looking about it, to be honest. so, come on, england, let s do it. thank ou ve come on, england, let s do it. thank you very much- for the last 25 years, there s one song that has come to represent the passion of england fans and their love for the sport and their team three lions. not the one we are hearing right now but it has been heard to the afternoon and the date here. it was the soundtrack for euro 96. its creators david baddiel, frank skinner and the lightning seeds have been perfoming the song today in central london. let s take a listen. # it s coming home # it s coming # football s coming home # everyone seems to know the score # they ve seen it all before # they just know # they re so sure # that england s going to throw it away
london, that became the epicentre of the semi final celebrations on wednesday night, after the win against denmark lifted that semifinal curse after the italian, euro 96. and russia at the world cup. you can see already flares going off there as well. there is going off there as well. there is going to be a huge party there, if they can go one step further and win this majorfinal. the players, they are about four miles north of us here, in their luxury hotel, they will be making their way to the stadium in the next two or three hours with gareth southgate, the man who has notjust orchestrated their progress across the last four weeks, but also that last three years since reaching that semifinal in russia, with exceeded expectations. they have certainly exceeded their expectations here today to get to this final, and he has, today, released his message to the supporters.
more raucous and rowdy as we approach kick off, this european championship final, remember, england are officially the away team because it is not a home championship, this year has spread far and wide across europe, but it is all about wembley now, it will feel like a home final for england and will that give them the edge over italy? for now, from wembley, i will hand you back to the studio, i m assured there is some other news! 0lly foster, thank you very much. you re watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. 0n the brink of history england s footballers prepare to take on italy, in tonight s final of euro 2020 their biggest match in more than half a century. and at wimbledon, it s the men s singles final. novak djokovic aiming to win his sixth wimbledon title he s taking on the italian matteo berrettini.
1990 world cup, chris waddle, of course, missing that penalty at italia 90. gareth southgate, we spoke so many about his disappointments as a player and his penalty miss at euro 96 when england were knocked out against germany. but signs of progress, signs are perhaps things were changing when they made it through to the semifinal at the last world cup in 2018. they came through that penalty shoot out victory against colombia, we ve seen them win knockout matches at this tournament already. they won their opening match of the european championship against croatia what seems like an eternity ago. all the steps taking them to this huge moment and now they stand 45 minutes away from emulating those achievements of that 1966 world cup winning side. very few players have enjoyed this occasion, they have tonight and we wait to see whether it will be england climbing the
think the difference you mentioned between all those other managers is they have always tried to shoehorn in the best players and they have often put them in the wrong positions just to get the best place into the team. with garin, gareth, we have seen the best players played in the formation that he wants to play. in the formation that he wants to play, whether that goes against popular opinion, no, playing the players that he sees fit, the best ones, regardless of the status of how these fit players are. they then is biggest compliment. how these fit players are. they then is biggest compliment. danny hylton we re rroin is biggest compliment. danny hylton we re going to is biggest compliment. danny hylton we re going to get is biggest compliment. danny hylton we re going to get that is biggest compliment. danny hylton we re going to get that team - is biggest compliment. danny hylton we re going to get that team news i we re going to get that team news about 6:40pm. thank you