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Prynhawn da, god aften! Welcome to live coverage of the first game of the round of 16 in Euro 2020, and what a doozy it is. Within the hour we’ll have Wales taking on Denmark in the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam for a place in the quarterfinals. There’s been a lot of static about the group stage using up 36 matches to eliminate eight teams; those of us who see our glass as two-thirds full can celebrate the fact we’ve gently sculpted events to secure the retention of 16 sides and set up the second half of the competition. The European Championship is two tournaments; the groups are done and now it’s the knockouts, where every game is its own unique island of pressure. Few ties in the round look as evenly matched as this one. Wales are following the Lord Mayor’s Show of 2016 with another Lord Mayor’s Show while Denmark are without their talismanic playmaker Christian Eriksen, but have gathered an emotion-fuelled momentum in the aftermath of that harrowing evening in Copenhagen two

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Johan Cruijff ArenA / 26.06.2021
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    Updated 26/06/2021 at 17:57 GMT