BBC One: Women's Football: Great Britain v New Zealand

:01:11. > :01:17.The City of London. London have won # You shine like gold in the ear of

:01:17. > :01:27.summer # You shine like gold in the air of summer.

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:01:53. > :01:56.GABBY LOGAN: We are so close now. It's today's until the opening

:01:56. > :02:01.ceremony Of London Olympics and this morning there torch made its

:02:01. > :02:08.way through iconic sporting venues as Gordon Banks, one of the heroes

:02:08. > :02:12.of 66, carried the flame down Wembley Way. But the first event of

:02:12. > :02:17.the 2012 Olympic games happens in Cardiff and it all starts in less

:02:17. > :02:20.than 30 minutes' time as Great Britain's women make history as the

:02:20. > :02:30.first women's team to play in an Olympics and the first sporting

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:02:30. > :02:34.action of the 2012 Games. What a fantastic honour for Hope Powell's

:02:34. > :02:40.team to kick of the Olympics. With me this afternoon are two of

:02:40. > :02:43.England's most capped ladies, Faye White and Sue Smith, a regular

:02:43. > :02:47.pundit for us in the last few seasons. England have made great

:02:47. > :02:57.strides. Great to have both of you here. Like so many events coming up

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:02:59. > :03:04.in the next two weeks, this match It's a landmark after informing his

:03:04. > :03:10.football in this country as Hope Powell's side play Great Britain's

:03:10. > :03:15.first ever competitive match. They will be hoping Kelly Smith cannot

:03:15. > :03:20.lead Great Britain in the same way she has done in countless times for

:03:20. > :03:23.England, the record goalscorer. In their way this afternoon are a New

:03:23. > :03:30.Zealand team who pushed England all the way in a controversial World

:03:30. > :03:34.Cup encounter last year. A crowd of 40,000 is expected at the

:03:34. > :03:38.Millennium Stadium this afternoon. Kick-off is just under half an

:03:38. > :03:43.hour's time. Hope Powell spoke of the kudos of being the first and

:03:43. > :03:46.the attention this team will garner so can they grasp this opportunity?

:03:46. > :03:51.We have our commentary team on the ground they at the Millennium

:03:51. > :03:54.Stadium but we can today at the Olympic Park and I don't believe it

:03:54. > :04:00.could look any better than it does right now. It's basking in the

:04:00. > :04:05.third degree heat and have enjoyed in the capital, and it's looking

:04:05. > :04:08.absolutely stunning. That is our studio from the outside. The

:04:08. > :04:12.athletics stadium with the opening ceremony is going to be is just

:04:12. > :04:17.behind me. The Aquatics Centre is just over there. Most of the

:04:17. > :04:20.athletes village is over their behind Sue Smith. In the distance,

:04:20. > :04:24.the bellowed drome. You will get used to it in the next two-and-a-

:04:24. > :04:30.half weeks, I'm sure -- the Velodrome. What an opportunity.

:04:30. > :04:34.This is the first action of the Olympics. All eyes on Team GB. Hope

:04:34. > :04:38.Powell has spoken about catching attention for the sport and

:04:38. > :04:41.hopefully get a generation girls involved. Definitely, I have been

:04:41. > :04:45.involved for 15 years at the moment like this is what we have been

:04:45. > :04:50.waiting for. Not only for the players individually but for the

:04:50. > :04:55.sport in general, to showcase it to the world. But also to inspire a

:04:55. > :04:58.little girl's who we were once, who just want to play football. There

:04:58. > :05:03.was politics about why we did not go to Beijing even though England-

:05:03. > :05:07.qualified. They are not he does because they are Great Britain, the

:05:07. > :05:11.host nation, but because there are world class side. How far can they

:05:11. > :05:17.go? Really far for the without wanting to sound a to cliche, they

:05:17. > :05:22.got to take every game at a time. That is their aim and if they can

:05:22. > :05:27.get a good quarter-final, that will be fantastic. They have got America,

:05:27. > :05:33.Brazil, Japan, some fantastic teams here that they have got to try and

:05:33. > :05:39.beat, but... Unprecedented home support. 40,000. You heard the

:05:39. > :05:45.figures for the game against Brazil was over 70,000 at Wembley.

:05:45. > :05:49.record of 76,000, I believe, in a canter. If we could fill Wembley,

:05:49. > :05:53.and surpass that, it would be unprecedented for a women's

:05:53. > :05:57.football. Hopefully they would be too nervous about it and they will

:05:57. > :06:00.use it to improve their performances. This is how the

:06:00. > :06:04.women's tournament at the Olympics shapes up, then. The USA are

:06:04. > :06:09.favourites. They have won at three of the four Games since women's

:06:09. > :06:13.football has introduced in 1996. Three groups of four teams with a

:06:13. > :06:17.top two in each group and the 8th two best third-placed teams going

:06:17. > :06:22.to the quarter-finals. The USA will be wary of Japan who won last

:06:22. > :06:27.year's World Cup final in Germany. Then they repeated it in March this

:06:27. > :06:32.year. Americans have already won their final qualifying Games with

:06:32. > :06:40.38 goals scored and none conceded. Great Britain's main rivals will be

:06:40. > :06:43.Brazil led by five time a player of the year, Marta. After today's game

:06:43. > :06:48.they will stay in Cardiff for the second match against Cameroon on

:06:48. > :06:55.Saturday afternoon. With the exception of the Scottish

:06:55. > :06:59.International's, the squad is the best ever teams are getting to know

:06:59. > :07:08.which other, it should be quite swift. Jackie has been to see how

:07:08. > :07:11.nerves, excitement and expectation At the Millennium Stadium in

:07:11. > :07:16.Cardiff is used to hosting major events but has never witnessed

:07:16. > :07:20.anything quite like this. For the first time ever, a great Britain's

:07:20. > :07:25.women's football team embark on their quest for Olympic gold.

:07:25. > :07:30.never felt as valued as an athlete as we have going to all the hotels,

:07:30. > :07:35.we have received gifts, cards, you know, the football kit we got was

:07:35. > :07:40.something I've never experienced before. It's amazing. For me, it's

:07:40. > :07:44.a lifetime opportunity. Last summer, star player Kelly Smith and her

:07:44. > :07:48.England team came from behind to beat New Zealand at the World Cup

:07:48. > :07:53.and in her new autobiography she describes their opponents's rough-

:07:53. > :07:57.house tactics as pretty dirty. was a bit rough and ready at times.

:07:57. > :07:59.My personal opinion, the referee did not know that in the bud early

:07:59. > :08:04.and it was allowed to go on so hopefully we will have a strong

:08:04. > :08:08.referee this time around and we won't pick up any injuries. It will

:08:09. > :08:13.be a tough game. They have improved a lot in the last 12 months. We

:08:13. > :08:19.expect a tough battle. Her most famous moment so far came with

:08:19. > :08:25.England five years ago at the World Cup in China. They did enough, in

:08:25. > :08:30.theory, to earn a place in the 2008 Olympics before politics denied

:08:30. > :08:33.them. It was frustrating when we qualified for reaching the quarter-

:08:33. > :08:36.finals of the World Cup but found dead, you know, couple of days

:08:36. > :08:40.after, we qualified for the Olympics and we were buzzing

:08:40. > :08:44.because we never had that opportunity before. The thought of

:08:44. > :08:48.going to Beijing and representing Great Britain was an amazing

:08:49. > :08:53.feeling. But, you know, it was kind of taken away from us and I think

:08:53. > :08:56.Sweden went in our place. That is in the past now. It was sad at the

:08:56. > :09:00.time that we have moved on now. We had a great Britain team at the

:09:00. > :09:03.Olympics, and we have got to embrace it, really, and hopefully,

:09:03. > :09:08.we will do well and the next Olympics, in four years' time,

:09:08. > :09:13.there will still be great Great Britain team. Two Scottish players

:09:13. > :09:18.have added quality to an England squad for the Games. Kim Little and

:09:18. > :09:24.Iffy Dieke are the new faces. kick it off, the Olympics, and it a

:09:24. > :09:27.great thing to be part of, but once it starts, it could, and every big

:09:27. > :09:31.game you always did a bit nervous but it a good thing, not a bad

:09:31. > :09:37.thing. Once the game starts from the first few minutes, you can

:09:37. > :09:44.settle down and after that, it should be OK. A lot of the English

:09:44. > :09:54.girls have played in the World Cups, but for me and Iffy, its daunting

:09:54. > :09:57.and exciting. I can't wait to get excited. I played with Kim Little

:09:57. > :10:01.in America by and playing with her for a season, I want to be on her

:10:01. > :10:06.team because she sees things other players don't and has very

:10:06. > :10:14.explosive and powerful. She has a great eye for a pass, so I'm glad

:10:14. > :10:18.she's here. She will definitely help. She will drive us forward.

:10:18. > :10:21.the captain, it a bit special for you on Wednesday when are you lead

:10:21. > :10:28.out of the side for the opening up the entire Olympics. No pressure on

:10:28. > :10:32.you there. No pressure at all! No, it's an honour to walk out leading

:10:32. > :10:37.the girls on Wednesday. For me, it will be normal, but at the same

:10:37. > :10:41.time, it will be business when the first ball is kicked. We have to

:10:41. > :10:45.make sure we do our jobs. Were you have lots of family and friends

:10:45. > :10:49.there? Yes, they will be there to support and they have been sending

:10:49. > :10:55.the tax measures to tell me how proud they are of May. That text

:10:55. > :10:59.messages. She slipped and the captain's armband right at the

:10:59. > :11:02.retired seamlessly and this is a similar job but this is slightly

:11:02. > :11:07.different, I wonder what you have been getting about this experience

:11:07. > :11:14.and have different to England? The use all their that the girls are

:11:14. > :11:16.trying to take it all in. -- you saw on that of BT, the girls are

:11:17. > :11:19.trying to take it all in. And mixing with the men in

:11:19. > :11:25.Middlesbrough. I think they have been doing a few social gains and

:11:25. > :11:30.things like that. I hear they won the quiz, which was good. Referring

:11:30. > :11:33.back briefly to Lisa, and that particular game, the World Cup

:11:33. > :11:38.match you were involved in last year in Germany when it New Zealand

:11:38. > :11:44.came out of the traps with quite a lot of energy. And dynamism.

:11:44. > :11:48.Obviously, Kelly was suggesting it was a bit of targeting in that game.

:11:48. > :11:52.We knew that that was their strength, their fitness and how

:11:52. > :11:56.hard and physical they are. She said that before the game but Kelly

:11:56. > :12:00.gets a lot of attention on her because of the player she is. They

:12:00. > :12:04.know she is a pivotal player for us but you should be used to that of I

:12:04. > :12:08.saw her ankle after the game and it was black and blue but she carried

:12:08. > :12:12.on in that tournament, and I'm surprised she could walk on it. She

:12:12. > :12:18.won for rhetoric to try to protect. And make it a football game rather

:12:18. > :12:22.than a physical game. That is what New Zealand want to do. They want

:12:22. > :12:26.to rough up the opposition but I think Team GB can do that as well.

:12:26. > :12:29.Don't underestimate the rain fitness. They have worked really

:12:29. > :12:34.hard on the sports science side and I think they will give just as good

:12:34. > :12:38.as New Zealand will. I think it will be a strong battle today.

:12:38. > :12:42.on the specifics of team selection in a moment. The great thing about

:12:42. > :12:46.football in the Olympics could be up to take the Games out of London

:12:46. > :12:51.and England. The Millennium Stadium is one of six stadiums and Wales

:12:51. > :12:55.has come out to enjoy the occasion. 40,000 fans will show their support

:12:55. > :12:58.for Team GB this afternoon at the Millennium Stadium and then they

:12:58. > :13:02.get a double header because Cameroon and Brazil play straight

:13:02. > :13:06.afterwards. Jackie has been out and about getting a flavour of the

:13:06. > :13:10.excitement. It's exciting to have a part of

:13:10. > :13:14.that in Wales and be a part of it and see the atmosphere. I've never

:13:15. > :13:21.been to a game before, and if the Olympics as well, so hopefully Team

:13:21. > :13:26.GB will win. It's a dream come true to see actually England hosting the

:13:26. > :13:31.Olympics and to be at the Olympics is fantastic. You know what Great

:13:31. > :13:35.Britain. Great Britain, sorry. fabulous. We would not get an

:13:35. > :13:40.opportunity to do this, so it's great it has come from this country.

:13:40. > :13:50.A where have you come from? Birmingham. I was expecting rain

:13:50. > :13:50.

:13:51. > :14:00.but there's no rain at all. Sunshine. We are a team at BT. --

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:14:11. > :14:15.BG. We are behind Team GB. Just With all the expectation, let's

:14:15. > :14:17.hope they don't get the heebie- jeebies. Now, you couldn't wish for

:14:17. > :14:21.more experienced coach to take Great Britain through this

:14:21. > :14:25.tournament. Hope Powell has been England boss since 1998 and nine

:14:26. > :14:33.men have held the job England manager. Team GB poses a different

:14:33. > :14:39.challenge. First of well, you made one change to the team who played

:14:39. > :14:43.against Sweden on Friday with Karen Carney coming in. It was nothing of

:14:43. > :14:47.that Ellen White did wrong. Everybody has played well.

:14:47. > :14:51.Competition for places is fierce. Probably the strongest it has ever

:14:51. > :14:57.been. She offers more craft. The conditions are going to be hot

:14:57. > :15:01.today, so undoubtedly there will be some changes at half-time.

:15:01. > :15:06.Everybody has to be prepared for that but it is a squat thing. A bit

:15:06. > :15:11.more craft from Karen Carney, a bit more final product and hopefully

:15:11. > :15:17.she will produce today. It is sweltering out here today. How do

:15:17. > :15:21.you think it will affect the players? Well, it is the same for

:15:21. > :15:25.both teams, which is a blessing. I think these are conditions we are

:15:25. > :15:29.not used to. Since we have been together, this is the hottest day

:15:30. > :15:33.it has been in the last three days. It's got considerably hotter. We

:15:33. > :15:35.recognise what it is and we just have to get on with it boss will

:15:36. > :15:40.hopefully there will be enough water breaks to rehydrate the

:15:40. > :15:44.players in between. As I said, the conditions, at half-time, there

:15:44. > :15:48.will be changes. England came from behind to beat New Zealand and the

:15:48. > :15:52.World Cup nastier. They were very physical in that match. They have

:15:52. > :15:55.changed the coach since then. What I expecting from them? The a

:15:55. > :15:59.similar style for that we've looked at them a few times already this

:15:59. > :16:04.season and they have improved since the World Cup. They will be a tough

:16:04. > :16:07.physical side. A large part of their game is physicality, they are

:16:07. > :16:11.well conditioned, it will be tough and they will not let us settle on

:16:11. > :16:20.the ball. We have to move very quickly. And make them try to chase

:16:20. > :16:24.it. We have got to be on top of our New line is too early in England,

:16:24. > :16:29.but as coach of Team GB are starting the entire Olympics, what

:16:29. > :16:33.is it like? It is great, a real honour, hopefully a lot of people

:16:33. > :16:39.will come out to support today. The atmosphere has been fantastic. The

:16:39. > :16:44.coach arrived from the hotel to the stadium, two horses in front, that

:16:44. > :16:49.was a bit surreal. We are embracing the Olympic spirits, we are glad to

:16:49. > :16:52.be part of it. It was really funny, it's loaded down, it gave the fans

:16:52. > :16:58.the opportunity to way to the fans, it was different. We are loving

:16:58. > :17:07.every moment of it. Good luck. Apparently animals feature in the

:17:07. > :17:11.cold rain ceremony, so maybe we are We will talk more about the New

:17:11. > :17:15.Zealand side in a moment, but the 11 which started against Sweden on

:17:16. > :17:19.Friday at the Riverside, just one change, Karen Carney in for Ellen

:17:19. > :17:27.White, we will talk about that in a second, but the lady herself, Kelly

:17:27. > :17:33.Smith, who has come through this year, CBE, a quite dramatic injury.

:17:33. > :17:38.Their fitness was doubtful a month We desperately wanted her to get

:17:38. > :17:41.back, she has worked ever so hard, and she is looking fit, sharp. We

:17:41. > :17:46.watched her in the warm-up game against Sweden, she did not

:17:46. > :17:50.complete the whole game, but it was a good 70 minutes, which is what we

:17:50. > :17:56.needed. She can change the game, she is creative, she can score

:17:56. > :18:01.goals. 45 goals for England, we saw an example on Friday how she will

:18:01. > :18:04.have a shot from 40 yards out, magnificent power. She is so

:18:04. > :18:08.confident in her own ability, even coming back from an injury, but she

:18:08. > :18:12.gives everyone else confidence in the team as well. If you are in the

:18:12. > :18:20.opposition changing room, if Kelly Smith is in the team, they take a

:18:20. > :18:25.step back and the focus comes on her. She played well with Kim

:18:25. > :18:28.Little, it looks like it could be a nice partnership. They are similar

:18:28. > :18:33.inability on the ball, their vision, their ability to pass to other

:18:33. > :18:37.players. I cannot wait. They have had a bit of experience playing

:18:37. > :18:40.around Arsenal, certainly training when Kelly used to come back from

:18:41. > :18:44.America to train with Arsenal, so they have a good understanding, but

:18:44. > :18:48.it is about trying to get Kim Little on the ball so Kelly does

:18:48. > :18:54.not have to drop to deeper into midfield to pick up the ball itself.

:18:54. > :18:58.She is one of the global stars of the game. Iffy Dieke, one of two

:18:58. > :19:02.Scottish faces in the line-up, she made a great impression at the

:19:03. > :19:06.Riverside, she could be a great partnership at the back. I was

:19:06. > :19:10.really impressed with her, she has come in as a Scottish player. The

:19:10. > :19:15.majority are English, but she and Casey Stoney have formed a very

:19:15. > :19:19.good relationship. She is a great defender, quick and very calm with

:19:19. > :19:24.the ball, and that is what you need, calmness from the back, and that

:19:24. > :19:30.filters through the ranks. Very briefly, can you see what Hope

:19:30. > :19:34.Powell is thinking about Karen. she is more tricky, likely to take

:19:34. > :19:38.players on down the wing, plus she can cut inside and link up with

:19:38. > :19:44.Kelly and Kim. Ellen is more of a workhorse for the team. Strong

:19:44. > :19:46.bench, anyway. Let's head to Cardiff to sample the atmosphere

:19:46. > :19:51.inside the Millennium Stadium, where Jacqui Oatley is pitch-side

:19:51. > :19:54.with Lucy Ward. Team GB women are opening up the entire Olympics, and

:19:54. > :19:59.they are having to do it in the baking heat, how will that affect

:19:59. > :20:03.the nervous? It is incredibly hard, but it will be worse than there,

:20:03. > :20:07.and add that to the nerves, they are the first athletes of the

:20:07. > :20:14.London Olympics, and whoever gets used to that first of the dominant

:20:14. > :20:17.in the game. Nine English in the team, Jay Scots, no Welsh.

:20:17. > :20:21.Little is used to playing with a lot of these players, and they are

:20:21. > :20:25.very good, and they both start today, and it shows you how

:20:25. > :20:28.important they are to the Team GB squad. You were with them in

:20:28. > :20:32.Dresden when they came from behind to beat New Zealand, what are you

:20:32. > :20:37.expecting from today? New Zealand want to win and will do anything

:20:37. > :20:41.they can to stop Team GB's good players, and that is what happened

:20:41. > :20:46.in Dresden, and that is what will happen today. They have put out a

:20:46. > :20:54.really physical team. Enjoy the game. Let's remind ourselves of the

:20:54. > :20:59.Their coach has got a very experienced squad to choose from,

:20:59. > :21:02.13 on professional contracts. Amber Hearn score the winner when they

:21:02. > :21:05.overcame China early in the air, which showed the kind of strides

:21:05. > :21:12.they have been making. She spent time at Arsenal earlier in our

:21:12. > :21:22.Yes, she was very good for us, she spent about a year before she went

:21:22. > :21:27.to Doncaster, I think. She did she is very hard running, talk, so very

:21:27. > :21:31.good in the air, she will be tricky, she will sit behind the front two

:21:31. > :21:34.for New Zealand. She will be hard to pick up, and it will be Anita

:21:34. > :21:40.Asante who will have to shoulder her. She will be the main attacking

:21:40. > :21:44.threat. Hayley Moorwood pays for Chelsea. Yes, she has been captain,

:21:44. > :21:48.she is not captain today, but she knows her role, has to break the

:21:48. > :21:54.play down, past the ball out wide, and she will be very influential

:21:54. > :21:58.for them today. Overall, a dynamic side, the New Zealand team. The

:21:58. > :22:07.weather may sat a bit of energy, but otherwise we are expecting it

:22:07. > :22:11.both teams are ready for that, and hopefully they have dehydrating,

:22:11. > :22:16.because that will be very important. They have been according to their

:22:16. > :22:21.texts dialogue! Let's get on with it, the first sporting action of

:22:21. > :22:27.the 2012 Olympic games, let's cross to Cardiff. Lucy Ward and Guy

:22:27. > :22:30.Mowbray are there, this is as close as you and I are going to get to

:22:30. > :22:35.saying, led the Games begin, I will let you have the honour. Honour? It

:22:35. > :22:40.is a word we have heard a great deal as the build-up to the Olympic

:22:40. > :22:43.Games has intensified, and now they are here. The official opening

:22:44. > :22:48.ceremony is still two days away, and the honour are being the first

:22:48. > :22:53.at least to take to the biggest sporting stage of all calls to the

:22:54. > :23:00.Women footballers of Great Britain and New Zealand. And it is an

:23:00. > :23:10.honour for South Wales, too. London 2012 is starting in Cardiff, and we

:23:10. > :23:13.

:23:13. > :23:17.and enjoying what we are about to say, perhaps not so perfect for the

:23:17. > :23:25.players. They are going to have to take regular breaks to take on a

:23:25. > :23:29.liquid. It is well above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and it will be

:23:29. > :23:34.considerably harder at pitch level in this great ball of a stadium. Of

:23:34. > :23:44.course, before the action, we will stand and observe the national

:23:44. > :23:56.

:23:56. > :24:06.# In the bonds of love we meet # Hear our voices, we entreat

:24:06. > :24:06.

:24:06. > :25:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:25:09. > :25:19.# Guard Pacific's triple star # Send her victorious

:25:19. > :25:19.

:25:19. > :26:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:26:12. > :26:19.people out! We will be hearing the long version throughout the Olympic

:26:19. > :26:24.Games. You can feel the tension, you could see and hear the nerves

:26:24. > :26:34.in the voices as those anthems were played, and this is it, this is the

:26:34. > :26:45.

:26:45. > :26:50.culmination of an awful lot of hard today, Britain normally wear navy

:26:50. > :26:56.blue, but all in white. New Zealand, who often wear All Whites, are

:26:56. > :27:06.wearing a familiar New Zealand sporting colour, All Black. For

:27:06. > :27:06.

:27:06. > :27:11.Englishman, Tony Readings. Hope Powell has been the England coach

:27:11. > :27:21.for some time and sees it as a great honour that she has been

:27:21. > :27:24.

:27:24. > :27:34.chosen to take charge of Great States, Kari Seitz, one of the most

:27:34. > :27:41.experienced women officials anywhere in the world. Veronica

:27:41. > :27:45.Perez and Marlene Duffy are helping her with the flags. The four

:27:45. > :27:51.officials from Mexico. This is the Great Britain team making history

:27:51. > :27:57.as the first great British team to play in the Olympics. If the Dieke

:27:57. > :28:01.shone in a warm-up match against Sweden on Friday. Karen Carney

:28:01. > :28:11.comes in, she is the one change, Ellen White is on the substitutes

:28:11. > :28:23.

:28:23. > :28:29.it ramps up an extra notch. In terms of previous Olympic

:28:29. > :28:34.experience, it is very much advantage New Zealand. Only two of

:28:34. > :28:39.the starting line-up were not involved in Beijing four years ago,

:28:39. > :28:43.Hannah Wilkinson scored in the World Cup in Germany last year.

:28:43. > :28:49.Gregorius put them ahead against an England side that featured the bulk

:28:49. > :28:52.of Team GB. Hayley Moorwood plays in Chelsea. Ria Percival is

:28:52. > :29:00.English-born and only moved to the other side of the world in her

:29:00. > :29:02.teens. Tony Readings move out to New Zealand in 2003, first to play

:29:02. > :29:07.professionally for North Shore United, then to take up teaching,

:29:07. > :29:11.and very quickly to take up a post with the New Zealand Football

:29:11. > :29:17.Association, and he has risen up through the ranks. He took over

:29:17. > :29:27.from fellow Englishman John Herdman only last year. You will also see

:29:27. > :29:36.

:29:36. > :29:41.him at his Olympic Games as the ball, the Albert! That is the name

:29:41. > :29:51.of it. Robert Ashworth from Derbyshire, one of over 12,000

:29:51. > :30:09.

:30:09. > :30:19.suggestions from the public, Albert this heat. They will want to get it

:30:19. > :30:21.

:30:21. > :30:24.two weeks of unmissable sporting endeavour. You may not think of

:30:24. > :30:30.football first in the Olympics, but these players do. Women's

:30:30. > :30:33.international football, this is even bigger than the World Cup. An

:30:33. > :30:43.open air competition and a chance to be a gold medal Olympian at the

:30:43. > :30:45.

:30:45. > :30:48.international football, it should not worry her too much. Lucy is

:30:48. > :30:53.alongside me, as ever, for these big international football

:30:53. > :31:00.occasions. New Zealand are looking dangerous. There could be a chance

:31:00. > :31:04.early on it. The Team GB defenders combine to keep out Hannah

:31:04. > :31:10.Wilkinson. Are they have so much experience through their team.

:31:10. > :31:13.they do. And this is a massive occasion. I'm taking deep breaths

:31:13. > :31:16.when I watched them sing the national anthem because it's a

:31:16. > :31:22.nervous occasion, so they have got to get rid of those pretty quickly

:31:22. > :31:26.because they want to start the Olympics with a victory. Hayley

:31:27. > :31:33.Moorwood, who captained the New Zealand team at the last Olympic

:31:33. > :31:38.Games. Iffy Dieke. Hannah Wilkinson went in there. Perhaps that the

:31:38. > :31:47.first sign of the physical nature of New Zealand's play. That's what

:31:47. > :31:52.Kelly player -- Kelly Smith was talking about. Yes, Hannah

:31:52. > :32:02.Wilkinson is taller than the two Team GB centre halves, and they

:32:02. > :32:07.

:32:07. > :32:17.will want to use that to get the Zealand. Eniola Aluko has got pace

:32:17. > :32:28.

:32:28. > :32:34.to burn. Percival. Wilkinson, to herself the last World Cup by

:32:34. > :32:39.scoring a 2-2 draw against Mexico to see it New Zealand's first ever

:32:39. > :32:44.point at the finals. You get a sense that the nerves are with Team

:32:44. > :32:47.GB, and so they should beat. They are in Wales, and New Zealand have

:32:47. > :32:55.come to spoil the party and they will be focused on that. There is

:32:55. > :32:59.no pressure on them at all, in their eyes. Kicks at half way. A

:32:59. > :33:07.little touch on the Amber Hearn, which sends it to the ground. And a

:33:07. > :33:10.yellow card straight away. Let's see what the locals make of that.

:33:10. > :33:14.If you said that stand at three minutes, you have got to go through

:33:14. > :33:23.with it. I suspect we will see a lot of yellow cards in this game. I

:33:23. > :33:29.don't know whether, I don't think it is meant by a Anita Asante day

:33:29. > :33:35.but for the rest of the game she has got to be really careful. --

:33:35. > :33:43.Anita Asante. A Great Britain player gets her name taken first.

:33:43. > :33:47.Riley. It is put wide of. It was an opportunity for Amber Hearn, who is

:33:47. > :33:50.the leading goal threat in the New Zealand team. A great ball in and

:33:50. > :33:57.she was arguing that perhaps it could be a corner to New Zealand,

:33:57. > :34:03.but it may have come of her last. It's great for New Zealand. Good

:34:03. > :34:13.work by ports and to defend, just enough to put her off. -- Stephanie

:34:13. > :34:45.

:34:45. > :34:52.that time. Team GB need to relieve a little bit of pressure on the

:34:52. > :34:56.back four. The two midfielders are feeling nervous, as they should do.

:34:56. > :35:02.The other team are having to get through quite a bit of defending in

:35:02. > :35:06.the early stages. Judging by what we saw in their final game, against

:35:06. > :35:13.Sweden, at the Riverside Ground last Friday, it's the real strength

:35:13. > :35:17.of the team. 0-0 draw against the strongly fancied Swedes. They did

:35:17. > :35:21.really well on Friday to defend. Not so great going forward. But you

:35:21. > :35:31.can look at that. The key thing is you keep a clean sheet in Games

:35:31. > :35:47.

:35:47. > :35:51.like this. Purser ball. Cheers from from Kirsty Yallop. Riley again,

:35:51. > :35:57.who was a doubt for the game last week at an ankle problem. She was

:35:57. > :36:04.passed fit to play. An important player. Twice voted women's player

:36:04. > :36:08.of the year. The formation using and applying it, the diamond in

:36:08. > :36:10.midfield, is really difficult to pick up for Team GB and it's not

:36:10. > :36:19.flexible which means players can pick the ball up between the lines

:36:19. > :36:25.of play. Great ball from Riley. It came off Amber Hearn. It was left

:36:25. > :36:29.to to Dieke to put it out. Amber Hearn is looking a real threat for

:36:29. > :36:39.New Zealand. They are looking a real threat, New Zealand. Team GB

:36:39. > :36:53.

:36:53. > :36:56.have got to be up for that. Kim not the execution of the pass.

:36:56. > :37:02.encourages his team to pass the ball round. This system lends

:37:02. > :37:06.itself to that. They started off very, very well. They have got the

:37:06. > :37:10.Blackshirts on and will be the heart of the two teams. We talked

:37:10. > :37:18.about who would adapt quickest to the heat. New Zealand, so far.

:37:18. > :37:21.Heading towards Sarah Gregorius, who is allowed to turn and is then

:37:21. > :37:27.stopped in their tracks by Casey Stoney. Difficulty getting the ball

:37:27. > :37:34.away, and making sure it stays away. Hope Powell is ushering her players

:37:34. > :37:39.forward. Back it comes with Amber Hearn. Backtracking from Jill Scott.

:37:39. > :37:49.Now Eniola Aluko, who likes to play one way, looking forward down up

:37:49. > :37:57.

:37:57. > :38:03.Steph Houghton. Lost the ball initially to Hayley Moorwood. This

:38:03. > :38:13.is the strong at looking Wilkinson, trying to leave Dieke behind. Sarah

:38:13. > :38:16.

:38:16. > :38:20.Gregorius is in the centre. Casey fortunate not to have her name

:38:20. > :38:23.taken. The referee waved her hand over her pocket as if she is going

:38:23. > :38:33.to do that. For the good of the game, we don't want to see many

:38:33. > :38:42.yellow cards, particularly in the herself and she ran into that.

:38:43. > :38:47.Nothing there. Scott. I think, already, we have seen more of the

:38:47. > :38:53.field in midfield than the entire game against Sweden on Friday, Kim

:38:53. > :39:03.Little. She takes the game and she's a quality player. I'm sure we

:39:03. > :39:05.

:39:05. > :39:13.will see the best of her in the game under control. Back to Jenny

:39:13. > :39:18.Bindon, 39 years old from the Zealand. There is hope for me yet!

:39:18. > :39:23.Steady on. I have to take up goalkeeping first. I was going to

:39:23. > :39:33.save. Given away. Given away cheaply. They rather got away with

:39:33. > :39:54.

:39:54. > :39:57.it. The ball comes back from Katie anticipating what she was going to

:39:58. > :40:04.do before making sure she took possession of the ball. Casey

:40:04. > :40:14.Stoney, that's a good ball out to Scott. Possession is back with New

:40:14. > :40:19.

:40:19. > :40:26.Zealand, in the form of Amber Hearn. country. Not Wales, of course, that

:40:26. > :40:30.England, with Arsenal and Doncaster. It's a similar style of play. It's

:40:30. > :40:34.a good game for Team GB to start with because it's a similar style

:40:34. > :40:41.to what we would expect in this country. New Zealand are tough

:40:41. > :40:45.competitors. Athletic, as well. Abbey Erceg. In the last World Cup,

:40:45. > :40:52.we watched England play against New Zealand and I remember as remarking

:40:52. > :40:58.on what a total team New Zealand were. You look at set-pieces, what

:40:58. > :41:04.is happening, Steph Houghton is not that small but in that New Zealand

:41:04. > :41:10.I have player after player who was 5 ft 10, by put 11, and six feet.

:41:10. > :41:20.In the women's game, that's told, and it a distinct advantage. Karen

:41:20. > :41:32.

:41:32. > :41:39.temperatures, that there would players to keep on running under

:41:39. > :41:44.pressure. That would just be wasted energy. Wasted energy. They have

:41:44. > :41:54.got a game plan they will stick to New Zealand. Picking it up there is

:41:54. > :41:54.

:41:54. > :41:59.one of them. Good tackle from Dieke. Eniola Aluko, for her liking, she

:41:59. > :42:02.has spent far too much time basing her own goal so far. That smell

:42:02. > :42:07.like good ball that Kelly Smith, who has not been in the game. She

:42:07. > :42:13.has a chance to fire one up over to Rachel Carmaine. Rebecca smith

:42:13. > :42:17.tried to stop there, but couldn't. That is what Kelly Smith can do.

:42:17. > :42:23.Much better for Team GB. It raises the crowd as well, and gives the

:42:23. > :42:28.team confidence. A great first touch by a Eniola Aluko but great

:42:28. > :42:31.defending. When Kelly Smith gets the ball, something seems to happen.

:42:31. > :42:38.It does for England and it looks like it will fall off the Great

:42:38. > :42:44.Britain team. Kim Little's Little. Casey Stoney not able to hit it

:42:44. > :42:51.first time and goes around the long wait round to put it in. A great

:42:51. > :42:56.pearl by Casey Stoney to put it in it. -- a great ball. She just

:42:56. > :43:06.needed somebody to put themselves on the end of it. Kelly Smith could

:43:06. > :43:12.not quite get it. Now Kim Little. Great Britain's best speller the

:43:12. > :43:17.match by far, to some distance. In the crowd, the noise level rises.

:43:17. > :43:21.The shot sales high and wide. That's what Team GB needed. Be

:43:21. > :43:28.brave, seize the moment of this game thought of as soon as you get

:43:28. > :43:33.into the New Zealand half, you can see Eniola Aluko's speed but it did

:43:33. > :43:39.not match the quality of the build- up, but it livened the crowd and

:43:39. > :43:49.the girls will have more confidence. She has seen it these days, good

:43:49. > :43:57.

:43:57. > :44:01.boy, as a wide player rather than a last few years, Kelly Smith has

:44:01. > :44:06.scored more than anybody else but the goals have been spread around

:44:06. > :44:12.the team through midfield and attack. Yes, that is good for the

:44:12. > :44:22.team. It creates goals as well as scoring them. Kim Little on the

:44:22. > :44:22.

:44:22. > :44:26.ball now. Rachel Carney to the feet of Jill Scott. Cleared by a or pub.

:44:26. > :44:33.They seem to have got over the nerves of the first few minutes,

:44:33. > :44:40.the host nation -- cleared by a Abbey Erceg. Here is Sarah

:44:40. > :44:45.Gregorius. A good tackle by Steph Houghton. I've got the feeling, we

:44:45. > :44:51.will be saying that a lot as the tournament progresses. She is a

:44:51. > :44:57.strong player. Not on her strongest side, but athletic and a defence

:44:57. > :45:01.very well. It's a big occasion, though both sets of players,

:45:01. > :45:07.particularly in your home country. I think that has got to play as

:45:07. > :45:11.part in the first 50 minutes. It was always going to. Tony played

:45:11. > :45:15.for a FC but then, when the club rose from the ashes of the former

:45:15. > :45:25.Wimbledon. He was actually captain of the first ever competitive game.

:45:25. > :45:31.

:45:31. > :45:34.He combined Counties Premier. That career on the other side of the

:45:34. > :45:39.touchline for himself in New Zealand. I bet he did not know

:45:39. > :45:46.which and then to sing. Jill Scott's long legs got on the end of

:45:46. > :45:51.that, as the same time as Hoyle stretched for it. The referee is a

:45:51. > :45:54.free-kick, I'm not sure, but take it. I am sitting on the fence.

:45:54. > :46:04.was the angle of attack which she objective to, nothing wrong with

:46:04. > :46:17.

:46:17. > :46:22.goalkeeper think and made a mistake! Nobody in the Centre for

:46:22. > :46:30.Great Britain. Kelly Smith realised that, she was having to hang on to

:46:30. > :46:34.it, and in the end she caught the heels of Ali Riley. That is why it

:46:34. > :46:37.is a free kick to New Zealand. Eight great break by Team GB, I

:46:37. > :46:42.caught the keeper would come out earlier, she was caught in two

:46:42. > :46:49.minds. Fantastic defending, got her body in front of Kelly Smith. In

:46:49. > :46:52.the end, she gave away a free-kick. Kelly Smith, 111 England games, 45

:46:52. > :47:02.goals in those. The highlight of her career to date came at the

:47:02. > :47:25.

:47:25. > :47:35.World Cup in China in 2007 when she of New Zealanders wearing the

:47:35. > :47:39.

:47:39. > :47:49.herself, but it is better where it is now, good defending. Now they

:47:49. > :48:04.

:48:04. > :48:08.the referee has seen that. Ria Percival was the culprit. Kim

:48:08. > :48:12.Little is having a word about it. If the referee had not given a

:48:12. > :48:16.yellow card, nobody would be complaining about these free kicks.

:48:16. > :48:24.But strong challenges since have not seen the production of a yellow

:48:24. > :48:28.card. New line one-for-three at the start of a game. -- you like one

:48:28. > :48:38.for free. She should have kicked somebody up in the air in the first

:48:38. > :48:56.

:48:56. > :49:06.foul count is mounting, Jill Scott that time. No surprise to see her

:49:06. > :49:08.

:49:08. > :49:13.name taken at some point during as she would have wanted. You could

:49:13. > :49:20.see what she was trying to do, but she will be a thorn in the side for

:49:20. > :49:30.the centre halves of Team GB. Karen Bardsley did well, stayed on a line,

:49:30. > :49:40.

:49:41. > :49:43.it is deflected behind, Great Britain corner. Alex Scott is so

:49:43. > :49:53.effective when she gets a chance to burst into the opposition penalty

:49:53. > :49:56.

:49:56. > :50:06.some people may have gone down for. She managed to get the ball across,

:50:06. > :50:40.

:50:40. > :50:50.will be able to keep the pressure on. The referee looked like she

:50:50. > :50:58.

:50:58. > :51:08.in favour of Team GB, give the Steph Houghton shoot from distance

:51:08. > :51:13.

:51:13. > :51:17.of action was to palm it behind. I do not know whether it was on

:51:17. > :51:22.target, but the goalkeeper did not want to take any chances at will.

:51:22. > :51:25.Well, Steph Houghton, one of the best strikers of the ball in this

:51:25. > :51:35.Watt. I am not sure, that might have sneaked in, that is good

:51:35. > :51:40.

:51:40. > :51:50.goalkeeping. Good pressure by Team Eniola Aluko. Looking for an

:51:50. > :51:56.

:51:56. > :52:00.opportunity to throw it in with the Bindon, cleared by Rebecca Smith.

:52:00. > :52:10.She was on the floor, and she got up quickly to parry the shot from

:52:10. > :52:19.

:52:19. > :52:29.Eniola Aluko, which was hit pretty pressure, you have got to hit that

:52:29. > :52:46.

:52:46. > :52:50.for some time, an American by birth, from Illinois, but she married a

:52:50. > :53:00.Kiwi, her husband Grant used to be the captain of the New Zealand

:53:00. > :53:17.

:53:17. > :53:26.volleyball team. Tall children, -- crosses. She is happy to let

:53:26. > :53:29.little bit in the last 10 minutes or so. It has been great to watch

:53:29. > :53:34.in terms of the momentum blowing to each team, and the team under

:53:34. > :53:44.pressure looks nervous, whether it is New Zealand or Team GB. Whoever

:53:44. > :53:49.

:53:49. > :53:59.is on top, they can make simple attempt to win the ball back.

:53:59. > :54:02.

:54:02. > :54:05.is a big girl, difficult to get Anita Asante has got to watch their

:54:06. > :54:10.step. She brushed into the back of Hayley Moorwood. A player like that,

:54:10. > :54:15.she feels a touch on outback, an absolute sharp! You do not know

:54:15. > :54:18.what the referee is going to do. She has got to be careful. The last

:54:18. > :54:28.thing that Team GB want is to be playing with 10 players in this

:54:28. > :55:07.

:55:07. > :55:17.she was sent off against England in 2008. She was captain of the New

:55:17. > :55:24.

:55:24. > :55:27.looking to aggravate Anita Asante a little bit, because he can do

:55:27. > :55:33.things to players who are on yellow cards to try to provoke more

:55:33. > :55:43.reaction. But she is cool, calm and collected, Anita Asante. She will

:55:43. > :55:43.

:55:43. > :56:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:56:23. > :56:28.get wound up, but she needs to be end, she was just making sure it

:56:28. > :56:34.went right the way across the face. It was not likely to reach Eniola

:56:34. > :56:38.Aluko. The keeper got a touch. Good play from Kelly Smith. To get into

:56:38. > :56:44.that position, you think you're just in front of goal and you may

:56:44. > :56:47.score, not good enough there. Excellent running by Alex Scott.

:56:48. > :56:51.Much has been made, Lucy, of how British players would react to

:56:51. > :56:55.playing in front of crowds is big on their home turf, but it is worth

:56:55. > :56:59.remembering that most have played at the last couple of World Cups,

:56:59. > :57:03.European Championships. They have experienced the crowds. The Chinese

:57:03. > :57:07.crowd was so loud that it was unbelievable, so these girls are

:57:07. > :57:10.used to it. They need to harness the nose and the energy from the

:57:10. > :57:16.ground and bring it into the game. They will start to do that once the

:57:16. > :57:21.initial bid is over and they do what they do naturally. The crowd

:57:21. > :57:27.has been getting behind the home team. There will be some

:57:28. > :57:30.disappointment that there are no Welsh players involved,

:57:30. > :57:37.particularly in midfield and the striker who will be aggrieved that

:57:37. > :57:41.they did not make the cut. Hope Powell made it clear that she was

:57:41. > :57:51.picking face election regardless of the country's, it was all down to

:57:51. > :57:59.

:57:59. > :58:04.ability. -- a selection regardless weekend as women's player of the

:58:04. > :58:08.year for 2011. That is obviously a real honour for her, she has read

:58:08. > :58:18.her country very well, a strong, physical centre half. Another one

:58:18. > :58:28.born in the US, California. Player of the year for 2011. They were on

:58:28. > :58:31.

:58:32. > :58:37.started. We have not had the first goal of the women's football

:58:37. > :58:41.tournament yet. It has been a very decent watch. New Zealand started

:58:41. > :58:44.the brighter of the two teams, but Great Britain have got themselves

:58:44. > :58:51.back into it and arguably threatened that little bit more.

:58:51. > :58:56.They have had the more obvious chances, nothing clear cut but New

:58:56. > :59:06.Zealand look threatening going forward, and that is key for the

:59:06. > :59:06.

:59:06. > :59:12.defenders of Team GB. Here is Smith, who liked the build up,

:59:12. > :59:16.though. Similar to Friday, the way you play with Kelly Smith, you get

:59:16. > :59:21.it in front of her, get it to her feet. Running on two balls like

:59:21. > :59:25.that does not really suit hair game. 33 now, and increasingly we have

:59:25. > :59:29.seen her play in the Kim Little role behind the main striker, but

:59:29. > :59:33.now back to being the main striker for what may be her international

:59:33. > :59:37.swansong. She has been a terrific player over the years, but Kim

:59:37. > :59:47.Little has been very effective, and now we need Kelly further forward,

:59:47. > :00:04.

:00:04. > :00:08.but you have got to give her the 22, Abbey Erceg. That's ridiculous.

:00:08. > :00:17.That's like playing every week. It's a good experience, though.

:00:17. > :00:21.did not deceive Dieke. Clever play. A little header by Casey Stoney.

:00:21. > :00:26.Good build up. She had to let it through her legs but a little

:00:27. > :00:36.harder by Casey's donor. Thank for the goalkeeper came out, I'm sure.

:00:37. > :00:41.

:00:41. > :00:47.New Zealand have come so far, having taken over from Australia as

:00:47. > :00:52.the leading team from that part of the world, Australia playing the

:00:52. > :01:02.Asian section of international competitions, they beat the USA in

:01:02. > :01:04.

:01:04. > :01:08.Dallas in February. It was Tony Readings first game in charge.

:01:08. > :01:11.There is always a story, isn't there? To get that close to the USA,

:01:11. > :01:21.they were favourites for this Olympic tournament. It's pretty

:01:21. > :01:56.

:01:56. > :01:59.good and shows how far they have have got to move the ball quicker

:01:59. > :02:05.in the final third. She was surrounded by New Zealand defenders

:02:05. > :02:14.and did not know what to do next. Kelly Smith needs to put the ball

:02:14. > :02:21.in the box because there were players there who will score.

:02:21. > :02:25.problem for stage just -- a problem there for Sarah Gregorius. All six

:02:25. > :02:30.foot one of her. You get the feeling she is frustrated but other

:02:30. > :02:35.players in the team are not on her level. Yes, she wanted the ball

:02:35. > :02:40.earlier. Good play by the New Zealand back four. She needed that

:02:40. > :02:50.ball earlier. And then did not expected when it came to her.

:02:50. > :02:56.

:02:56. > :03:06.leader. She moved to Germany after impressing after the World Cup in

:03:06. > :03:07.

:03:07. > :03:13.Germany a year ago. A great name, as well. Here is Abbey Erceg.

:03:13. > :03:22.Straight into Anita Asante. Kim Little helped it on that for Eniola

:03:22. > :03:31.Aluko. Smith waits in the centre. This is off the post. The closest

:03:32. > :03:37.we have come. Anita Asante, nearly made history. He should decide

:03:37. > :03:41.quickly what is going to do. Just get the post of. Everybody here

:03:41. > :03:50.thought it was going to go in. She ended up with a clear header, Anita

:03:50. > :03:55.Asante. A little kiss for the post. Thank you very much. She scored one

:03:55. > :04:02.goal in 50 by Games for England and became over seven years ago. Yes,

:04:02. > :04:07.but her name was in lights there. -- -- he scored one goal in 55

:04:07. > :04:15.Games for England. I don't think she will get a better chance than

:04:15. > :04:25.that. She won't. She did well. She got it towards goal and that's what

:04:25. > :04:37.

:04:37. > :04:42.you can expect. Just a little bit keep it. She did really well.

:04:42. > :04:49.that has given Eniola Aluko a buzz as well. When she gets going, she's

:04:49. > :04:55.very difficult to catch. She has added a few extra % to a game today.

:04:55. > :05:05.The Olympics has arrived. She was trying to arrive with it. That is a

:05:05. > :05:09.

:05:09. > :05:16.peach of a pass. Alex Scott. Jill work the corner and she has got it.

:05:16. > :05:22.Yes, nothing Scott could do. But she has got something on it. And

:05:22. > :05:32.that's positive. Heroine of the hour for England against New

:05:32. > :05:36.

:05:36. > :05:46.Zealand in the World Cup last year. position in this one for Team GB.

:05:46. > :05:50.

:05:50. > :05:57.In the six-yard box. Kelly Smith's contested. A great little ball into

:05:57. > :06:07.the near post. But Steph Houghton is a good header of the ball. Let's

:06:07. > :06:09.

:06:09. > :06:15.Anita Asante. She has had a better one. That one, really should have

:06:15. > :06:20.been taken. She tried to get it. Tried to change the direction of

:06:20. > :06:28.the ball then but all she needed to do was to get her head firmly on it.

:06:28. > :06:32.Oh, just over the bar. Would you believe it? Two golden chances for

:06:32. > :06:38.Great Britain and they have fallen to the same player, a player who

:06:38. > :06:42.scores only in a blue moon. She got herself on to it but look at it.

:06:42. > :06:48.Casey Stoney was going through the motions. I think Anita Asante had

:06:48. > :06:58.every right to go for it. Yes, you don't wait for somebody else, just

:06:58. > :07:02.

:07:02. > :07:10.in case they don't. Good effort. ball had a bit of check on it. It

:07:10. > :07:20.was nice for her. You can't beat Casey Stoney for skill. The captain

:07:20. > :07:29.

:07:29. > :07:39.is a little bit too wily to be Riley. Here is Smith. All the way

:07:39. > :08:01.

:08:01. > :08:11.stuff there. Alex Scott inside. She shoots and only just Mrs! Across

:08:11. > :08:12.

:08:12. > :08:15.the face of goal again. Great Britain coming close again. It's a

:08:15. > :08:21.good club their all into Alex Scott but I don't know whether she should

:08:21. > :08:27.have trusted her left foot and had a go. It was always moving away

:08:27. > :08:30.from goal, the ball. She will never school a better goal than the one

:08:30. > :08:36.she is good for Arsenal in the UEFA Cup final against Sweden a few

:08:36. > :08:39.years ago. Dig that run out on the internet if you can have. She has

:08:39. > :08:49.got a good left foot, as well, which is why I am so surprised she

:08:49. > :08:52.

:08:52. > :08:59.Scottish players have a fit in with this largely England side

:09:00. > :09:09.representing Team GB, seamlessly. Yes, they are good quality players.

:09:10. > :09:14.

:09:14. > :09:24.Jill Scott is starting to get involved a little bit more. Back

:09:24. > :09:26.

:09:26. > :09:30.got to make the most of this. just thinking that now is the time

:09:30. > :09:34.to score because the momentum it will shift back to New Zealand at

:09:34. > :09:42.some point are doing this game but when you're on top, you have to get

:09:42. > :09:47.this important goal. Reilly was unlucky to slice the ball behind. A

:09:48. > :09:51.corner has already been taken. Alex Scott, another good shot. It is

:09:51. > :09:58.Anita Asante again have. She could have had a hat-trick. She has not

:09:58. > :10:01.got anything. I can see her there, as the ball came across, she was

:10:01. > :10:08.determined to get on the end of it, but did not get the right

:10:08. > :10:12.connection. She headed the ball into the direction she was facing.

:10:12. > :10:16.She is smiling. She will take an awful lot of ribbing at half-time.

:10:16. > :10:23.Yes, she's never usually in opposition but she has agreed

:10:23. > :10:28.chances. She's played centre-back for so much of her career. She has

:10:28. > :10:38.played in midfield for England before and four club sides, playing

:10:38. > :10:38.

:10:38. > :10:48.in cerise and -- in Sweden with the Gothenburg team. Andy Riley. She

:10:48. > :11:08.

:11:08. > :11:13.They are all very well set-up and well run leagues. These girls

:11:13. > :11:16.appear a lot on the world stage. They are wanted by the best leagues

:11:16. > :11:26.in the world. It's a shame about the USA league but it has been

:11:26. > :11:34.

:11:34. > :11:38.positive there the other leagues in play. There is extra confidence

:11:38. > :11:43.about it as the game has gone on. Yes, a lot more energy. Karen

:11:43. > :11:47.Carney has got involved more. Kim Little is making those runs from

:11:47. > :11:53.midfield. It's great for them to hear the support of the crowd.

:11:53. > :11:56.Eyebrows were raised that the game is in Wales and has not won Welsh

:11:56. > :12:02.player in the squad, but many have travelled here and locals have come

:12:02. > :12:08.as well. We saw the queues added ticket office when we arrived and

:12:08. > :12:13.the interest is here, all right, real excitement. Jenny Bindon held

:12:13. > :12:20.on well. New Zealand will be very, very happy to going to half-time

:12:20. > :12:23.goalless. Yes, they started of the better of the two teams but Team GB

:12:23. > :12:27.have got a lot stronger and if they go in at half-time having not

:12:27. > :12:37.scored, a lot of disappointment there. You have got to take your

:12:37. > :12:37.

:12:37. > :13:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:13:24. > :13:29.draws the free kick. A yellow card for the New Zealand striker. I

:13:29. > :13:33.think it's rather harsh. It is harsh. Dieke was earned an

:13:33. > :13:38.excellent position. Casey Stoney went in for the ball, waiting for

:13:38. > :13:44.it. Yes, it was a foul, but there was nothing there, really. She was

:13:44. > :13:54.just frustrated she get the ball go. You have got to be allowed to

:13:54. > :14:02.

:14:02. > :14:07.Rebecca who had to take that course of action. Anita Asante scored a

:14:07. > :14:11.rare goal last Tuesday against Colombia. New Zealand played two

:14:11. > :14:19.Games in Switzerland as part of their preparations balls of they

:14:19. > :14:29.lost to Canada but big the Colombian's. -- but they beat the

:14:29. > :15:00.

:15:00. > :15:10.A lot of ideas going are far side. She did not really have anyone to

:15:10. > :15:19.

:15:20. > :15:29.recycle the ball with and get it the end of the first half. New

:15:30. > :15:31.

:15:31. > :15:41.Zealand will be happy for that to and Karen Bardsley got into a mess

:15:41. > :16:09.

:16:09. > :16:15.When it came back, she had delayed too long. It looked as though she

:16:15. > :16:25.was taking everybody on. Great play down the left-hand side, but just

:16:25. > :16:26.

:16:26. > :16:29.as the keeper went, she could have way wide, and that will about do it

:16:30. > :16:35.for the first half. All the good chances have gone to the British

:16:35. > :16:42.side. Anita Asante has had three opportunities, hitting the post

:16:42. > :16:47.with one. And Kim Little may be just taking the wrong option when

:16:47. > :16:52.her big moment came. Your thoughts. I think it was a good half, it

:16:52. > :16:56.ended well for Team GB, but a couple of chances got away. Anita

:16:56. > :17:00.Asante will not let that worry her, she is not a sort of player, but

:17:00. > :17:10.she has come the closest to any player of scoring in this opening

:17:10. > :17:11.

:17:11. > :17:21.match of the London 2012 Olympic Indeed she has, and her hair which

:17:21. > :17:24.

:17:24. > :17:28.gait the post was just one of many She kisses the post, the key venue

:17:28. > :17:33.she got away with that a few times. We'll have a look at those chances.

:17:33. > :17:36.Your overall impression of the first half and Great Britain or's

:17:36. > :17:40.start to the Olympic Games. thought we were quite nervous and

:17:40. > :17:45.if anything New Zealand had more possession and were in our half a

:17:45. > :17:48.lot more, but as the game has gone on, and as we have had a few

:17:48. > :17:51.chances, the players have relaxed and started finding each other's

:17:51. > :17:55.feet in their passing, and also it gives confidence, and they are

:17:55. > :17:59.going on to make more chances. got the sense of the occasion all

:18:00. > :18:04.the sudden when you saw Kelly Smith, a veteran for England, a record

:18:04. > :18:08.goalscorer, the power of the emotion of the day taking over.

:18:08. > :18:12.think that just epitomises what it means to all the players. Obviously,

:18:12. > :18:16.Kelly has been through a lot to get here, through injury and everything,

:18:16. > :18:20.and it shows what it means to the players. Perhaps it did overwhelm.

:18:20. > :18:24.I think it showed in the first 10 or 15 minutes, but they grew into

:18:24. > :18:29.it, the confident starter to get better, we started to create

:18:29. > :18:34.chances and started looking dangerous. We will look at his

:18:34. > :18:37.header in many ways, a sad day got a booking early on, and we thought

:18:37. > :18:42.about the tetchiness of the encounter in the World Cup. --

:18:42. > :18:45.Anita Asante. Perhaps the referee was marking her card early on,

:18:45. > :18:49.telling her the behaviour she expects. Probably so, she may be

:18:49. > :18:53.nervous herself, but I think it was quite harsh, and New Zealand have

:18:53. > :18:57.made a couple of challenges which have gone unpunished. It does not

:18:57. > :19:02.seem to be that kind of game, so it has settled and become more about

:19:02. > :19:06.the play, rather than the challenges. Anita Asante, let's

:19:06. > :19:09.have a look at some of the many chances that have fallen to her.

:19:09. > :19:19.Eni Aluko's good work has been consistent and led to the first

:19:19. > :19:30.

:19:30. > :19:35.three great opportunities. She has given Percival a torrid time in the

:19:35. > :19:41.first half, an experienced defender, who plays for Frankfurt and has 60

:19:41. > :19:45.odd caps. It is good that she is up in these positions. I think

:19:45. > :19:49.everyone knows that she is not well known for her heading ability, but

:19:49. > :19:54.she is getting herself into positions, and that is positive,

:19:54. > :19:59.something she can work on. It is a nice run. She attacks the ball

:19:59. > :20:03.really, really well. It is unfortunate. Jenny Bindon may be

:20:03. > :20:07.there for the taking, some dubious decision-making. I do not think she

:20:07. > :20:13.has been very commanding, she has sat back a little bit and allowed

:20:13. > :20:18.Team GB to get there before she does not look as confident as she

:20:18. > :20:22.so. A She is not a massive, imposing keeper, so you can see

:20:22. > :20:27.that they're trying to put pressure on her, tall players to cause

:20:27. > :20:31.problems, because she is not that imposing. The pressure mounted on a

:20:31. > :20:35.from Team GB as the half went on. Aluko created that first had a

:20:35. > :20:40.opportunity, and she had a good chance. Yeah, Eni Aluko has been

:20:40. > :20:46.the player of the half for mane. Both full-backs have done well, but

:20:46. > :20:49.she got herself in a good position, she has got four off by New Zealand

:20:49. > :20:56.players to beat, there was nowhere for her to put the ball, but she

:20:56. > :21:01.has had a fantastic car and has to take a lot of positives from that.

:21:01. > :21:05.That is what you want from a striker, for it to drop down and

:21:05. > :21:09.for her quickly to get the power behind it and put it on target, but

:21:09. > :21:14.obviously bodies were in the way. Steph Houghton getting at there as

:21:14. > :21:18.well. Yes, she had a free kick, good technique and the dead ball. I

:21:18. > :21:21.do not know if it was going to go in, may be hit the post, but the

:21:21. > :21:26.keeper had to make sure. She can certainly strike them from that

:21:26. > :21:31.distance, it is a good effort. can just see it turning onto the

:21:31. > :21:35.post, it was a good effort, and that is what she has got, that

:21:35. > :21:39.ability to do free kicks like that. It fell to Alex Scott nicely, and

:21:39. > :21:43.Guy Mowbray suggested she should have attempted this with her left

:21:43. > :21:47.foot, but to both SEN no, she did the right thing, the left foot is

:21:47. > :21:52.not an option for her. She has admitted that herself. All first

:21:52. > :21:58.half, she has got thought a lot, and there is a lot of space down

:21:58. > :22:02.the wing, and she is a player that Froggatt fought a lot more than

:22:02. > :22:07.staff, because she is more comfortable on the right foot. --

:22:07. > :22:11.that will get forward. You never know what can come from that, like

:22:11. > :22:14.Lucy said, it was drifting away from the goal. Because New Zealand

:22:15. > :22:20.are plain that diamond formation in the middle, there is a lot of space

:22:20. > :22:25.out wide. Aluko getting just before half-time and plays Kim Little a

:22:25. > :22:30.lovely ball, the timing would have been perfect. Absolutely perfect,

:22:30. > :22:34.just before half-time, we were screaming for them to score. She

:22:34. > :22:40.has caused personal all sorts of trouble, a nice ball behind, and we

:22:40. > :22:44.were surprised she did not go for that herself. You watch her week in,

:22:44. > :22:48.week out for Arsenal, and she would have taken that. She was a little

:22:48. > :22:52.bit unselfish. You can see the keeper and making her mind up early,

:22:52. > :22:59.and Kim would normally show that you are going to go that way and

:22:59. > :23:04.maybe think it over. But I am a centre-half! Dieke looked so

:23:05. > :23:09.comfortable, slotting right in there against the Sweden on Friday,

:23:09. > :23:13.and she has had some stellar moments. She has looked really

:23:13. > :23:16.strong, composed with the ball in possession, and I have got the

:23:16. > :23:21.impression from speaking to some of the girls that she gives them

:23:21. > :23:24.confidence and is very assured. She is very quick, and that is her main

:23:24. > :23:28.asset, that she can cover the ground quickly and get her body in

:23:29. > :23:35.the way. But here, she has been very impressive, she has fitted

:23:35. > :23:40.into that spot very well. She always seems to be around tidying-

:23:40. > :23:47.up, and she has found AGB player every time. Confidence is growing,

:23:47. > :23:52.you can see the goal coming. I do, Hope Powell must be sane, take

:23:52. > :23:59.confidence from that, you have create chances, you just need to

:23:59. > :24:04.score. It is important that we take the chances. I am sure she will say,

:24:04. > :24:07.it is positive, but I am not happy, we should be up, because those

:24:07. > :24:12.chances do not come around. You have to take your chances at this

:24:12. > :24:15.level. Tomorrow it is the turn of Stuart Pearce's men, who had a

:24:15. > :24:19.sobering experience at the Riverside when a very young Brazil

:24:19. > :24:22.side came into town. Integrating 18 men who have never played before

:24:22. > :24:26.with varying degrees of international experience has been a

:24:26. > :24:36.tough but exciting challenge. Garth Crooks has been inside the camp as

:24:36. > :24:37.

:24:37. > :24:39.they head into their opener against Team GB faced a tough beginning at

:24:39. > :24:43.Middlesbrough in their only pre- tournament friendly. It ended in

:24:43. > :24:47.defeat, but there were positives. Stuart Pearce believes his side

:24:47. > :24:51.will benefit from facing the team he sees as the best in the

:24:51. > :24:55.competition. In all honesty, whoever beats Brazil in this

:24:55. > :25:00.tournament and finishes above them will have a gold medal around their

:25:00. > :25:05.neck. But football is football, the next time we get the opportunity to

:25:05. > :25:10.play them hopefully will be the semi-final at the earliest, or the

:25:10. > :25:15.final, if we are good enough to get heir. We will be better prepared.

:25:15. > :25:17.The coach now has the luxury of a fully fit squad to choose from and

:25:17. > :25:24.their captain making his competitive Great Britain debut in

:25:24. > :25:28.familiar surroundings. Yeah, it estrange, going onto the pitch not

:25:28. > :25:31.as the United player, playing in front of United players. It is

:25:31. > :25:36.different, but a challenge am looking forward to. I am really

:25:37. > :25:40.enjoying it. First and foremost, going to be training camp,

:25:40. > :25:43.preparing in a different way than you would with your club. I cannot

:25:43. > :25:49.wait for the tournament to start. There will be a few that will come

:25:49. > :25:54.out of his better players, and it might serve England well, I am not

:25:54. > :25:56.sure, but I hope both countries come out of it with a legacy of

:25:57. > :26:01.better players. I think all 18 individuals build benefit from

:26:01. > :26:05.being here for two and a half weeks, they have worked with us and beyond

:26:05. > :26:09.that into the tournament. Senegal in Manchester, a tough

:26:09. > :26:13.opening test for this embryonic side. The first men's Olympic team

:26:13. > :26:16.to represent Great Britain since 1960 is very much a leap into the

:26:16. > :26:21.unknown. How they will fare depends on how they perform at the Theatre

:26:21. > :26:25.of dreams tomorrow night. We have seen a lot of Senegal, I was

:26:25. > :26:28.fortunate enough to go to their final play-off game and saw them

:26:28. > :26:33.qualify to get here, and lo and behold the next day they were in

:26:33. > :26:38.our group. They are a big site, very athletic, can counter-attack

:26:38. > :26:42.very quickly at you. But we feel as though we have got and if to give

:26:42. > :26:45.them a good game. Obviously, we need to start well, but if you're

:26:45. > :26:51.going to do well in a tournament, you need to get better with each

:26:51. > :26:56.game. I only ever prepare 18 to win, nothing less. So we are prepared,

:26:56. > :27:00.ready for action, and now are we going to be good enough to get out

:27:00. > :27:05.of the groove, to go beyond that? I am not sure, but I think we will

:27:05. > :27:10.grow as a group together, and I think the country will grow behind

:27:10. > :27:14.us as well, so I am looking forward to it. You have to hit the ground

:27:14. > :27:19.running in at first game, and from there you take it on the chin as it

:27:19. > :27:24.comes. Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and Robbie Savage will be here

:27:24. > :27:28.tomorrow at 7 o'clock with an hour's build-up to the kick-off at

:27:28. > :27:31.Old Trafford. Some other Olympic news now, and we are come to hear

:27:31. > :27:36.from Charles van Commenee, who has been talking to Joe was there that

:27:36. > :27:42.the controversy surrounding Phillips Idowu's injury. If I said

:27:42. > :27:48.Phillips Idowu te right now, what would your reaction be? Well, it is

:27:48. > :27:54.not something to laugh about, in fact. He is not here. I wish he was

:27:54. > :28:00.here. Because I think this is the best place to prepare. His coach is

:28:00. > :28:05.here, our best medical team is here, and all the athletes are here, so

:28:06. > :28:14.slightly frustrated with that. At the same time, I feel sympathy as

:28:14. > :28:20.well, because he is not in the greatest place from which to have

:28:20. > :28:27.the most important moment in his athletic life. And you never wished

:28:27. > :28:32.that to any athlete, certainly not an athlete who is one of our big

:28:32. > :28:35.names in his own town. Just as you say, Charles, this is where the

:28:36. > :28:39.preparation can is, this is part of your meticulous training, and there

:28:39. > :28:44.are good reasons for you to be here with your elite athletes. It seems

:28:44. > :28:51.strange that he will not come. Is there a breakdown in trust or

:28:51. > :28:59.something? Yes, obviously! Otherwise he would have been here.

:28:59. > :29:06.Yeah, but you know, that is a one- way thing. But it is his decision.

:29:06. > :29:10.I have basically one sanction, I could withdraw his entry to the

:29:10. > :29:14.Games. Obviously, are not going to do that, because I do not want to

:29:14. > :29:21.take that away from him, nor from the crowd, and if things work out

:29:21. > :29:24.for him, it could still be a great moment for the Olympics and for

:29:24. > :29:30.himself. Right now, do you expect him to be competing in the

:29:30. > :29:34.Olympics? I do not expect anything. I have no details about his

:29:35. > :29:39.physical state since one week. is a very difficult position for

:29:39. > :29:46.you to being as the head coach, to not know. Yeah, obviously, it is

:29:46. > :29:51.not right, but there's very little that I can do about it. I can, I

:29:51. > :29:58.can decide, you are not welcome! But I do not think that is the

:29:58. > :30:03.right thing to do this year, in this particular time so close to

:30:03. > :30:11.the Games. It is his choice, and we will see whether it is the right

:30:11. > :30:15.Earlier we showed you Gordon Banks of the Olympic flame at Wembley.

:30:15. > :30:22.The torch relay is a subject of a very emotive special programme

:30:22. > :30:32.tonight. Incredible. I know what the Queen feels like now. Wonderful.

:30:32. > :30:39.

:30:39. > :30:46.Marvellous. I'm out of breath. I've We are British and will come out in

:30:46. > :30:54.whatever the weather. What makes it special is people getting behind it.

:30:54. > :30:56.Just mind-blowing. I loved it. Britain's Olympic torch story

:30:56. > :31:00.recapture some other memorable moments from the torches 70 day

:31:00. > :31:07.journey across the country and tells the inspirational stories of

:31:07. > :31:10.the people who have carried it up. That is tonight, BBC One at 7:30pm.

:31:10. > :31:16.The second half in Cardiff is about to happen but it's not the only

:31:16. > :31:21.event under way. Last year's World Cup finalists are just about the

:31:21. > :31:26.kick-off, Japan entertaining Canada in Coventry. And the USA hosting

:31:26. > :31:34.France in Hampden Park. They are on the BBC's Board website and the red

:31:34. > :31:40.button. A promising ended the first half for Team GB. That's the way we

:31:40. > :31:43.want them to play going forward. Sniffing out any opportunities.

:31:43. > :31:46.they got to continue with that momentum. They didn't want the

:31:46. > :31:50.half-time whistle to blow because they were gradually getting better

:31:50. > :31:55.and better and they just need a goal and I think that will settle

:31:55. > :32:02.them down. We don't want to start looking for permutations. Brazil is

:32:02. > :32:06.the final group game. You want to pick up some points before then.

:32:06. > :32:11.The opening game you want to win it. You want a cushion so you can be

:32:11. > :32:16.more relaxed in the second game. At the end of the first up, they will

:32:16. > :32:21.be aggrieved we're did not get a few goals already. It's vitally

:32:21. > :32:25.important because we know we can beat New Zealand. It's a massive

:32:25. > :32:30.stage for so anything can happen. We are good enough and we have to

:32:30. > :32:34.take these opportunities and go forward. So we don't have to chase

:32:34. > :32:38.a result against Brazil. Ahead of the match, there were a lot of

:32:38. > :32:44.people outside the stadium who could not get in because a very

:32:44. > :32:48.tight security. I did know it is it fill up a bit. A word of warning

:32:48. > :32:53.for you if you are tickets, to get there in time and soak up the

:32:53. > :32:58.atmosphere. This is a double header because Cameroon and Brazil play

:32:58. > :33:02.afterwards so a very special afternoon of football in Cardiff.

:33:03. > :33:09.It shouldn't be a problem for the England team, certainly, who have

:33:09. > :33:13.played against teams at a World Cups and world championships.

:33:13. > :33:17.they are used to it to these kinds of occasions. You block things out

:33:17. > :33:23.and focus on of football and what you have to do as a team, so that's

:33:23. > :33:26.what I think they will be doing. There's more cheering when you are

:33:26. > :33:32.attacking mouthfuls of in Germany last year against France, there

:33:32. > :33:37.were boos and hisses. When you are in it, you tend not to hear the cry

:33:37. > :33:41.because you are so focused. noticed as well, a shadow on the

:33:41. > :33:46.pitch has developed somewhat. There is only a ten-metre strip which is

:33:46. > :33:56.now basking in the sunlight. Let's get on with the second half and

:33:56. > :33:57.

:33:57. > :34:02.over which was richly deserved and hopefully the players made the most

:34:02. > :34:09.of it. I can't stress to you how warm it is, particularly at pitch-

:34:09. > :34:19.side in Cardiff this early evening. Great Britain make the first change

:34:19. > :34:23.

:34:23. > :34:28.at the start of the second half. worked really hard and played

:34:28. > :34:32.really well in the first 45 minutes. We will try to discover for you

:34:33. > :34:39.whether it was a tactical or Kim Little was a feeling the effects of

:34:39. > :34:45.the heat or picks up an injury. Ellen White is on it. She can play

:34:45. > :34:48.wide, or through the middle as a striker. I think that is where she

:34:48. > :34:53.would go up. The main striker, the number 9, Kelly Smith perhaps

:34:53. > :34:57.dropping in behind her. In her number 10 role. This Great Britain

:34:57. > :35:03.team, there's quite a few permutations available for the

:35:03. > :35:11.coach, Hope Powell. Despite withstanding a battering in the

:35:11. > :35:18.first half, he has decided to entrust the second half to the same

:35:18. > :35:22.group of players is kicked off things an hour ago. Ellen White is

:35:22. > :35:28.more of a natural number 9 than Kelly Smith is. I think we will see

:35:28. > :35:35.the ball going to her feet a lot more. And she will pass the ball

:35:35. > :35:40.more to Eniola Aluko and Kelly Smith. She has not got the throw-in

:35:40. > :35:47.she is cheekily suggesting she should have got. Ali Riley can't

:35:47. > :35:55.believe she even had the cheek to ask for it. Alex Scott. Sliced it

:35:55. > :35:59.out of play by Katie Hoyle. looks like Hope Powell has gone for

:35:59. > :36:03.two up front, and it will be different, a little bit deeper for

:36:03. > :36:09.Kelly Smith to cope with that diamond of a New Zealanders. It was

:36:09. > :36:13.working in the first half. I wonder if anything is wrong Kim Little or

:36:13. > :36:16.just want to put a big centre- forward up. Before the match, she

:36:16. > :36:24.said he was always going to make a change in these conditions at half-

:36:24. > :36:34.time. Iffy Dieke as a bugle to express to Karen Bartlett as to why

:36:34. > :36:45.

:36:45. > :36:49.she was left to do that herself. the chance to threaten in the first

:36:49. > :36:54.half. Great Britain had seven chances. And they had chances for

:36:54. > :37:04.most of them. New Zealand, as we pointed out, have height in their

:37:04. > :37:08.

:37:08. > :37:13.team. The delivery is cleared by a the ball but the whistle has

:37:13. > :37:20.already gone. A free kick for New Zealand. What Kelly Smith was

:37:20. > :37:25.trying to do is stop the ball going past her. It didn't touch a player

:37:25. > :37:30.but the referee saw the intent. Now New Zealand have a free kick in a

:37:30. > :37:35.typical position for Team GB but a good position for them. The club

:37:35. > :37:38.great position for the Football Ferns. She was trying to block but

:37:38. > :37:48.at Ford of movement in football these days is not deemed acceptable.

:37:48. > :38:06.

:38:06. > :38:13.looking to tee up to Amber Hearn to about it. It didn't look like she

:38:13. > :38:21.was expecting it up. Well wide in the end. Another good striker of

:38:21. > :38:26.the ball. You have got to put them on target if you worry forward.

:38:26. > :38:36.have you ever come up against Amber Hearn in England? I think I did at

:38:36. > :38:44.

:38:44. > :38:49.one point. She is big and physical. their of Hannah Wilkinson. She was

:38:49. > :38:53.yellow-carded for a similar offence in the first half. Really

:38:53. > :38:57.disappointing if you get sent off in this game. It's not a game for

:38:57. > :39:03.sending off. There's not particularly been that many tackles

:39:03. > :39:13.to warranty yellow-card which have happened. Hayley Moorwood. She

:39:13. > :39:31.

:39:31. > :39:41.knows most of the Great Britain where could she go? Doncaster?

:39:41. > :40:04.

:40:04. > :40:08.Birmingham. The possibly. Your Great Britain, 0. New Zealand, zero.

:40:08. > :40:13.The opening game of the women's tournament of London 2012, the

:40:13. > :40:19.Olympic Games have started. The excitement has risen steadily,

:40:19. > :40:22.hasn't it? A it's great. excited. I can't imagine what it's

:40:22. > :40:32.like to play for the it must be unbelievable. Are they have settled

:40:32. > :40:38.

:40:38. > :40:45.into his first game. They will to play Brazil on Saturday in a

:40:45. > :40:55.double-header. Great Britain face Brazil next Tuesday as Brazil

:40:55. > :40:59.

:40:59. > :41:04.and was having to look an awful lot backwards to find it. She needs it

:41:04. > :41:09.team mates with her. She is similar to Ellen White, the way she plays.

:41:09. > :41:12.Casey Stoney stood up very, very well, but you have got to have won

:41:13. > :41:20.a good team mates up there. It is hot down there. It is still

:41:20. > :41:30.stifling. The stadium, as magnificent as this, it is a heat

:41:30. > :41:46.

:41:46. > :41:54.goalkeeper missed it. It did not miss the far post by much. It is a

:41:54. > :41:59.great bosom corner. Having a right footer on his left back, Steph

:41:59. > :42:09.Houghton, it would have gone straight in. Abbey Erceg got her

:42:09. > :42:25.

:42:25. > :42:28.corner. Abbey Erceg again in the thick of it for New Zealand. It did

:42:28. > :42:38.look ball to hand. It's difficult for the referee to make a decision

:42:38. > :43:00.

:43:00. > :43:05.where they left off in the first. Pressure on New Zealand. I think

:43:05. > :43:10.one of the messages from a Hope Powell is to push the game on 15

:43:10. > :43:20.yards, so they put New Zealand under pressure and it looks like

:43:20. > :43:53.

:43:53. > :43:57.they have done that. They have kept Just think, as a team, Lucy, the

:43:57. > :44:02.Great Britain team we saw on Friday, OK, it was a warm-up match against

:44:02. > :44:06.Sweden, but I think every member of the team has performed better than

:44:06. > :44:10.me on Friday. They have risen to the occasion. A number of factors.

:44:10. > :44:16.You do not want it injured before a big tournament and but always in

:44:16. > :44:26.the minds of players. Power experience has given an extra 50%.

:44:26. > :44:26.

:44:26. > :45:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:45:09. > :45:14.get the ball away from Jill Scott. Great covering by Steph Houghton.

:45:14. > :45:24.You can see what she was trying to do, slipping the ball in and she

:45:24. > :45:28.

:45:28. > :45:32.Great Britain turning their dominance into goals, will start to

:45:32. > :45:37.test a few nerves? I don't just mean in the crowd! I think it will.

:45:37. > :45:41.He wants to win comfortably so that you do not get nervous. At 0-0,

:45:41. > :45:51.you'll see what happened at the start up the game, a few misplaced

:45:51. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:25.passes. That so we get a goal New Zealand from their final third,

:46:25. > :47:02.

:47:02. > :47:11.a shot like that, but still by Riley, importantly for New

:47:11. > :47:15.Zealand. -- Block. The ball sat up nicely for Alex Scott, but that is

:47:15. > :47:21.great covering by the full-back. They are defending very, very well,

:47:21. > :47:27.New Zealand. If you are going to keep a clean sheet, you have got to

:47:27. > :47:31.be compact, and then back four is very compact. Credit to the coach

:47:31. > :47:41.and the back-up staff, because they do not really have to defend much

:47:41. > :48:09.

:48:09. > :48:15.to trouble Bardsley in the Great Britain goal. That is something to

:48:15. > :48:18.think about, it is the reason that Australia left the OSE, with the

:48:18. > :48:25.greatest respect to some of the smaller nations in that part of the

:48:25. > :48:29.world, they only have to play two games to qualify for the Olympics,

:48:29. > :48:35.they beat Papua New Guinea 7-0, which does not prepare you for the

:48:35. > :48:39.likes of USA and Brazil. playing at a high-level oil clung

:48:39. > :48:49.does prepare you, so you have just got to draw on that experience as

:48:49. > :48:53.well. -- for your club. The full- backs always attacking, and they

:48:53. > :49:02.could be missed because of the way they play the diamond in midfield,

:49:02. > :49:08.but they have played so far in this game. -- a risk. Boss-eyed, she has

:49:08. > :49:16.only just found out about it. -- offside. Only four of the starting

:49:16. > :49:22.line-up do not play in Europe, and one of those... In fact, only three

:49:22. > :49:27.of them, one who plays for Chelsea has gone off and made way for Betsy

:49:27. > :49:33.Hassett, who was expected to start. She plays in America where she is a

:49:33. > :49:38.student at the University of California Berkeley. A nice bit of

:49:38. > :49:41.sun cream on her cheeks as well, she is the palest of the pale.

:49:41. > :49:51.Zealand schools snowboarding Champion, where the weather is a

:49:51. > :50:03.

:50:03. > :50:10.bit different. But in California in trying to win the ball back. --

:50:10. > :50:15.filed. The last thing that some of these forward players want is the

:50:15. > :50:25.ball that far in front have them in Ms heat. The Sun has moved off the

:50:25. > :50:32.

:50:33. > :50:37.Blatter has come to lend his support. Support for the women's

:50:37. > :50:40.game has grown from him, after some rather misguided comments a few

:50:40. > :50:44.years ago. He was in attendance at the last World Cup in Germany and

:50:44. > :50:54.the European Championships in Finland in 2009. I think he has got

:50:54. > :51:16.

:51:16. > :51:19.time. Katie Hoyle read the danger. Quite a few players have slipped, I

:51:19. > :51:25.do not know whether they have watered the pitch a lot because of

:51:25. > :51:35.the recent hot weather. Quite a few of the players have slipped,

:51:35. > :51:44.

:51:45. > :51:54.she decided she was going to go for it and she was firm in their

:51:55. > :52:06.

:52:06. > :52:12.a regular game in the England team. Ellen White is going to do it all

:52:12. > :52:16.by herself. She was through for Great Britain but not finding the

:52:16. > :52:22.target, brilliant New Zealand defending, they came back with pace,

:52:22. > :52:25.and it was Ali Riley who kept it 0- 0. Great ball by Kelly Smith, just

:52:25. > :52:30.deciding when to pull the trigger, and it was a little bit too late,

:52:30. > :52:40.but what grates defending. When you have got a full-back as quick as

:52:40. > :52:43.

:52:43. > :52:51.it is a Great Britain free-kick. Now is the time to score, wouldn't

:52:51. > :52:54.you say? Such is the confidence here, near it -- never mind Kelly

:52:54. > :53:00.Smith, Steph Houghton has come across to grab the ball and tee it

:53:00. > :53:04.up. I think seniority will win in this one, but you never will stop

:53:04. > :53:14.she had one effort in the first half from a little bit further out

:53:14. > :53:26.

:53:26. > :53:35.wall does not start to encroach, also keeping a check on the Great

:53:35. > :53:39.Britain players in the midst of Steph Houghton scores, Great

:53:39. > :53:44.Britain have the lead, and Steph Houghton has the honour of scoring

:53:44. > :53:52.the first ever goal for Great Britain's women's international

:53:52. > :53:56.team at an Olympic Games! Team GB 1, New Zealand 0. Brilliant, brilliant,

:53:56. > :54:00.so pleased for Steph Houghton, hard and low right in the corner, she

:54:00. > :54:05.can't half strike a ball, and she got what she deserved, straight

:54:05. > :54:11.through the gap that Casey Stoney left and into the corner. Accurate

:54:11. > :54:16.with a bit of pace as well, fantastic! She just did enough. It

:54:16. > :54:21.curled away from Jenny Bindon, the wall did its job, the TV players in

:54:21. > :54:25.their job. Now we are on for a game, because New Zealand have got to

:54:25. > :54:30.take a few more risks. They were defending beautifully, a cheek

:54:30. > :54:40.free-kick conceded by Amber Hearn has cost them. What will that do to

:54:40. > :54:49.

:54:49. > :54:52.for Great Britain. -- Houghton. A sneak peek at herself on the big

:54:52. > :54:57.screen, she will be shattered from the celebration never mind anything

:54:57. > :55:07.else. Just keep your heads at the back, Team GB, because New Zealand

:55:07. > :55:18.

:55:18. > :55:22.have got to go for it. This is Jill Scott, hence it away. The shop

:55:22. > :55:27.is closed down as soon as it left the boot of Hassett. New Zealand

:55:27. > :55:37.corner again. Team GB have got to be committed to getting bodies are

:55:37. > :56:00.

:56:00. > :56:05.malign and stopping shots like that. Zealand to get a point from this.

:56:05. > :56:08.Tony Readings is a confident coach, he said he was confident of making

:56:08. > :56:15.the last date, that will still be is a now, but their next game is

:56:15. > :56:18.against Brazil. You cannot afford to have no points from two games by

:56:18. > :56:23.the time they face Cameroon in their last game. Kelly Smith

:56:23. > :56:28.offside, New Zealand not out of this yet. No, they are not, they

:56:28. > :56:32.are a good team. GB needs to soak up the pressure. Just to remind you,

:56:32. > :56:38.I did say it was time for a goal just before that free-kick.

:56:38. > :56:43.former team-mate of hills at Leeds, Steph Houghton got it. So pleased

:56:43. > :56:53.for at, coming on, playing on this stage, scoring the first goal is

:56:53. > :56:53.

:56:53. > :57:03.perfectly. -- parsley. That is brave goalkeeping, she was

:57:03. > :57:32.

:57:32. > :57:35.stretched in his heat. From what I have seen in his game so far, we

:57:35. > :57:40.have watched England in several tournaments together, this site is

:57:40. > :57:44.coming together as Team GB with the addition of Kim Little and Iffy

:57:44. > :57:47.Dieke the, the experience that the England players have gained from

:57:47. > :57:54.World Cups, it looks to have come on another level, when they are

:57:54. > :57:59.playing like this. Those two players fit in, Dieke is just solid

:57:59. > :58:03.at the back, giving Kelly Smith an arrest, I think. I cannot think

:58:03. > :58:10.that is a surprise. I think one How was the target, and she has gone

:58:10. > :58:20.more than the owl. Rachel Yankey, just the 118 England games has come

:58:20. > :58:21.

:58:21. > :58:25.on to replace her England -- will be looking to see and make

:58:25. > :58:32.those runs forward. Karen Carney has come into the middle to fill

:58:32. > :58:36.the role that Kelly Smith was in. Karen Carney is a clever player,

:58:37. > :58:40.lots of energy, she will be pleased that she is in that role now.

:58:40. > :58:45.anything, she was just a little frozen out of the game at times,

:58:45. > :58:50.out wide. You play your part, if you get a place in this team, you

:58:50. > :58:55.play wherever, but we will see the better of her now for the remainder

:58:55. > :59:05.of this game. What are we going to save from New Zealand? Fighting

:59:05. > :59:26.

:59:26. > :59:36.there, the pace -- the pass was not among the New Zealand substitutes.

:59:36. > :59:45.

:59:45. > :59:54.He has got to go for it, to try to Olympic goal in Beijing, a 2-2 draw

:59:54. > :00:04.against Japan. That's not going to bother Karen Bartlett. -- Karen

:00:04. > :00:34.

:00:34. > :00:39.in a group with Japan four years As far more important than the

:00:39. > :00:49.World Cup finals. Yes, I follow them on to it up. It's all going

:00:49. > :01:06.

:01:06. > :01:10.for goal, step into gold. -- I What a chance to miss spurned a!

:01:10. > :01:15.Sarah Gregorius had the moment are to draw New Zealand level and throw

:01:15. > :01:19.the cat amongst the pigeons. That chance was presented to her and you

:01:19. > :01:24.have got to beat the goalkeeper. She tried to place it in the corner

:01:24. > :01:30.but well done Karen Bardsley. The occasion may have just got to her

:01:30. > :01:34.but you have got to take your opportunity. Anita Asante, like in

:01:34. > :01:42.the first up, she went get a better chance. I bet she dreams about that

:01:42. > :01:46.tonight. -- she won't get a better chance. It should have been 1-1.

:01:46. > :01:50.Sarah Gregorius has scored against England at the World Cup last year.

:01:50. > :02:00.She does not score against Great Britain in the Olympic Games. Not

:02:00. > :02:15.

:02:15. > :02:20.though. Showing strength, showing deal to do, certainly in the first

:02:20. > :02:25.half, but has looked very, very solid in the second. She's a very

:02:26. > :02:29.important figure, one-on-one, going towards the keeper. I fancy her

:02:29. > :02:36.chances but you would be gutted if you were sent afford and missed

:02:36. > :02:46.that. -- it Euros centre-forward and missed that. She moved to

:02:46. > :02:50.

:02:50. > :02:55.Sweden recently. There is a few in corner. Are the Europeans generally

:02:55. > :02:59.catching up with the USA? I think so, yes, because a lot of them have

:02:59. > :03:04.had experience of playing their at that level and, athletically, they

:03:04. > :03:09.are now just as good. Technically, the Europeans are very technical.

:03:09. > :03:15.They are not far and away better now, the USA. Rachel Yankey spent

:03:15. > :03:25.her time playing professionally in the United States. Having the, 14 B

:03:25. > :03:42.

:03:42. > :03:50.g. -- Team GB. It -- having the will be a New Zealand substitution

:03:50. > :03:55.now. Annalie Longo is coming on, I think, for Kirsty Yallop. She

:03:55. > :04:00.played at the World Cup in at 2007 when she was only 16. She is

:04:00. > :04:06.competing the set here. Jackie met their parents outside and they were

:04:06. > :04:11.so proud of her. I think you can hear them. There is a ripple of New

:04:11. > :04:16.Zealand applause. She's played under 17, and 20, and other senior

:04:16. > :04:20.World Cup and Olympic Games. That is what you dream of when you are

:04:20. > :04:28.kicking your ball in the backyard. She still only young as well. What

:04:28. > :04:34.an achievement. Still only 21 and this is the 45th time she has

:04:34. > :04:41.played for a country. Little more than 15 and a half when she paid

:04:41. > :04:51.for China. Ali Riley certainly will not give this up for New Zealand

:04:51. > :05:10.

:05:10. > :05:15.with her head off. 15 minutes to go. kick for Team GB. As the tempo

:05:15. > :05:20.slows in the game, New Zealand are looking for Team GB to make

:05:20. > :05:24.mistakes. They have got to be firm, Team GB, keeps the ball, and its

:05:24. > :05:34.use the players have just come on like Rachel Yankey with her pace.

:05:34. > :05:34.

:05:34. > :06:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:06:23. > :06:33.Hannah Wilkinson to come back to see a free kick given against her.

:06:33. > :06:33.

:06:33. > :07:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:07:21. > :07:24.New Zealand get on with it quickly, her left hand. The referee blows.

:07:24. > :07:31.Rachel Yankey thought he was referee before that. She fell on to

:07:31. > :07:36.the ball. I sense a little bit of momentum has shifted in New

:07:36. > :07:46.Zealand's way. They have got to go for it. They've got to try to save

:07:46. > :07:54.

:07:54. > :07:58.could to make sure those long legs stayed down. New Zealand get a

:07:58. > :08:08.throw-in. The ball is spending an increasing amount of time in the

:08:08. > :08:08.

:08:08. > :08:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:08:55. > :08:58.possession and use the and have enjoyed. It will come to an end now.

:08:58. > :09:06.-- this is the longest spell of possession in New Zealand have

:09:06. > :09:16.enjoyed. It will come to an end now. She will keep it for as long as she

:09:16. > :09:26.

:09:26. > :09:30.does. She has just had a hurry up Britain. I thought there was going

:09:30. > :09:34.to be another change for a moment. The referee is calling a halt. I

:09:34. > :09:38.think she thought that was going to be one as well that nobody is ready

:09:38. > :09:43.on the touchline. Asking questions of the New Zealand bench. It's a

:09:44. > :09:51.balancing act for Team GB. The second goal could kill this game.

:09:51. > :10:01.If they press forward too far, they could risk conceding. Further out

:10:01. > :10:09.for Steph Houghton, this. Casey Stoney. It has gone. Casey Stoney

:10:09. > :10:19.is extremely strong in the air. But just didn't quite reach her. Amber

:10:19. > :10:21.

:10:21. > :10:28.no great hurry now. She's only just come on, as well. That's how hot it

:10:28. > :10:35.is. Scott, looking to be in prime position here. Rachel Yankey's

:10:35. > :10:42.corner. Eniola Aluko, to keep the attack going. It's a good cross and

:10:42. > :10:49.it is behind four another corner. It came off a New Zealand player.

:10:49. > :10:56.great bear in by Eniola Aluko. An attacking header -- a great ball in

:10:56. > :11:01.by Eniola Aluko. Jill Scott was on the end of it in the end of.

:11:01. > :11:08.puffed out her cheeks. Well- defended. It could have been worse

:11:08. > :11:14.for her. Rachel Yankey's corner. Eniola Aluko not able to jump for

:11:14. > :11:18.it. It just comes off her and goes behind. You are right about the

:11:18. > :11:27.balancing act for the British side now. Yes, they would love to get a

:11:27. > :11:37.second goal. If they have to grind out a 1-0, I'm sure they will. They

:11:37. > :11:57.

:11:57. > :12:07.has noticeably dipped, and that's burst of energy from substitute

:12:07. > :12:33.

:12:33. > :12:38.of the match by some way. She's a great game. Defended well.

:12:38. > :12:42.Athletically, she's done extremely well and she scored a goal. The key

:12:42. > :12:49.moment of this game so far. Free kick, right-footed, curling through

:12:49. > :12:54.the wall. Just on the corner of it. And fired away from Jenny Bindon

:12:54. > :13:01.into the corner. 1-0. New Zealand are running out of time and

:13:01. > :13:04.opportunities to equalise now. One huge one from Sarah Gregorius but

:13:04. > :13:10.it went straight to the goalkeeper. He is managing to stay cheerful

:13:10. > :13:13.about at all, though. Great scenes around the place, around the

:13:13. > :13:23.stadium and in the stadium. People are getting into the spirit of the

:13:23. > :13:38.

:13:38. > :13:44.Olympics. A big, big day for the top by Karen Barnsley. A great try

:13:44. > :13:48.by Amber Hearn. She's had the two of the game, particularly in the

:13:48. > :13:53.second half. She knew at some point, someone was going to unleash it.

:13:53. > :14:01.That would have gone in. Good goalkeeping. Determined to keep

:14:01. > :14:11.this clean sheet. Guaranteed the point. Amber Hearn coming as close

:14:11. > :14:32.

:14:32. > :14:37.deepest defender. They are a good together team, New Zealand, and you

:14:37. > :14:41.can see that by the way they defend and attack. I wonder what they are

:14:41. > :14:47.missing. You look at the defending and think, it's all there. Why

:14:47. > :14:49.don't they threaten more in these competitions? Yes, they are

:14:49. > :14:54.improving and the confidence of this game will give them, because

:14:54. > :14:58.they have had their opportunities and experienced it, and any

:14:58. > :15:08.difference for Sarah Gregorius, it would have been 1-0, totally

:15:08. > :15:21.

:15:21. > :15:28.of two New Zealand players. GB is the chant that has started to go

:15:28. > :15:36.around. Difficult for supporters to find a chant, they are not used to

:15:36. > :15:46.this. He is not difficult, is it?! Hyundai! It is not as if... They

:15:46. > :15:50.

:15:50. > :15:59.are many who think they should not be able to get used to it, that is

:15:59. > :16:05.the politics. You would never want to miss out on this if you were a

:16:05. > :16:09.player. Scotland's best player, Julie fleeting, said one year ago,

:16:09. > :16:19.although her position may be compromised by her position with

:16:19. > :16:41.

:16:41. > :16:51.left to go. Any other girl looks like she has still got some running

:16:51. > :17:06.

:17:06. > :17:11.sure the ball stays as far away as possible from their own penalty

:17:11. > :17:21.area. They are minutes away from winning the opening game at the

:17:21. > :17:48.

:17:48. > :17:52.I am not surprised, to be honest. It was really entertaining in the

:17:52. > :17:57.first half, GB got the goal in the second half, but it is difficult to

:17:57. > :18:00.maintain that intensity for any footballer. Yes, it is intense, and

:18:00. > :18:05.they have been no breaks for drinks or anything, which surprises me

:18:05. > :18:09.somewhat. Nerves play a part, they drain you at the start of the game.

:18:09. > :18:17.If you think too much about what the game means, you are wasting

:18:17. > :18:21.forward, and it is a chance for Fara Williams just to get a few

:18:21. > :18:26.minutes, a regular starter for England, she has had to make do

:18:26. > :18:31.with a substitute role for Great Britain in the first game. She is

:18:31. > :18:36.taking the place of Karen Carney. Will those Flaxby waving in a

:18:36. > :18:40.couple of minutes' time? Fara Williams is extreme experience that

:18:40. > :18:45.tournament football, a calm head in the middle. Karen Carney has done

:18:45. > :18:51.well. She is not have the, but you expect players not to be happy, she

:18:51. > :18:55.is so passionate about doing well. Williams tax in as a straight swap,

:18:55. > :19:05.giving more steal to the middle of the Great Britain team. -- Tax in

:19:05. > :19:39.

:19:39. > :19:44.really hard to get anything out of Yankey. That would have been the

:19:44. > :19:48.safe and secured a pass, but Yankey wanted another one to select. Will

:19:49. > :19:52.there be a last chance to equalise? I think Hope Powell would have

:19:52. > :20:02.wanted Rachel Yankey to keep it at that end, but they are looking for

:20:02. > :20:38.

:20:38. > :20:43.minutes for fans of the host nation to the ball, and then New Zealand

:20:44. > :20:47.will not score. He knows that, a little frustrated. The goal for GB

:20:47. > :20:57.came at a time was perfect for them, and New Zealand have not been able

:20:57. > :21:17.

:21:17. > :21:27.kick. She will take their time getting back to her feet. The two

:21:27. > :21:55.

:21:56. > :22:05.full-backs, like you say... The historic opening event of the

:22:06. > :22:15.

:22:15. > :22:18.London 2012 Olympics. Great Britain got to go early and they have got

:22:18. > :22:28.to go along, and they have got to make something happen from

:22:28. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :22:57.Zealand had a throw-in. Annalie one last chance to load the penalty

:22:57. > :23:07.area. This is it for New Zealand if they're going to get anything from

:23:07. > :23:12.

:23:12. > :23:22.the game. They are all getting minutes additional time at the end

:23:22. > :23:23.

:23:23. > :23:25.Zealand are concerned, because Great Britain have hung on at the

:23:25. > :23:33.end, but they deserved the win, because they have dominated the

:23:33. > :23:39.game. Hope Powell's team have got off to the best possible start,

:23:39. > :23:49.anti-Olympics has got off to a winning start for Team GB. Steph

:23:49. > :23:50.

:23:50. > :23:54.Houghton's free kick was the Karen Bardsley, the hero of the

:23:54. > :23:58.last 20 minutes or so, but Steph Houghton the hero of the hour, what

:23:58. > :24:03.a crucial goal that could prove to be. The way things are turning out

:24:03. > :24:06.in the other games, if GB could top this group and get a nice passage

:24:06. > :24:12.through the quarter-finals, who knows what we could be dreaming of

:24:12. > :24:16.in a week or so's time? What a lovely story, Faye, missing out on

:24:16. > :24:22.a 2007 World Cup and the 2009 World Championships, always knocking on

:24:22. > :24:27.the door. She was obviously a lot younger then, she missed out on

:24:27. > :24:31.selection, having to go through quite a few months of rehab, and

:24:31. > :24:37.then in 2009, she broke a leg doing extra training, John Denham over

:24:37. > :24:41.hurdles. She has had a lot of misfortune in the past. To have the

:24:41. > :24:46.confidence to say, Kelly Smith, I want to take this, is brilliant in

:24:46. > :24:56.such a massive tournament, but she has the technique. Not only in a

:24:56. > :25:01.

:25:01. > :25:04.both said, this is definitely for Kelly, definitely a left-footer,

:25:04. > :25:09.but to have the confidence to strike a all like that, it was

:25:09. > :25:14.exactly where it needed to go with pace, and to be honest the keeper

:25:14. > :25:19.had no chance. It was just a fantastic strike. We saw earlier

:25:19. > :25:24.that she came quite close, she had that belief, I am going to score,

:25:24. > :25:28.leave this to me, and that is what she did. She does well to keep it

:25:28. > :25:33.down, make sure it gets in and the Var, but it is well within the post

:25:33. > :25:38.as well. Bardsley, as I mentioned, made a couple of really crucial

:25:38. > :25:44.saves. Gregorius scored against England in the World Cup, the

:25:45. > :25:48.opening game, she came close. keeper did not have much to do, but

:25:48. > :25:55.she came out and dominated when she did, and Gregorius should have

:25:55. > :25:59.scored. Any centre-forward, when you're through on goal, she should

:25:59. > :26:04.have scored. Karen Bardsley stood up and made a good save. A just a

:26:04. > :26:08.bit our indecision between Alex and Iffy, but this is a great save as

:26:08. > :26:13.well. With her stature, she does that a lot in training. She is able

:26:13. > :26:16.to do that because she is over six foot. She gives the defence

:26:17. > :26:24.confidence, her presence and everything, and I think the defence

:26:24. > :26:29.tends to settle with her in goal. She is obviously brilliantly minded,

:26:29. > :26:34.she said she was going to use their substitutes, Hope Powell, and she

:26:34. > :26:37.did that again. That is what is really good, we have had a

:26:37. > :26:41.fantastic bench, lots of great players to bring on. Even the

:26:41. > :26:45.players we have not seen, they are impact players that can do a job,

:26:45. > :26:49.and it is a tough job for Hope Powell, but a nice one to have that

:26:49. > :26:59.selection. These are the latest scores from the other games that

:26:59. > :27:05.

:27:05. > :27:15.are under way in the women's France but have come back, it is 2-

:27:15. > :27:15.

:27:15. > :27:19.2. -- 2-0. What a heart that has been, you can continue to watch

:27:19. > :27:26.those gains on the red button. Later on BBC Three, highlights of

:27:26. > :27:31.us and the second half of Brazil against Cameroon at 7:45pm. You are

:27:31. > :27:35.heading over there to cover those games. Just a quick word, USA, when

:27:35. > :27:41.they were 2-0 down, it was going to be the shock of the tournament.

:27:41. > :27:46.France are powerful. Yes, they were 4th in the World Cup, beaten by

:27:46. > :27:50.America, so this was seen as the big clash of the first set of games,

:27:50. > :27:54.obviously a lot of their players are from Lyon, who won the

:27:54. > :28:02.Champions League, so confidence is very high. They have made massive

:28:02. > :28:06.strides recently, and to be two up, dark horses. We will have reaction

:28:06. > :28:10.from Hope Powell off on BBC Three, but what a start. You could have

:28:10. > :28:15.heard her screaming from back in wherever you live, because we were

:28:15. > :28:20.so delighted, we wanted a confident performance, and that is what we

:28:20. > :28:25.have and the win, so really pleased. Thank you for your company. The men

:28:25. > :28:28.kick off their campaign against Senegal tomorrow live on BBC One at

:28:28. > :28:33.7 o'clock with Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and Robbie Savage. Don't

:28:33. > :28:40.forget, later this evening, the story of Britain's torch relay, it

:28:40. > :28:44.is a great wodge on BBC One at 7:30pm. So the Games have begun,