Key events
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In the end, they may find that their lack of an elite-level centre-forward works to their advantage, but Germany look decent, don’t they? The midfield of Toni Kroos, Robert Andrich, Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and Ilkay Gundogan is absolutely not to be messed with and it will take something significant to stop them.
What a joy Georgia has been so far. They will now need to beat Portugal to stay involved and that looks unlikely – although perhaps Martinez, with his ranked side, will be replaced – but even if they go home, they have enriched our lives over the past week.
If Roberto Martinez gets his Portugal team right, they will stop short. Bruno Fernandes ended the club season in rare form and looks in good spirits at this tournament, while Bernardo Silva is also at it. Behind them, Joao Palinha and Vitinha provide ballast – and quality – while alongside them Rafael Leao provides a cutting edge, and on the bench an array of options means no match situation should trouble them.
We will also look back of yesterday’s action. Belgium got going, Kevin de Bruyne to the fore as they dealt with Turkey. They seemed to have better cohesion with Your Tielemans in the side – I was surprised he didn’t come on earlier against Slovakia – and Amadou Onana looked much better alongside him.
Preamble
Hello! And welcome to today’s blog, which will take you from now until tonight’s games that round out Group A. We’ll bring you Scotland v Hungary and Switzerland v Germany, but before that we’ll have all the chat and news from what’s shaping up to be classic tournament. We’re leaving
