we had to prepare our players because of what happened to us in montenegro. so, that was a process that we needed to go through before our next away fixtures, but outside of that we trust the authorities to make sure everything is in place and we are all, you know, everybody involved in the game from both countries is wanting to speak about the match. wales manager ryan giggs says the point they earned against croatia last night could prove vital to his side's qualification bid. gareth bale equalised just before half—time in cardiff to hold the group leaders to a 1—1 draw, but wales are still fourth in the table and they need to win both their remaining games and have slovakia drop points if they're to go straight through. i think on the balance of the game, pleased with the draw. it was a very -- it pleased with the draw. it was a very —— it was against a very good team and especially going 1—0 down, showed character and to get to go to get us back into it. but it goes down to the last two games now which will not be easy. but we have shown equalit

this doesn't come off, so to the european, whether it is a check republic of montenegro, england have as an issue we have discussed before. if you don't like us being in europe and freely wandering around your countries, you go somewhere else, we're not going anywhere. we add more value to your continent they knew, the racists do. you go somewhere else. syria is a nice place for racist right now. apart from that personal appeal, what about his actual...|j apart from that personal appeal, what about his actual... i speak for the england football team. they were right to walk. only problem with walking a visit comes the other side will do it more, in which case get them some law enforcement. we have video cameras. get them arrested. stick them in prison because it is hate speech. if you £170 million or slightly more than that, with someone slightly more than that, with someone in the uk has, a single ticket holder, what would your advice be? how would you invest it? top tip. pretend you give it to your mother—in—law. that way you will be more accurate. my top tip is... i will say i

kosovo beat montenegro 2—0 to keep their hopes of qualifying alive. the result means that group a leaders england are not certain of their place in next year's finals. the world champions, france, were held toa i—i world champions, france, were held to a 1—1 draw by turkey in paris. both remain level on points, but only just both remain level on points, but onlyjust ahead both remain level on points, but only just ahead of both remain level on points, but onlyjust ahead of iceland. with two games to go, it is still a 3—way fight for two places. well, in world cup qualifying for 2022, the two koreas will meet in pyongyang on tuesday, the first time the pair have played in the north's capital since a friendly back in 1990, with the two countries still technically at war. south korea departed on monday. this tottenham's star forward son heung—min is included in the squad. the teams are expected to face each other at the kim il—sung stadium. both have won their opening two games in the second round of qualifying in qatar. in group d, saudi arabi

guarantee their place at the euro 2020 finals if they win away to bulgaria tonight and kosovo fail to beat montenegro. but the match has been overshadowed by fears of racist comments. joe wilson reports. england's footballers are still east, but south — sophia. on friday, they were lost. —— sofia. well, defeat to the czech republic has raised a big question — are england as good as people thought? what you gain in resilience from the defeats are an important part of player's career and a person's life. maybe we were all focussing a lot on next summer and i've always maintained the first thing is we have to qualify. well, bulgaria's national stadium here in sofia holds over 40,000, if people come. recent performances and attendances have been poor. when bulgaria lost here against kosovo, there was chanting aimed at the kosovans, which was noticed by uefa. it's not been the only recent bulgarian incident and a section of this stadium will be closed for the game against england as a punishment for racism. but bulgaria's manager, through a translator, gave a different perspective. translation: in

just back to earlier this year when england we re to earlier this year when england were playing montenegro there was a racist abuse against the england players then and the punishment, the u efa players then and the punishment, the uefa punishment for montenegro was to gaze —— two home games played behind closed doors and a fine, i punishment like that enough of a deterrent cosmic i don't think the current punishment or deterrent, but show racism the red card, we look at the longer term solutions. sanctions, of themselves, closing stadiums and closing parts of the ground, points deductions, any kind of deductions and banning plans for life, all of those things might have individual merits, but they're not going to solve the problem of racism and therefore, we think education has to be one of the top priorities. we do not see uefa or fifa doing anything in terms of anti—racist education and, certainly, any number of companies, there earn no campaigns at all, so i think this is an example they are of new education campaign against racism and no active campaigning against racism within

if england win and montenegro don't lose tonight, then they will secure their place in the finals. but as you can see, kosovo are their place in the finals. but as you can see, kosovo are 1—0 up. in the last couple minutes, play was stopped and the england skipper harry kane was spoken to by the referee. this was over alleged racial abuse in the stadium. there was then a message from the stadium announcer, and he has said that the game would be suspended again or abandoned if certain crowd chants continued. so we will keep you up—to—date with that, you can follow it on the bbc sport website. some more news coming from sophia, a british man has died following an incident there, the foreign office continuing they are supporting his family. the fa say they will comment —— waitfor family. the fa say they will comment —— wait for comment until the full circumstances are clarified. let's move on, because michael o'neill has secured his first friendly away win as the northern ireland manager after a hard —fought as the northern ireland manager after a hard—fought 3— to

the last time they encountered these problems in montenegro. so much focus has been put on this game in bulgaria that they certainly knew, and obviously it was clearly very fresh in their mind. they talked about it as a group and what they would do if it arose group and what they would do if it a rose really group and what they would do if it arose really in the protocol is very clear, starts with basically the referee reporting, either the observers or the delegates. in the england players reported it also to gareth southgate and it was clear just before half time that the england players were being consulted by gareth southgate and he was asking, what we do? do we leave the pitch? do we take a break as is normal. in the england players were adamant they wanted to stay on the pitch, they didn't want to walk. the place was so clear and gareth southgate was in the press conference but also talking to the players afterwards in interviews. they were adamant they wanted to win the game on the pitch, send a message that way and i know that can sound