England get Euros campaign off to strong start with 1-0 victory over Serbia

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The build-up to the game had been overshadowed by concerns about violence between rival supporters. And some of those fears were realized when police rushed in to separate brawling fans in Gelsenkirchen earlier in the day.

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00:00England have got their European Championship campaign off to a strong start with a 1-0

00:07finish against Serbia. Jude Bellingham scored England's only goal in the 13th minute.

00:13Harry Kane very nearly extended the lead in the second half when Serbia's goalkeeper

00:18pushed his far post header onto the underside of the bar. Kane set a record for his country

00:24by making his 23rd appearance at a major tournament. And England manager Gareth Southgate

00:30was full of praise for his on-pitch performance.

00:34I thought he did an excellent job in the second half when we were struggling to keep hold of it

00:39and his technical ability to hold the ball for us in a few of those moments was really helpful.

00:46So, you know, this team is still coming together. Everybody's expecting us to

00:51walk through. There's a lot of hard work ahead.

00:53But the build-up to the game had been overshadowed by concerns about violence

00:58between rival supporters. And some of those fears were realized when police

01:03had to rush in to separate brawling fans in Gelsenkirchen earlier in the day.

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