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Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE digital coverage of the Nations League clash between the Netherlands and Italy. Kick-off in Amsterdam is at 19:45 GMT.

UEFA Nations League / League A
Johan Cruijff ArenA / 07.09.2020
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    Updated 07/09/2020 at 20:40 GMT


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    The Netherlands are in good nick having won 9 of their last 10 competitive games at home.
    1st Half
    19:45
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    KICK OFF: We are underway. The hosts are in their traditional orange shirts.
    19:40
    COUNTDOWN: 5 minutes till kick-off!
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    19:30
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    Italy are unbeaten in their last 15 matches, racking up 12 wins and three draws. The last time the Azzurri went on a bigger winning streak was in 2006, 25 under Marcello Lippi, the year they lifted the World Cup.
    19:25
    Mancini has recalled Chiellini into the starting XI after admitting it was a mistake to leave him out against Bosnia - due to him not wearing his glasses. He of course should have gone to that famous opticians brand.
    He said: “They showed me the line-up, I didn’t have my glasses on and just said it was fine. I didn’t notice Acerbi was there rather than Chiellini.
    “Anyway, we had planned originally for Acerbi to play one game and Chiellini another. I had asked Giorgio if he wanted to play today or on Monday with Holland, he said today, but we’ll have to swap it now.
    “It’s not like we chose a goalkeeper rather than a defender, it’s not a massive difference, but yes, it was an error.”
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    19:15
    Lodeweges goes with a 4-3-3 and starts Manchester United new boy, Donny van de Beek, who was on the bench for the win over Poland.
    Meanwhile Mancini has also gone 4-3-3 and recalls the veteran Chiellini.
    19:10
    Italy only managed a point in their opening Nations League match against Bosnia on Saturday, ending their 11-game winning streak.
    19:05
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    The Azzurri are unbeaten in their last five matches against the Netherlands since losing 0-3 in the first match of Euro 2008, under Roberto Donadoni.
    19:00
    NETHERLANDS: Cillessen, Hateboer, Veltman, van Dijk (c), Aké, de Roon, F De Jong, van de Beek, Wijnaldum, Depay, Promes...Subs: Bizot, Ihattaren, Bergwijn, Tete, Krul, Schuurs, Dumfries, Babel, Strootman, Wijndal, Fer, L. de Jong.
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    18:50
    ITALY: Donnarumma, D'Ambrosio, Bonucci, Chiellini (c), Spinazzola, Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli, Zaniolo, Immobile, Insigne...Subs: Florenzi, Kean, Pellegrini, Caputo, Di Lorenzo, Christante, Belotti, Chiesa, Mancini, Acerbi, Sirigu, Cragno.