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England, it appears,
are out-and-out favourites

with the bookies.

Is it coming home?
This is the one.

What could possibly go wrong?

England favourites in a tournament?
When has that ever happened?

I think England can go all the way.

England would, certainly for me,
be one of the top two

or top three favourites
to win the tournament.

The expectation on England is huge.
It's over to you, Mr Southgate.

I think we have the best attacking
line-up in the tournament.

But is this Gareth Southgate's
last tournament,

irrespective of what happens?

Although Gareth Southgate
has his critics, his approach

as England manager has proved to be

extremely successful
in knockout tournaments.

Gareth Southgate stayed on after
Qatar when many thought he would go.

Will that prove right or wrong?
What will be the end of his story?

The bunting's out,
the flags of St George are flying,

a nation waits.

Like it or not, how you end
is often how you're remembered.

Right, so one more go.
It all rests on this.

This is our best chance.

I understand
you want to change direction,

but your reasoning in the past was
that certain players, certain men,

brought something as valuable
off the pitch as they did on.

Yeah? You've never been
the manager that just picks

the best 11 individuals
and whacks them on the pitch.

You assemble what you think
is the best team together...

...for which you've taken
a lot of shit.

Yeah? But it's got us this far.

This far. I wonder
if that final mile

might need something
just a bit more from us.

More... I don't want to say
ruthless. That's not...

But... something...
for this final push.

A new approach.
It's like
Return Of The King, innit?

Yes.
Er, what's that?

Lord Of The Rings.
Like hobbits?

Did I say The Hobbit?
No, I said Lord Of The Rings.

Starts off where there's this
fellowship, and there's loads of

different geezers and different
tribes and different vibes,

and they all set off together.
And bit by bit, one by one,

folks start falling by the wayside
or get their heads chopped off,

and come the end, the very end,
it's just Frodo and Samwise

basically alone, heading to Mordor,

because it's only them
and, well, basically only him,

Frodo, who can return the ring
from, you know, whence it came.

I'm saying, yeah,
let's fucking do it,

escalate up a level.

All the best talent the nation has
in one side. It doesn't matter

if it gets a bit messy,
a bit testosterone-y,

one of them is going to put the ball
in the back of the net

in a final, AKA, ring
in the pit of lava! Job done!

Some of that makes sense.
Mm...
And Germany,

I suppose that is a bit like
your Mordor, eh, boss?

They came here all them years ago
to your peaceful English shire

and robbed the prize, and now you -
you, of all people -

get to go to them and bring it back.

England expects.

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Right, let's talk England.
One more friendly to go,

and Southgate has to name his 26-man
final England squad for Euro 2024.

It's exciting times.
It really is,
and a key part of

the Southgate revolution, and what
a remarkable revolution it's been.

Remember eight years ago, Iceland?
Yeah. Tell me about it.

What a nightmare that was.
His defining thing has always been

culture, conduct, mindset,
being a team.

Part of all of that is loyalty to
the players that built it with him.

And a lot of fans,
they think he's too loyal

and that that's a weakness.

Here you go.
Cheers, Gareth. Thank you.

All right, Slab Head?

Brilliant, yep.

HE CHUCKLES

So, how are you doing, Harry?
What, my calf?
Yeah,

we can start with your calf,
if you like.
Well, it's doing OK.

Yeah, you know, Physio says there's
real progress and I'm doing OK.

Good, good. Truth is, we're taking
a look, mate, at a few new players,

different combinations,
and so...

I'm sorry, Harry,
this isn't easy to say.

I won't be taking you to Germany.
I'm really sorry.

Oh, man.

And that's, er...

That's not in the balance?
That's sort of final?

It is, mate. Yeah.

I know that'll take time
to come to terms with.

Yeah.

You built something with me,
Harry, and the others,

and, er, however we do,
if we do well,

it'll be on the back of that work.

Would've been really brilliant
to stay to the end, though,

be one of the ones...

I, er...

I really hope you go all the way.
And I hope that for you,

cos... I consider you a mate.
I'll always be... grateful.

And, er...

Shurrup, Harry. Fucking hell.

Yeah, I've just been focused
on my recovery.

I think that's really smart.

I hear it's really improved,

but, erm, I'm afraid

that's where we are.

And players like Jude?

I want it to be OK for them.

I feel like it... like it
could be OK for them,

because of me and the others,
but, yeah, me.

Going out there,
taking the bullets we took...

...facing those people down.
Yeah.

BOOING

I'm sure the next generation coming
up know that and are grateful.

I know I am, Raheem. All you did.

All you've yet to do.

It's been a long time.

It's not going to work out
this time, Hendo. I'm sorry.

You always said, like,
that the care stuff, you know,

the stuff around
the stuff off the pitch,

that that was a big reason for why
we made our progress on the pitch.

And that'll all, like...

That'll all still be there,
won't it,

without, you know,
me and Maguire,

a lot of us group leaders
doing the chats and the check-ins?

That learning doesn't go anywhere,
Jordan, I know what's needed.

It's OK.
Honestly, boss,
because of that stuff, it...

It's honestly
pretty much the best thing

I've ever been a part of.
Brotherhood.

I can't thank you enough.

You all right, boss?

There's just nothing left to do now,
you know, but win. And it was always

about the win, of course,
but along the way, each tournament,

there were little gains,
small victories,

obstacles overcome, and that's
all... They've all been done now.

And so there's
no other single reason...

...for me left to be here
except to...

...to do it. To bring it home.

And they all know that out there.
Nothing else will do.

OK.

HE EXHALES

Good to see you. Come on in.

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Quickly, guys. Come on!

EXCITED CHATTER

Guys, come on!
Fellas,
let's do this. Line up, come on.

Fuckin' hell, Cole. You look like
a little lad at a wedding.

I hate smart stuff.
When was the
last time you wore something smart?

In court, probably.
Fellas, enough.
Come on. Let's represent.

Sorry, boss. Just joshing.

Ode to Joy
by Beethoven

Basically, they've only got
that tree in the Black Forest.

There it is. You see it?
You see it? Ah, it's great.

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Just a few more days now
for England to wait

before their first game
of the European Championship

after touching down in Germany

and arriving at their base
in Blankenhain.

Pressure is very much
onto manager Gareth Southgate,

saying if his side aren't
successful, he's likely to leave.

Vielen Dank fur die Einladung.

We'll do some interviews. Two
minutes and we'll get your keys.

Willkommen.
Danke.

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I want to see
our best players perform.

Yeah, this is never easy,
these opening games -

nerves are jingling around.

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And good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the start of
another England adventure.

The players believe
that they can be the ones

to end the now 58 years of hurt.
For those watching and supporting,

it is again time
to straddle that fine line

between hope and expectation.

In by Saka.

And in by Bellingham!

That is how it's meant to look.
Fabulous header.

England's special talent!

Serbia are growing into this.

Vlahovic!

And Jordan Pickford
to England's rescue.

Well, for England,
this is not how it began.

There's just not the same
connection, the same smoothness.

That was a hard watch, the second
half. They've had to defend

really, really deep.
We did
what we needed to do, you know?

Serbia were never going to
make it easy for us.

And it takes time, time to get
up to speed as a new squad.

But we'll get there and show the
fans, you know, what we're made of.

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Welcome back. England
didn't play well against Serbia.

Can they change that here today?

In goes Harry Kane!

1-0, England!

Oh, that's a super hit.

Denmark are level,
and England have a job on here.

Oh, it's a really tough one,
that, for England.

They've got away with a draw.

We can't be making any excuses,
and I won't.

We, er... We didn't press the ball
with enough intensity.

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That has been
a torrid match for Gareth Southgate

and his team.
But it's not just the
results that have everyone talking,

it's the lack of quality
in England's overall play,

with the manager under pressure
to turn things round.

It's finished England 0 Slovenia 0.
JEERING

Gareth Southgate's men
are going to the knockout stages

still searching for their spark.

Get Kane off!
He's our captain. Shocking!

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This is not
a pretty sight for Southgate.

Even the England fans
are throwing cups.

What has gone wrong
at this tournament?

We're nothing.
We're offering nothing.

Bellingham, a waste of space.

ANGRY SHOUTING

Ivory Coast sacked their manager
mid-tournament

and then went on to win AFCON.
If they're serious about

doing anything, they'll do the same.
Come on, England!

Call themselves fans? How dare they!

I would have lobbed
one of them cups back. Fuckers!

Look, Gareth, shall we...
er, a quick powwow

while the three of us...?
Well done, Gareth.

Standing there, doing that.
Bigger man. I think it looks good,

looks strong.
I'll always
stand there. I'll always do that.

Guys, the fans are always going to
want to express their anger,

but we have to stay focused.
Yeah. I mean, stay strong, but...

PHONES CHIME
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Arseholes!

What? What now?

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Ex-England players. They're
becoming very vocal, sounding off.

Fucking traitors.

"Rooney slams Southgate."
Blah, blah.

Lineker, too.
"Team's display was shit."

Like I say, noise. Can't let
the noise derail us. Block it out.

It's like they've all forgotten.
The vicious cycle -

overnegativity adds pressure,
which affects the players,

so they play shit, so there's
more negativity, more pressure,

so they play more shit. I really
thought you'd fixed all this,

Gareth.
I can't fix everything!

We're through to the next round.
Not that you'd know it.

Everyone get some sleep.

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Erm, do you want to discuss
any changes?
No, we stay the course.

A word with the lads before bed?

I think they've basically
all gone to their rooms.

Leave it. Maybe tomorrow.
It's just that... Look.

You know, I've always been
a bit of a moany sceptic arsehole

about all the warm and fuzzy stuff,
but I hold my hands up -

the vibes in the camp, they're
not clicking. The social areas

are empty. No-one is checking in on
anyone to see if they're all right.

Look, we don't have time to... We
can't reinvent the wheel every time.

This is our last shot, and we have
to just get it over the line. OK?

That's the only job.
Nothing else. All right?

Stay the course.

Boss, can we...?
Not now, Harry.

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You all right, Harry?

He OK?

Yeah. He'll, erm...

He... He'll chat tomorrow.

OK.

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England players and
England staff would be the first

to admit they haven't played well.
They didn't look as if they had

any energy. They couldn't press.
They didn't create any chances.

They were under pressure.

And they were second best
most of the game.

But the bottom line is, er...

...we haven't won nothing as a nation
for a long, long time.

You know, a lot of these ex-players
were part of that.

They know how tough it is,
these major tournaments.

They know what it's like
to wear the shirt, so...

I'll never dig anyone out.
It's just...

...just the reality of remembering...

...what it feels like
to wear the shirt.

Critics of Gareth Southgate
have said, "You get ahead,

"you're playing well,
and then it gets a bit defensive,

"a bit negative."
Guys kicking off. Usual thing.

Underwhelming.
Who cares what we think?

Expectation has risen.
Not good enough as a manager.

Absolute shite. Absolute shite!

Not good enough as a manager.

That's what you get back
for sitting back, you boring prat.

That's what you get, you boring
prat! You bloody deserve that.

HE PANTS

GREG, ECHOING:
Bring it back.
End this quest.

WHISTLE BLOWS

And Kopke's right there.

Hey!

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Gareth Southgate
coming forward now.

And Kopke's right there.

Gareth Southgate coming forward now.

And Kopke's right there.

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And Kopke's right there.

They are out. No 1966 in 1996.

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So, England
in search of a spark.

Slovakia in search
of a big, big upset.

Yeah, this is a huge moment
for England. It's the last 16.

The whole thing shifts up a gear,
the knockout stage.

Slovakia fearless
and with everything to gain.

And that is England's test.

Push up!

Gareth Southgate feeling this.
It is not comfortable.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Yeah, it looks pretty tense
out there.

England fans expecting, demanding.

England shirts heavy
on the back of England players.

It's Strelec. He's played it in here
for Ivan Schranz!

And Slovakia have the lead!
England
REALLY need to up their game now.

Gareth Southgate's team up against
it. England 0 Slovakia 1.

What has he got to do
in this half-time break?

He's tried minimum interference.
I was sat on a bench

eight years ago in Nice,
where England played Iceland,

and this has got Iceland vibes
written all over it.

It's now or never for Gareth,
because we've heard a lot about

spirit in the last six years,
rightly so, of this group

and how it's all changed. That was
going back yesteryear, that was.

That was a group of players
who weren't together out there.

RAISED VOICES

Fucking shite, man.
That could have been 2-0! 3!

Why is everyone acting
so nervy, man?

Why's there no link-up at all?
I'm doing my best.

I'm not blaming, I'm saying.
I'm trying to get on the ball.

He's not trying, Jude. Why's there
so much space on the right?

Let's use this moment to reset.
All right? They pressed us high

first half. Second half,
they're going to bed in.

We've got to take charge
of the tempo. But only if we keep

our heads, work together.
Are they
a team? Are they in this together?

All these question marks are there
now, and it doesn't look like it.

All the top managers, all
the really good managers out there,

I always go back to it,
are gamblers. They are gamblers,

sometimes on the pitch
and off the pitch.

Everyone needs to stay calm.
Something needs to change.

HE needs to change something.
All
right, Jude.
Not good enough, man.

OK.

We aren't where we want to be.

We're 1-0 down.

And if it stays that way...

...we're going home. Tonight.

And it's over.

They're going to slaughter us.
Slaughter us!

Headlines. Chatter.

You think it's bad now?
If we lose to Slovakia...

Don't think about
something that hasn't happened.

Slovakia, a shitter side
we should wipe the floor with!

Listen to the boss!

Do we want to give up,
or do we want to fucking fight?

OK, Phil, guys, for a second,
decompress and then... Mike?

So, look here.

We conceded from an inside pass
down the right channel.

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Gareth?

How did it come to this?
I don't
know.
The fear's back, isn't it?

You can see it in them.
So what do we do?

Harry looks out on his feet.

Jude, for all his bluster, looks
the same. Refresh those positions.

There are some hungry young bulls
in there,

desperate for some intervention,
some change.

Oh, I don't want to
further unbalance it all, though...

...the shape. Maybe.

It's a real thing, you know, Steve.

To have intervened
so catastrophically

in the course of events once.

Had I not put up my hand,
had I just left it to fate...

Yeah.

But that got you here,
didn't it?
Yeah.

And we have to do something.

After all...

...what have we got to lose now, eh?

Kevin Keegan resigned
in the bogs, didn't he?

Last ever game at the old Wembley.
Lost to Germany.

Fitting... metaphorically. England
manager, the shit and all that.

GARETH LAUGHS

Gareth, we're here now,
and we're not going to be again.

Here, Tripp,
you've got to switch on.

Guehi, you know what you're doing.
All right?

Boss.

How lucky are we...

...to be here?

Doesn't feel like that right now,
I know, but, my God...

...to have found
the thing we love doing,

and to be able to do it
for our country.

I'm not going to pretend
that things don't feel

really, really tough at the moment.
You don't feel loved out there,

and who doesn't want to be loved?
I know I do, and I've wanted that,

and that has sometimes
overwhelmed me, paralysed me.

Two minutes.
Yeah.

But we can't change that out there.

England, it's... it's
an angry country right now,

and it's taken a lot of that out
on you, which has been surprising.

Even ex-players, who should know
better about what this feels like...

But one day...
one day, that could be you.

It's like commentating, watching
and wishing anything...

...you were back here...

...doing this.

I won't be England manager
for much longer. Whatever happens

in these coming minutes,
this tournament will be my last.

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Gareth...
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For real?
Yes. Come on, we know that.

Yes, for real. And that's OK,
because that means

I will be the one who takes any
and all flak, the slings and arrows

after defeat. I will be the story,
which means that you guys...

...you should feel free
to try anything,

create anything, creating moments,

because that's all life is,
when you think about it -

the right now. So let my end
liberate your present now.

From the very beginning,
we dreamt of writing a new history.

Well, you all know that,
historically, England's pattern

has always been score early and then
sit back, get hammered, concede.

And we've repeated that in each
exit Russia, Wembley, Qatar.

England loses faith
as time goes on.

Don't.

Rewrite THAT part of our story,
if only that.

Keep believing. Keep going,
right up until the final whistle,

because one day you will look back
and give anything to be back here...

...with this team.

WHISTLE BLOWS

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Foden's delivery.

Kane's header!

England need to be
finding the target.

These are tense times.
This is right on the edge now,

and time is running seriously short
for England here.

More seconds tick away.

More nerves have been shredded.

Southgate is
his own harshest critic,

but he wasn't expecting this.

They just about escaped
from the group.

Now they need another Houdini act.

Ah, well. Nice speech, but, erm...

Thanks.

Three minutes over.

This is it.

Yeah.

What will you do?

Golf... maybe.

Wife wants us to walk places.
That's nice.
Hmm.

Maybe.

It's been the honour of my life.

You know that.

Yeah.

It has.

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It has just
not happened for England.

Walker's throw-in.

England need a moment.
They need a special something.

And England have saved it
at the last!

Jude Bellingham is their saviour!

On the very cusp of elimination,
he has kept England alive!

Melodramatically late in the day
and utterly brilliant.

It is an exceptional goal.

England 1 Slovakia 1,
and England are still in it.

It's Cole Palmer's free kick.

In for Harry Kane.

And the whole world
has turned on its head!

Less than a minute into extra time,
and England, from nowhere,

are suddenly precisely
where they need to be.

England 2 Slovakia 1.

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Playing for England
is an enjoyable feeling.

There's also a lot of pressure. You
hear people talk a lot of rubbish.

So it's nice to know that
when you deliver, you can give

some of that back.
Jude, people will
be saying, who writes your scripts?

I do.

England into the quarterfinals.

What a star. Unbelievable, in't he?

Fluke it all the way
to the final. We can do it.

They're going to win it. Of course
they are.
It's coming home!

Jude! Look at this! Old school.

I love a good bit of cards, me.

Play?
Yeah.

What's your game? Blackjack?

Blackjack. Remind me. That's, erm...

21.
Which you've just turned...
only days ago.

H started learning chess.
He's a bit of a legend, in't he?

Everyone seems to, like,
proper look up to him, don't they?

Been your man since the beginning.
My captain? Yeah.

I feel like people...

...I don't know, kind of paint me
as being the opposite...

Like, I'm dead arrogant
or something.

Jude, you're going to be
one of the greats.

I know that already.
For your country,

your club here in Germany.

GARETH TAPS ON TABLE

Yeah, here.

I burst into tears
when I left Birmingham.

Did you? Why?
I don't know.

Home, innit? Family. You know?

That may have been one of the best
England moments, goals ever.

Saved my arse, truth be told.
We were set for another Iceland.

The things you said
at half-time was like...

It was like something from
an old war movie or something.

I don't know, it just sank in.
I think I get a lot of my values

from my grandad, who fought
in the war. That idea of service.

I remember him polishing his shoes,
putting on his tie,

even just at home -
smart suit, waist...

And waistcoat.

Do you think we're going to be all
right now? Was that a turning point?

Nothing is guaranteed.
Can't take anything for granted.

Mm.
And we can't control
the cards we've been dealt.

But we CAN control how we play 'em.

BOTH LAUGH

Nice.

Gareth Southgate can
pull them together, I think.

I think what he needs to do
is remember what he used to be

ten years ago,
when he came into the job.

So, er... So what's this, then?

Press conference.
Won't be easy, but...

But better than it would have
been. Could have been.

Feel good. New lease of life.

Yeah, it all feels like a bit of
a bonus, this, Gareth. Extra time.

Are you trying to focus?
Do you want me to stop talking?

No, it's all right.

PITCH-SIDE INTERVIEW

Gareth!

Andreas!

Erm...
I'm just doing
a little, er... You know,

they love us old boys coming on,
chatting the chat.

Yes, and look at you now. Wow!

Do you often...
think of that moment?

I felt sort of, erm... I don't know.

...bound to you in a strange way,
by being bound to that.

What, you and me?

Sure. It was, of course,
a great moment for me.

THE defining one of our careers.
Well, one of them, maybe not THE.

I was part of the team
that won the World Cup in '90.

Wah!

That was wow.
But, erm...

...ours is not the one moment
you play and, erm...

...replay?

No.

No, for me, it was Croatia,
two years after,

losing 3-0 in the quarters.

Oh, my God. Such a haunting moment
for Germany. Three goals I let by.

I think of those players
all the time.

But what can you do?
Yeah,
I just thought that, erm, well...

GARETH LAUGHS

...you know, given England, Germany,
big historic rivals...
England?

You are not our big rivals.
It's the Dutch!

The Dutch?
I see why you always
feel this thing to prove.

And maybe you will this time.

Yeah, maybe.

Do you want a photo with me?

Sure, yeah.

Oh, hold up.

Do YOU want a photo with ME?

Oh, yes, sure! Exactly!

OK. Nice?
Yeah. Yeah. Oh.

If you give me your number,
I'll send it to you.
Sure.

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Quarterfinals
of a major tournament -

always something special
in the air.

But there's even more excitement
than ever around this place today.

Same old story -
England in a major tournament

and a penalty shoot-out again.

Cole Palmer's first up.

And he scores.

Bellingham with absolute certainty.

And so it is
Bukayo Saka's turn.

A poignant moment indeed
for a young man three years on

from his heart-rending moment
in the Wembley final.

How broad are
those young shoulders?

He's up to it OK!

England 3-1 up.

And that Saka smile is radiant.

Trent Alexander-Arnold
to take England through

to the last four of Euro 2024.

Trent without a flicker of doubt!

And England are into the semifinals.
Five perfect penalties.

Penalty pressure, it seems,

no longer the England issue
of years gone by.

One by one they stepped up,
one by one they scored,

and England march on.

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Look, everyone knows
what happened back at the Euros.

You can fail once, but

you have a choice in life
whether you put yourself

in that position again or not.
And I believed in myself.

I didn't focus on the past. That's
done. I can only focus on now.

And there's only two games now
until we can change our lives

and make history
that's never been done before.

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Great.
Thanks, Bukayo. Thanks very much.

Thank you.
Best of luck.
Thanks.

-
Good evening, everyone.

Welcome to Dortmund,
which is under Dutch invasion.

There has been a lightening
of the mood, a sceptical positivity.

Sometimes after coming through
adversity, belief grows.

We're ready. We're going to win.
We're going to bring it home.

Xavi Simons!

Fine goal.

Kane!

It's over. But he is hurt.
He is writhing.

And that is an England penalty.

Of course it's Harry Kane.

It's in!

Phil Foden...

Ooh, it's off the line.

Problem for England here.

And Kyle Walker has solved it.

Oh, it's in!

And the flag is up.
WHISTLE BLOWS

The goal doesn't count.
Ollie, Cole,
you're on. Get warmed up.

Last ten minutes, and these
England changes have been coming

for a while, and Harry Kane
is being removed here.

Cole Palmer and Ollie Watkins,
each with a late chance

to impact England, then,
with a fresh, new source of ideas,

a couple of sharp, creative
minds and bodies.

Come on, lads!

Into the last minute of the 90.
Cole Palmer looking to inspire.

That's a lovely ball for Watkins.

Oh, he scores! Watkins
through an impossible angle,

across and into
the far bottom corner.

What a strike that is from Ollie
Watkins! Netherlands 1 England 2,

and we're into added time
in the semifinal.

It seems England are set for Berlin,
thanks to Ollie Watkins.

Ollie Watkins!

Gareth's men have fought
to the final moment!

They simply will not give up!

And for the first time,
England will play in a final...

Come on!
...on foreign soil.
One more! One more!

What a dramatic finish yet again
for England.

Yes! Come on!

One more! Come on!

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na

♪ Freed from desire
Mind and senses purified

♪ Freed from desire

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na. ♪

HE DIALS

RINGING TONE

I wasn't sure you'd answer.

-
Not answer?
Piss off! It's you.
Where are you?

I'm just out for a walk, actually.

You?
Yeah. Same.

So, well done. Another final,
another milestone. Amazing.

Are there good vibes back home?

Yeah.

Well, now, at least, anyway.

It all just feels so perilous at the
moment, Pippa, this final moment.

Perilous in what way?

We tried something new,
didn't we, like you once said?

And it did seem to work -
has worked, for the most part,

We turned the ship around
against scepticism and doubt,

but... but I worry
how something ends

is how it'll be remembered.

Happy ending or a sad one
kind of thing?

I suppose. All the great stories
have one or the other.

Yeah, but life isn't
as simple as a story, is it?

You know, we framed this... this
quest like that when we started -

beginning, middle, end.
But things don't necessarily

start and end like that, do they?
Time moves on. So do we.

No, but our project, though,
if it gets, I don't know, reversed,

if it isn't proven to work fully
when it's no longer me,

it might all go backwards
to the old days, the old ways,

and all just slip away.
I hear that, but you can't

control the future, can you?
You can only control the now.

Yeah.

-
Good evening. I hope
you've done your Sunday chores,

cooked your Sunday roast,
watched the Wimbledon final,

stopped worrying about
work in the morning,

and instead are looking ahead
to a night that could change

the story of football
in our country for ever.

No England team has ever won
a major tournament on foreign soil.

Sporting immortality
is within their grasp.

Look, I'm not a believer
in fairy tales.

But I am a believer in dreams.

This is our dream,

a dream no other England player
has ever got to make real before.

150 years.

Our first final abroad,
here, Germany.

Once upon a time, such moments
were once in a lifetime.

But here, look -
England, a final again.

You're turning the rare
into something regular,

a new England that comes
from behind, that fights,

because your England knows
nothing is ours by right.

We've got to earn it.

Remember this moment.

Remember this dream.

Come on, England!

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

-
Oh, what an occasion
we've got here, Guy.

Good evening, everyone. I hope
this England team go for it,

have no regrets and make history.

WHISTLE BLOWS

England!

England!

Nico Williams is closing in

and finishing with poise
past Pickford. Spain in front

in the early moments
of the second half.

England caught cold at the restart,
and the Spanish have pounced.

Saka's on his way here,

Bellingham can move it on.

And Cole Palmer sweeps it home!

A euphoric moment for England.

It's all square,
with a quarter of an hour to play.

-
England
alive and kicking again.

All of a sudden,
all things seem possible.

And Oyarzabal has dashed onto it,
and Spain have grabbed the lead back

with time running out.

FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS

Spain are European champions,

and in the end,
the best team probably won it.

But how many times
is your heart going to break?

Sometimes a picture can say
more than a thousand words,

and the look on Gareth Southgate's
face tells it all.

As a proud Englishman,
it's been the honour of my life

to play for England
and to manage England.

We have the best fans in the world,

and their support
has meant the world to me.

But it's time for change
and for a new chapter.

Sunday's game against Spain was
my final game as England manager.

Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me
great pleasure to introduce to you

the England manager, Thomas Tuchel.

I'm sorry I have a German passport,

but hopefully
I can convince the fans

that I'm proud to be
the English manager.

I will do everything I can to
respect this role and this country.

The target for the next 18 months

is nothing else than putting
a second star on the shirt.

This is the biggest role
in world football.

I'm aware that I'm standing
on the shoulders

of a great many giants.
PHONE CHIMES

There will be those fans who'd say
they would have preferred

the England team to be managed
by an English coach...

-
A German!
I say again, a German!

-
I can assure you
that I will give my best.

As Lee Carsley was asked, will you
be singing the national anthem?

Does the England manager have to?

INTERVIEW CONTINUES

Gareth?
Oh, Thomas.
I hope
this is OK. I know this thing

of an Englishman's home
being his castle, and all that.

No, of course. Please.

I meant what I said about
standing on your shoulders.

Yeah, I meant it, too, when I said
it. I'll be out of here in just...

No, please, take your time.

It's not my place to ask, but...

...I did wonder your plans,
continuity or change?

A clean break is often important,
just as you did, but I'm building on

your work of change, Gareth. You got
closer than anyone else ever got

to bringing it back here.
You prepared the podium.

It's up to me now to make that
last step. And, hey, ten years ago,

no truly world-class manager
wanted this job.

You mean that's why I got it?
Well, yes.

Exactly.

But if I did say something
on your record, I would remind

people that, for 58 years,
England never made it to a final,

but you took them to two.
I would remind them

that your run of semifinal, final,
quarterfinal, final

is the best run in English history.

I would congratulate you
that you won more knockout games

than every single other manager
since 1966, combined,

all of the games added together.

You made the unsurvivable
survivable, Gareth,

the impossible job possible again.

Thank you.

I will say none of this, of course,
and join in with the booing.

Yeah.

Look after them, won't you?

Oh, they'll be fine.

That's your legacy, Gareth.

They're going to be fine.

I remember asking my players
all those years ago,

when this journey first began...

...what they thought
their England was -

what's mine, what's yours

and what we want it to be.

And I suppose I wanted mine
to be one of hope

and kindness,

of progress over time.

Time.

Isn't that why we care so much,

these markers
every two and four years,

something that frames
the moments of our lives,

where we were at
and who we were with?

We're all part of an unbreakable
chain that goes back and back...

...but also forwards, too.

And for an old country,
it's the forward that matters now,

the next quest, the next goal.

There isn't such a thing
as a beginning and an end.

Nothing is ever really final.

A country is only
the stories we tell ourselves...

...about ourselves,

a series of moments
seared into one memory,

stitched together across time.

England is a story
we're all writing,

and it's never over, never done.

Oh, come on, guys!
It's started! Kick-off.

Come on.
Flynn! Mia!

-
Can Thomas Tuchel's
England get off to a winning start

under his tenureship? England
versus Albania is coming up next.

Since I was a young kid,

the only thing I wanted to do
was play football for England.

HE EXHALES

Sweet Caroline
by Neil Diamond

♪ Sweet Caroline

♪ Good times never seemed so good

♪ I feel inclined

♪ To believe they never would

♪ Oh, no, no

♪ Sweet Caroline

♪ Good times never seemed so good

♪ Sweet Caroline... ♪