Summary

  • Sterling finishes pass from Phillips for England victory

  • First game of Group D before Scotland v Czech Republic on Monday

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  1. A roar and a purr - Three Lions highs & lowspublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

    England v Croatia (14:00 BST)

  2. 'You can't just switch your mind off'published at 12:30 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Jermaine Jenas
    Ex-Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    [On witnessing Fabrice Muamba collapse] It's that instant kind of shock that hits your system. It's not something that you see very often in top level sport anyway. I know through getting more information on it this is something that is continually happening from grassroots to the top level, but there is something that just hits you immediately.

    I was really shaken up yesterday. I was frantically trying to search for information to see if he was ok or a signal or a sign and thankfully we got one in the end and hopefully it continues.

    Yesterday how any games took place I don't know if I'm totally honest. Not only are there so many players who re very close but even as a footballer, as an athlete and as a human being, watching something so tragic in that time, you can't just switch your mind off and on in that way emotionally and that effects you physically.

  3. Postpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    England have arrived at Wembley and are alighting the bus.

    Jordan Henderson is there, so too Harry Maguire. Either one to start?

    Could Gareth Southgate spring a surprise with a left-back at right-back or vice verse...?

  4. 'Players are still going to be affected'published at 12:26 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Mark Chapman
    BBC Radio 5 Live presenter

    After everything I've dealt with over the last two or three years, that I do believe that everyone deals with grief and trauma and shock in their own individual way. There's not a right way to deal with it and there's not a wrong way to deal with it.

    But what you need when you go through it is the full support of people you work with, bosses, management. Whatever it may be you need the support of people around you. I do worry, rightly or wrongly, whether the support was really there for players in all of this and the Finland players too.

    Then I would go further and say players like Romelu Lukaku his team-mate at Inter Milan, Christian Eriksen's former teammates at Tottenham in this England team. For them to witness their friend go through that, they are still going to be affected by that today whether he's stable in hospital or not. There's shock for us and we don't even know Christian Eriksen. They're his friends who are going to be playing in this tournament over the next few days.

  5. A home final in sightpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    England begin their Euro 2020 campaign against Croatia at Wembley, where they hope to contest the final on 11 July.

    The Three Lions are looking to reach the final of a major tournament for the first time since 1966.

    England reached the semi-finals when they hosted the European Championship in 1996, and Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford said: "I was only two.

    "You don't have many opportunities to play a major tournament at your home country."

  6. Wembley basks in the sunpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

    Forget the traditional football ground aroma of hotdog stands and fast food stalls - the waft of suntan lotion was actually hanging heavily in the air around Wembley as fans waited to get in. It is officially very, very hot.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Imy: Here's to hoping England play the game today at a Premier League pace. If so I think we'll beat Croatia comfortably. If not, it'll be the same as every year.

  8. 'How Denmark players continued I'll never know'published at 12:18 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Chris Waddle
    Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    I have never seen anything like that in my life. I was sitting down and couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was horrendous to watch.

    You saw the reaction of the Denmark players, how they got on the field and got through that football match I just wouldn't know.

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  9. Postpublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    I'm currently watching the England team buses making their way to the stadium with a police escort.

    They're not caught in ANY traffic on the North Circular like the rest of us would be.

  10. 'A mixture of emotions'published at 12:14 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    John Murray
    BBC Radio 5 Live commentator

    It's a mixture of emotions really. Coming here today on a glorious day, I'm looking up and can see the white arch and beyond that just blue skies.

    When we travelled here on the tube today and got the first sight of Wembley, I'm thinking this is a rarity to see England at Wembley in a major tournament, but at the same time, it is all tempered by what we witnessed over in Copenhagen last night.

    That feeling is still here and that feeling is definitely still with us, even though the outcome as far as we know seems to be very positive for Christian Eriksen.

  11. Postpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Wembley Way is already a buzz of activity with supporters trekking down to the stadium from the underground stop.

    Great to see fans back for this one.

  12. Boy from Brentpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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  13. Postpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Sweltering Sunday sunshine, Avicii booming over the speakers at a pristine-looking Wembley Stadium. Some supporters have already made their way inside.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    Two hours before the first match seems the perfect time to throw caution to wind and declare: IT'S COMING HOME!

    Dom, London

  15. Today's actionpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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  16. Eriksen remains stablepublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

    Denmark

    DenmarkImage source, Reuters

    We begin with another positive update on the condition of Christian Eriksen.

    He has been speaking to his national team-mates and remains stable in hospital, Danish football officials have said.

    Eriksen collapsed shortly before half-time in Denmark's opening Euro 2020 game against Finland on Saturday.

    The 29-year-old Inter Milan player had emergency medical treatment on the pitch before being taken to hospital.

    "His condition is stable and he continues to be hospitalised for further examination," said a statement.

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    Read more: The heroes of Copenhagen

  17. Is this their year?published at 11:58 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

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    England fansImage source, Reuters

    Another year, another major tournament.

    This time it's (mostly) on home soil, this time with a young squad packed with attacking flair.

    Will this finally be England's year?