France 0-0 Denmark: Benzema finds the back of the net after latching onto a cute through ball but the flag goes up pretty quickly, especially by modern standards, and the goal is rightly ruled out.
Belgium 0-0 Netherlands: Ake dispossesses Lukaku in the box but his clearance only reaches an onrushing Castagne who whacks a shot towards goal, only to see it ping back off the bar.
France 0-0 Denmark: A cross reaches Benzema waiting on the penalty spot but his first-time shot is blocked. The best opening of the match thus far.
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Belgium 0-0 Netherlands: “Saw your comment ten mins ago [19.41],” says Charlie Swinbourne. “Wonder if this might be due to people with colour blindness – seeing the difference between red and orange is difficult. No idea if that’s the reason but wouldn’t surprise me.”
I have no issue with the reasoning but then surely Netherlands should be in their away kit and Belgium still in red.
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France 0-0 Denmark: Some nice buildup play from France concludes with Griezmann pinging a low drive from 30 yards but Schmeichel gets right behind it.
Jules Kounde fights for the ball with Christian Eriksen. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
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Belgium 0-0 Netherlands: Eden Hazard, starting his first game since January, just about has the pace to reach a De Bruyne pass over the top, allowing him to loop a cross into the box but Netherlands do well to clear.
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Belgium 0-0 Netherlands: Chris Iwelumo is on co-comms. He is impressed with Timber’s physicality. A first tick for the Premier League there.
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Belgium 0-0 Netherlands: A bright start from both sides in Brussels. They have already looked pretty threatening. Hopefully this is the sign of a good game.
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Kick off
Peep! Peep! Peep!
Belgium are in all white, while Netherlands are in their famous orange. I am very much against home teams needlessly wearing their away kits.
Sky Sports must have really not cared about showing these games. I am sure they used to have the rights.
Good job I have worked out how to mirror Premier Sports onto my TV …
I am not saying the Nations League hasn’t caught the public’s imagination but France v Denmark is live on Box Nation tonight.
Box Nation. The home of football. Photograph: REUTERS/Alamy
Updated at 19.49 BST
Timber starts for Netherlands. Ten Hag is very keen on reuniting with the Ajax defender at Old Trafford. Will be interesting to see how he copes tonight.
Turns out Spain played Portugal last night.
Starting lineups: France v Denmark
France: Lloris, Lucas Hernández, Varane, Koundé, Theo Hernández, Tchouameni, Griezmann, Kanté, Coman, Mbappé, Benzema.
Denmark: Schmeichel, Andersen, Nelsson, Vestergaard, Maehle, Hojbjerg, Delaney, Wass, Eriksen, Olsen, Dolberg.
Starting lineups: Belgium v Netherlands
Belgium: Mignolet, Vertonghen, Boyata, Alderweireld, Castagne, Witsel, De Bruyne, Meunier, Hazard, Lukaku, Vanaken
Netherlands: Cillessen, Timber, Van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, Berghuis, Klaassen, de Jong, Blind, Bergwijn, Depay.
Updated at 18.53 BST
Jonathan Wilson on Ukraine.
Today’s fixtures:
Croatia v AustriaFrance v Denmark
Result: Kazakhstan 2-0 AzerbaijanBelarus v Slovakia
Latest: Latvia 1-0 AndorraLiechtenstein v Moldova
Belgium v Netherlands
Preamble
Belgium will need an inspirational team talk prior to their match against the Netherlands, because, according to Kevin De Bruyne: “The Nations League is unimportant. We have to play those matches, but it’s a kind of practice campaign.”
Now that you are all in the mood for some hot June football action, we can take a closer look at the big match at The King Baudouin Stadium. Thibaut Courtois misses out after suffering a groin injury during the Champions League final, not that he will mind too much.
Netherlands could give a start to Manchester United target Jurrien Timber, allowing Red Devils (this works on two levels) to have a closer look at the Ajax defender.
Elsewhere, the Stade de France plays host to Denmark. There will be plenty of spotlight on policing and strategies for getting fans into the ground following the chaos at the Champions League final last week. Surely the police and other authorities will manage to be slightly less incompetent on this occasion.
France head coach Didier Deschamps will be absent following the death of his father. “He will be back soon. You have to respect his grief, he is with his family who needs him,” assistant Guy Stephan said.
We will keep across the other games, too, but they look pretty underwhelming.