Mailbag: Should England make changes for semi-final?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Host Dan Bardell is joined by Lynsey Hooper, David Ornstein & Carl Anka to answer questions from listeners looking ahead to England's semi-final at EURO 2020.
Should Gareth Southgate make changes? Is reaching a semi-final a success and a progression or is winning the trophy the only acceptable outcome for England from here?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hello, I'm Dan Bardell. |
| 0:16.1 | Welcome to the England show podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:19.6 | For this part, we're going to answer some of the questions you guys have sent in on social media after England cruised through to the semifinals of Euro 2020. |
| 0:27.7 | And now preparation start for a return to Wembley to face Denmark. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm joined today by Lindsay Hooper and from the Athletic. |
| 0:35.0 | We've got David Ornstein and Carl Anker fresh from his Rome adventure. |
| 0:40.0 | I'll come to you actually first, Carl. How was Rome? |
| 0:43.3 | 30 degrees. An amazing footballing atmosphere. |
| 0:48.4 | Loads of Ukraine fans also met some Estonian football fans as well. |
| 0:52.1 | And it was very fun, not only just because the ending was up, but the day before, obviously, you had Belgium versus Italy. So you had firstly, Arboros Italian fans getting very happy that they had vanquished Belgium. And then this fantastic, fantastic atmosphere with all the England fans. By the time you left, Carl, were they saying, I'll see you in the |
| 1:11.2 | final? I was like there with Jack Pitt Brook, and we had a very fun conversation with a cab driver |
| 1:15.3 | as we exited the Stadio Olympico. His name was Rocco, and he said, I had to mention him. |
| 1:21.4 | And we were talking about England and the Euros. And he said he would much prefer the final |
| 1:26.6 | Italy v. Denmark, because he thought that would be much easier. But he said, you know, anything's possible. And then he told me, you know, the game is the game and the ball is round. So who knows? Many of the people listening to these pods like to be taken inside. And, you know, when we go around to these events in normal circumstances, we can go |
| 1:44.9 | wherever we want, we can soak in the atmosphere, the cities, the cultures, the food, the |
| 1:49.6 | drink, and then we get to work, and then, you know, it's quite easy with travel. But I guess |
| 1:54.8 | it's the complete opposite this time round, which doesn't quite make it as memorable as occasion |
| 1:59.4 | off the pitch as it was on. |
| 2:01.1 | It was a very admin-heavy trip. |
| 2:05.0 | So there are, technically, I'm included as one of UEFA's VIPs in order to cover this tournament. |
| 2:13.3 | So while a number of England fans wouldn't be able to attend that game because they would |
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