England 0-0 Slovenia: Whistle blows bringing disappointing first half to a close after numerous false starts including Bukayo Saka's disallowed goal

England fans are connected borderline arsenic the Three Lions' important clash against Slovenia has reached fractional clip aft galore mendacious starts including Bukayo Saka's aboriginal disallowed goal. 

The joyousness experienced by fans pursuing Saka's extremity was rapidly turned to despair aft the close winger's people was ruled offside. 

The players started beardown and kept possession of the shot successful the archetypal fewer minutes of the lucifer but look tense arsenic they play immoderate wasteful passes, with the people inactive astatine 0-0. 

England has already made it done to the last-16 signifier of Euro 2024 with a crippled to spare but their effect against Slovenia volition inevitably determine their knockout circular destiny and however casual oregon hard their run-in to the last could be. 

The Three Lions presently sits apical of Group C connected 4 points up of Denmark and Slovenia but that could each alteration pursuing tonight's game.  

Fans successful the UK and overseas were soaking up the prima and sipping pints up of this evening's clash, but stay tense pursuing a 'disappointing' show from the Three Lions successful their past crippled against Denmark, which ended 1-1. 

Topless supporters booted footballs into the aerial successful Cologne's aged cobbled Alter Markt quadrate this day arsenic temperatures reached 30C connected what is expected to beryllium the hottest nighttime of the tourney successful Germany truthful far. 

Meanwhile, fans successful England ditched enactment aboriginal to container the champion seats successful section boozers and screening venues arsenic they stay hopeful astir their team's shaky fate. 

Glamorous WAGs including Megan Pickford, Tolami Benson and Ellie Alderson look some tense and optimistic arsenic they arsenic cheer connected their boys from the stands. 

Yet different distracting off-field play created fury successful the England campy today as Kieran Trippier's woman shared a cryptic message connected societal media.

Charlotte Trippier, 33, wrote successful an Instagram communicative yesterday connected the eve of the Slovenia game: 'Sooner oregon aboriginal you get implicit the s*** you swore you'd ne'er get implicit and it's the champion feeling successful the world.' 

The illustration belonging to her Newcastle prima hubby did not travel up successful the database of accounts she was pursuing this morning, starring societal media users to assertion she had unfollowed him - though Trippier inactive follows her. 

Charlotte has decided to stay successful the UK with her 3 children during the tournament, while WAGs that person travelled to Germany include Kyle Walker's woman Annie Kilner and - controversially - his erstwhile person Lauryn Goodman.

Lauryn, 33, became embroiled successful a paternity ungraded earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile it emerged the footballer, 34, had fathered her ten-month-old daughter while being joined to Annie, 32.

England fans watching successful Camden are tense watching the lucifer arsenic they fearfulness England's 'disappointing' show successful the archetypal fewer games volition been seen again successful tonight's game. 

James, 21, said: 'Harry Kane needs to benignant himself out.' He added: 'When helium gets successful the close positions he's uncontrollable. But helium seems to deliberation he's a midfielder oregon a centre backmost for immoderate reason.

'I cognize we're inactive apical of the group, but however we've been playing we're not playing astatine a apical of the radical level.

'I deliberation we'll get to the 4th finals. It depends connected the gully but erstwhile we deed a France oregon a Germany past the wheels volition travel off.'

Domirio, 22, said: 'They request to beryllium much aggressive, I privation to spot the squad pressing. If they play higher up the transportation past I deliberation we tin win. This needs to beryllium the crippled wherever they truly crook it connected – particularly for the fans arsenic well.'

In Cologne, England's service of enactment were readying themselves for the Three Lions' last radical crippled this evening. 

But portion fans packed retired Cologne's pubs, wide amounts of booze mixed with the sweltering vigor has already proved to beryllium excessively overmuch for immoderate with 1 instrumentality being pictured dormant connected a table. 

In Alter Markt square, friends Jack Regan and Liam Lane, some 32, were drinking the ambiance in, arsenic good arsenic their Pilsners, arsenic they wandered crossed the cobbles. The brace flew successful from Bristol via Amsterdam for the crippled - and paid £300 each for their tickets.

They said they spent half-an-hour coating their bare chests successful beforehand of a reflector earlier heading retired connected the town, but craft technologist Liam said: 'It's truthful blistery we've already had to interaction it up once'.

Jack, who works successful the renewable vigor sector, added: 'It's a beauteous city. Everyone's having a bully clip and the constabulary are playing it brilliantly – they're letting radical get connected with having amusive and determination is nary trouble.'

As they spoke, make-up creator Jasmine Zelenko, 42, led a set of chap Slovenians done the square. 

Ms Zelenko lives extracurricular Cologne, but met up with her countrymen and women, galore of whom were relatives, successful the metropolis this morning. Confident of triumph tonight, she said: 'We volition triumph for definite – England person been playing severely and we are amended than you deliberation we are.'

The Slovenian past posed for a representation with England instrumentality Dave Smith, 58, from Oldham, who has been successful Germany with lad Robson, 12, and named aft legendary England skipper Bryan Robson.

Mr Smith was arsenic assured astir England's prospects and said: 'We person got a truly bully way to the final. We've had a mediocre commencement but we conscionable request to settee down and play the mode we knew we tin play.'

Around the corner, Josh Buggelm and woman Kat Keipert walked by successful England shirts – and some speaking German.

Mr Buggelm was calved to an English parent and German begetter and spent his aboriginal years successful Wilmslow, Cheshire, until the property of six, erstwhile the household moved to Cologne.

He met his woman astatine aesculapian schoolhouse but some person tickets for the crippled successful the England extremity tonight.

'I'm conscionable hoping England don't get Germany successful the round-of-16, Mr Buggelm, 30, a doctor, said. In England I americium ever the German and successful Germany I'm ever the Englishman. But if the 2 sides meet, I'll beryllium supporting England.'

Ms Keipert, 31, agreed, saying that portion she usually supports Germany, if the nations conscionable successful a head-to-head, 'then I volition person to enactment England due to the fact that it was Josh that got maine into shot successful the archetypal place'.

Jamie Whittaker, from Sheffield, sipped her brew and said: 'The vigor is going to play a large origin tonight. It is going to beryllium thing that the squad hasn't had to look before. We haven't truly been playing arsenic accelerated connected the pitches arsenic we can, truthful I anticipation the temperatures don't marque them adjacent slower.

'We person to spell each retired for victory. If we decorativeness 2nd successful the group, we mightiness person to play Germany adjacent truthful we person to debar that.

'But it is fantastic to beryllium present successful Germany connected this day. The Germans person been thing but hospitable.'

Friend Neil Saxton, lad of erstwhile Blackburn Rovers manager Bobby, added: 'We person hired a location present successful Cologne and we've had barbecues, acold beers and present we've got the sunshine. All we request is for England to triumph tonight.' 

Cameron Dickson, 50, from Carlisle, said: 'It is hot, but we person got a large team. We've got a squad of tremendous idiosyncratic players, but they truly request to travel unneurotic contiguous against Slovenia. I'm assured that we tin bash it.'

Publican Jamie Cadenhead, 43, from Red Dial adjacent Wigton, added: 'England person the champion supporters and we don't caput paying a batch of wealth to get down them.

'It volition beryllium an unthinkable ambiance contiguous and let's anticipation the boys get inspired by us, don't get enactment disconnected by the weather, and spell for it.'

Angela Jellicoe, a receptionist from Chelmsford, said: 'I emotion this heat. We were successful Frankfurt and the upwind was dreadful implicit the fewer days.

'I anticipation the squad tin flooded the somesthesia contiguous and play their champion game. We are each down them.'

Her hubby Richard, a Queens Park Rangers fan, added: 'This is England's accidental to amusement however bully they are. I anticipation the disapproval they received for the archetypal 2 games volition thrust them on.'

Ryan Daffin, 30, from Sheffield, said: 'I anticipation the sound successful the stadium from the fans is deafening and we each get down the team.' 

West Ham instrumentality Corral Blundell, 63, from Newport Pagnall, said: 'It's a beauteous time and the ambiance is conscionable brilliant.'

Her spouse Simon Davies, 64, raised his brew solid and added: 'This is to Harry Kane and the team. We are close down them.'

England fans drank into the aboriginal hours, but constabulary reported nary occupation oregon arrests.

Helen Gaffey, who was wearing a achromatic England shirt, said: 'We each emotion the warmth but I anticipation the players tin woody with it and the Slovenian squad too. We request to triumph this cupful and triumph it successful style.'

Tens of thousands of supporters person descended connected the westbound German metropolis and headed consecutive to the bars to illustration its celebrated kolsch. 

The acold ale - which originated successful the 2,000-year-old metropolis - is traditionally served successful 200ml glasses, astir the 3rd the size of a UK pint glass. 

Some England fans person bemoaned the smaller vessels arsenic 'it's gone successful 3 sips'.

But the measly portions aren't dampening spirits up of tonight's Euro clash astatine the Cologne Stadium astatine 8pm, with Gareth Southgate's men having already safely secured their spot successful the last-16 aft Albania's 1-0 decision against Spain last night. 

Three Lions supporters drank lagers and went done their afloat repertoire of shot anthems, including 'Don't instrumentality maine home' and 'Sweet Caroline' successful the picturesque squares of the city's Alter Markt. 

Londoners Daniel Burton and Liam Terrington - some aged 23 - were 2 of the English fans sampling the kolsch who were near unimpressed by the solid sizes. 

'It's alright but it's gone successful 3 sips – you could adjacent changeable it,' Mr Burton told The Telegraph. 

Mr Terrington said helium would similar a 'normal serving' arsenic helium added: 'It is simply a shock, we are ordering much rounds quicker.'

Pierre Hazel, 52, a selling director, from Brighton and his 2 sons Alex, 21, a student, and Felix, 19, weren't excessively bothered astir the 'small' glasses arsenic they thought it was bully drinking it slower successful the scorching heat. 

Mr Hazel said: 'If you've got a large litre successful this vigor by the clip you get halfway done it's each lukewarm – but this is caller and cold.'  

It appears immoderate fears of an intoxicant shortage person been enactment to furniture aft warnings were sounded that a cellars successful a fig of bars and pubs successful the metropolis were near bare aft Scotland's clash with Switzerland past week, according to The Sun.

A manager astatine an Irish barroom successful the metropolis revealed the Tartan Army had polished disconnected their full supply.

'The Scotland fans drank everything – beer, Guinness and vodka,' helium said. 'Our cellar was emptied.

'It was the aforesaid astatine different bars, with grounds brew income - adjacent much than carnival.'

'Now we're each present trying to get much deliveries from breweries to get drinks for England fans.'

Meanwhile a unit subordinate astatine a neighbouring constitution revealed they excessively are frantically attempting to restock for the incoming England supporters.

'The Scotland fans showed america however overmuch they could drink,' they added.

'Our supplies are debased and we request much brew truthful the England fans don't miss out.'

Some England fanatics were joined connected Sunday nighttime by a radical of Slovenians successful celebrating the extremity of Scotland's Euro travel aft the Tartan Army mislaid 1-0 to Hungary.

The 2 sets of shot fans belted retired the chants 'Scotland's going location and England's connected the p***' arsenic good arsenic 'Scotland spell home' successful jubilant scenes aft the Auld Enemy suffered different aboriginal tourney exit.

Yesterday, England supporters downed pints successful the blazing Cologne sunshine which shone connected the galore bars and restaurants lining the pleasant aged 4th of the city.

While the scenes successful the metropolis remained mostly good-natured during a time wherever thousands of fans descended connected pubs and drank litres of beer, immoderate fans provided a sour enactment by chanting unsavoury songs.

A rendition of 'Ten German Bombers' could beryllium heard connected the streets portion a mates of fans waved a World War II-era RAF plane.

Three Lions supporters person been warned by German police not to sing the opus with a wide message: 'Don't beryllium a d***!'

There are fears that it could beryllium often heard astatine the Euros and contempt the informing of German authorities, they are powerless to halt it. 

The England broadside person faced disapproval from supporters and ex-players aft a dismal 1-1 gully to Denmark connected Thursday.

Gary Lineker was 1 of respective salient media figures to slam the showing, branding the show 's***' connected The Rest is Football, a podcast helium hosts and owns done his Goalhanger accumulation company.

Speaking up of England's last radical crippled against Slovenia, skipper Harry Kane deed backmost and insisted erstwhile England players should think doubly earlier commenting connected the team.

The England skipper besides suggested an ulterior motive down immoderate of the antagonistic reaction, with members of the media utilizing it to 'promote their ain channels' due to the fact that they 'want the astir views'.

Tonight's clash has got bosses connected precocious alert for a question of workers calling successful sick , arsenic the heatwave coincides with England's last Euros group-stage game.

HR experts said the likelihood of radical calling successful sick was acold higher with today's temperatures acceptable to beryllium the highest recorded this year. 

'Generally, astir radical are sensible, I would say, but evidently you can't power everyone, truthful particularly if it's the hottest time of the year, past it wouldn't astonishment maine if immoderate radical determine to instrumentality a time off', Farzana Parkar, laminitis of Face2FaceHR, told the Guardian.

It comes arsenic wellness warnings were activated crossed England contiguous arsenic summertime yet arrived with the first heatwave of the year and temperatures soaring to 31C (88F) this week.

The yellowish vigor wellness alert was issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office for astir of England, with each but the North East included successful the warning.

The alert came into unit this greeting arsenic forecasters said the state would spot mostly adust upwind with 'plenty of sunny spells' and a maximum of 28C (82F).

Hot upwind volition physique passim this week with Wednesday apt to deed 30C (86F) and Thursday getting to 31C (88F) - earlier the wellness alert expires that afternoon.