Good evening, and welcome to Italy v Spain in the semi-finals of Euro 2020!

Garcia miscontrols a sharp pass from Laporte, but recovers before Immobile can mug him.

The atmosphere at Wembley seems alright, given the lack of travelling fans.

There's a good tempo to this game now, Spain charging down the other end with Torres finding Olmo, who shoots wide.

Emerson takes possession down the left and curves a lovely pass into space behind the Spain defence ... Barella is in! But he can't quite sip around Unai Simopn to finish, so has to check inside and curl towards the far post ... and onto the far post! But the flag then goes up and when we see the replay, it's evident that Emerson delayed his pass unnecessarily.

It looks like Olmo is through the middle with Torres on the left and Oyarzabal on the right.

The first foul of the game is along in roughly 27 seconds, Verratti on Olmo. It's the kind of challenge that often yields a yellow, but the reffing in this tournament has been pleasingly and presumably purposely lenient. Ultimately, you want the best players on the pitch, so if offences aren't egregious, it makes sense not to get too excited by them.

And away we go!

The ball arrives on its little car, which reminds me of this:

Badabing! That was superb.

Spain's passes, but the Italian players give theirs loads, Bonucci in particular. Chiellini, meanwhile, closes his eyes - in Hebrew, we cal that kavanah.

Anthem time!

Here come the teams!

But the most interesting battle is in midfield. Pedri has been brilliant this tournament - he is brilliant - but these days, Busquets can be worried if players get, er, in and around him.Verratti and Barella will, I'm sure do that, but the same applies to Jorginho of whom they're in front. I wonder if one side will funnel an extra man into that area - perhaps a full-back for Italy, perhaps a false nine for Spain - to try and win the numbers game.

I wonder what plans Italy have made to cover for Spinazzola's absence. Even if Emerson defends well, there's a lot of attacking impetus they'll miss that he won't be able to replicate, which places greater onus on Chiesa and Insigne, the wide attackers.

Laugh!

Alex Del Piero is on BBC, saying that what Mancini has done is build a side. He's picked a group of players, stuck with them, and inculcated a way of playing, and that's the reason for the coherence we see now.

Rio Ferdinand notes that the England team he played in had more world class players and he's right - him, Cole, Terry, Scholes, Lampard, Gerrard, Beckham, Owen, Rooney, Hargreaves - it's ridiculous really. But the current side have so many attacking options - only one of Saka, Sancho, Rashford and Foden will start.

On BBC telly they're now talking about England. I'm surprised it took as long as 11 minutes.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Ferran Torres does tonight. He didn't play much last season, but he looks more a Bernardo than a Nolito, so I'd expect Pep Guardiola to increase his appearances now that he's used to the speed and physicality of English football. Emerson, who'll be marking him, has barely played in the past year, and if I was Enrique - for the avoidance of doubt, I'm not - I'd be targeting him with a burning cruelty.

I was hoping Cesc Fabregas would be with BBC, but he's not. Instead, we get Jurgen Klinsmann, Rio Ferdinand and Alan Shearer.