasn't it? 38, 909 club appearances, 12 league titles, just the two

0:39:45 > 0:39:51It is even more than you, which pleases me immensely! You played

0:39:51 > 0:39:54with him in York early days with Wales, what sort of player was he?

0:39:54 > 0:39:58Well, it is difficult, when you are in the presence of Ryan Giggs on

0:39:58 > 0:40:02the field, playing for Wales, I think I a few of us felt we were

0:40:02 > 0:40:12not worthy, passing the ball, the way he looked at you. You were

0:40:12 > 0:40:16probably right! That is ash! -- harsh. All he wanted to do was help

0:40:16 > 0:40:20and encourage. The young boy's there, that is why he will go on to

0:40:20 > 0:40:26become a manager, because his influence in the dressing room is

0:40:26 > 0:40:29fantastic. 38 years of age, we have said it many times, the hunger, the

0:40:29 > 0:40:34motivation and the talent and a fitness to keep playing. He is

0:40:34 > 0:40:38older than Beckham! Yeah, but the thing is, right, Alex Ferguson was

0:40:38 > 0:40:43quoted as saying not only was he thinking of playing next season but

0:40:43 > 0:40:47the season afterwards. I mean, that is unbelievable. He started off on

0:40:47 > 0:40:51the left wing, he will play anywhere. Last season he was at

0:40:51 > 0:40:54left-back, and at West Ham he was the best player on the pitch. He

0:40:54 > 0:40:58gives you 100% and will play anywhere, and he is a brilliant

0:40:58 > 0:41:02team player. It is wonderful for him, I think everyone is delighted,

0:41:02 > 0:41:07the fact that Ryan Giggs has made his team, because he deserves to

0:41:07 > 0:41:12play in a major tournament. He was so close when Wales lost to Russia

0:41:12 > 0:41:17in the play-offs. Look at Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, Neville Southall, and

0:41:17 > 0:41:23Ryan Giggs is one of those who can now play in a major tournament.

0:41:23 > 0:41:28games in 17 days? I think he can. hope he does. He is to put it, he

0:41:28 > 0:41:32really is, no problem. One of the few men older than Ryan Giggs at

0:41:32 > 0:41:35the Olympics is Great Britain coach Stuart Pearce. He has also been

0:41:35 > 0:41:41talking to Garth Crooks. How does this compare with your other

0:41:41 > 0:41:46managerial experiences? I think we feel as though the magnitude of it

0:41:46 > 0:41:49is that much bigger, the exposure is that much bigger, you know? It

0:41:49 > 0:41:53is a fantastic opportunity to showcase our sport on our own soil,

0:41:53 > 0:41:57under the umbrella of the Olympics, so if you cannot enjoy that, that

0:41:57 > 0:42:00will be the message to the players. Go and enjoy it, we have done

0:42:00 > 0:42:05plenty of work over the last two and a half weeks, physically and

0:42:05 > 0:42:09technically, and go and express yourselves. You have seen Brazil.

0:42:09 > 0:42:13What sort of test was that? ultimate test, to be honest with

0:42:13 > 0:42:16you, in all honesty. Whoever beat Brazil in this tournament and

0:42:16 > 0:42:20finishes above them will have a gold medal around their neck.

0:42:20 > 0:42:24Football is football, we think the next time we get the opportunity to

0:42:24 > 0:42:27play them hopefully will be at the earliest the semi-final or the

0:42:27 > 0:42:32final, and if we are good enough to get there, we will be better

0:42:32 > 0:42:37prepared to take them on again. have made difficult decisions, pick

0:42:37 > 0:42:40your over-age players. What are those players going to give you?

0:42:40 > 0:42:44The three of them have given me exactly what I thought they would.

0:42:44 > 0:42:49The captain has a wealth of experience, his knowledge is top-

0:42:49 > 0:42:52notch, the players look up to them. Craig Bellamy is as good a

0:42:52 > 0:42:57professional in regard to the training pitch as I have ever

0:42:57 > 0:43:01worked with. Anything you ask of him, technically or tactically,

0:43:01 > 0:43:05there is 400% focus, it is an obsession with him. Micah Richards

0:43:05 > 0:43:09has served me fantastically well over my time as a manager. He is a

0:43:09 > 0:43:12colossus at the heart of defence. He will get stronger as the

0:43:12 > 0:43:18tournament goes on, and we will rely on him when the tournament

0:43:18 > 0:43:21starts. Is it your best seen? think so, I believe I do, but as

0:43:21 > 0:43:25normally would happen in tournament football, the team you start with

0:43:25 > 0:43:30will not be the one you finish with. You need all 18, make no mistake

0:43:30 > 0:43:33about it. What to make of your opponents? We have seen a lot of

0:43:33 > 0:43:37Senegal, I went to their final play-off game and saw them qualify

0:43:37 > 0:43:42to get here, and lo and behold the next day they are in our group.

0:43:42 > 0:43:46They are in a big side, Berry Athletic, their counter-attack very

0:43:46 > 0:43:51quickly at you. -- the very athletic. We have got enough in our

0:43:51 > 0:43:56ranks to give them a good game. far do you dream, Stuart? You can

0:43:56 > 0:44:01rest assured that I only ever prepare a team to win gold, nothing

0:44:01 > 0:44:06less. We are prepared, we are ready for action. Are we going to be good

0:44:06 > 0:44:10enough to get out of the group, to go beyond that? I am not sure, but

0:44:10 > 0:44:15with home advantage as well, we need to get some momentum. Once you

0:44:15 > 0:44:19get that momentum, you can go as far as you want, you know. We will

0:44:19 > 0:44:23come together, grow as a group together, and I think the country

0:44:23 > 0:44:27will grow behind us as well. So I am looking forward to it, but you

0:44:27 > 0:44:35have to hit the ground running in that first game, and from there,

0:44:35 > 0:44:38well, you take it on the chin as it At that press conference at there

0:44:38 > 0:44:48were only about seven journalists there. There appeared to be a

0:44:48 > 0:44:50

0:44:50 > 0:44:55slight lack of interest. The he has got a hard job because the hardest

0:44:55 > 0:44:58job for any coach is to get a group of players, it barely played

0:44:58 > 0:45:03together to mould them into a team. To get them successful, that's what

0:45:03 > 0:45:08is going to have to do. To be successful, his reputation will go

0:45:08 > 0:45:12through the roof. It's important for him but it's a difficult job

0:45:12 > 0:45:18assembling this bunch of players. It's very difficult because they've

0:45:18 > 0:45:24not played together, they are not fit, so it's a big test for him. If

0:45:24 > 0:45:27he does well, jobs will come along. The Senegal team are missing star

0:45:27 > 0:45:30names like Newcastle pairing Demba Ba and Pappis Cisse. But African

0:45:30 > 0:45:40teams do have a good record in the Olympics, winning two golds and a

0:45:40 > 0:45:55

0:45:55 > 0:46:05captain has won the game for Nigeria. What a celebration that is.

0:46:05 > 0:46:25

0:46:25 > 0:46:35it in the last couple of minutes? Oh, that's brilliant! Superbly

0:46:35 > 0:46:53

0:46:53 > 0:47:00meaning of the World, it's a golden It certainly was. I loved Kanu's

0:47:00 > 0:47:07celebrations. It was the best. Senegal, big, strong counter-

0:47:07 > 0:47:14attacking side? Yes, they are. I played with them at Birmingham. Big,

0:47:14 > 0:47:24strong, athletic. Good on the counter attack. They have got a

0:47:24 > 0:47:25

0:47:25 > 0:47:35couple of players from the Premier League. Actually, you could see the

0:47:35 > 0:47:40

0:47:41 > 0:47:45quality of that strike there. It difficult game. They beat Spain

0:47:45 > 0:47:52it's not so long ago, 2-0. They've played together of course. It's a

0:47:52 > 0:48:02big test for Great Britain tonight. It's not about how Senegal plays

0:48:02 > 0:48:03

0:48:03 > 0:48:13but how Stuart Pearce's team plays. It's approaching kick-off now at

0:48:13 > 0:48:14

0:48:14 > 0:48:17Old Trafford. Mark Lawrenson now. Welcome back. The guys in the

0:48:17 > 0:48:23studio there, they have mentioned how it's about how Team GB played

0:48:23 > 0:48:26tonight. Sturridge on his own up front, I think. He's the man that

0:48:27 > 0:48:32we are relying on four goals because there's not any more.

0:48:32 > 0:48:37is the key. There's not too many other options. We know he has been

0:48:37 > 0:48:43at six, and against Brazil he looked like he needed a game. --

0:48:43 > 0:48:46been unwell. Co from everybody's point of view, it would seem what

0:48:46 > 0:48:53anybody in the camp believes the more Games they play the better

0:48:53 > 0:48:59they get. They will have to play well tonight because Senegal are a

0:48:59 > 0:49:03team of Giants. Especially in set pieces. They took at Joe Allen are

0:49:03 > 0:49:09possibly going to Liverpool for �15 million. He's a decent Premier

0:49:09 > 0:49:15League player. Can he win again? Only time will tell. Brendan Rogers

0:49:15 > 0:49:20thing Sears. It's not unusual for a manager to take some body like a

0:49:20 > 0:49:24lieutenant. We will see. The one thing about Joe Allen, if he goes

0:49:24 > 0:49:28from Swansea to Liverpool, he will keep the ball and make players

0:49:28 > 0:49:31receive the ball and pass the ball which is what Brendan Rogers wants

0:49:31 > 0:49:36for Liverpool. In the warm-up, there was only that game against

0:49:36 > 0:49:41Brazil. The other option, which Stuart Pearce mention, you have

0:49:41 > 0:49:47played the best, and whoever takes Brazil will win the gold medal.

0:49:47 > 0:49:53That's true. You don't want to play friendlies before tournament

0:49:53 > 0:49:58winning of 4-0, it's too easy. From a fitness point of view, I think it

0:49:58 > 0:50:03will count in Team GB's favour. built the least you to the

0:50:03 > 0:50:08commentary table down there with Jonathan Pearce. Some sad news,

0:50:08 > 0:50:18they have run out of pies tonight at Old Trafford. We had to have a

0:50:18 > 0:50:21

0:50:21 > 0:50:25Winning Games 3-0 is no use, is it? The you don't want that. I know

0:50:25 > 0:50:30what he's saying. When you are chasing fitness, you chase the ball

0:50:30 > 0:50:37and get fitter. Watching the opening game this afternoon, in the

0:50:37 > 0:50:43group, I think they have got to get on the game tonight. You require

0:50:43 > 0:50:47and you he, I thought they were really tasty on the ball. -- UAE.

0:50:47 > 0:50:53Looking behind, the commentators, it looked like a terrific crowd

0:50:53 > 0:50:56which is great. That will boost the side, didn't it? The women had a

0:50:56 > 0:51:00great crowd for their Games and it looks like a full house tonight. I

0:51:00 > 0:51:04lived in Manchester. There's not much sign snap the Olympics in

0:51:04 > 0:51:12Manchester but they are fantastic turnout. What are they going to

0:51:12 > 0:51:16sing? What do they sing? Think of the song. Alan has been thing about

0:51:16 > 0:51:23that for a week or so. There's been nothing else on my mind! First of

0:51:23 > 0:51:27all, defensively, Richards and Caulker played better in the second

0:51:27 > 0:51:32half against Brazil than the first half, and then obviously when they

0:51:32 > 0:51:36get it, they can't give it away cheaply. We talk about their

0:51:36 > 0:51:41fitness and getting the ball back. Mark Lawrenson mention set plays.

0:51:41 > 0:51:47They are a big side, Senegal. You have got to be tight at the back

0:51:47 > 0:51:57four that and when you get it, make sure you don't give it away.

0:51:57 > 0:52:03Bellamy's pace and Ryan Giggs, his influence, the older players must

0:52:03 > 0:52:08have an influence. Micah Richards, too. And don't eat any pies at

0:52:08 > 0:52:15half-time. You also mention the crowd. Give them something to shout

0:52:15 > 0:52:24about. What will they shout about? Good play. It does not matter what

0:52:24 > 0:52:31they are singing. If it's dead... It's how you perform on the pitch.

0:52:31 > 0:52:40I know, but if they do get going, what will they sing? Will they win?

0:52:40 > 0:52:45No, a draw. I think Team GB will win. Good manners. Positivity. If

0:52:45 > 0:52:55Team GB are to win gold, they will play six Games in 16 days. This is

0:52:55 > 0:52:57

0:52:57 > 0:53:07the first of them. Great Britain verses Senegal. Our commentators at

0:53:07 > 0:53:09

0:53:09 > 0:53:16old Trafford are Mark Lawrenson and Team GB. For the first time since

0:53:16 > 0:53:20they beat China 3-2 on September 1st, 1961, four days before Cassius

0:53:20 > 0:53:24Clay won gold when Haroun Macmillan was British prime minister, John F

0:53:24 > 0:53:29Kennedy was a presidential candidate, and the Beatles had just

0:53:29 > 0:53:32played in Hamburg, great Britain's men are playing to an Olympic

0:53:32 > 0:53:37football matches. A sell-out crowd for this historic day for Senegal,

0:53:37 > 0:53:42too. The World Cup 2002 quarter- finalists playing their first ever

0:53:42 > 0:53:47Olympic smash. Their names may not glitter and shimmer like some of

0:53:47 > 0:53:54the stars of the swimming-pool and track and Velodrome, but for these

0:53:54 > 0:53:59young Africans and for the British boys, then your of Olympic gold is

0:53:59 > 0:54:05just as Illustrious, I can tell you. At Old Trafford, a ghost of Sir

0:54:05 > 0:54:10Matt Busby is not far away. In 1948, when the he managed great but not

0:54:10 > 0:54:17the last London Olympics, they had the team together for two and a

0:54:17 > 0:54:24half months beforehand. Stuart Pearce has had his team together

0:54:24 > 0:54:31for just days, with just one a warm-up game. They have to improve

0:54:31 > 0:54:36on that were not game, don't they? Yes, they have to improve.

0:54:36 > 0:54:40Sometimes, in a friendly game before a tournament, actually, if

0:54:40 > 0:54:44you have a tough time in that game, it gets your fitness levels up.

0:54:44 > 0:54:49Also it would help in terms of ironing out any faults Stuart

0:54:49 > 0:54:53Pearce and his coaching staff have seen. The problem for Team GB is

0:54:53 > 0:54:57that, in the initial stages, against Brazil, they played like a

0:54:57 > 0:55:01team of strangers because they were a team of strangers. It will be

0:55:01 > 0:55:05interesting to see what level of performance we see tonight. At Old

0:55:05 > 0:55:12Trafford tonight, they will be cheering for a team wearing blue.

0:55:13 > 0:55:22And now we pause for the national anthems. Team GB and Senegal, the

0:55:23 > 0:55:23

0:55:23 > 0:56:50Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

0:56:50 > 0:57:00# Long live our noble Queen. # God save the Queen.

0:57:00 > 0:57:00

0:57:00 > 0:57:10# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious.

0:57:10 > 0:57:21

0:57:21 > 0:57:27# Long to reign over us. timing of his players is better

0:57:27 > 0:57:33than the timing of the national anthem. The music at some stages

0:57:33 > 0:57:40got away from the players. The thing which struck me, is the

0:57:40 > 0:57:50height of those Senegalese boys compared to Team GB. They are

0:57:50 > 0:58:16

0:58:16 > 0:58:21absolutely Giants. However, Spain, pair, kept David Beckham out of a

0:58:21 > 0:58:26time. A mixed reaction. Unfair criticism of Micah Richards there.

0:58:26 > 0:58:32Ryan Giggs, of course, will be the Manchester United hero for Stuart

0:58:32 > 0:58:37Pearce tonight at his home ground. I bet he was singing the national

0:58:37 > 0:58:47anthem and Adam proud, Stuart Pearce. One of the great sporting

0:58:47 > 0:58:48

0:58:48 > 0:58:58patriots of our time. Senegal's Olympic hopes, were in full and by

0:58:58 > 0:59:24

0:59:24 > 0:59:29Yoshinori Fujimoto and Nick Watney There is their coach. The national

0:59:29 > 0:59:39coach of Senegal. He will be hoping that they can build on their

0:59:39 > 0:59:45

0:59:45 > 0:59:55stuttering performance in 4th official. Ryan Giggs, the most

0:59:55 > 1:00:02decorated player in Premier League history. Mohamed Diame is the

1:00:02 > 1:00:08opposition captain. He played for Wigan. Just joined West Ham United.

1:00:08 > 1:00:13Back from their season at all. Are playing now for Senegal. Team GB

1:00:13 > 1:00:23get off and under way, kicking from left to right. Their first Olympic

1:00:23 > 1:00:44

1:00:44 > 1:00:50isolated, caught in possession. -- a bit isolated. Interesting that GB

1:00:50 > 1:00:55had started with Neil Taylor on the right hand side and Ryan Bertrand

1:00:55 > 1:01:05playing on his more favoured left. He started on the right up at the

1:01:05 > 1:01:10Riverside in the warm-up game over-age players in the GB squad.

1:01:10 > 1:01:20If you're not familiar with Olympic rules, the players have to be 23 or

1:01:20 > 1:01:34

1:01:34 > 1:01:40that academy, they are seeing a lot of the boys coming through and

1:01:40 > 1:01:50joining top-class European sites. Papa Gueye plays for Kharkiv in the

1:01:50 > 1:01:55

1:01:55 > 1:02:01defensively, one of football's great surprises at World Cup 2002,

1:02:01 > 1:02:06beating France in the opening game. They did beat Spain in July, the

1:02:06 > 1:02:10Spanish Olympic side. We have already seen upsets here in this

1:02:10 > 1:02:17tournament. GB will be hoping there is not one tonight. Tom Cleverley

1:02:17 > 1:02:27playing at his home ground, but last season was spoilt by injuries.

1:02:27 > 1:02:39

1:02:39 > 1:02:49move to Liverpool to be reunited startling appearance for Chelsea in

1:02:49 > 1:03:06

1:03:07 > 1:03:16the Champions League final, the two ranks of four and the two front

1:03:17 > 1:03:17

1:03:17 > 1:03:23against defence training exercise. It is a bit, the Senegalese team

1:03:23 > 1:03:33set up on the counter-attack. You can see that Team G Markby -- you

1:03:33 > 1:03:36can see that Team GB are going to have a lot of the ball. Their won

1:03:36 > 1:03:43in 1908 and a coach Arthur Davis, they beat Denmark at White City.

1:03:43 > 1:03:498,000 people watched that. This game is being watched globally, and

1:03:49 > 1:03:54in that competition the French were so shocked by their 17-1 semi-final

1:03:54 > 1:04:04defeat that they refused to play in the bronze-medal game. What a shock

1:04:04 > 1:04:07

1:04:07 > 1:04:17the extra day's training. He looked a little bit rusty in the warm-up

1:04:17 > 1:04:50

1:04:50 > 1:05:00who have come through and played with distinction in recent weeks. -

1:05:00 > 1:05:20

1:05:20 > 1:05:27out of position. It is a strange atmosphere, Jonathan, isn't it? It

1:05:27 > 1:05:31looks virtually full. I do not know how you would describe it, it is a

1:05:31 > 1:05:37real family occasion without that sort of age, isn't it? Thousands

1:05:37 > 1:05:47and thousands of children being brought to these Olympic football

1:05:47 > 1:05:51

1:05:51 > 1:05:54matches. That is the great thing You might expect that in an

1:05:54 > 1:06:04international match. When England used to play here, the atmosphere

1:06:04 > 1:06:14

1:06:14 > 1:06:24was tremendous in the days when One of the shorter of the Senegal

1:06:24 > 1:06:58

1:06:58 > 1:07:08He was dropped to the Lille veto team from July onwards, he did not

1:07:08 > 1:07:18have a great season. Senegal were beaten by Gabon and then by Egypt

1:07:18 > 1:07:18

1:07:18 > 1:07:28in the qualifying match, and they had to go to the Olympic Stadium to

1:07:28 > 1:07:36

1:07:36 > 1:07:46play against a man. First test for danger! They are all major aerial

1:07:46 > 1:07:49

1:07:49 > 1:07:54threat, all over 6 ft 2 inside that Arguably one of the smallest

1:07:54 > 1:07:59players on the pitch dealt with it. A dangerous ball at the far post,

1:07:59 > 1:08:09luckily Ryan Bertrand was aware of the situation. Someone was claiming

1:08:09 > 1:08:09

1:08:09 > 1:08:50Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

1:08:50 > 1:08:55for handball. He could not have last 12 months. He caught my eye

1:08:55 > 1:09:05when he scored in the South Wales derby against Cardiff, major

1:09:05 > 1:09:30

1:09:30 > 1:09:40Daniel Sturridge. Papa Gueye was Papa Gueye, and he had to wait

1:09:40 > 1:09:55

1:09:56 > 1:10:03Olympic ethic, spending time in the village, eating and mingling with

1:10:03 > 1:10:13the other Olympic stars. Kelly Holmes gave them a speech on what

1:10:13 > 1:10:35

1:10:35 > 1:10:41shot of one of the Senate or coaches, Aliou Cisse, well known in

1:10:41 > 1:10:47English football for his time at Portsmouth. -- Senegal coaches.

1:10:47 > 1:10:53That was a great ball in, wasn't it? The Senegal benches calling for

1:10:53 > 1:11:03them to play higher up. The only thing about that is when Team GB

1:11:03 > 1:11:03

1:11:03 > 1:11:45Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

1:11:45 > 1:11:52have the ball, Senegal are just sat Mane saw it coming, safe hands,

1:11:52 > 1:11:55good goalkeeping. I think Cleverley was hoping Bellamy would make the

1:11:55 > 1:12:05run and get half a yard on his defender, but unfortunately he did

1:12:05 > 1:12:21

1:12:21 > 1:12:26Liverpool player. In the earlier game played at Old Trafford, Luis

1:12:26 > 1:12:36Suarez of Uruguay was given a fearful amount of abuse every time

1:12:36 > 1:12:36

1:12:36 > 1:13:35Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

1:13:35 > 1:13:45wants the ball all the time, a Mexican wave goes around the crowd.

1:13:45 > 1:13:58

1:13:59 > 1:14:08Yeah, it does not say a lot for the played for the French Under-21s. --

1:14:09 > 1:14:19

1:14:19 > 1:14:27did not have too many players forward, but nice play by Mane in

1:14:27 > 1:14:32midfield. In 1974, the English Football Association abolished the

1:14:32 > 1:14:36distinction between amateurs and professionals, so interest in the

1:14:36 > 1:14:39Olympics finished. In 1984, some professionals were allowed in the

1:14:39 > 1:14:43Olympic football competition. European and South American

1:14:43 > 1:14:49countries could not play players who had played in the World Cup.

1:14:49 > 1:14:56That changed in 1992, fully professional, but only for under 20

1:14:56 > 1:15:06threes. Finally, in 1996, we came to the current situation, three

1:15:06 > 1:15:14

1:15:14 > 1:15:23amateurs, when Britain won gold in 1912, the centre forward was the

1:15:23 > 1:15:32big star. He was a musical singer. He made a couple of records as well.

1:15:32 > 1:15:42Ronny the Robin was one of them. It was a big minutes' time, I gather!

1:15:42 > 1:15:48

1:15:48 > 1:15:55week, and some of the other competing nations already in the

1:15:55 > 1:16:05men's competition, this is noticeably slower. Team GB are now

1:16:05 > 1:16:35

1:16:35 > 1:16:45picking up the temperature. Back to Team GB. Fairly simple and rhythmic.

1:16:45 > 1:17:03

1:17:03 > 1:17:13up a little nod, Senegal, when they got the ball. That tells you

1:17:13 > 1:17:20

1:17:20 > 1:17:30everything about their tactics, coach, Pappis Cisse so there. The

1:17:30 > 1:17:35

1:17:35 > 1:17:43the goal kick. Good to see the referee allowing that sort of

1:17:43 > 1:17:53physicality, as well. He just whacks the ball against Rose. Three

1:17:53 > 1:18:16

1:18:16 > 1:18:24red cards he picked up this season, City. He looked like Bambi on ice,

1:18:24 > 1:18:29sometimes. He was struggling. Under Brendan Rogers, goodness me, last

1:18:29 > 1:18:39season in Swansea... I presume, at the Bristol City, he was still

1:18:39 > 1:18:42

1:18:42 > 1:18:52growing, was he not? He gets a foul from Saliou Ciss. He called it a

1:18:52 > 1:19:08

1:19:08 > 1:19:12in the middle but they are giving 19. Ryan Giggs, so many times their

1:19:12 > 1:19:20hair are for Manchester United. Micah Richards at the far post.

1:19:20 > 1:19:25Bellamy. 1-0! A little bit of history. The first goal scored in

1:19:25 > 1:19:31an Olympic finals by a British men's football team since 1960 when

1:19:31 > 1:19:41they beat China, 3-2. And it's a Welsh man who gets it. How proud he

1:19:41 > 1:19:42

1:19:43 > 1:19:48will be. Team GB lead Senegal, 1-0. You can see from the free kick, the

1:19:48 > 1:19:52whole thing just opened up a beautifully Paul Bellamy. There was

1:19:52 > 1:19:58an angle right behind Bellamy. That was the only place he could stick

1:19:58 > 1:20:03the ball. It opened up fantastically for him. Amazing, the

1:20:03 > 1:20:10older boys involved in the goal. Just there, look, stick it in the

1:20:10 > 1:20:15corner. He did. For a team of such Hyde, Senegal did not do it with an

1:20:15 > 1:20:23aerial ball at all well, did they? No, the first shot on target during

1:20:23 > 1:20:31the game. Bellamy drew the foul. After a free kick was taken, Team

1:20:31 > 1:20:34GB are in the lead. Good news for Team GB. They are just going to

1:20:34 > 1:20:40keep the ball all the time so Senegal have to come out a little

1:20:40 > 1:20:50bit. That is dangerous. A bit theatrical in the middle as it flew

1:20:50 > 1:20:58

1:20:58 > 1:21:08this. A but like Trevor Sinclair. Remember that one? Queen's Park

1:21:08 > 1:21:08

1:21:08 > 1:21:55Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

1:21:55 > 1:22:05GB needs to win. Uruguay are expected to win and expected to be

1:22:05 > 1:22:24

1:22:24 > 1:22:34Conference, won't it? -- confidence. Well, Senegal are not out of this

1:22:34 > 1:23:03

1:23:03 > 1:23:13England Under 20 ones for Stuart feet. Has he taken it one step too

1:23:13 > 1:23:14

1:23:15 > 1:23:19far? He is still dangerous for Team GB. Idrissa Gueye was following up.

1:23:19 > 1:23:29One was a block in the end. The initial challenge from Caulker was

1:23:29 > 1:23:29

1:23:29 > 1:23:39excellent. Great, that's the first challenge. And that's the second.

1:23:39 > 1:23:40

1:23:40 > 1:23:47He had to be absolutely spot on. Joe Allen, the man involved there,

1:23:47 > 1:23:53he's a great footballer, as well. I think it was delayed Gary Speed who

1:23:53 > 1:24:00moved into a central midfield position. -- the late Gary Speed. A

1:24:00 > 1:24:05Welsh Under 21 side. Gary is still so sadly missed by the game.

1:24:05 > 1:24:08makes a difference, you know, when you play in a wide area and come

1:24:08 > 1:24:17and play in the centre. All of a sudden, you haven't got the touch

1:24:17 > 1:24:22line down your side. It opens the game up for you. Caulker brings it

1:24:22 > 1:24:25out and looks for Cleverley. Danny Rose has come into a more settled

1:24:25 > 1:24:35position momentarily. Micah Richards.

1:24:35 > 1:24:58

1:24:58 > 1:25:08against Brazil but they played Mexico when they were training in

1:25:08 > 1:25:27

1:25:27 > 1:25:37Spain, 330 Minute many Games. They together. Very hot as well, wasn't

1:25:37 > 1:25:43

1:25:43 > 1:25:49it? Team GB approach 29 major real chance here for Senegal. What

1:25:49 > 1:25:59an opportunity squandered by Ousmane Mane. On a plate. What an

1:25:59 > 1:26:05

1:26:05 > 1:26:09just too low, isn't it? Straight at him, as well. At least he had the

1:26:09 > 1:26:17presence of mind to make it a little bit more difficult. It could

1:26:17 > 1:26:27have been 1-1. He scored against Spain in a warm-up and against

1:26:27 > 1:26:50

1:26:50 > 1:26:56Liberia in a World Cup qualifier, noticeable how sluggish Team GB

1:26:56 > 1:27:03were getting players for would. Let's see that foul again. They are

1:27:03 > 1:27:05a lot quicker to get up alongside him tonight. What do you make of

1:27:05 > 1:27:13Sturridge's that was concerned coming into the Olympics? He has

1:27:13 > 1:27:23looked OK, so far, Jonathan, but has not had too much of the ball. I

1:27:23 > 1:27:41

1:27:41 > 1:27:51think it would be better to judge Brazil. He is a player of such a

1:27:51 > 1:28:01promise, the goalkeeper. He went to Euro 2012 without playing a first

1:28:01 > 1:28:13

1:28:13 > 1:28:23throw in, taken by Saliou Ciss. took the wrong option, Dundee,

1:28:23 > 1:28:46

1:28:46 > 1:28:51slower tempo. It is a warm evening. Quite a bit of humidity as well.

1:28:51 > 1:29:01This certainly an element of nerves from Team GB's point of view. A

1:29:01 > 1:29:16

1:29:16 > 1:29:23full house, 22 degrees Celsius They us will tell us. Yes, he did.

1:29:23 > 1:29:28There is only 75,000 people who saw it. Another lovely ball through to

1:29:28 > 1:29:34Ousmane Mane. Can he finish this time? Richards hammered it of the

1:29:34 > 1:29:39Senegalese players. He came to Team GB's rescue. I think it might have

1:29:39 > 1:29:49been a corner, you know. Again, it another good recovery tackle from

1:29:49 > 1:29:53

1:29:53 > 1:29:59Just beginning to make runs off defenders. Yes, with that pace as

1:29:59 > 1:30:09well, Jonathan, it's a problem. Came through to the first team

1:30:09 > 1:30:33

1:30:33 > 1:30:37after Christmas to help keep them Olympics these days. When Sir Matt

1:30:37 > 1:30:43Busby was in charge of GB, they lost their semi-final against

1:30:43 > 1:30:47Yugoslavia, and he asked the team if they would mind standing down

1:30:47 > 1:30:57and let some of the squad players come in for the bronze medal match

1:30:57 > 1:31:03

1:31:03 > 1:31:13against the Danes. They lost that defence, Idrissa Gueye came out of

1:31:13 > 1:31:17quite happy. In Champions League football, we have seen free-kicks

1:31:17 > 1:31:27given for less. We have seen free- kicks given for getting off the

1:31:27 > 1:31:48

1:31:48 > 1:31:58injuries at Atletico Madrid, he went out to Argentina as a young

1:31:58 > 1:32:11

1:32:11 > 1:32:21boy to try and find football there. Yeah, I think it was

1:32:21 > 1:32:40

1:32:40 > 1:32:44halfway line, and that is a free kick for the challenge on Rose.

1:32:44 > 1:32:48referee had a look at the man on the halfway line and came to walk

1:32:48 > 1:32:53towards him and blow his whistle, and then you let play go on. Zargo

1:32:54 > 1:33:01Toure was the man who got the challenge in. He scissored his legs.

1:33:01 > 1:33:11It was a bit of a cover for, much about nothing. Idrissa Gueye on the

1:33:11 > 1:33:15

1:33:15 > 1:33:25referee. A no, is not. Well, now he is, saying to the Senegal medical

1:33:25 > 1:33:26

1:33:26 > 1:33:31think they are saying that GB should have kicked the ball out of

1:33:31 > 1:33:38play. The referee ran back to do something about it and then decided

1:33:38 > 1:33:42it was not too bad and let the game play. It was not Team GB's problem.

1:33:42 > 1:33:52Defensively, Team GB might have a few problems with UAV in their next

1:33:52 > 1:33:55

1:33:55 > 1:34:05game over the weekend, tricky white man. -- why do men. Uruguay, in the

1:34:05 > 1:34:17

1:34:17 > 1:34:27final match of Group A, will be a stretcher has come on, has he?! I

1:34:27 > 1:34:33

1:34:33 > 1:34:43him, the referee. How much medical kit did that guy have?! That is a

1:34:43 > 1:34:54

1:34:54 > 1:35:04first half. Melanie's goal sees Great Britain 1-0 up. -- Bellamy's

1:35:04 > 1:35:04

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1:35:48 > 1:35:54kicks, you're waiting for some kind back, we think he will at some

1:35:54 > 1:36:04point in these Olympics. Oh, he left it late there! That might be a

1:36:04 > 1:36:04

1:36:04 > 1:36:14yellow. Foul on Neil Taylor. Just lost his head momentarily. Too much

1:36:14 > 1:36:34

1:36:34 > 1:36:44message from the bench, didn't he, Souare? Calm down a little bit.

1:36:44 > 1:37:02

1:37:02 > 1:37:09for Sturridge. I think it was clipped to go wider, to Rose,

1:37:09 > 1:37:15rather than Sturridge. Once it has gone out wide to Sturridge, he did

1:37:15 > 1:37:25not make a run. Micah Richards on a strong run, looking for Bellamy, a

1:37:25 > 1:37:25

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1:38:26 > 1:38:36mistake by Ciss, but he gets it kick. Under all sorts of pressure,

1:38:36 > 1:39:05

1:39:05 > 1:39:09he managed to engineer something vision by Ryan Giggs. Great vision

1:39:09 > 1:39:13from Giggs here. He stuck it in over the central defender, got

1:39:14 > 1:39:23himself in a bit of a mess. If anything, Sturridge was just going

1:39:24 > 1:39:29

1:39:29 > 1:39:34to keep it in play. He was never classiest player on the field.

1:39:34 > 1:39:44Across the middle, Rose as well, Bellamy from the right hand side,

1:39:44 > 1:40:04

1:40:04 > 1:40:10Rose, there would have been another Gueye, who at that injury on the

1:40:10 > 1:40:20halfway line four or five minutes ago. He is gesturing to the bench,

1:40:20 > 1:40:28

1:40:28 > 1:40:38then. He has done well for them at senior international level in the

1:40:38 > 1:40:46

1:40:46 > 1:40:52last six months or so, Idrissa think the coach is saying, we might

1:40:52 > 1:40:59wait a little minute or so, otherwise why don't you just put a

1:40:59 > 1:41:04substitute on straight away? How long until half-time? Five minutes?

1:41:04 > 1:41:14Look at the clock, that always helps! Cheikhou Kouyate it has

1:41:14 > 1:41:20

1:41:20 > 1:41:30the right hand side now. They really need to get Konate on the

1:41:30 > 1:41:46

1:41:46 > 1:41:51but caulker is certainly the faster of the two. Here comes the

1:41:51 > 1:41:55substitution. It is going to be Cheikhou Kouyate who comes on. He

1:41:55 > 1:42:00plays for Anderlecht and won the title with them in Belgium this

1:42:00 > 1:42:09year. This is a player who is the centre of interest for Manchester

1:42:09 > 1:42:19City, Arsenal. He is 6 ft 4. He got through to the senior international

1:42:19 > 1:42:22

1:42:23 > 1:42:27side this year. Three substitutes guile about Senegal in this first

1:42:27 > 1:42:35half. Well, you have had one or two opportunities, and they have

1:42:35 > 1:42:39squandered them. They have been one-on-one, running at Team GB's

1:42:39 > 1:42:49defenders, causing problems without any kind of end product, or even

1:42:49 > 1:43:00

1:43:00 > 1:43:10looking like they might have been very good. Giggs, Tiler, Bellamy.

1:43:10 > 1:43:10

1:43:10 > 1:44:04Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

1:44:04 > 1:44:10there. He nearly tricked over it. - players inside the Team GB half

1:44:10 > 1:44:14than they have had throughout the game. Only the goalkeeper and Papa

1:44:14 > 1:44:24Gueye were inside their own half. It came to nothing again. Really

1:44:24 > 1:44:36

1:44:36 > 1:44:41good, disciplined football by the Got it on the shoulder, maybe

1:44:41 > 1:44:49they're right of the head? And not sure how much contact there was. He

1:44:49 > 1:44:55realised he was almost trying to plough. Yes, there was not a great

1:44:55 > 1:45:00contact. I think Senegal have looked better when they have had

1:45:01 > 1:45:07fewer players in Team GB's half, because they have moved the ball

1:45:07 > 1:45:17quicker and looked more dangerous. One minute of stoppage time at the

1:45:17 > 1:45:35

1:45:35 > 1:45:39very much a work-in-progress, but just to get that goal, Jonathan,

1:45:39 > 1:45:45made a great deal of difference to this game. They can afford to sit

1:45:45 > 1:45:53back a little bit and maybe Senegal might go forward to try to get the

1:45:53 > 1:45:59equaliser. Trafford, the Theatre of Dreams for

1:45:59 > 1:46:03so many years. Craig Bellamy is always good of scoring goals at big

1:46:03 > 1:46:13occasions for Wales and for various clubs and now for Great Britain and

1:46:13 > 1:46:13

1:46:13 > 1:46:22Stuart Pearce. His goal separates the two sites. Sadio Mane missing a

1:46:22 > 1:46:25Senegal's best chance. Team GB lead So far, so good for Team GB, a

1:46:25 > 1:46:30work-in-progress. You could see then finding their fitness but

1:46:30 > 1:46:36things to be positive about. Absolutely, the first 15 minutes I

1:46:36 > 1:46:41thought, what a stinker. Senegal made life difficult for Team GB but

1:46:41 > 1:46:46since the goal, both sides have had reasonable opportunities. Ousmane

1:46:46 > 1:46:49Mane had the best chance for Senegal. But Stuart Pearce will be

1:46:49 > 1:46:54delighted with the first half performance because defensively

1:46:54 > 1:46:59they have been solid. Micah Richards has been solid. And

1:46:59 > 1:47:03obviously the goal. The that's the key thing. If they can somehow to

1:47:03 > 1:47:13get results, get through the Group Stage, it will help them in good

1:47:13 > 1:47:19stead. Yes, I think Stuart Pearce will be pleased. Bellamy and Giggs,

1:47:19 > 1:47:25and Richard at the back, they have been fantastic. The experience is

1:47:25 > 1:47:29helping the young players. Absolutely. They have done it in

1:47:29 > 1:47:32club football. The experience is invaluable the younger players,

1:47:32 > 1:47:38getting them together and it seems that he was saying the right things

1:47:38 > 1:47:48at the right time to them and at half-time, this game is not done

1:47:48 > 1:47:48

1:47:48 > 1:47:54and dusted. It's a great ball, a Bellamy did well to hit it into the

1:47:54 > 1:48:02deck and the goalkeeper had no chance. A great strike. He smashed

1:48:02 > 1:48:08it to the ground. Craig is a good finisher. A great free kick. And a

1:48:08 > 1:48:17good challenge. And Bellamy, a little bit of movement. Lands it

1:48:17 > 1:48:24An element of the crowd were booing Craig Bellamy, well that's the

1:48:24 > 1:48:29Manchester and Liverpool thing? there were a few pews -- bruised

1:48:29 > 1:48:33when he received the ball. It's a shame. -- there were a few boos.

1:48:33 > 1:48:38The Welsh players were not singing the anthem. Maybe they don't know

1:48:38 > 1:48:44it, but they are a great Britain team. Is there an element amongst

1:48:44 > 1:48:51the Welsh people that, because the anthem is also the anthem of the

1:48:51 > 1:48:57English team, it's also un-English thing? Playing for Wales, at the

1:48:57 > 1:49:06Millennium Stadium, we sing our national anthem, land of my

1:49:06 > 1:49:16father's. As you mentioned, Ousmane Mane had a marvellous chance for

1:49:16 > 1:49:20

1:49:20 > 1:49:26Good pace on the ball to hit. To be fair to the goalkeeper, he gets

1:49:26 > 1:49:32there quickly. He makes the mistake and comes out really really quickly.

1:49:32 > 1:49:38Ousmane Mane forces the mistake. huge sigh of relief. He can't

1:49:38 > 1:49:44believe it. The play from Team GB, over 60% possession which is

1:49:44 > 1:49:51They had a few decent chances. A bit of good play down the right-

1:49:51 > 1:49:57hand side with Giggs and Bellamy. The final ball lets him down but

1:49:57 > 1:50:07great play on this side. A great ball from Bellamy to Cleverley. He

1:50:07 > 1:50:15can't quite control it. This would moved the Senegal defence all over

1:50:15 > 1:50:25the place. Daniel Sturridge. He is feeling his way. He is. Watch

1:50:25 > 1:50:25

1:50:25 > 1:50:34Bellamy here. No, it's not Bellamy, it is Cleverley. Bellamy was the

1:50:34 > 1:50:44We talked to a Micah Richards before the game. He did not look

1:50:44 > 1:50:45

1:50:45 > 1:50:49particularly fit. He is the real as a centre-back. He has a lot of

1:50:49 > 1:50:54attributes you want. He kind that tackle to perfection. Totally

1:50:54 > 1:50:59dominant. When you play the game besides somebody like that, it

1:50:59 > 1:51:03gives you a real confidence and here is short of breath but makes a

1:51:03 > 1:51:08good recovery and finally, this is what you want to see. A great

1:51:08 > 1:51:15tackle and then he goes for the next one. He certainly does not

1:51:15 > 1:51:24pull-out. When you see him at running towards you like that, you

1:51:24 > 1:51:34are frightened. He's done that is The men's football tournament began

1:51:34 > 1:51:36

1:51:36 > 1:51:43today. Plenty of games have already found space on the edge of the area

1:51:43 > 1:51:53and finds a finish out of the top drawer. Deflected it in it. He

1:51:53 > 1:52:11

1:52:11 > 1:52:17into Hernandez. Tripped from he caught Hernandez. Honduras

1:52:17 > 1:52:26scores with ease. He sends the goalkeeper the wrong way. A great

1:52:26 > 1:52:36goal! A wonderful strike. The 19- year-old, who has just joined

1:52:36 > 1:53:11

1:53:11 > 1:53:17Sporting Lisbon, levels things at scores. A great free kick. Ramirez

1:53:17 > 1:53:21for Uruguay, with three-and a-half minutes of the first half to go.

1:53:21 > 1:53:28Uruguay on the front foot. In the ascendancy for the first time in

1:53:28 > 1:53:34the game. It is in! Tucked away by the substitute. Uruguay are in

1:53:34 > 1:53:44front. Two in the middle waiting for the cross and it just eluded

1:53:44 > 1:53:57

1:53:57 > 1:54:01not happy. It's going to have to be taken again. Can he find the back

1:54:01 > 1:54:08of the net once more? Sense the goalkeeper the other way and this

1:54:08 > 1:54:18time it does count. -- send as. Got a deflection there. It's that

1:54:18 > 1:54:21

1:54:21 > 1:54:31half-time. One stroke to control and another to fire it past the

1:54:31 > 1:54:52

1:54:53 > 1:54:58Two other matches taking place this evening. Brazil, as you might

1:54:58 > 1:55:08expect, had a good first half and scored three goals. The first on

1:55:08 > 1:55:10

1:55:10 > 1:55:16Manchester United's Raphael. The second, from Dimao. There he is,

1:55:16 > 1:55:21knocking it in, 2-0 to Brazil. And then the wunderkind himself. Brazil

1:55:21 > 1:55:27have never ever won at the Olympic Games. It's surprising. They are

1:55:27 > 1:55:33desperate to win and our favourite for this tournament. 3-0 at half-

1:55:33 > 1:55:40time. This is Belarus taking the lead against New Zealand on the

1:55:40 > 1:55:46stroke of half-time. A bit more information for you. Egypt have

1:55:46 > 1:55:52just put one back against Brazil, so it is 3-1. Let's hear from Garth

1:55:52 > 1:55:57Crooks. Welcome back to Old Trafford. You

1:55:57 > 1:56:02would concur has got the boy said in the studio. The older players

1:56:02 > 1:56:08have been pivotal? Absolutely. Micah Richards commanding at the

1:56:08 > 1:56:11back. Ryan Giggs providing quality when it matters and he will accept

1:56:11 > 1:56:17responsibility wherever he is on the pitch. The Bellamy, quality in

1:56:17 > 1:56:21the last third. I would like to see, in the second half, Tom Cleverley

1:56:21 > 1:56:27to come into a more. He is often a spare man but we can't find him but

1:56:27 > 1:56:35when you do, he seems a little bit afraid to go for it and what do we

1:56:35 > 1:56:41know he can do with his quality. And also, if we can get Daniel

1:56:41 > 1:56:46stowage a bit more in his own. He is attached is little bit off. --

1:56:46 > 1:56:50Daniel Sturridge. I know he is not well. He's good in and around the

1:56:50 > 1:56:54box. We got so much about possession being the king. At the

1:56:54 > 1:57:00recent European Championships, sometimes England's possession was

1:57:00 > 1:57:0735% do tonight, 61%. That is key to success in the second half. I think

1:57:07 > 1:57:13so. The mere touch you have, the better you will do. Your confidence

1:57:13 > 1:57:17will grow. I thought it was very noticeable when Team GB scored,

1:57:17 > 1:57:26their confidence grew. They look even more confident on the ball. I

1:57:26 > 1:57:31would like to see more of that in the second half. We need to finish

1:57:31 > 1:57:36them off in the second half. It is a slightly different night with

1:57:36 > 1:57:41loads of families and Joe Hart and Joleon Lescott are down there, so

1:57:41 > 1:57:49or to Manchester City title was enjoying a night at Old Trafford.

1:57:49 > 1:57:52Back to you. GARY LINEKAR: Thanks, guys. Before

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1:59:28 > 1:59:34Games on the BBC. A quite convincing, that fellow. I

1:59:34 > 1:59:40haven't got a clue how that works. He's better than you. It will be

1:59:40 > 1:59:44great, actually. Coming towards the second half, Team GB, a one goal up

1:59:44 > 1:59:49again Senegal. You saw a difference in away Senegal approached the game

1:59:49 > 1:59:56to how they approach it after the goal? Absolutely. 0-0, behind the

1:59:56 > 2:00:00ball, nothing behind them to make it difficult and then there would

2:00:00 > 2:00:03be two front men. Team GB get the goal and then there is a different

2:00:03 > 2:00:08attitude. A different approach, because they are pressing much

2:00:09 > 2:00:16further up the pitch and that leaves space in the opposition half,

2:00:16 > 2:00:21and the big thing about that is can they take advantage of it? There

2:00:21 > 2:00:27are four Senegal players in the Team GB half and they are pressing

2:00:27 > 2:00:32much higher up the pitch. It leaves space behind and the thing is,

2:00:32 > 2:00:38cannot Team GB exploit that? slight concern is the British side

2:00:38 > 2:00:43at this stage is the lack of match- fitness. It might take its toll.

2:00:43 > 2:00:52Senegal have been playing much more Games, more matches. They are in

2:00:52 > 2:00:56The positive thing is they have had a lot of the ball, so they will not

2:00:56 > 2:01:00be doing as much Jersey as they did against Brazil. Substitutes might

2:01:00 > 2:01:04be important. Possession is important in the second half. If

2:01:04 > 2:01:10they can keep possession and not go chasing, the last 15 or 20 minutes

2:01:10 > 2:01:13will be vitally important, but they should be all right. OK, let's get

2:01:13 > 2:01:23back to the action at Old Trafford with Mark Lawrenson and Jonathan

2:01:23 > 2:01:24

2:01:24 > 2:01:27second half, then, with Team GB about to make a change, and it is

2:01:27 > 2:01:34Marvin Sordell, who did not start a game for Bolton Wanderers, having

2:01:34 > 2:01:41moved from Watford in January the, who is going to come on a fait

2:01:41 > 2:01:46Daniel Sturridge, who did have the bonus coming into the Olympic Games,

2:01:46 > 2:01:51viral meningitis. He stunned many people by making the squad in the

2:01:51 > 2:01:57end. He has been forced off after 45 minutes. What you make of that

2:01:57 > 2:02:02change, Mark? I think it was quite obvious that Sturridge was

2:02:02 > 2:02:06struggling, and the service was not great to him. I think they have

2:02:06 > 2:02:14asked him at half-time, how do you feel? He looks like he has been ill,

2:02:14 > 2:02:24actually. But you know, 45 minutes will not do him any harm. The first

2:02:24 > 2:02:43

2:02:43 > 2:02:47foul of the second half. An apology Britain goalkeeper. He knows that

2:02:47 > 2:02:57Joe Hart, the English number one, is looking on. Good to see him

2:02:57 > 2:03:06

2:03:06 > 2:03:16sitting among the fans, no VIP of the second half. Yellow card for

2:03:16 > 2:03:55

2:03:55 > 2:04:01minutes of football for Bolton, having joined them from Watford,

2:04:01 > 2:04:05where he had a good scoring record, 27 goals in 81 games. We have been

2:04:05 > 2:04:09saying this GB team have not had a chance to play together too often,

2:04:09 > 2:04:17but a lot of the players have been together with Stuart Pearce at

2:04:17 > 2:04:27under 21 level. He guided 18 to three under 21 championships. -- a

2:04:27 > 2:04:29

2:04:29 > 2:04:37much in the second -- in the first half, but that is a good shepherd,

2:04:37 > 2:04:41and Butland got down very well to save from Balde. -- good effort.

2:04:41 > 2:04:47just looked for a split second that he did not see him until a little

2:04:47 > 2:04:57bit late, strong left hand, good save. He got down very well for a

2:04:57 > 2:05:04

2:05:04 > 2:05:09big man, 6 ft 4, having seen it so post. That is Balde trotting back,

2:05:09 > 2:05:19the man who had the chance that was saved by Butland. Confirmation that

2:05:19 > 2:05:25

2:05:25 > 2:05:31Mane was cautioned and the stroke of half-time, the Senegalese Number

2:05:31 > 2:05:41Ten. He went in for a rather high challenge on Ryan Bertrand. We did

2:05:41 > 2:06:01

2:06:01 > 2:06:11not see it on the pictures, but a Manchester United. The Welsh

2:06:11 > 2:06:15

2:06:15 > 2:06:25international, proud and true. But feature all night long for the

2:06:25 > 2:06:30

2:06:31 > 2:06:34British team. It has indeed, it has in ball technique by Brazil in the

2:06:34 > 2:06:44warm-up game, they know they cannot match that kind of football, but

2:06:44 > 2:06:44

2:06:44 > 2:07:27Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:07:27 > 2:07:37today has seen a commendable Brazil, Scott Sinclair could

2:07:37 > 2:07:40

2:07:40 > 2:07:50command in a wide position. -- come needle looking for Rose. He just

2:07:50 > 2:08:10

2:08:10 > 2:08:16needed to keep the ball moving, offside. They will no doubt let him

2:08:17 > 2:08:26know in his own particular way. Giggs is such a calming influence

2:08:27 > 2:08:59

2:08:59 > 2:09:09Beijing four years ago. There was seven sendings-off in at the

2:09:09 > 2:09:29

2:09:29 > 2:09:39should have a free kick, he was he is going to have to watch it.

2:09:39 > 2:10:15

2:10:15 > 2:10:22There is one of two getting There has been muted criticism of

2:10:22 > 2:10:26the British players, as the rain starts to pall, striving their

2:10:26 > 2:10:33utmost for a gold medal anti- Olympics, where will it lie in

2:10:33 > 2:10:39their list of priorities in the coming weeks? -- in the Olympics.

2:10:39 > 2:10:49Why would you play in the Olympics and not want a gold medal? In It To

2:10:49 > 2:11:17

2:11:17 > 2:11:20back of his head just out of the picture, it will be a real physical

2:11:20 > 2:11:30content -- physical contest in the second half. He is taking no

2:11:30 > 2:11:58

2:11:58 > 2:12:03problems, GB are tiring. Back to really, have hardly threatened at

2:12:03 > 2:12:13all. Senegal have had a couple of very good chances, Mane in the

2:12:13 > 2:12:26

2:12:26 > 2:12:36again by the athletic Jack Butland! He really gets a good sight of this,

2:12:36 > 2:12:41

2:12:41 > 2:12:49which helps to make the save look a 20 World Cup for England, Jack

2:12:49 > 2:12:53Butland, really caught the eye there. Cheltenham Town on loan last

2:12:53 > 2:13:03season, and that one game 52 Scouts from top clubs watched him,

2:13:03 > 2:13:09

2:13:09 > 2:13:19powerful header. And again, GB just living on their fortune a little

2:13:19 > 2:13:29

2:13:29 > 2:13:39bit, Joe Allen was caught there. It don't they? The back four of

2:13:39 > 2:13:41

2:13:41 > 2:13:50it was a good tackle. Brilliant tackle. It was a good tackle. The

2:13:50 > 2:14:00question here is, was it going in? Touch-and-go. Rose off the line. It

2:14:00 > 2:14:15

2:14:15 > 2:14:25might have been going wide. He is great having his say, look!

2:14:25 > 2:14:45

2:14:45 > 2:14:55The old full-back position at the post there. He has played full in

2:14:55 > 2:15:13

2:15:13 > 2:15:23Allen who is coming to the Ousmane Mane. He went down before,

2:15:23 > 2:15:23

2:15:23 > 2:16:16Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:16:16 > 2:16:21a minute ago, got up, seemed to be was a British going. Saliou Ciss,

2:16:21 > 2:16:31going through a dull phase in the game. Yes, it is, but it will not

2:16:31 > 2:16:42

2:16:42 > 2:16:52winning start against U A E, it's vital Great Britain pick up a

2:16:52 > 2:17:03

2:17:03 > 2:17:13the second half. Pape Souare having a look around. Looking to use the

2:17:13 > 2:17:19

2:17:19 > 2:17:23behind. Not enough power in the ball from Cleverley to take it away.

2:17:23 > 2:17:31He is the lone attacking option, really, isn't it? That's the

2:17:31 > 2:17:41operative word. There's nobody from Team GB within 40 yards. Danger

2:17:41 > 2:17:48

2:17:48 > 2:17:53signs are flashing. Looking for the heart of midfield. Rose wasted

2:17:53 > 2:18:03that. Joe Allen has signal to the bench is not able to carry on.

2:18:03 > 2:18:38

2:18:38 > 2:18:46side of the game, don't they, Senegal? This time challenged by a

2:18:46 > 2:18:53player who has suffered relegation in France this year. Most of the

2:18:53 > 2:19:03incidents we have seen have been lunging tackles. Here comes the

2:19:03 > 2:19:18

2:19:18 > 2:19:28Team GB substitute. It is Aaron Allen was described in the official

2:19:28 > 2:19:49

2:19:49 > 2:19:59on at Middlesbrough, Aaron Ramsey. I think Team GB will push Cleverley

2:19:59 > 2:20:00

2:20:00 > 2:20:10into a defensive midfield role. If it means Marvin Sordell has greater

2:20:10 > 2:20:30

2:20:30 > 2:20:40much physicality the referee was allowing, but enough is enough now.

2:20:40 > 2:20:50Yes, they have been so many niggly little fouls. The majority said we

2:20:50 > 2:21:14

2:21:14 > 2:21:18was caught offside. He slowed the defender down and then speeded up.

2:21:18 > 2:21:27Senegal are going to make another substitution. As Craig Bellamy

2:21:27 > 2:21:33looks across, Magaye Gueye, the Everton forward, to replace the

2:21:34 > 2:21:41early physical threat of Issa Ndiaye, who scored the one early

2:21:41 > 2:21:51goal for Everton. Born in France. Scored against England at under 19

2:21:51 > 2:22:03

2:22:03 > 2:22:13level for France and played for the Senegal flag by Saliou Ciss. He has

2:22:13 > 2:22:19

2:22:19 > 2:22:25been very active down on the off balance. -- he went for it.

2:22:25 > 2:22:32There end product in that final third is nothing short of woeful,

2:22:32 > 2:22:39in all honesty. Fans of Senegal might think they had done enough to

2:22:39 > 2:22:45be level in the game. Yes, I think there is a definite argument there.

2:22:45 > 2:22:55They are not scoring, Jonathan, are they? Well, in the first half Team

2:22:55 > 2:23:05

2:23:05 > 2:23:15GB enjoyed 61% of the session. It Senegal than Team GB. Yes, there's

2:23:15 > 2:23:41

2:23:41 > 2:23:46an agency with a one-goal deficit. he will push Joe Hart very close in

2:23:46 > 2:23:56the England goalkeeper stakes in the years to come. Suddenly England

2:23:56 > 2:24:06

2:24:06 > 2:24:16out and clear it away. A bit of theatre about at all. The outside

2:24:16 > 2:24:48

2:24:48 > 2:24:58doesn't he? Three League starts last season for Everton, Magaye

2:24:58 > 2:25:34

2:25:35 > 2:25:44Sordell was in the middle. He looks for him. Sordell is surrounded by

2:25:45 > 2:26:10

2:26:10 > 2:26:13in at 2002, the highlight of their international football. They were

2:26:13 > 2:26:234th in the African Cup of Nations on a few occasions. They got

2:26:23 > 2:26:31

2:26:31 > 2:26:41through to the group stages earlier sloppy pass. Here is Giggs and

2:26:41 > 2:26:41

2:26:41 > 2:26:49Bellamy. They think it's a penalty, GB. They were so committed. Both

2:26:49 > 2:26:53players committed. Britain are fuming and are rising tempers.

2:26:53 > 2:26:58Taylor screaming at their assistant referee on the far side there

2:26:58 > 2:27:08should be a penalty. Very close to the edge of the box. He has gone

2:27:08 > 2:27:27

2:27:27 > 2:27:37right through on his knee, Bellamy. cautioned in the first half. He

2:27:37 > 2:27:47still has got his card in his hand. There you go. It's a penalty.

2:27:47 > 2:27:52

2:27:52 > 2:27:59is a stone wall penalty. Is it ever. wonder he is irate. Jonathan, I can

2:27:59 > 2:28:03understand it if the referee has not seen it. The referee's

2:28:03 > 2:28:11assistant has given them the benefit of the doubt 20 yards away.

2:28:11 > 2:28:18How can he not see that? Aren't you supposed to help the referee?

2:28:18 > 2:28:25can't see the card there now. For a moment, though, I thought he was

2:28:26 > 2:28:31going to show to Craig Bellamy. He has been whacked. What he was doing

2:28:31 > 2:28:37getting involved, I'm not sure. He ran back to the halfway line to the

2:28:37 > 2:28:47right Taylor, who let his temper get the better of him, as well. --

2:28:47 > 2:28:57

2:28:57 > 2:29:07to argue with Taylor. Great Britain caught him late. Absolutely. Clumsy,

2:29:07 > 2:29:11

2:29:11 > 2:29:21just inside the box. They do lunch, have something to say to the

2:29:21 > 2:29:44

2:29:44 > 2:29:54referee's assistant. There you go, the match, he will look at the

2:29:54 > 2:29:57

2:29:57 > 2:30:01assistant and say, why didn't you second up to suggest this will be a

2:30:01 > 2:30:06comfortable last 70 minutes or Great Britain, and that decision

2:30:06 > 2:30:13could have a major impact on the Olympic Games -- 17 minutes.

2:30:13 > 2:30:20tournament, that's what it's all about, isn't it? Submit decisions.

2:30:20 > 2:30:23-- split decisions. It could be 2-0 and down to 10 men. The British

2:30:24 > 2:30:28players have re- brought into the Olympics. Everyone I have spoken to,

2:30:28 > 2:30:38mums and dads and kids are looking forward to the opening ceremony.

2:30:38 > 2:30:44

2:30:44 > 2:30:54All the events. Those lucky enough national enthusiasm. Yes, tomorrow

2:30:54 > 2:31:15

2:31:15 > 2:31:25night is going to be extremely interesting or not to Premier

2:31:25 > 2:31:31

2:31:31 > 2:31:34League sites. -- one or two. Rose climbing the back of his man, puree.

2:31:34 > 2:31:44-- to raise. 15 rather uncomfortable minutes ahead here at

2:31:44 > 2:31:49

2:31:50 > 2:31:59Beckham warming up on the touchline might have improved things.

2:32:00 > 2:32:21

2:32:21 > 2:32:31fans clearly thought it was a penalty. -- boos for Saliou Ciss.

2:32:31 > 2:32:31

2:32:31 > 2:33:11Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:33:11 > 2:33:21was the right intention but just over it. Jack Cork is about to come

2:33:21 > 2:33:22

2:33:22 > 2:33:32terrific season with Southampton. Promotion winning campaign to the

2:33:32 > 2:34:08

2:34:08 > 2:34:18and I think it was Bryant Eastick who had a word with the physio.

2:34:18 > 2:34:23

2:34:23 > 2:34:28Jack Cork is still hovering, but down to the touchline, he

2:34:28 > 2:34:33immediately gesticulated to the bench, as in, get me off, make the

2:34:33 > 2:34:43switch. Sinclair would be the obvious substitute for Rose in that

2:34:43 > 2:34:45

2:34:45 > 2:34:48there's absolutely nothing wrong with him. He has had a glance at

2:34:48 > 2:34:58Stuart Pearce. Team GB are going to go ahead with the jack Cork

2:34:58 > 2:34:58

2:34:58 > 2:35:43Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:35:43 > 2:35:48had a long con fun with Stuart It is going to be Craig Bellamy who

2:35:49 > 2:35:58comes off. That would not be a surprise, that obviously means Rose

2:35:59 > 2:35:59

2:35:59 > 2:36:09not see many Liverpool players being given a standing ovation at

2:36:09 > 2:36:16

2:36:16 > 2:36:21Anfield. At Old Trafford, I should official, Bellamy! He is chuntering

2:36:21 > 2:36:25it at anyone who will possibly listen to him. He was injured in a

2:36:25 > 2:36:30challenge that should have given GB a penalty. Jack Cork has come on,

2:36:30 > 2:36:34playing in a more central role. Ryan Giggs has gone up there to the

2:36:34 > 2:36:39right hand side. He will not play as far forward as Bellamy, I should

2:36:39 > 2:36:42think. I will tell you who has gone right since he came on, Sordell. It

2:36:42 > 2:36:52has been buffeted by the two centre-backs, but his link-up play

2:36:52 > 2:37:18

2:37:18 > 2:37:28from the Stretford End. We are not allow it to call it that because it

2:37:28 > 2:37:56

2:37:56 > 2:38:01worked really, really hard, he was scratching to get that form back.

2:38:01 > 2:38:06You just felt like he needed a great big long run of games, for

2:38:06 > 2:38:10many different reasons. He had his critics last season, but he showed

2:38:10 > 2:38:20commendable courage. Micah Richards has come forward, Ramsay is in the

2:38:20 > 2:38:30

2:38:30 > 2:38:40you have got just centre-backs at, something like that happens, and it

2:38:40 > 2:38:47

2:38:48 > 2:38:53Konate levels, and the danger signs have been flashing throughout this

2:38:53 > 2:38:56second half! Well, you think about this, the Team GB corner, all the

2:38:56 > 2:39:02centre-backs are up, they eventually lose the ball, and all

2:39:02 > 2:39:06of a sudden they are running back. It is a great pass, the timing was

2:39:06 > 2:39:11excellent, as was the finish, but they will be seriously kicking

2:39:12 > 2:39:15themselves, Team GB. The dream of one opening home win is unravelling.

2:39:15 > 2:39:25Magnificent through-ball. Definitely on, no argument

2:39:25 > 2:39:33

2:39:33 > 2:39:43whatsoever. Great ball, yeah, split that threat in the second half,

2:39:43 > 2:39:44

2:39:44 > 2:39:49Senegal. Just naive, Team GB, Israel. Goals dried up for his club

2:39:49 > 2:39:55this season, he has only scored once in September, but he finished

2:39:55 > 2:40:01that very well. Nothing infuriates coaches and managers more than

2:40:01 > 2:40:06conceding a goal from your own corner. We were talking about him

2:40:06 > 2:40:16right at the start as a possible threat, Konate. With eight minutes

2:40:16 > 2:40:42

2:40:42 > 2:40:52to go, the ties it up, and here he should have been a penalty. It was

2:40:52 > 2:41:01

2:41:01 > 2:41:09not given. Bellamy's injury in the British hopes finishing in the top

2:41:09 > 2:41:19two, if you're a guy go on to win the group, as expected. -- Uruguay.

2:41:19 > 2:41:21

2:41:21 > 2:41:31Uruguay. They play the UAV at Wembley. That will not be an easy

2:41:31 > 2:42:01

2:42:01 > 2:42:04Cleverley. Another yellow card. They just take people out all the

2:42:04 > 2:42:14time, don't they? I do not know what they are complaining about to

2:42:14 > 2:42:40

2:42:40 > 2:42:50bit cynical perhaps. That certainly far post, it would have counted, no

2:42:50 > 2:42:50

2:42:50 > 2:43:51Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:43:51 > 2:44:01Premier League substitutions, that Pape Souare has worked hard. He is

2:44:01 > 2:44:05going to be replaced by Kalidou Yero. He came into the squad late

2:44:05 > 2:44:15because one of the over-age players was refused permission by

2:44:15 > 2:44:15

2:44:15 > 2:45:06Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:45:06 > 2:45:16see the game out. These huge, 6 ft with the touch. Sordell,

2:45:16 > 2:45:23

2:45:23 > 2:45:33at the end of last season in the Premier League. Just leaning back a

2:45:33 > 2:45:33

2:45:33 > 2:46:30Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:46:30 > 2:46:35little bit too far. Yes, just side in the last 30 seconds. There

2:46:35 > 2:46:42will be a fair amount of stoppage time, I think. And after that

2:46:42 > 2:46:52brouhaha following the penalty incident, here is Cleverley. Ryan

2:46:52 > 2:46:55

2:46:55 > 2:47:01Giggs! Was that a penalty? The goalkeeper has it. Sordell's

2:47:01 > 2:47:11plaintive look to the referee. wasn't convincing. No. A good

2:47:11 > 2:47:23

2:47:23 > 2:47:33challenge. He has been a tower at the top European clubs at these

2:47:33 > 2:47:33

2:47:33 > 2:48:49Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:48:49 > 2:48:59time. Ryan Giggs takes it. The everything in the air. He should do,

2:48:59 > 2:49:11

2:49:11 > 2:49:18with his side. Not pretty, at times, of second half possession. They

2:49:18 > 2:49:26deserved a draw. Then on a penalty decision will certainly rank from

2:49:26 > 2:49:36Team GB's point of view. Again changing position. -- a game

2:49:36 > 2:49:41

2:49:41 > 2:49:46changing position. A Bertrand got the first half, as we were led to

2:49:46 > 2:49:56believe, that should have been a red card. I don't think he noticed

2:49:56 > 2:50:14

2:50:14 > 2:50:20two it was. Ousmane Mane. -- I Konate, wasted chances. It has got

2:50:20 > 2:50:30to go back across the goal. It has got to go back across the goal.

2:50:30 > 2:50:30

2:50:30 > 2:51:15Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

2:51:15 > 2:51:22Stuart Pearce's side took the lead after 20 minutes through Craig

2:51:22 > 2:51:28Bellamy. But then watched as Senegal, as the game went on,

2:51:28 > 2:51:32mustard strength and forced the equaliser through Moussa Konate,

2:51:32 > 2:51:36which denies the home side an opening victory. A frustrating

2:51:36 > 2:51:43evening for Ryan Giggs at Old Trafford. Great Britain should have

2:51:43 > 2:51:48had a penalty but Bellamy was taken out by Saliou Ciss and nothing was

2:51:48 > 2:51:58given. One or two Senegal players were a bit physical. The yellow

2:51:58 > 2:52:01

2:52:01 > 2:52:11card came out, but it was a big. GARY LINEKAR: Not to be. Uruguay

2:52:11 > 2:52:45

2:52:45 > 2:52:50top group a over the comfortable Disappointing in the end. It looked

2:52:50 > 2:52:55like Great Britain are going to win the game. A draw was a fair result.

2:52:55 > 2:53:02The big decision of the penalty kick against Bellamy, which was as

2:53:02 > 2:53:12stonewalled As You ever would seem. It ended up a Senegal goal. Decent.

2:53:12 > 2:53:14

2:53:14 > 2:53:18Yes, it was good play. What a pass opportunity as the first half.

2:53:18 > 2:53:25Watch the position of Micah Richards here. We said at half-time

2:53:25 > 2:53:29how great he was playing. In the left-back spot. Then, when he runs

2:53:29 > 2:53:34into the centre back, still not looking at the ball, and by the

2:53:34 > 2:53:44time he does, it's too late. It has passed him. A great ball, a great

2:53:44 > 2:53:48

2:53:48 > 2:53:52when Bellamy was injured. We will look at that in a moment. But Team

2:53:52 > 2:53:58GB's goal from Craig Bellamy. huge influence from the Welsh

2:53:58 > 2:54:04players. It was a cool finish from Bellamy. He smashed into the ground.

2:54:04 > 2:54:12A good finish from Craig. It was a great ball in. Again, he goes up

2:54:12 > 2:54:17there, hits it into the ground. A great finish. It was a great game,

2:54:17 > 2:54:22very exciting. Especially towards the end. It was end-to-end stuff

2:54:22 > 2:54:28off at either end could have won. Let's have a look at the penalty.

2:54:28 > 2:54:35you just cannot believe it. can't believe the referee and the

2:54:35 > 2:54:43assistant did not pick up on it. For goodness sake. Every time you

2:54:43 > 2:54:48see it, it gets worse. He was lucky there, Craig. He was lucky to get

2:54:48 > 2:54:53up! I blame the weight of Giggs's pass. A shocker. The great thing

2:54:53 > 2:55:00about Bellamy, when he gets up, he's arguing that the referee and

2:55:00 > 2:55:09even ambulanceman. As we said, its game over. A either side could have

2:55:09 > 2:55:17pinched it at the end. Gray to play from Ramsey who came on for Joe

2:55:17 > 2:55:25Allen. -- great play. A good chance. A it's a great chance. A chance for

2:55:25 > 2:55:32glory. Ramsey did exceptionally well. A bit unlucky. Where does

2:55:32 > 2:55:35this leave Team GB? In some ways, it eases them towards more fitness?

2:55:35 > 2:55:39They must win the next game. but there's more positive to take

2:55:39 > 2:55:46from tonight. They kick the ball well, got possession, created

2:55:46 > 2:55:50chances, something they did not against Brazil, so take it. Did you

2:55:50 > 2:55:58see an improvement? Absolutely, and that's what I have got to do. They

2:55:58 > 2:56:03I watched that game and they were very good in possession. They were

2:56:03 > 2:56:06unlucky to get beaten by Uruguay. It won't have been easy, but if you

2:56:06 > 2:56:10can keep improving in percentage terms the way they did from Brazil

2:56:10 > 2:56:15to tonight, then you have got a chance. Robbie, overall, possession

2:56:15 > 2:56:20wise, there was an improvement on what we have seen. That's what they

2:56:20 > 2:56:25got to do. Keeper possession. you can see both teams finished

2:56:25 > 2:56:33strongly because Great Britain had more possession in the first half.

2:56:33 > 2:56:37Not chasing the ball around so much. 55% over the game. Which is better.

2:56:37 > 2:56:42I think they will be disappointed. When you are 1-0 up, and playing

2:56:42 > 2:56:44well, and then two come away with a draw is a disappointment. Stuart

2:56:45 > 2:56:50Pearce will take the positive on the match and there were lots of

2:56:50 > 2:56:57them. Can they win it and go all the way? You have got to fancy

2:56:57 > 2:57:02Brazil. Is that no then? Definitely not. I think they can still qualify

2:57:02 > 2:57:07for the group but it won't be easy. So just under 24 hours until the

2:57:07 > 2:57:17opening ceremony. It looks quite special, doesn't it? Fancy a sneak

2:57:17 > 2:57:41

2:57:41 > 2:57:44We will get nothing more away. And you can watch it all tomorrow night

2:57:44 > 2:57:54on BBC One. We're on from 7:00pm. The ceremony gets under way at

2:57:54 > 2:57:56

2:57:56 > 2:58:019:00pm. OK, after seven years the waiting is over. The stage is set!

2:58:01 > 2:58:05Seven years ago there was only one Stratford in the land, and that was

2:58:05 > 2:58:13stuck upon-Avon. This part of town was not one of the capital's best

2:58:13 > 2:58:19places but it's almost there. It seven years in the making, one

2:58:19 > 2:58:27night to go before the curtain goes up at this Stratford. In seven

2:58:27 > 2:58:33years, a lot has changed. A budget can treble in size. Security

2:58:33 > 2:58:38worries can multiply. Olympic rings can force Londoners into the slow

2:58:38 > 2:58:44lane. And the list of things to have a good old moan about go on

2:58:44 > 2:58:49and on. Except you can't help but notice a change in the weather. The