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WELCOME Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the final of the Women's European Championships as Denmark take on the Netherlands. Team news is on the way

Euro / Final
De Grolsch Veste / 06.08.2017
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Tom Adams

Updated 06/08/2017 at 16:57 GMT


21'
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Groenen is late as you like on Veje as she sidles around her, and is booked.
Outrageous record for Dutch goalscorer Miedema.
20'
Van de Sanden gets in down the right AGAIN!
Sandvej is having an absolutely torrid time.
18'
Here's the Dutch goal for you
16'
Blimey what an effort that is from Spitse.
The Dutch captain is shaping a free-kick to go into the box but she tries to catch Petersen out. The Denmark keeper does well to get back and make the save.
14'
Denmark look a little rattled after that and they are rightly just trying to slow things down and have a little bit of possession.
12'
I tell you what Groenen has started the game really well, even given Denmark took the lead, she is controlling things in the middle of the park.
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GOAL! DENMARK 1-1 NETHERLANDS (MIEDEMA)
And we're back level and it's all down to Van de Sanden. Groenen launches the ball over the top and Van de Sanden gets in behind before squaring the perfect ball to Miedema who makes no mistake.
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9'
Sandvej is really struggling against Van de Sanden and the Dutch winger bursts past the full-back to send over a low cross but it's cleared away.
8'
Bad sign for the Dutch
Pressure on them now.
7'
GOAL! DENMARK 1-0 NETHERLANDS (NADIM P)
That's definitely a penalty.
Rash challenge from Van Es in the box as she takes out Troelsgaard.
Nadim to take...
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5'
PENALTY DENMARK!
3'
Van de Sanden already looking like a threat down the right for the Dutch. She puts in a cross but there is no-one on the end of it.
1st Half
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And we're underway!
And of Denmark beating Austria
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Highlights: Missed penalties scupper Austria's Euro campaign as Denmark reach the final

Quick reminder of how these teams got here before we get underway
Here are the highlights of the Netherlands' victory over England
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Highlights: Classy finishing and calamitous defending ends England's Euro dream

Right we've had the closing ceremony and the teams are coming out now.
Time for the anthems.
And here are the thoughts of the Denmark coach Nils Nielsen.
"We had a very interesting first match [the 1-0 loss to the Netherlands in the group stage]. And if you think about it, in the Rocky movies, in the first movie Apollo Creed was surprised when Rocky fought back, like we did in the second half. And it is going to be like in the second Rocky movie: this time Rocky is going to win."
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Image credit: Eurosport

Would you like to see the dressing room of the Dutch team?
Of course you would!
What they say
Here's what Netherlands coach Sarina Wiegman has had to say ahead of the match.
"We did wonder how big the tournament would be. We knew it would depend on how we performed, but we could hardly have dreamed it would be this big. Since the first game against Denmark both teams have improved. Both teams play possession football and want to be dynamic. In the first game we were better in the first half and they were better in the second. We have kept on following Denmark and we have little things in our strategy prepared."
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Image credit: Getty Images

A new winner
A reminder that today we're going to have a brand new winner of this tournament. Only three teams have ever won this competition; Germany, Norway and Sweden.
Neither team has ever made the final before but Denmark have made the last four five times with the Netherlands qualifying for the semi-finals in their debut in the competition in 2009.