to retain the ball and i think that was a huge factor last night and under pressure in a huge final, there is a lot of scrutiny on these young guys and they were able to keep the ball and southgate made that time and time again, that point, it is hard when you don t hold onto the ball. they have really gone far in the last four tournaments but it was a problem backin tournaments but it was a problem back in the 90s and the 805, tournament back in the 905 and the 805, tournament football is very different, often played in very hot conditions in summer at the end of long 5ea5on5, they have to keep the ball because otherwise you are chasing it and spain were very good at that, they were better at that than england were last night. again, i will tell you than england were last night. again, i will tell you what than england were last night. again, i will tell you what we than england were last night. again, i will tell you what we are than england were last night. again,
they take on spain in the german capital, with the three lions playing in their first major final on foreign soil. gareth southgate said yesterday: i m not a believer in fairy tales but i am a believer in dreams . hundreds of thousands of england fans will be hoping he and the team can turn their dreams into reality. over the next 60 minutes, we will countdown to the final. we re going to be live with clive myrie at a fan zone in berlin. harry low is outside the stadium. we ll also be with fans in brixton and in exeter, where ollie watkins started his career. but let s start with the team news. with just under an hour or until kick off, let s go live to olly foster, who is in berlin. gareth southgate making just one change? just the one change. we knew that this was what he had to decide, really. that left wingback. we knew that he would go with the same formation with which they won against the dutch on wednesday night in dortmund. and he has gone or luke shaw ahead of kier
there. let s head to the northeast and newcastle and again, this is a watch party. we were talking to our correspondent who is there again, calm before some goals, may be or not at the moment, it is 0 0. let s head to brixton this is the box in brixton, which has been the scene of a lot of celebrations. joe inwood is there, he is our lucky mascot here on bbc news because whenever he has been at that watching party in brixton, england have always survived, got through he was there at the moment that they scored in the semifinal and enjoyed that moment. so there they all are, looking intently at the screen. that s joe we are focusing looking intently at the screen. that sjoe we are focusing in on there, he s there watching. nowjoe is a massive england fan she s having a beer by the looks of it, i don t know if you re supposed to drink when you re on duty. butjoe is one of the biggest england fans we have in the office, and as you can see, he s basically a fan. he always
the afternoon, better for wimbledon, a lower risk of rain, not those gloomy skies we had. but i think in the north of scotland it is looking pretty wet. temperatures a bit higher tomorrow because there is more sunshine coming through. towards the end of the week, this is trying to build in but when when we are on the edge of it, the air comes in from the north, so those chilly northerly winds, i mean, there will be some big temperature contrast, i think. 0nly be some big temperature contrast, i think. only 13 for lara, 1a in aberdeen, a pleasant 23 in london giving a bit of sunshine. teen for lerwick. the outlook, not particularly warm and a mixed bag. back to you. thanks. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up for you this evening. the system is to be made against the dutch in dortmund. we will head there shortly on the eve of england s euro semifinal. at the beginning of the tournament, the expectation weighed quite heavily. what was im
to be allowed through. commentator: it s wheel to wheel! and a clash of the titans lewis hamilton and max verstappen crash out of the italian grand prix. good evening. a vaccine passport scheme for nightclubs and other venues in england will not now go ahead at the end of this month, the government confirmed today, despite ministers saying just days ago that it was the right thing to do. the news comes ahead of this week s plan on how covid will be managed over the autumn and winter. here s our political correspondent chris mason. this is the parklife festival in manchester. tens of thousands of people in heaton park this weekend. nightclubs and perhaps events like this in england did face the prospect of having to demand vaccine passports by the end of the month, but. i ve never liked the idea of saying to people, you must show your papers or something to do, you know, what is just an everyday activity, but we were right to, you know, properly look at it, to look at the ev