hello. you re watching the bbc news channel with lukwesa burak. let s turn our attention to the football match of today! let s turn our attention to the football match of today! more now on england s women footballers taking on germany in the euros final. a win for the lionesses would be both their first major trophy and the first football honour for the nation since the men s world cup victory in 1966. around 90000 fans will be there watching already there for us is martine croxall who we can join now. has a feeling out there? it feels reall , has a feeling out there? it feels really. really has a feeling out there? it feels really, really lovely. has a feeling out there? it feels really, really lovely. it s- has a feeling out there? it feels really, really lovely. it s a - has a feeling out there? it feels really, really lovely. it s a very i really, really lovely. it s a very friendly almost like a carnival atmosphere. you can hear those car horns doing overtime already and
in actualfact, we have come together, we ve brought the nation together and all we feel from them is love and support. there is no pressure which is a lot to say, so thank you. every seat at wembley sold. a nation s been inspired. at the end of the lionesses greatest month, there is one more match left to win. joe lynskey, bbc news. the duke of cambridge has shown his support. he and princess charlotte took to twitter to wish the lionesses good luck. we both want to wish the lionesses the best of luck for tonight. you ve done amazingly well in the competition and we are rooting for you all the way. good luck, i hope you win. bye. 0ur sports correspondent jane dougalljoins us now from inside the stadium and she has a special guest. well, you can probably hear that rehearsals are going on inside the
a defining moment for women s football in the uk. you know it s a big deal when the queen s guard get involved. the familiar refrain of three lions has been echoing round every ground on route to wembley. # football s coming home, it s coming home. doubt again for this sell out final. from lionesses of the past to the current squad, as they survey the pristine pitch they took a moment to take it all in, to work out where their families will be for the defining match of their careers, and the spot where they might be lifting the trophy. we ll have a 90 minute game to play first but that has been my dream, that s been the dream of everybody since we were little. i know how it felt like in the garden when i was pretending when i was six, and i m sure it will feeljust as good as that, yeah. just over 100 years ago football was deemed quite unfit for females
definitely especially the women s team. so it s definitely a especially the women s team. so it s definitely a topic of conversation throughout out the year in the household. and yes when it culminates in international fixtures it can culminates in international fixtures it can get culminates in international fixtures it can get a culminates in international fixtures it can get a little bit tense. how well do you it can get a little bit tense. how well do you think it can get a little bit tense. flour well do you think germany are going to do today, because the track record is very much in germany s favour? ., .., record is very much in germany s favour? . ., , favour? indeed. but that can also be the negative favour? indeed. but that can also be the negative side favour? indeed. but that can also be the negative side sometimes. - favour? indeed. but that can also be the negative side sometimes. if - favour? indeed. but that can also be the negative side sometimes.
outnumbered by the england fans. i am busy rooting for germany, i am positive there. but i think the lionesses would be very deserving so i wouldn t be too upset i think in that particular case. if they won it, given how much they would deserve it. it, given how much they would deserve it deserve it. that is extremely supporting deserve it. that is extremely supporting attitude. i deserve it. that is extremely supporting attitude. one i deserve it. that is extremely supporting attitude. one of i deserve it. that is extremely i supporting attitude. one of you is going to be happy this evening, thank you very much for talking to us and enjoy the match. we will be here for the rest of the afternoon of course and after to analyse what the match gave us and what the result is. come back to us in a little while but for now i ll hand you back to the studio. there has been a horrific crash at the track cycling of the commonwealth games. in the second qualifying heat of the men s scratch, th