France v Croatia team news
France: Maignan, Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez, Kone, Tchouameni, Olise, Dembele, Barcola, Mbappe. Subs: Samba, Chevalier, Pavard, Digne, Camavinga, Doue, Muani, Rabiot, Konate, Zaire Emery, Guendouzi, Clauss.
Croatia: Livakovic, Stanisic, Caleta-Car, Sutalo, Gvardiol, Modric, Kovacic, Perisic, Petar Sucic, Kramaric, Budimir.Subs: Kotarski, Ivusic, Pongracic, Moro, Vlasic, Mario Pasalic, Baturina, Fruk, Jakic, Sosa, Ivanovic, Juranovic.
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It’s a sell-out in Dortmund for Germany v Italy . As they were in the first leg, the hosts will wear a special kit to mark 125 years of German football. You can watch the highlights of the first leg right here . Interesting to see that Tim Kleindienst starts for Germany after his goal off the bench in the first leg. The 6ft4in striker now has three goals in five appearances for Germany.
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Updated at 20.50 CET
Germany: Baumann, Schlotterbeck, Tah, Rudiger, Kimmich, Stiller, Goretzka, Mittelstadt, Sane, Musiala, Kleindienst.Subs: Nubel, Ortega, Koch, Gross, Burkardt, Amiri, Undav, Leweling, Bisseck, Adeyemi, Raum, Andrich.
Italy: Donnarumma, Gatti, Buongiorno, Bastoni, Di Lorenzo, Barella, Ricci, Tonali, Udogie, Kean, Maldini.Subs: Meret, Vicario, Rovella, Lucca, Frattesi, Raspadori, Politano, Ruggeri, Casadei, Zaccagni, Comuzzo, Bellanova.
Portugal: Costa, Dalot, Dias, Inacio, Nuno Mendes, Fernandes, Vitinha, Bernardo Silva, Francisco Conceicao, Ronaldo, Leao.Subs: Jose Sa, Rui Silva, Nelson Semedo, Antonio Silva, Joao Palhinha, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix, Quenda, Joao Neves, Ruben Neves, Trincao, Jota.
Denmark: Schmeichel, Kristensen, Andersen, Vestergaard, Dorgu, Eriksen, Hjulmand, Norgaard, Isaksen, Hojlund, Lindstrom. Subs: Hermansen, Jorgensen, Nelsson, Frendrup, Skov Olsen, Biereth, Hogsberg, Wind, Harder, Froholdt, Kristiansen.
Spain v Netherlands teams
Spain: Simon, Mingueza, Le Normand, Huijsen, Cucurella, Olmo, Zubimendi, Fabian, Yamal, Oyarzabal, Williams.Subs: Raya, Remiro, Porro, Grimaldo, Asencio, Merino, Morata, Aghehowa, Ferran Torres, Garcia, Baena, Gonzalez.
Netherlands: Verbruggen, Geertruida, van Hecke, van Dijk, Maatsen, Reijnders, De Jong, Kluivert, Frimpong, Depay, Gakpo.Subs: Olij, Flekken, Simons, Koopmeiners, Brobbey, de Ligt, Taylor, Lang, Malen, Wieffer, Baas.
Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria teams
Rep of Ireland: Kelleher, Doherty, Collins, O’Brien, Brady, Johnston, Azaz, Cullen, Knight, Ferguson, Parrott. Subs: Bazunu, Travers, Manning, O’Shea, Taylor, Idah, Dunne, Sykes, Vata, Moran, Armstrong, Abankwah.
Bulgaria: Plamen Iliev, Minkov, Nedyalkov, Simeon Petrov, Nurnberger, Antov, Gruev, Despodov, Milanov, Marin Petkov, Bozhidar Kraev. Subs: Sheytanov, Shopov, Ivanov, Krastev, Panayotov, Nikolov, Stoyanov, Ilian Iliev, Kirilov, Hristiyan Petrov, Andrian Kraev, Dyulgerov.
Hello everyone , and thanks to John. A lot of football to digest, and for those not already full, we have another feast of football kicking off at 7.45pm GMT. There are four tasty ties here, with some tasty scorelines from the first leg last week.
Spain v Netherlands (2-2 agg)
Germany v Italy (2-1 agg)
Portugal v Denmark (0-1 agg)
France v Croatia (0-2)
We will also be providing key updates from Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria , with Heimir Hallgrimsson’s side leading 2-1 from the first leg of their Nations League promotion/relegation play-off.
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Updated at 20.23 CET
So, to complete a night of Caledonian misery, here’s Ewan Murray’s report.
This was an evening on which no part of the Scotland team functioned properly. They were slack in defence, non-creative from midfield and powder puff in attack. The star of the show was 17-year-old Konstantinos Karetsas, who is unlikely to remain at Genk for long. This baby-faced assassin tortured the Scots.
And with that, the evening’s fixtures will be looked after by Michael Butler.
John McGinn spoke to the BBC: “We started pretty well, had a couple of chances, we just let ourselves down with the first goal we conceded. We’ve got to reflect now before two friendlies in the summer.
“It’s an embarrassing night for us, everyone is flat in the stadium, we let ourselves down. No threat in behind, probably too easy to pick up. Greece deserved to win. That will maybe give us a kick up the backside for the World Cup qualifiers – we know they are no mugs. Tonight shows we need to be much better if we want to get to the World Cup.”
Kári Tulinius gets in touch: “Iceland have been poor. This feels like the final nail in the coffin of the golden age of Icelandic football, symbolized by the captain of the 2016 team being sent off for a stupid, unnecessary foul. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted, and we’ll always have the memories.”
“I’ve been watching the Icelandic national team lose matches for most of my four decades plus on this Earth, but it’s seldom been this grim to watch. Even at their most limited, and there were years when we had barely anyone of talent, we could at least trust the team to make an effort. Once Kosovo equalized, whatever self belief they had deserted them. The really dumb foul that got our old captain sent off was a symptom of the game already being lost, not a cause.”
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Updated at 20.14 CET
Nations League final scores
Hungary 0-3 Turkey (Agg 1-6)
Scotland 0-3 Greece (Agg 1-3)
Iceland 1-3 Kosovo (Agg 2-5)
Serbia 2-0 Austria (Agg 3-1)
Slovenia 0-0 Slovakia (Agg 0-0, into extra time)
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Updated at 20.04 CET
Final score: Scotland 0-3 Greece (Agg 1-3)
That was painful to watch for the Scots. Greece were – and are – excellent and they will meet again in the World Cup qualifiers. The Greeks go back up to League A, Scotland relegated, and deservedly so.
That sinking feeling: Dejected Scotland fans. Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images/Reuters
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Updated at 20.02 CET
90+4 min: Boos as Craig Gordon makes a bad mistake and Masouras tries to chip him. At the other end, Tierney has a shot saved. At least they mounted an attack. It’s been a sour evening. And it’s closed with boos and rancour.
90+2 min: Four minutes were added on when there is little point in continuing. Like Scotland’s Nations League hopes, this one is done. Grim, sorry scenes.