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Good afternoon and welcome to our live text coverage of Turkey v Wales.

Euro 2024 / Group Stage
Baku Olympic Stadium / 16.06.2021
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Pete Sharland

Updated 16/06/2021 at 17:59 GMT


14'
Turkey break and Karaman knocks infield to Under, who hooks a bouncing ball directly at Ward.
13'
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Excellent header from James, knocking down for Allen, who quickly returns possession. James promptly centres and Moore is up! But he under pressure from Soyuncu, he can't get over the ball, heading high.
10'
James and Bale have swapped, Jmaes now on the left and Bale now on the right. I think that makes sense, because Wales need both running towards goal.
9'
Wales counter with James and my web browser crashes before I can see what happens, but the broad answer is not much.
8'
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Davies is caught upfield andUnder gets away behind him, crossing low and hard for Yilmaz, who shoots low and hard. But Mepham does superbly to block behind, for a corner which comes to nowt.
6'
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But he retrieves possession at inside-left and spins, flicking a tremendous pass in behind the Turkish line that puts Ramsey in! He's exactly the man Wales want in this position and he does really well to feint a shot then turn inside, sending Soyuncu out for a bag of chips. But his splayed body covers the square pass that'd give Moore a tap-in, so he shoots towards the near post ... and Cakir extends a leg to make a smart save. That was well done by all concerned, but when a player as good as Ramsey gets a chance like that, you expect them to score.
6'
I think Wales have got Bale on the left and James on the right at the moment, and Bale wins a throw. He'll take it himself, but can't pick out a man.
5'
Wales are having most of the ball at the moment, knocking it about confidently.
4'
No matter. Wales win a free-kick in a similar area, but James' delivery is poor and Davies has to crane his neck low to direct a header wide fro 15 yards.
3'
Wales with a throw down the right, deep inside the Turkey half. Roberts comes forward to take it, then chucks it straight at Ayhan.
2'
I'm one of those who watched lockdown football without crowd noise, as I don't like pretending so wanted to hear what the players heard. Having whistles, jeers and songs back in my life is a beautiful thing.
1'
There are 35000 of so fans in the ground, almost of all them supporting Turkey - who play in red. Wales have disguised themselves as Australia - cunning.
1'
Away we go!
17:02
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The players take a knee. All black lives matter.
17:00
This is another of those grounds which doubles-up as an athletics stadium. In other words, it's completely unsuitable for football.
16:56
Footballers singing anthems badly is one of life's greatest pleasures.
16:55
The ground is absolutely bouncing. I cannot wait for this one.
16:55
AND HERE THEY COME!
16:54
The players are tunnelled.
16:54
There's not a chance Tomori isn't better than Mings, Coady and probably Stones too.
16:52
What a collection of words this is!