hello, and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. astonishing scenes at lords bairstow s called into action to bodily remove a protestor after a serious breach of security. when plated start, steve smith racked up the runs, but a late fight back for england. away from the cricket, megan rapinoe s in raptures over this summer s world cup the us superstar says it s going to be a game changer for women s football. also coming up on sportsday. dart, burrage and broady all out in straight sets it s been a bad day for the brits at eastbourne. and, we hearfrom para rower it fuller on overcoming the difficulties of competing, whilst coping with a serious blood condition. as long as i m having fun and
raptures. right around the stadium, there was a sea of blue and white, and nearly everybody had messi written on the back of the affable jumpers, and the child would go out, messi, messi! and hardly everthe out, messi, messi! and hardly ever the chinese for argentina. messi! this ever the chinese for argentina. messi! , , ., ever the chinese for argentina. messi! a , , messi! as you see, this was the star power messi! as you see, this was the star power marketing messi! as you see, this was the star power marketing in - messi! as you see, this was the star power marketing in a - star power marketing in a country where fans paid exorbitant rates for their tickets. so did they think of this weather? translation: it was really exciting. the ticket was really exciting. the ticket was definitely was really exciting. the ticket was definitely worth - was really exciting. the ticket was definitely worth the - was really exciting. the ticket| was definitely worth the price. this will
tens of thousands of chinese fans into raptures right around the stadium. there was a sea of blue and white, and nearly everybody had messi written on the back of their football jumpers, and the chant would go out, messi, messi, and hardly ever chinese for argentina. this was star power, as you see. star power marketing in action in a country which is underserved for top level sport. fans here paid exorbitant rates for their tickets, so did they think it was worth it? translation: the ticket was definitely worth the price. this will be messi s last trip to china before he retires.
fans watched the match at workers stadium, many of them wearing messi s jersey. stephen mcdonell was there soaking up the atmosphere. on a hot summer night here in beijing, messi took on the socceroos. i say messi rather than argentina because, really, it was him that brought the crowd to this newly rebuilt stadium. it took only 90 seconds for the player who took his team to world cup glory to score, sending tens of thousands of chinese fans into raptures right around the stadium. there was a sea of blue and white and nearly everybody had messi written on the back of their football jumpers, and the chant would go out, messi, messi, and hardly ever agenting, agenting , which is chinese for argentina. this was star power star power marketing in action in a country which is underserved for top level sport.
evening after 18, after 43 years of having no silverware, finally was victorious. tell us a story after a team. victorious. tell us a story after a team. , victorious. tell us a story after ateam. , ,, victorious. tell us a story after a team. , ,, ., ., a team. oh, my goodness, what a nirht of a team. oh, my goodness, what a night of drama, a team. oh, my goodness, what a night of drama, especially - a team. oh, my goodness, what a night of drama, especially for - a team. oh, my goodness, what a night of drama, especially for the | night of drama, especially for the 21,000 plus in the fan zone in the park at the top of the hill above the city where they did keep the bar is open after the match and the trophy was lifted, so fans could take it in and some straight to the airport this morning to get their flights, but let s relive the drama because it was tense, a tense first half and west ham took the lead, but then five minutes after that, the bubble was burst. with the game