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Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of the Euro 2016 Group E clash between Belgium and Italy at Parc OL. Kick off 8pm UK time.

Euro 2024 / Group Stage
Groupama Stadium / 13.06.2016
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Paul Hassall

Updated 13/06/2016 at 21:02 GMT


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DID YOU KNOW? The two managers have history at the Euros. They both featured as players when Italy beat Belgium in the group stage of Euro 2000.
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Image credit: Imago

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Hair-raising: Fellaini wins a header
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Image credit: AFP

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Italy deal with the corner and hungrily set about pushing forward once more.
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Image credit: AFP

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Radja Nainggolan forces a smart save out of Buffon from 30 yards after neat set-up play by Lukaku and Fellaini.
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Candreva marauds down the right but his low cross is easily cut out at the near post. A promising situation goes to waste.
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Belgium started as favourites but Italy have looked the more vibrant in the early exchanges.
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Eder with a high boot on Vermaelen. It leads to a talking to from the referee but no card. Boos from the crowd.
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Italy playing with a rapid tempo and trying to press high up the pitch.
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DID YOU KNOW? Belgium's only competitive win against Italy was at the 1972 European Championship. It was a 2-1 aggregate victory in the last eight that was played over two legs.
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Eder with a first sight of goal for Italy but his strike deflects and is easily claimed by Thibaut Courtois.
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Will it be a busy night for Buffon on what is another record-breaking evening for him?
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Belgium are currently ranked second in the world and have lost just once in their last nine matches. Italy were 2012 finalists and were one of the four undefeated sides in qualifying, along with England, Austria and Romania. The Azzurri won seven and drew three. It makes this arguably the match of the group stage.
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KICK OFF! Italy get us underway.
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This is the first international match at the Stade de Lyon. It is a 59,000-capacity venue that opened in January. It will hosts six matches at this competition, including the first semi final.
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Belgium have been defeated in five of their last seven matches at the Euros.
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The winner of this clash will go top of Group E after Republic of Ireland and Sweden fought out a 1-1 draw earlier.
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Belgium have won their last two opening games at the Euros, defeating Yugoslavia in 1984 and Sweden in 2000 (as co-hosts).
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DID YOU KNOW? Italy have drawn more games than any other team in European Championship history (15). They have also been involved in the most stalemates (eight).
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Italy have reached six European Championships in a row since missing the 1992 competition. The Azzurri have only ever failed to qualify from a group on two occasions - 1996 and 2004.