4.55pm BST
Not long now: As a giant “Eriksen No10” shirt is unfurled on the pitch, the players of both teams prepare to march out. Jan Vertonghen leads the Belgian side, while Simon Kjaer wears the armband for Denmark. Good luck to all of them on what must be a weird day. It’s time for the anthems and kick off is less than five minutes away.
4.43pm BST
This just in: Never mind the near death experiences or concussions, Uefa have moved quickly to stamp out the growing menace of players ... moving drinks bottles out of shot at press conferences.
Following Portugal skipper Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to move a bottle of Coca-Cola out of the picture and replace it with water (a move subsequently aped by Italy’s Manuel Locatelli) and French midfielder Paul Pogba’s removal of a bottle of Heineken, Uefa have warned participating federations of their responsibilites to sponsors.
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