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Audible jeers again as the players take a knee, quickly drowned out by loud applause.

Away we go at the Riverside.

What do we want to learn today then?

Which fringe players can step up if needed? If England are firing in the final third? How fit Jordan Henderson is?

Stephen Warnock
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Very tough isn't it. I think against Croatia Gareth will go with the two sitting and probably Kalvin Phillips purely on that little bit more experience and that's where he might get the edge over Jude Bellingham.

However I do feel that Bellingham will have a big part to play for England. I think he'll get 10, 20 minutes here and there but will force Southgate to give him longer.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips has been speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about his England call-up:

"It's a surreal feeling. I got a message from my Leeds team-mate Luke Ayling who just went out and bought his England shirt with my name and number on the back. It's a weird feeling because I never thought I'd be in this position, but to be here is a surreal feeling and I'm just happy to be here.

On what he was doing during Euro 2016: "I can just remember being in my living room with a few friends. I had the flags outside my house and everything. When you think about it you get goosebumps and the memories will stick with me.

On his the influence of his family: "I cant express how much my family have been involved in my footballing in life and my life in general. My grandma passed away sadly, but my mum, my girlfriend and my sister - all the women in my family have been very supportive of me and I'm forever grateful and I'll try and make them proud."

Harry Maguire is having to pose for pics with members of Romania's coaching staff.

Big in Bucharest, it seems.

England

England boss Gareth Southgate, speaking to ITV about the reaction to his players taking the knee before kick-off: "We can't control the response. We are very clear on our stand. We are united as a staff and a playing group."

England

England boss Gareth Southgate, speaking to ITV: "We have players who need minutes and some players who definitely don't need minutes.

"We are still open minded [on who will replace Trent Alexander-Arnold]. There are some things we still want to learn from this game but we have a pretty good idea."

On Marcus Rashford captaining the team: "He is by far the most experienced international player in the team today. We felt this was a good opportunity for him to show some leadership. He had a big smile on his face when he was told."

On Jordan Henderson: "The plan is he gets 45 minutes today and can build from there."

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"We didn't play well enough - we'll just have to go and lick our wounds."

That was the verdict of then-manager Kevin Keegan after England were dumped out at the group stage of Euro 2000 by Romania.

But can you name England's starting XI from that match?

You've got three minutes

Kenneth MacRae: Last game before Euro 2020 for England and Southgate has players in the team who aren't in his Euro squad? Surely a huge error. He should be playing his starting 11 for the first game.

Josh Earl: Really hoping James Ward-Prowse's inclusion in the starting XI is a sign that he's gonna be the TAA replacement. Has to be him or Jesse. But for me, JWP is massively underrated. Best set piece taker in the PL & an overall very solid player, great on the ball.

Phil Foden or Mason Mount?

Jordan Pickford or Dean Henderson?

Who would you pick for England's Euros opener against Croatia on 13 June?

Head here to make your selections

iiO - Rapture smashing out over the speakers at the Riverside Stadium.

Tune.

Lovely little feature on ITV with Tyrone Mings and Conor Coady.

Didn't know the two centre-halves got on so well.

Quite cute.

Steve Fogerty: Personally I was calling for Pickford to be dropped, but have since realised how important his distribution is to the team #englandsnumber1

Ian Simpson: I will never understand why they are still playing an experimental team on the eve of a major tournament. Pick your best 11 and stick with it!

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"We called it a skills test because that's what the players thought it was," says Trevor Bumstead, a former West Ham United youth coach. "But really it was about perseverance, determination."

Eight stations were set up around the pitch. The club's under-15 boys were each given a ball and told to work their way around the circuit until every task was completed.

At one station, they had to curl their ball into the goal from the corner flag, with their left foot and then their right. At others, they had to shoot through hoops placed over the corners of the net, or execute precise clipped or driven passes toward a target.

And it was in these sessions that Declan Rice demonstrated the persistence and drive for improvement that have seen him develop into a key midfielder for England going into Euro 2020 and a standout Premier League talent reportedly valued upwards of £80m.

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England boss Gareth Southgate said he wants to have Jordan Henderson around the squad for his experience even if he is injured.

Roy Keane - with a dead pan face - has had his say on ITV: "Why keep him? Does he do card tricks? A sing song?" 😂😂