Evening all, and welcome to Germany v Hungary! Oh yes!

Ginter whacks a ball at Sane who brings it down nicely and knocks off well. Nothing comes of it, but EXCUSE ME WHILE I INTERRUPT MYSELF!

Kimmich touches off and Fiola clatters through him, doing well to avoid a booking. The refs have been great so far, keeping their cards to themselves unless absolutely necessary and generally refraining from seeking attention.

But all of sudden Nagy hits a ball over the top for Sallai, and Hummels does really well to extend a leg, poking behind for a corner. Naturally, that comes to nothing.

It's all Germany, but we expected that. Hungary know what their about, and are confident defending their box.

Germany stroke it about and then, with no warning, Hummels hits a terrific diag over the top, picking out Kimmich deep inside the Hungary box! He extends a leg and brings it down gorgeously, Berba-style, delivering the ball into stride too. But he's running out of pitch so needs to shoot quickly from a narrow angle, and a decent effort forces Gulasci to extend a strong right hand to save.

As you might expect, Hungary and their back five are sittig deep.

Immediately, Germany are into stride and Gnabry looks to feed in Sane behind the Hungarian line. The ball has too much on it, but it's a nice idea.

Away we go!

Football authorities are one thing; football fans, at least most of them, know what time it is.

Ah, it seems that Muller has a knee situation. And maybe Gnabry and Sane will be either side of Havertz - we'll see.

The German one is an absolute tune. I was about to say that it could use a bigger chorus, but hearing it now, it's colossal.

Anthem time!

Apologies, my system crashed, but I'm back now and here come the players!

Football being football, it's leaders can't help but make things unpleasant. Uefa not only turned down a request to light the stadium in rainbow colours to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, but put out the statement below.

Apparently it’s political to request that the ground use rainbow colouring, not political to refuse the request – perhaps to appease a political leader – and when Uefa use rainbow colouring, it’s not political. Makes perfect sense.

In 1954, Germany met Hungary in one of the most important football matches ever played. You can read about it here:

Shades of Eva Herzigova, for those of you old enough to remember lingerie ads from the mid-90s.

There's a decent chance that Germany end up playing England next. As it goes I think that'd be an alright draw for them - they have the tools to outrun Germany in midfield and find space in behind their wing-backs. But having things and making things happen are very difference endeavours.

I guess the question as regards Germany is whether the Portugal game was their peak. It's fairly rare that the best side in the group stages wins a trophy and Portugal played into their hands, but they do look to be growing.