‘I think England are the favourites!’: Londoners excited ahead of Euros

We ask Londoners what their expectations are ahead of the Euros and where the best place is to watch the football.

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00:00The Euros is here. England fans across the country will be gearing up to support the Three Lions in full force.

00:08Earlier this week we published a video on some of the best places to watch England games in the capital,

00:14and today I'm here at one of them, Box Park in Shoreditch.

00:19Box Park is famous for showing England games with beers flying everywhere for every goal we score,

00:25especially at international tournaments.

00:27I've been before and it really does generate a match-like atmosphere inside.

00:31But how are the people of London feeling about the Euros, England's chances

00:36and where they think the best place is to watch the matches in London?

00:41So Euros coming up, how excited are you feeling? Do you think England have got a good chance this year?

00:46Maybe. I think recent tournaments have kind of maybe lost hope a bit,

00:51even though we did get into the final against Italy.

00:54But yeah, maybe. I can see it happening. We have one of the best teams on paper, for sure.

01:00I think England have a good chance. I think we've got a really good team.

01:04I've only been getting into football the past couple of years,

01:08but I think generally it's a good team.

01:13I think last Euros a lot of the team were quite fresh and it was a big deal for a lot of young players,

01:22but I think now we have a good chance.

01:25I think it's definitely one of the best squads we've had, but you never know in this competition.

01:31We've done really well in it before or we've tanked out,

01:35so hopefully it will be perfect in terms of how it falls into place.

01:40I think this is the best chance England have had in a while.

01:43Come off a finals loss to Italy and one that was, I think, Gareth Southgate's fault more than player talent.

01:50England has the most talent, more so than France, yeah.

01:53So you think they're maybe favourites?

01:55I think they are favourites, I think. I think Germany will crumble, I'm going to be honest.

01:58Where do you think is a good place for people to go and watch the games?

02:02I mean, just pubs generally. Any pub with a TV is nice.

02:06I'm not really into the ticketed screenings and stuff or ticketed showings.

02:15I'm not really into that. I think it's a bit much.

02:18I just think your local pub has a TV.

02:21Oh, it definitely makes a huge difference when you have a big screening.

02:24I watched the England-Italy game, I think the Brewdog, Tower Hill.

02:28That was really good, had a big screen. It's a bit more communal, you know, so yeah, much better.

02:34Pub, it's always going to be a pub. Best atmosphere, best atmosphere.

02:37Do you think pubs are better than screening places?

02:39Screening places, it's just artificial because in a pub you get some real commentary, you know.

02:44Box Park is pretty good. I've been a couple of times, but just any pub really.

02:51As long as you're with the right company, I think anyway it's quality.

02:55And to be fair, everyone will be buzzing about it anyway, so yeah.