people have their own divisions, but everybody gets behind the socceroos in australia. and football is the biggest participation sport in the country it always has been for many, many years so, i m sure this will mean it grow. this great performance in the men s world cup will mean more people will start playing, more people will start supporting. we have the women s world cup next year, in a few months, so, you know, girls and women will start participating because of that, so, football is big in australia and it has always been big, but this event, this result, this performance, going into next year s women s world cup will see the sport grow even further. christian layland. the england manager, gareth southgate, says his side is ready for extra time and penalties against the african champions senegal in sunday s match in the last 16. here s our sports editor, dan roan. commentator: another young lion roars! - it has been a case of so far, so good for england at this world cup. n
or earned more points in the group stage. one of only a handful of sides to emerge unbeaten. but they know that defeat from here on in means going home. the manager aware his side has no room for error against senegal tomorrow. we ve been very impressed. we know that they re african champions, very proud, very competitive spirit, a lot of belief in their team. some excellent individual players who can cause problems. but england have impressive strength in depth. and there s foden! and one of those who vindicated his selection against wales says the manager now faces a dilemma. everyone s scored and everyone s proved their point, so it s going to be a headache for gareth to pick the team for the next game. you can t afford to make mistakes or start a game badly now because you re going to be sent home. meanwhile, england trained here today with all 25 players present. for years, england feared knockout matches like this. but having reached the semifinals and final of their last two maj
quarter final, two time champions argentina beat australia 2 1, in what was a particularly special performers for argentina as their very own lionel messi made his 1000th career appearance and scarring the first goal of the game. the 35 year old has played every minute of argentina s games of these finals and the performers delighted fans. for these finals and the performers delighted fans. delighted fans. for us, messi means football. delighted fans. for us, messi means football. it delighted fans. for us, messi means football. it is - delighted fans. for us, messi means football. it is more i delighted fans. for us, messi l means football. it is more than like a person or team, it is feeling for all of us. alvarez scott, before feeling for all of us. alvarez scott, before australia - feeling for all of us. alvarez i scott, before australia pulled one back through an own goal. the netherlands were comfortable throughout their 3-1 comfortable throughout their 3 1 win. the comfor
as the worst squad we ve had in 20 years, so to come out here, most of the squad and graham arnold have done a wonderfuljob. he s surprised the australian footballing public. and because expectations were so low, now, it is like the roller coaster of emotions has gone from down here and up here and people have got right behind them. we had thousands and thousands of people, all around the country at live scenes live sites, both big crowd events in the main cities, too. people gathered around a country table in the bush with little laptops celebrating, themselves. we have seen a vision and footage from all around the country and every single australian setting you can think of and everyone just has got around the socceroos and we are alljust very proud of the tournament they have had. and do you think this sort of popularity with soccer clearly, you know, australia a big sporting nation do you think that will continue now the world cup is over? i think so. so, the socceroos have a
tournaments, gareth southgate s side has proven it has what it takes to handle such pressure. however, this world cup has shown that no side is safe from a shock result. senegal stand in the way of england and a place in the quarterfinals, but their preparations have been disrupted. inspirational head coach aliou cisse missing today s news conference with sickness. translation: he has been ill for the last two days. - yesterday, he asked us to do training for him. we are sure that tomorrow evening when the match starts, he will be the one in charge of the team. senegal have already made their presence felt here in doha this week and while their side may be regarded as underdogs, their fans believe an upset is on the cards. senegal, three, england, zero. wow, that s very confident. yes! laughter. it would be a big mistake,