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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Czech Republic vs. Turkey. I’ll bring you team news and build-up over the next 50 minutes, followed by full text commentary.

Euro / Group Stage
Stade Bollaert-Delelis / 21.06.2016
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Tom Bennett

Updated 21/06/2016 at 21:55 GMT+1


19'
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The flag is up as Mor slices a shot into the side-netting from a tight angle, but the wide man wasn't actually off. It was his uninvolved team-mate Gonul who was in the offside position
16'
Darida attempts a speculative effort from range and volleys well over the bar, but this is a terrific game. Spain and Croatia may be putting on the high-profile match of the evening, but there's no way it can be as entertaining as this has been.
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Czech Republic remind Turkey that they're not going to have it all their own way as Sivok rises high to meet a corner and thumps a header against the post.
14'
Turkey have looked much more assured on the ball since the goal and the amount of space that the Czech Republic midfield is leaving in-front of their centre-backs will have Terim licking his lips. Goals are there for the taking for Turkey.
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Turkey need a big winning margin and that's the perfect start. The Turkey fans are in fine voice, bouncing on their seats and roaring their players on. It's an intimidating atmosphere and the Czechs are shrinking a little.
11'
Turan's role in that goal was hugely important, with the Barcelona man helping to win possession in the centre of the park before producing a moment of quality to open up the Czech defence down their left side.
10'
GOOOAAALLL!!! Turkey have the lead and it's Yilmaz who's got it, tucking home a low cross at the near post after Czech Republic were ripped open on the counter-attack.
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8'
Spain are already 1-0 up against Croatia in the other game in this group, but that doesn't have much of an impact on these teams in truth.
6'
Turkey have been hugely disappointing in Euro 2016 to-date, but a long spell of possession football is the right way for them to go about stamping their authority on this game. The Turks have more quality in midfield than Czech Republic and they need to make that count.
4'
Czech Republic get the ball into the box again, but Turkey keeper Babacan shepherds the ball behind for a goal-kick as he's closed down by a throng of red shirts.
3'
A Turkey counter-attack is halted by a sloppy challenge in midfield. It's a high-tempo game with plenty of space in between the lines so far.
2'
The Czechs have started the game the brighter, pushing Turkey deep into their own half before Fatih Terim's side have even had a chance to get on the ball.
1st Half
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Czech Republic get the game underway, kitted out in their all-red strip. Turkey are in their change colours of white and blue.
19:55
The two teams emerge from the tunnel at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens and it's anthem time. A smoke flare goes off in the Turkey end to mark the occasion in fashion that will no doubt catch the eye of Uefa. The stadium is a sea of red this evening, given that it's the colour of both teams' first-choice strips.
19:50
If you couldn't quite follow my permutation maths earlier, then check out this handy article which explains it all.
19:45
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19:40
There's no Rosicky for the Czech's tonight, who are without their midfield talisman due to an injury picked up in the comeback draw against Croatia. It'll be interesting to see how they manage without him, because there's not a lot of quality on the ball in that XI.
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Turkey's 3-0 defeat to Spain last time out as scuppered them somewhat. The Turks now need to win handsomely tonight to even get back into contention for qualifying. I'll try and get my head around the maths now and explain it:
Slovakia's four points from three games means that they are definitely through as one of the four best third-place finishers.
So that leaves three spots remaining, with two groups still to be settled tomorrow. For Turkey to mathematically seal a spot tonight then they will have to win by at least five goals (maybe four, but it all gets a little bit too complicated for me if things are also level on goal difference).