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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


16:52
What a collection of words this is!
16:49
Speaking to the Robbie Savage, it seems like Page took James off against Switzerland because he was knackered. He says he wants players to be naused when subbed, and they've had a good chat about it since.
16:47
Mark Hughes reckons the first goal will be vital. More news as I get it.
16:44
I wonder how offensive Turkey will be tonight. I don't think they can wait for counters to beat Wales because Wales won't commit too many men forward. But more than that, they'll see this as their chance, and I can't believe they'll treat it with passivity.
16:40
James has played most of his domestic football on the right because that's where Man United have a gap, but he's much better on the left - and that's where he starts tonight. It's just a shame that David Brooks isn't back to his old self - the achilles injury he had was brutal - but hopefully he gets there eventually.A fit him makes this team much, much better.
16:37
Ashley Williams is also there, so allow me this namedrop: Ryan Giggs told me that he saw him marking Daniel James when James was at Swansea, and he was sitting off him by 20 yards, so petrified was he of James' pace. Giggs said it was up there with the best roastings he's ever seen a winger give a full-back - Williams was playing out of position that day - which you'd take as a compliment.
16:37
Mark Hughes is in the BBC's studio. Any excuse, basically.
16:33
Once upon a time...
16:31
In the 1986 World Cup, which also took this six-group format, two points got two teams into the last 16. But at Italia 90 and USA 94, three and four points were required respectively.
16:29
It's as warm as you'd expect in Baku, but Wales will be pleased to have avoided the afternoon slot, which I doubt helped them much against Switzerland. I was surprised by how poor they were in attack - I wanted more from Bale and Ramsey - and surprised James was taken off. But this is it really - if Wales can't win, they're probably going home.
16:26
16:26
16:22
Wales, meanwhile, are unchanged, though I'm a little surprised they've not stuck Ampadu into midfield in place of Morrell.
16:18
Unsurprisingly, Turkey make changes following their weekend abjectivity. At centre-back, Ayhan replaces Demiral, and in midfield, Calhanoglu replaces Yazici.
16:13
Teams!
16:09
This is an absolutely colossal match and I can't wait for it. Turkey were miserable at the weekend, and will be desperate for improvement this evening; fair enough, Italy are and were good, but the meekness of the surrender seemed extremely unnecessary.
Wales, on the other hand, were poor against Switzerland but hung in there to escape with a draw. A win tonight, and they'll be very close to the last 16.