appears that wembley, the officials, the marshals and stewards outside the marshals and stewards outside the stadium have this situation under control. it would appear at this stage it is only an isolated incident or an isolated number of a few incidents of fans trying to access the stadium without tickets tonight. access the stadium without tickets toni . ht. . access the stadium without tickets toniaht. . , , ., ., tonight. that is very good to hear, that some order tonight. that is very good to hear, that some order has tonight. that is very good to hear, that some order has been - tonight. that is very good to hear, | that some order has been restored outside. may bejust that some order has been restored outside. may be just a few flashpoints. it has been incredible, the atmosphere. such excitement. let s get to matters on the pitch. both the teams are in position now. perhaps when we go back to the start of the tournament, this was the dream final from the way italy started. bu
confidence back to a team that was in despair in bars as well. they despaired not qualifying for a world cup for the first time in 60 years. mancini magic has revitalised the team. you can see the verve and dynamism and joy there is, the mere fact they can do this after all this very, very tough few months of coronavirus, the economic crisis. many people here feel that they have already won. you can see in this piazza here in central rome, there are amazing weeks with the italian flags, roman gladiator helmets. roma italian flags and blue shirts everywhere. they are feeling confident. they know they are up against a very strong england side playing with a home advantage. but they feel that they are going to give it a very, very good fight indeed. it will be a finely balanced match tonight. it really could go either way. match tonight. it really could go eitherway. i match tonight. it really could go either way. i have to say that for many of the people here in central rome, they fee
opinion or not, leaving foden, greenish, sancho out, playing kieran trippierat greenish, sancho out, playing kieran trippier at left back, he s done the best thing he sees fit for the team, regardless of status or how these players are. that s the biggest compliment. gareth southgate has been so impressive and measured and impressive and measured and impressive as he was when he was the fa s head of elite development. that was a role he held. he had such a say in the blueprints behind saint george s park, the england training camp they have so enjoyed staying at. it open to nine years ago. he set up the way that it operates, bringing all the england age groups together, the women s team, the developmental teams, the disabled teams, as well. all in one place. and this whole england environment has benefited from that. mike rigg was also part of the team that helped to establish st george s park. he s very complimentary about
many thanks indeed. a fantastic fortnight from him and the team. you have cursed us with your big umbrella! the heavens have opened here at wembley. we have shown you already how england progressed to this european championship final. their second majorfinal in this european championship final. their second major final in 55 years. the azzurri, they are used to reaching finals, four time world cup winners. let s show you what they ve done over the past month. italy are into the final. what a team at roberto mancini has put together here. for team at roberto mancini has put together here. together here. for all the talk of football coming together here. for all the talk of football coming home, - together here. for all the talk of football coming home, there - together here. for all the talk of - football coming home, there remains the rival and passion of rome. whilst italy s wait for major football success has been comparatively short, the desire for victory tonight is overwhelming
your support and energy has given us a huge lift, and i know it will on sunday. there s excitement too in italy, they are unbeaten in three years and are confident that they can beat england tonight. a sixth wimbedon title. and at wimbledon it s game, set and match for novak djokovic as he beats matteo berrettini by 3 1 to take his sixth grass court title. the serb is now level pegging with federer and nadal on 20 grand slam wins. the uk s vaccine minister says the government is confident that plans to lift a range of covid restrictions will go ahead onjuly 19th in england. but he also said masks are still expected to be worn indoors. the fortification of the vaccination programme has allowed us to cautiously move to step four and the pm will say more about this.