we can hear the atmosphere here in gelsenkirchen.say they expect about 40,000 england fans here. after months of build—up, it's finally time for england to start. they'll begin as clear favourites against serbia, a side ranked just 33rd in the world. england, remember, reached the final of the last euros. so, can their players handle the pressure and go all the way? they understand that because we've been doing well and because we've won a lot of games and we have gone into a lot of depth in tournaments, then of course expectation has risen. but qualification from the group is the only objective at this point. then, you build from there. security is tight in this match, which the authorities have deemed high risk. but for england fans, the waiting is almost over and their euros, about to begin. andy swiss, bbc news, gelsenkirchen. they certainly are with 25 minutes to go. they certainly are with 25 minutes to go. let's go live to gelsenkirchen now. andy swiss is in position. we've had the teen using. no major surprises, but still som

nick beighton in gelsenkirchen. the game hasjust kicked off, but i nick beighton in gelsenkirchen.e has just kicked off, but i want to focus on earlier in the day. the netherlands won their first group game of the tournament, coming from behind to beat poland 2—i. and denmark and slovenia have drawn i—i denmark and slovenia have drawn 1—1 in stuttgart. just before that match between the netherlands and poland in hamburg, german police shot a man who was threatening officers with a pick axe and a molotov cocktail. this was close to a fans own in the centre of the city. these images show the man wielding an axe, being confronted by police. they are using peppe" confronted by police. they are using pepper spray, then they fired several shots. this video doesn't capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we have passed them at the moment when some of those gunshots were fired. the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care. his condition is not life—threatening, it is not thought to be related to the game between the netherlands and poland, this inciden

dan roan, bbc news gelsenkirchen.e goal was enough for england, and while manager gareth southgate insisted more will come as the tournament progresses, the player who provided that goal in gelsenkirchen admitted that after a stellar season with la liga and champions league winners real madrid, it's a lot of fun being jude bellingham right now. i just enjoy playing football when it comes to each and every game. i take it as a single game as opposed to looking too far into the future. i realise that in every game i feel like i can make an impact. ifeel like i can decide games, but that happens on any given game instead of looking too far into the future. and the truth is that i really enjoy playing football. so when i go out there, i play with the fearlessness because i love doing it so much. it's a release for me and yes, my favourite thing to do in the world. so when i play out, it's not much of a job. it feels like a pleasure. england are clear at the top of group c after the other game provided the first draw of eu

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let's cross straight to our sports editor dan roan, who is in gelsenkirchen for us now.esting, in the build—up to this tournament, gareth southgate, ahead of his fourth and possibly final final is in charge, had warned england's fans this would not be easy against a dangerous —looking serbian side, and so it proved. # sweet caroline...# lunchtime in gelsenkirchen and england fans already making themselves heard as they flocked, full of euros confidence. we are going to win it. it's coming home, it has to be our year, this year. we say it every time! we're just really excited to be here. can't wait, can't wait to get in that ground. it's our time, it's our time. it's coming home! - among the chants was one reference in germany's wartime past which the authorities have urged fans not to sing. later, more unsavoury scenes ahead of a match deemed high risk by authorities. following reports of scuffles, the local police saying there'd been an altercation between fans from england and serbia in the city, with seven serbians arrested. but for most supporters, the mood was one o

our sports editor dan roan was watching in gelsenkirchen.ns already making themselves heard as they flocked full of euros confidence.

number of hotels are available in gelsenkirchen.gathering in the square behind me, a lot of fans will be gathering here to watch the game later. there is a big screen over my shoulder. two fan parks the area, one for the serbian fans and one for the england fans travelling without tickets, but some will be in the stadium later. england will start the tournament as one of the favourites, they lost to italy in the last tournament on penalties but with some of the very talented players that they manager karen southgate has at its disposal, no wonder that will start as one of the favourites. but he has said himself thatis favourites. but he has said himself that is sent to my will have to be exceptional but the message to the fans has been to enjoy themselves and for those ready here, they've been doing that. we'll top the group. then we'll just fly through the tournament and just win it, it'll be great. it's happening, it's coming home. it's coming home! football's coming home! wahey! # sweet caroline...#. we're definitely going to win

we can speak to our correspondent, nick beake who is in gelsenkirchen.e the fans are pretty excitable about it with just two hours to go. are excitable about it with “ust two hours to mi excitable about it with “ust two hours to sac-h hours to go. are you are right there? absolutely _ hours to go. are you are right there? absolutely fine. - hours to go. are you are right there? absolutely fine. i- hours to go. are you are right| there? absolutely fine. i think someone making friends with us. less than two hours to go into a cracker. we are right in the heart of the city come some 40,000 fans here, thatis city come some 40,000 fans here, that is investment. you can see a lot of the fans behind us, people who have gone down into the tram system, they haven�*t been able to get up to the stadium because there is some sort of problem there. we know that our riot police. we talk to a couple of other england fans a short time ago, they said there were some scuffles. we haven�*t had that confirmed by the police but that reflects what is a really big policing aff

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it's called gelsenkirchen. what doesit it's called gelsenkirchen. what does it mean?she said, i live in austria and gelson means, mosquito as a number of other people have pointed out. but since you live in austria, i'm going to give it to you. the name of that town means mosquito church , there you go. maybe church, there you go. maybe they've got a problem . they've got a problem. >> it's. and the other thing about gelsenkirchen is that apparently it's also called or known as the city of a thousand fires, because there were flames of mine gases. it was a mining town , the most important coal town, the most important coal mining town in europe. apparently called the city of a thousand fires for the flames of mine gases flaring at night. >> oh, there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> but that was quite a sight, anyway, simone, whatever you say. i think he's right. because you actually got my name. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, i think it's right because you live in austria. >> thank you for that, right. well, as you all, that was your father's day messages. of course, becaus

dan roan, bbc news, gelsenkirchen. a special night, an important night, a big victory for england. forthe important night, a big victory for england. for the thousands of fans here and the local authorities they will be pleased it passed largely without incident. the only sour note was the travel disruption lots of fans experienced leaving the stadium. there was a three hour wait as fans tried to board at some trams leaving the stadium and many more were left on the platforms as they tried to make their onward journeys, for about two and a half hours. that was what they had to contend with light last night. but ultimately the final word is reserved for a jude bellingham, who continues to underline his status as one of the leading lights in the game at the moment. i do have to say his performance once again, atjust 20 years old, underlined his growing reputation and england will look to him again with bigger tests potentially lying in wait. but it is good news for england. they are up and running with a victory. with sl

they are into the second half in gelsenkirchen, as they play their opening game against serbia.which is about 12 minutes old. england's lead looking more slender than i did at the time they took that advantage because it was a pretty dominant opening for england in gelsenkirchen. as things stand, is still serbia 0—1 england. there's a chance for either england or serbia to take control of group c at the european championship after the tournament's first draw. in the same group slovenia and denmark couldn't be separated in stuttgart. the first goal of the game was a significant one for cristian eriksen, in his first match at the tournament since collapsing on the pitch during a game nearly exactly three years ago. slovenia“s equaliser 13 minutes from time came from erikjanza, his shot slightly deflected, providing the first stalemate of euro 2024. the netherlands made a winning start by beating poland — but onlyjust. coming from a goal down in hamburg, adam buksa was playing in place of the injured robert lewandowski and gave his side the lead afterjust 16 minutes. the netherland

after clashes in the city of gelsenkirchen ahead of england's serbian match.l media showed police in riot gear responding to a violent incident earlier , to a violent incident earlier, with a brawl breaking out at a restaurant. we're also hearing a number of serbian supporters have been arrested, though the uk's football policing unit says no. england fans have been arrested by police and serbian fans are now marching through the city ahead of their opener against england in just under an hours against england in just under an hour's time. it's being classed as a high risk event by authorities there because of concerns over potential violence . well, those scenes in gelsenkirchen come just hours after police shot a man in germany who was armed with an axe at another football zone in hamburg . officers say the hamburg. officers say the suspect was also carrying a molotov cocktail, which he tried to light before approaching several people, including police officers. the incident happened dunng officers. the incident happened during a dutch fans parade ahead of t

andy swiss, bbc news, gelsenkirchen.lgium 1—0. the team ranked third in the world had two goals disallowed and were ultimately beaten by a team ranked 48th in the world. meanwhile, romania stunned ukraine 3—0, with only their second ever win at the euros, their first coming 24 years ago. and, in the last hour, france took on austria — was there to be another upset? patrick gearey was watching. the bigger the star, the bigger the close—up. the focus is always on kylian mbappe. as a global icon, the france captain's every move is watched. it's another thing trying to keep up with him. austria escaped but they have the capacity to do more than survive. the austrians have been on good form and here for christoph baumgartner, a great chance. commentator: and maignan did his job superbly. _ a sliding doors moment because in a blink, the match moved on. mbappe moved on, mesmerisingly. commentator: it's an own goal. france have taken the lead. typical, magical. a conjuring trick that made poor max wober the stooge. it is easy to

we'll kick off sportsday in gelsenkirchen where england were barely a minute away from crashing out ofeat slovakia 2—1. despite topping their group — gareth southgate's side have done little to catch the imagination so it was perhaps little surprise when slovakia led through ivan shranz. it took until the 95th minute for england to even muster a shot on target.

england's games so far and he is expected to be back in time for sunday's match against slovakia in gelsenkirchen�*s women have started their white—ball series against new zealand with a huge win in the first of their three one—dayers. charlie dean took four wickets as the tourists were bowled out forjust 156 in the 34th over at chester—le—street. and england's openers were brutal in their pursuit of the target. tammy beaumont top—scoring with an unbeaten 76, and maia bouchier adding 67, as they won by nine wickets in less than half their available overs. it's the semi—finals at the t20 world cup. keep up to date with south africa v afghanistan on bbc sport website. the second match is india against the defending champions england. they also met at this stage at the last tournament two years ago. former england bowler steven finn is with bbc radio in the caribbean and believes england have the pedigree to win again. i think a lot of belief and a lot of experiences and good experiences in the past in world cups. i think over the last eight years or so, england have always found their way more ofte

spain secure their spot in the last 16 by beating defending champions italy in gelsenkirchen.y beat afghanistan at the t20 world cup in barbados. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. england missed the chance to secure the spot in the euro 2024 knockouts as group winners earlier, after a frustrating and disappointing draw with denmark. the match in frankfurt failed to provide any spark — and after taking the lead, gareth southgate�*s side again failed to impress, leaving the door open for others in the final group games. andy swiss reports. hoping to make a splash. england fans soaking up the atmosphere in frankfurt, as thousands descended on the city's main square before heading for the stadium and, they hoped, another

we can speak to our correspondent nick beake who is in gelsenkirchen.tting up ahead of england's debut much of the tournament.— england's debut much of the tournament. ., ., , ,., , tournament. hello, absolutely. some 40,000 england _ tournament. hello, absolutely. some 40,000 england fans _ tournament. hello, absolutely. some 40,000 england fans are _ tournament. hello, absolutely. some 40,000 england fans are estimated i tournament. hello, absolutely. somel 40,000 england fans are estimated to be descending on this city today. we are right in the heart of the place, this is one of the pubs where a lot of the fans have congregated, they have been hit quite a few hours now and i think they will remain here until they set off to the stadium which is to the north of this particular part of the city. as you were saying earlier, the german police, the german authorities, want this to be a tournament which is typified by people having lots of fun, but also they have talked about the security considerations and this particular match today between england and

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spain secure their spot in the last 16 by beating defending champions italy in gelsenkirchen.beat afghanistan at the t20 world cup in barbados. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. england missed the chance to secure the spot in the euro 2024 knockouts as group winners earlier, after a frustrating and disappointing draw with denmark. the match in frankfurt failed to provide any spark — and after taking the lead, gareth southgate's side again failed to impress, leaving the door open for others in the final group games. andy swiss reports. hoping to make a splash. england fans soaking up the atmosphere in frankfurt, as thousands descended on the city's main square before heading for the stadium and, they hoped, another victory. after their narrow opening win over serbia, england were up against denmark and the anticipation was deafening. god save the king sung by the watching prince of wales. could england keep their cool? they struggled to keep their feet at first — kyle walker among a host of players sliding around, but soon it was denmark's turn to slip up and mid

i've been speaking to our correspondent, nick beake, who is in gelsenkirchen. that potentially 500 people who they have deemed to be hooligans from serbia had managed to get to germany. and the problem is serbia haven't appeared in major tournaments over the past, you know, 5, 10, 15, 20 years, so there isn't this intelligence picture, this database for them to look at. in contrast to that, we know the british police have stopped 2,000 people from coming to germany in the first place, so the hope is that those who may have been intent on causing trouble won't be able to make it here. but still, a lot of english police here cooperating with the germans, really looking to spot potential troublemakers in the crowd. and i think the key thing is keep the two sets of supporters apart each other, so that is the hope. as we can see, yeah, more of those england fans coming up from where they descended about 5, 10,20 minutes to go, so it looks like they're going to have to find another route to get to the stadium to watch the match. loads of fans with tickets, but of cou

england kick off their tournament on sunday against serbia in gelsenkirchen.come party were very excited for them to arrive. first, we are really proud to have such a team here, and i think all the people around living here in the small town are very proud to have the english team here. and my staff is quite excited, but even the english staff is now excited because they will arrive today, and everybody is waiting for the resurrection of the team, if they are satisfied and everything is ok, and it is a really big thing for us here to have the british team here, the english team here, it is really fantastic. italy arrived for their campaign on monday. italy come into the competition without the weight of the favourites tag over them, having endured a tricky qualifying campaign. clinching second place in group c behind england. they have since had the misfortune of being placed in arguably the toughest group alongside heavyweights spain, experienced side croatia and perhaps the dark horses albania. croatia are at their team base. they began their campaign agains

england meanwhile, prepare to face serbia in gelsenkirchen on sunday, and one player who could featurerton. it's been an incredible year so far for the crystal palace midfielder and january he was playing in a blackburn rovers side, struggling in the championship. fast forward five months and the 20—year—old is in the mix for a starting spot at england's opening euro 2024 match. it's a surreal feeling. honestly, i wasn't really expecting it. i've obviously onlyjust gone into the premier league, so i wasn't expecting anything. it was more just sort of a bonus kind of thing if i did get in. so, absolutely delighted. and yeah, just got to do what i love at the top stage. can't beat it. to cricket, and india have continued their unbeaten run at the t20 world cup to reach the super 8s, but they were given a fright in their seven—wicket win over co—hosts usa, chasing a modest iii. india made a spluttering start. usa bowler saurabh netravalkar, with one to tell the grandkids, dismissing superstar virat kohli for a golden duck. and he took another quick wicket to leave india reeling at 10—2. b

you see the numbers of funds who have descended upon gelsenkirchen.rns about the german bomber chance. i mean, england funds need to grope in the same things like that. in fairness them, the incident and the restaurant, so suggest that there were six arrests, also being. —— fans need to grow up. on the pitch, you look at england's front six, the six that are going to start today and gelsenkirchen against serbia, and there is exceptional talent. trent alexander amma, declan rice, bakary sako, phil foden, footballer of the year, hurricane up front. and jude bellingham upfront. —— harry kane. expectation should be tempered when you look further back in defence, and also the quality of the other teams. we saw germany the other night against cotton, bisson spain, italy's resilience, we saw the dutch earlier today. italy's resilience, we saw the dutch earliertoday. back italy's resilience, we saw the dutch earlier today. back teams are hitting the ground running, and england need to do likewise. the result was that of a hype about england's chances in any i

england have to wait until sunday for their game against slovakia in gelsenkirchen. 23 of the 26 playersd, declan rice and kieran tripper are being put through individual programmes away from the squad. phil foden is back from the uk after a brief break to be with his partnerfor the birth of their third child. we heard from forward eberechi eze, who has backed the manager gareth southgate after all the negativity directed at him and the squad folloing some under—par performances in the group. think it's a testament to his character, the type of person that he is, that his main focus is what can he do to get the best out of everyone, and that's what he's trying to do. you can see it. and just what you're saying there, that's key for players, key for the dressing room and knowing that you've got the full support. and ifeel like, of course you don't, you don't wish for that type of situation where you've got, um, a bit of negativity around. but again, it is football. people have got opinions and stuff like that, so it's understandable. but as we said, the main focus is what we've got, what

we'll kick off sportsday in gelsenkirchen where england were barely a minute away from crashing out of tournament. they needed extra time to beat slovakia 2—1. despite topping their group — gareth southgate�*s side have done little to catch the imagination so it was perhaps little surprise when slovakia led through ivan shranz. it took until the 95th minute for england to even muster a shot on target. not a bad effort really. jude bellingham with the equaliser. into extra time they went — with harry kane scoring in the first minute of it to setup a quarter final with switzerland next saturday. in the celebrations of his goal, jude bellingham appeared to mouth the words "who else" towards the crowd. he explained what was going through his head at the time. i think the adrenaline gets you, it is a combination of a lot of things. playing for england is an enjoyable filling but also a lot of pressure, you hear people talk a lot of rubbish and it is nice when you deliver, you can give them a little bit back. it is very difficult in press conferences and interviews and things like that to ta

gelsenkirchen tonight , hundreds gelsenkirchen tonight, hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to travel to germany throughout the tournament. manager gareth southgate says that he expects everyone to still enjoy the game, but police in the country have now been put on high alert for the duration of the rest of the event over fears of possible fan violence and terror attacks . back here at and terror attacks. back here at home, the tories are being warned that they could face electoral extinction, with polling firm savanta saying time is close to running out for the prime minister in a separate poll for the times, survation says the conservatives could have the lowest ever vote share under rishi sunaks leadership, predicting the party will win just 72 seats in next month's election. it's also forecasting labouris election. it's also forecasting labour is on course to take 456 seats, surpassing their 1997 landslide, and reform uk expected to get seven seats. transport secretary mark harper told us this morning the conservatives, though, are still up for the fight. >> nobody's voted

police in gelsenkirchen gelsenkirchen arrested at least seven serbian football fans after clashes withand supporters . riot police england supporters. riot police were seen moving in to separate the groups after fighting broke out there and just hours earlier, police shot a man in hamburg ahead of another euros match. this was the moment that shots were fired at the attacker, who was seen armed with an axe . officers say the with an axe. officers say the suspect was also carrying a molotov cocktail, which he tried to light before approaching police officers. the attacker is now being treated for his injuries . in other news tonight, injuries. in other news tonight, an appeal has been launched for an appeal has been launched for a man suspected of killing a child in a hit and run in coventry . police are trying to coventry. police are trying to find 21 year old alexander's, who's wanted on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. 12 year old keiton slater was hit by a black bmw just after 430 on friday afternoon . police are now urging afternoon. police are now urging anyone wit

they trail slovakia by a goal to nil in their last 16 tie in gelsenkirchen.g. talk us through the action so far.2 so what options are available to southgate to try and salvage the campaign? england and salvage the campaign? are training a goal to n they england are training a goal to nil. they are still yet to have a shot on target in this match. the goal they did concede to slovakia came in the second half which, who is a 30—year—old who plays for slav yet in prague and really captivates what slovakia is about. they are not a team of superstars, they are a well drilled unit, with all due respect to that club in slovakia as a whole, this is a team that england really should have expected to beat, may have never lost to before competitive action. in fact, a lot of players that have had experience in england for slovakia has only really been at championship level. so england in that first half, a goal down, at half time they were booed off, yet to register a shot on target. the closest they got was a long rage effort and a couple of efforts from harry kane whic

days before gareth southgate has to name his first starting 11 for the game against serbia in gelsenkirchenions portugal have arrived in germany, ahead of their opener against the czech republic on tuesday. captain cristiano ronaldo and the rest of the squad was greeted by hundreds of fans at their team hotel in marienfeld. this will be ronaldo's sixth euros — and at the age of 39, he's still in fantastic form, scoring 10 goals in their qualifying campaign, and two in their friendly win over the republic of ireland this week. staying in germany, less than two weeks ago borussia dortmund were champions league finalists, now they are looking for a new boss. edin terzic asked the club to terminate his contract after three and a half years in charge. dortmund finished fifth in the bundesliga last season. terzic says he feels that the club's new era should begin with a new man on the touchline. ac milan have appointed paulo fonseca as their new head coach. the 19—time italian champions sacked stefano pioli after they finished second behind inter last season. fonseca left french side lille earlie

you can see there live pictures coming to us from the fan zone in gelsenkirchen.e country. it's being classed as a high risk event by authorities there because of concerns over potential violence. meanwhile, here in the uk, prime minister rishi sunak has posted on social media wishing the england squad good luck for tonight's game and supporters at the fan park in wembley have gathered in their hundreds. some with very confident score predictions ranging up to 15 nil to england, perhaps a little optimistic. well, just hours earlier, police shot a man in germany who was armed with an axe at another football fan zone . officers say football fan zone. officers say the suspect was also carrying a molotov cocktail , which he tried molotov cocktail, which he tried to light before approaching. several people, including police officers. we now know the attacker is being treated for his injuries. earlier, former police sergeant harry tanger told us that security in germany is tight during the tournament but that authorities are well prepared. >> if you're in a public area

so officer in in gelsenkirchen.we can at least say that. all right, very briefly. >> then, let's look at the king's honours. yes. when it comes to sporting people. yes. well, big names that have well on the subject of scotland, i mean, we've got graeme souness who gets a cbe, ally mccoist, the former rangers striker who won one the league ten times. >> he was on commons commentary last night on itv for the scotland game. he gets an obe and he doesn't end there for scotland either. also getting an obe is the scottish golfer. do you remember sandy lyle? >> well, no , i remember the >> well, no, i remember the name. yeah, yeah. >> he won a couple of majors back in the back end of the 80s and the early 90s, and he's been given an obe for his services to, to golf. chris boardman from cycling, who not only had an excellent olympics back in i think it was 1992. but he was also big a key, a key driver behind team sky's success and team gb success back in the about ten, 12 years ago. he designed a lot of the bikes. in fact,

after clashes in the city of gelsenkirchen ahead of england's serbian match.d police in riot gear responding to a violent incident earlier , to a violent incident earlier, with a brawl breaking out at a restaurant. we're also hearing a number of serbian supporters have been arrested, though the uk's football policing unit says no. england fans have been

dan roan, bbc news, gelsenkirchen.greek island of samos after crossing from turkey. he is now a refugee. ibrahim says he was beaten and strip—searched and that the greek coastguard took him and two other men out to sea. he swam to safety, but the other two men died. we've heard allegations of a total of five separate incidents in which people were thrown into the sea by the greek coastguard. in all, nine of them died. in a statement, the greek coastguard strongly rejected all allegations of illegal activities and questioned the veracity of the testimonies we've gathered. but last year another incident was caught on camera by this activist. it could appear any second, any minute. it showed men in masks forcing 12 people, including women and young children onto a greek coastguard vessel. they're then set adrift in a motorless raft, abandoned just outside greek waters. they were found later by a turkish patrol boat and an official investigation by greece is ongoing. the greek authorities didn't agree to be interviewed for

so anyway, back to sukh, back to gelsenkirchen , just back to gelsenkirchen, just before they went, didince of wales ? that, the prince of wales? >> well, i was there. >> well, i was there. >> this was very, very real. and sweet that he was on the school run, and he asked his kids for some advice, and it was prince louie's advice that he went for. >> was he really on the school run? he was out of action. >> but the thing is, the one that looked like the kids, though, is that we'll show it in just a second, because you see the all the england team and they're all gathered together andifs they're all gathered together and it's like it just reminded me of being a kid waiting for the headmaster to bring a special person in. and they're all sitting there very quietly. and then he makes this. he talks about, you know, it talks about, well, well, my child did say about you should eat. and it was kind of like quiet and nobody. this is this is what happened at saint george's park before they went to gelsenkirchen yesterday. >> guys, i was just thinking on the way here. what would i say today? so

dan roan, bbc news, gelsenkirchen. let�*s speak to brian wright. —— nigel whittle.s amazing. the atmosphere building out of the game, at the fans, was just incredible. it was great to mix with other countries represent england and it was super atmosphere. talk me through how you think england performed. for talk me through how you think england performed.— talk me through how you think england performed. for me it was as exected. england performed. for me it was as exnected- we _ england performed. for me it was as expected. we know _ england performed. for me it was as expected. we know the _ england performed. for me it was as expected. we know the way - england performed. for me it was as expected. we know the way gareth l expected. we know the way gareth sets the team up is to qualify from the group first before focusing on later rounds. i expected it to be a tough game. i thought serbia were very physical. they tried to aggravate some of the england players, especiallyjude. he took a few hits during the game so we were really disciplined and focused. it is alwa

after clashes in the city of gelsenkirchen ahead of england's serbian match. video posted on social media showed police in riot gear responding to a violent incident earlier , to a violent incident earlier, with a brawl breaking out at a restaurant. we're also hearing a number of serbian supporters have been arrested, though the uk's football policing unit says no. england fans have been arrested by police and serbian fans are now marching through the city ahead of their opener against england in just under an hours against england in just under an hour's time. it's being classed as a high risk event by authorities there because of concerns over potential violence . well, those scenes in gelsenkirchen come just hours after police shot a man in germany who was armed with an axe at another football zone in hamburg . officers say the hamburg. officers say the suspect was also carrying a molotov cocktail, which he tried to light before approaching several people, including police officers. the incident happened dunng officers. the incident happened during a dutch

they now head to gelsenkirchen on sunday for their first knockout match.ess they improve, it might be their last. andy swiss, bbc news, cologne. it is one of the best third—placed teams that england will now face on sunday in gelsenkirchen and we will know tonight when the group games this evening come to a conclusion, who that will be. worth pointing out it could be belgium, the netherlands, but it's fair to say the draw, despite england's slightly below—par performances is opening up for them. on the other side of the draw, you've got france, spain, portugal. so, there is this feeling that if england can find some form and improve their performances, then there's still a strong chance that they could progress through the knockouts. but it has been a very strange feeling amongst the england supporters here and it appears at the moment they are in two camps — those who feel there is plenty to feel positive about, they are through to the last 16 after topping the group, and those who feel that the booing and the frustration is simply part of it and they fee

and around 40,000 are expected in gelsenkirchen on sunday for the opening match against serbia.iour of its fans several times in recent years, with hooliganism linked to far right, pro—russian groups and the local police have said they believe there is a threat of violence. they have shared that inter—intelligence with us. intelligence with us. the man in charge of the tournament today told me security was a priority. the authorities rated that match from the start as a high—risk match. serbia has not been in the tournament for some time, so there was as well some unknown factors. how are the two fan groups going to react? our records do not show a high risk of clashes, but of course the match has a bit of a potential, and if we are not taking care of that, it could escalate. commentator: germany rules the world aaain. germany remains synonymous with success in the sport. a fourth world cup in 2014 cementing its status as a footballing heavyweight. but it's been a steep decline since with no knockout win at a major tournament for eight years. especially after the last tournament