England 1-0 Serbia: Three Lions lead at half-time as flying header from Jude Bellingham gets England's Euros campaign off to strong start

England's aureate lad Jude Bellingham has enactment Gareth Southgate's broadside successful a beardown presumption astatine half-time - arsenic the Three Lions' Euro 2024 run got disconnected to a flyer successful Germany tonight. 

Tens of thousands of fans successful the stadium successful Germany and millions much watching from location erupted arsenic the 20-year-old prima gave England a 1-0 pb conscionable 13 minutes into the lucifer with a sublime flying header into the apical corner.

Bellingham and the remainder of the star-studded squad person the enactment of their families, WAGs and the full federation arsenic they effort to spell amended than 3 years agone erstwhile they mislaid connected penalties against Italy in the last astatine Wembley.

The Euro 2020 last was marred by disfigured scenes arsenic ticketless fans forced their mode into Wembley - and the scourge of shot hooliganism made a shameful instrumentality this day arsenic England and Serbian fans clashed connected the streets successful Germany.

Despite the unit and question delays sparking chaos, tens of thousands of excited fans person made it to the Veltins-Arena, portion millions of Brits person packed retired bars and instrumentality zones astatine location - galore launching pints into the aerial erstwhile Bellingham scored.

More than 30,000 England fans - lone 20,000 of whom are believed to person tickets - are in Gelsenkirchen for a clash which has been designated arsenic 'high risk' owed to the estimation of the 2 fanbases. 

Only low-alcohol brew is being served successful the Gelsenkirchen stadium successful an effort to trim the imaginable for problems. 

Among those successful the assemblage is Jordan Pickford's wife, Megan Davison, who arrived aboriginal wearing a cropped England garment with her husband's fig 1 on. Jude Bellingham's parents, Mark and Denise, and footballer brother, Jobe, took selfies with the crowd, portion the partners of Harry Kane, Luke Shaw, Ollie Watkins and Conor Gallagher person besides been spotted.

After some countries belted retired their respective nationalist anthems, the highly-anticipated clash yet got underway - with fans connected some sides raising the extortion successful Germany. 

England are successful their accepted achromatic strip, portion Serbia are playing successful red.

The WAGs were seen smiling, waving and cheering arsenic England skipper Kane led the squad retired to the pitch. 

The Three Lions made an assured start, seeing plentifulness of the shot portion Serbia were sitting deep. 

And conscionable 13 minutes into the game, Bellingham met an inch cleanable transverse from Bukayo Saka with a stunning header to springiness England the pb - sending fans successful Germany and astatine location wild.

Moments later, Serbia's prima striker Aleksandar Mitrović astir levelled arsenic helium tried to capitalise connected a mediocre mistake from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Midway done the archetypal half, the pacey Kyle Walker stormed done connected goal, astir doubling England's lead, but firing narrowly wide.

Ten minutes earlier half-time, Bukayo Saka breezed past the Serbian defence  and searched for Phil Foden with a cutback but helium couldn't rather find his team-mate.

England's aboriginal dominance faded successful the minutes earlier half-time, but Southgate's broadside were successful a beardown presumption astatine the interruption acknowledgment to Bellingham's header. 

Southgate has encouraged supporters to bask their clip successful Germany and Three Lions fans were surely enjoying themselves erstwhile Bellingham opened the scoring. Many are dressed caput to toed successful England colours arsenic supporters flocked to bars for German steins.

Some England fans person been heard chanting a Second World War-related song, 'Ten German bombers', contempt pleas against doing truthful by constabulary and the FA.

Yet galore much fans person been good-humoured arsenic they raised pints with chap fans and German hosts, arsenic good arsenic those pursuing this evening's Serbian opponents. 

Tens of thousands of Brits started drinking aboriginal successful the glorious sunshine successful Germany earlier the heavens opened hours earlier footwear off. 

Excited fans were spotted downing booze arsenic the ambiance for England's opener ramped up. 

At home, England fans person flocked to boozers - contempt the awkward timing of the game, with galore successful enactment connected Monday morning.

Men, women and children person been spotted draped successful St George's flags arsenic they enactment Southgate's squad connected their quest to extremity 58 years of hurt.

Tonight's crippled marks a instrumentality to Gelsenkirchen 18 years aft Wayne Rooney saw reddish determination arsenic England crashed retired of the World Cup yet again connected penalties.

The Three Lions, managed by Sven-Goran Eriksson and captained by David Beckham, mislaid their World Cup quarter-final shoot-out to Portugal successful June 2006.

Star striker Wayne Rooney was sent disconnected for a stamp connected opposing centre-back Ricardo Carvalho, with the England man's then-Manchester United clubmate Cristiano Ronaldo caught connected camera winking aft starring protests for a reddish card.

Stay-at-home fans volition down an estimated 30million pints successful pubs and successful their homes for tonight's opening confrontation with Serbia - with an assemblage of astir 17million expected to tune successful the BBC One's coverage.

England's 35,000 pubs person been braced for 'Super Sunday', with much than 14million pints expected to beryllium sold - and different 16million tucked into astatine home.

An estimated 40,000 England supporters are believed to person descended this play connected Gelsenkirchen and neighbouring cities specified arsenic Dusseldorf and Cologne.

But galore faced issues reaching the stadium aft a breached down bid caused nationalist transport delays.

Frustrated fans reported waiting much than fractional an hr for a train, portion sports writer Oliver Kay described the concern arsenic a 'total mess'.

He wrote connected societal media: 'For immoderate England oregon Serbia fans who are inactive successful the mediate of Gelsenkirchen (or worse inactive not determination yet), I’d urge you acceptable disconnected connected ft if you can. It’s astir 3 miles but the nationalist transport concern is simply a full mess.'

German constabulary person been moving with authorities from London and Belgrade to effort to debar disfigured scenes successful the areas astir the stadium and during the crippled itself.

Earlier this afternoon, England and Serbian football fans clashed successful disfigured scenes in Gelsenkirchen.

Shocking pictures showed supporters covered successful humor aft unit broke retired up of footwear off.

German riot constabulary rapidly descended connected the country this afternoon, with constabulary sources telling MailOnline astatine slightest six radical person been arrested.

There was speculation implicit which supporters were progressive successful the vicious brawls, with reports initially suggesting the unit was sparked by Serbia's arch-rivals Albania attacking Serbs.

However, Gelsenkirchen constabulary person present said it was English and Serbian fans who were progressive successful the fighting.

'It was an altercation betwixt English and Serbian fans, who were separated by the police,' a spokesperson said. 'Further measures are underway and the inheritance is presently being clarified.'

Officers moved successful aft occupation erupted betwixt fans extracurricular a restaurant-bar conscionable aft 3.30pm. Video shows a radical of thugs - immoderate hooded and masked - launching bottles, chairs and tables - portion immoderate supporters were seen fleeing the country for information arsenic hostility boiled over.

One English instrumentality is believed to person suffered a caput coiled successful the fracas, with 1 different injured.

Earlier, the UK's dedicated Football Policing Unit released a connection saying a 'number of arrests' person been made, but it is believed those detained are Serbian.

A spokesperson for the UK's Football Policing Unit said: 'We are alert of an contented successful Gelsenkirchen up of the England v Serbia match.

'Our German colleagues person made a fig of arrests of what we presently judge to beryllium Serbian supporters.

'At this signifier we bash not judge that immoderate UK nationals person been arrested but enquiries are ongoing.

'Our officers are astatine the determination speaking to German colleagues.

'Our probe squad is present reviewing footage of the incidental and if immoderate UK nationals person been involved, shot banning orders volition beryllium sought.'