you know, the less said about steve mcclaren and fabio capello and roy hodgson, the better.hgate completely transformed that. i mean, personally, the memories — i mean, i had the great fortune to be at the england—germany round of 16 match in euro 2020, which was played in 2021 because of covid, and at the denmark semifinal and at the italy final, all of them at wembley, all amazing. i mean, i think people will look back and say that italy final, which we lost, of course, on penalties, was the great missed opportunity because we were a better team than that italy team in a way that probably wasn't true of the spain team we played against the other night. and, you know, not to sound too much like a sort of rubbish, state—of—the—nation novelist, that summer of 2021, when the country — well, the world — was just emerging from covid, some of those stadiums were half full, although in practice some of them were a bit more full, and there's documentaries you can watch about that, but it did feel like this massive, sort of collective national release of pent up joy. and i think gar

he has worked wonders with this english team, picking them up from the roy hodgson regime when they gotrous spell. it was sam that stepped up and got them to a world cup final and took them to back—to—back european championship finals but they are the first team to lose back—to—back european championship finals. he is the first manager to lose 2 euros finals and that will really hurt this england team and gareth southgate, so expect there to be changes there but what a turnaround for spain, beaten by morocco in the last 16 at the world cup, sacking their coach, stepping up from their coach, stepping up from the under 21 is. the spanish federation in turmoil last year. rememberthe federation in turmoil last year. remember the sexual harassment case against their president. he had to step down, but against all that, this young team that has been shaped and crafted have been absolutely magnificent. taking the temperature _ absolutely magnificent. taking the temperature in _ absolutely magnificent. taking the temperature in berlin, - we sent our reporter sergi forcada is in mataro, the home

such an influentialfigure, took cover for notjust the roy hodgson either then the disastrous one gameed. gareth southgate stepping up as a caretaker role in coming out of the england 20 once he was head of elite development. he was head of elite development. he was behind the blueprint for saint georges park, the england team base near derby. he has been an influential character. we spoke to part of the angry development side, and under 19 world cup winner. he has that wagon. he spoke to us about the england setup and how they have nurtured english talent. i don't know if it was that either orjust before i started to go into the england setup but they were massive on having a dna, a style of play and performing. from what i hear there has been a big change. they benefit because they made academy changes the way they play, the standard in the academy has got much better. you really get to see the real footballers. the real ballers. from goalkeepers to strikers. you can tell there was a big change in the style of play and through that, players were coming out with ridiculous talent. lik

102 games in eight years which has led this england team, taking them out of a dark place, the roy hodgson championships ago, and then be some outer diced tobacco. gareth southgate has had such a positive impact on this england team, but she says that is not a decision for now. they will go away and think about it again when he looks up back at the mash and other tournament. they haven't been particularly good, written their luck stop and when you compare to how it's being progressed through this tournament, winning all seven of their matches in winning this championship for a record fourth time, no site has done that in the history of the tournament, and their attacking talents. we cite this again, nico williams scored their opener, set up by yamine lamal, given the young player of the tournament award, scoring is a 16—year—old in the semifinals, a 17—year—old he became yesterday. they have been for years. it was an unheralded spain player, their substitute, michaela res about, scored late and they couldn't respond. they tried to threw everything at spain, thought the force extra time aga

he has worked wonders with this england team, picking them up from the roy hodgson ridging when theysouthgate who stepped up, got them to a world cup semifinal have now taken them back to back european championship finals, but they are the first team to lose back—to—back european championship finals. to lose back—to—back european championshipfinals. he's to lose back—to—back european championship finals. he's the first manager to lose 2 euros finals —— 2 euros finals, that will really hurt this england team and gareth southgate. so expect there to be changes there, but what a turnaround for spain, beaten by morocco in the last 16 at the world cup, sacking their coach will stop louis bill la fuente is stepping up from the under 21 �*s, the spanish federation in turmoil, the sexual harassment case against their president, lewis through bla �*s, he had to step down, but against all of the outcome of this young team that lewis has shaped and crafted has been absolutely magnificent here in germany. the young player of the tournament, limning jamaal, scoring in the semifinals, setting up t

but he wore his, learning lightly and rather like fulham's manager at the time, roy hodgson.ntleman. and i think what you saw is what he really is, and then, of course, he joined the england set up, first of all, with the under 21 seconds. and then he was translated to the first team, and as you've just referred to his record there, bev, it's a distinguished one, almost as distinguished as, as, bobby robson and alf ramsey before him. and i'm quite sure he will go on and do greater things. he was just a boy from crawley. he didn't pretend to be anybody other than he was. he was down to earth, plain spoken and good company and i can understand how well he got on with the players because, he didn't pretend to be anything other than they were. and he was one of them. >> now the universe has just collided to bring us a prince william statement while we have you, michael cole, which is just wonderful. isn't it serendipitous? prince william said this. he said, i want to thank you not as the president of the fa, but as an england fan. and thank you for being an all around class act.

he, in fact, he learned from people like roy hodgson back in the back in the late 70s though, wasn't, he had a bit of star quality about him, but and i think the, the commercial, the star attraction with the, with the ladies. >> yes he certainly was. >> yes he certainly was. >> yeah i know, i know. well some say that, that that meant that he besmirched the office a little bit. that wouldn't go down. well down as well with sponsors these days that's for sure. is that the fans. oh no way, no way. yeah. mine too. yeah. >> okay. well there's no doubt today that the big story is this aftermath or it's not really an aftermath or it's not really an aftermath of the it outage. because it's still going on. it's going to take some time to talk through. and then you've got the situation in america with joe biden . but shall we with joe biden. but shall we look to domestic politics first? because tory mps suella braverman has been forced, in a way, to deny that she's going to defect to reform uk if she loses her bid for the tory leadership. >> the former home secretary is reportedly struggling t