Southgate calls it right! Sterling and Phillips star in England win | Scotland-Czech preview | Wales-Switzerland recap
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The panel discuss Southgate's surprise selections and controlling performance, and look ahead to England's next Group D game against Scotland on Friday. We also preview the Scots' first major tournament game in 23 years as they face Czech Republic on Monday.
Geraint Hughes also joins us to review Wales' hard-fought 1-1 draw in Switzerland in Group A on Saturday, all on a weekend where football was put firmly into perspective after Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest in Copenhagen. Get well soon, Christian.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every nail-biting |
| 0:05.7 | nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, |
| 0:13.3 | dead heat and absolutely expected defeat is amazing. |
| 0:17.3 | From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. Whatever the moment, it's never |
| 0:22.8 | ordinary at Bet 365. |
| 0:34.7 | Hello and welcome to the Sky Sports Football Euros podcast. |
| 0:39.2 | England are off to a winning start at the Euros. |
| 0:42.0 | We'll be getting instant reaction to their 1-0 victory over Croatia in a moment |
| 0:46.4 | as well as reviewing Wales draw against Switzerland |
| 0:49.1 | and looking ahead to Scotland's opener against the Czech Republic. |
| 0:53.9 | It's been a weekend, of course, that has put football firmly into perspective. |
| 0:58.3 | Updates from the Denmark camp while England were playing tell us Christian Erickson |
| 1:02.0 | remains in a stable condition after what the team doctor has confirmed was a cardiac arrest. |
| 1:07.9 | The thoughts of us all here are with him as well as his family and friends for a full |
| 1:12.6 | recovery. Well, I'm Kate Balaga and I'm joined now by SkySports.com's feature writer Pete Smith at |
| 1:18.9 | Wembley, alongside SkySports News, Jess Crichton and SkySports.com's senior football journalist Gerard |
| 1:25.7 | Brand. Pete, you were in the Wembley sunshine, real buzz |
| 1:29.5 | at kickoff, huge roar as Rahim Sterling made the breakthrough in his own backyard, |
| 1:35.3 | strains of football's coming home at the final whistle, just sum up the afternoon and the mood. |
| 1:41.7 | Yeah, hot hot sun at Wembley. It was a perfect start really for England, wasn't it? |
| 1:45.0 | Getting that win, their first ever win at a Euros in their opening game. |
| 1:49.0 | And it's just sets it up so nicely for them now, top of the group. |
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