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WELCOME Good evening and a warm welcome to you to Guimaraes for tonight's match. It's the Nations League semi-final clash between England and the Netherlands. Team news is coming right up for you.

UEFA Nations League / Semi-final
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques / 06.06.2019
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Pete Sharland

Updated 06/06/2019 at 21:23 GMT


3'
The Dutch nearly get a couple of attacks away before Dumfries gets caught out by Sancho. His delightful chip is ultimately put behind but it did cause problems.
1'
Judging by the noise in the stadium it is an English-leaning crowd tonight...
Right a minute's silence and national anthems are done and we're underway with Rashford getting us underway.
My word the heavens have just opened and it's pouring down now.
Right we're five minutes from kick-off. Who are you backing?
And finally before we get underway here is another plug from Mr Foley for his piece on Gareth Southgate and his work in developing the relationship between team and fans.
They have some fine players the Dutch and we already know that Frenkie De Jong will move to Barcelona for next season.
However the destination of club team-mate Matthijs de Ligt is far more up in the air. Do you know anything Ronald?
THE DUTCH CONNECTION
Right what about the Dutch though?
Of course they weren't at the 2018 World Cup but they've undergone a revolution of their own a bit under Koeman.
Here's David Winner to guide you through their renaissance.
And speaking of the truly Mr Foley's work allow me to direct you to his piece from Portugal about this very issue.
Our man on the ground in Portugal is Marcus Foley and he has been working incredibly hard. Here is his interview with Kevin Miles, CEO of The Football Supporters' Federation.
HOWEVER...
All has not been well on the ground, as is now to be expected with England away the idiotic few have reared their unwelcome heads and been the subject of many an unpleasant scene. It's not anything anyone wants to see and it's a real disgrace to be perfectly honest
THE RISE OF RAHEEM
It's a night to remember for Raheem Sterling as he captains the side. Sterling has rapidly become one of the most important players in Southgate's England set-up and the armband is a just reward for his fine work both on and off the pitch over the past 18 months.
In this video we chronicle the Manchester City forward's journey.
NETHERLANDS TEAM
Right here is the Dutch team for you, no qualms for Ronald Koeman in selecting Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum in his starting XI.
Likes of Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt in the team as well as Steven Bergwijn.
ENGLAND TEAM
Let's start with the World Cup semi-finalists and the major talking point is that manager Gareth Southgate does indeed elect to leave his Champions League participants on the bench.
It means Raheem Sterling captains the side on his 50th cap, as expected. He is joined in a very exciting looking attack alongside Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford.