Southgate proves he knows best | Is it final minimum now for England? | Football's coming, Rome! Ukraine scouting report
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
With Ukraine up next, and Denmark or Czech Republic waiting in the semi-final, is the final now a minimum expectation for England? With Southgate's side favourites, how will they set up? Plus: praise for Sterling, Grealish, Saka, Pickford, Kane and... well, just about everyone.
And in part 3, Oli Yew pops in for a Ukraine scouting report after their last-gasp extra-time win over Sweden. Should they be feared? All roads lead to Rome for Saturday's quarter-final tie...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every now biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, dead heat, and absolutely expected defeat is amazing. |
| 0:17.3 | From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport. |
| 0:24.8 | Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365. |
| 0:46.3 | Hello and welcome to the Sky Sports Football Europe's podcast, as England book their place in the quarterfinals after securing their first knockout win over Germany in 55 years with a 2-0 win at Wembley. |
| 0:54.6 | Rahein Sterling made the breakthrough in the second half before Harry Kane finally got off the mark to send the three lines through to the last date with victory over their great rivals. They'll meet Ukraine next after they beat Sweden with a dramatic last gasp extra time winner. |
| 0:59.7 | I'm Alice Piper and joining me to reflect on a momentous win for England and to look ahead |
| 1:03.7 | to that quarter final in Rome is Sky Sports News reporter Rob Dorset, football features editor |
| 1:08.1 | Peter Smith and senior football journalist Gerard Brand. |
| 1:11.3 | We'll also be joined by Sky Sports Oli U, who watched Ukraine's win. |
| 1:14.9 | But before we get their thoughts, let's hear now from the England manager, Garris Southgate. |
| 1:19.3 | The players were immense, I have to say, right the way through the team, they were immense. |
| 1:23.7 | And they have given the fans in the stadium who were also incredible. I mean, I've |
| 1:32.5 | been here with a full house and not heard it anywhere near the levels that the crowd found today, |
| 1:39.2 | but they were behind every challenge. They were behind every time we press the ball. |
| 1:44.5 | They were behind every run we had. |
| 1:46.6 | It didn't really need me to say it. |
| 1:48.8 | But when we got in the dressing room, we were talking about Saturday already |
| 1:53.5 | because today's been an immense performance, but at a cost, emotionally and physically |
| 2:00.5 | at a cost, and we've got to make sure that |
| 2:02.6 | we recover well and that mentally we're in the right space. It's a dangerous moment for us. |
| 2:08.6 | We'll have that warmth of success and the feeling around the country that we've only got to turn up to win the thing and we know |
| 2:20.7 | it's going to be an immense challenge from here on. |
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