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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Euro 2020 warm-up match between Belgium and Croatia. With the tournament now just five days away, both nations will be targeting a victory to build some momentum. We'll have all the build-up and then cover the 90 minutes of drama, so stick with us. Kick-off in one hour!

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Pete Sharland

Updated 06/06/2021 at 20:39 GMT


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These nations have met on seven different occasions, with Croatia winning three games, losing twice. The last time they played was back in 2013 - a young Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium qualified for World Cup 2014 with a 2-1 win.
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Belgium kick off their Euro 2020 campaign against Russia on Saturday, June 12 at Gazprom Arena, while Croatia get started a day later against England at Wembley. Denmark and Finland follow next for Belgium, and for Croatia it's Czech Republic and Scotland.
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Roberto Martinez, Belgium manager: "If you look at Croatia's recent results you would not expect it, but they are a far better team than three years ago. What changed is that opponents now treat them as World Cup finalists, which means they adapt their way of playing. That makes it hard for any team. Croatia have one of the strongest midfields of the entire competition."
19:10
Zlatko Dalic, Croatia manager: "We are playing against the world's best ranked team in the FIFA rankings. We have a big respect for Belgium. The match is very important as the result could give us self-confidence, stability, motivation - and we want to get a good result.
19:05
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TEAMS IN FULL - Croatia XI: Livakovic, Barisic, Caleta-Car, Vida, Vrsaljko, Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric, Perisic, Petkovic, Rebic.. subs: Brekalo, Kramaric, Kalinic, Vlasic, Budimir, Pasalic, Skoric, Orsic, Badelj, Juranovic, Sluga, Gvardiol. /// Belgium XI: Courtois, Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen, Castagne, Tielemans, Dendoncker, Chadli, Mertens, Carrasco, Lukaku.. subs: Mignolet, Sels, Vermaelen, Mechele, E Hazard, Meunier, T Hazard, Vanaken, Benteke, Batshuayi, Trossard, Doku.
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Zlatko Dalic also names a strong Croatia team. In fact, it's very possible this will be the same XI that kicks off the tournament against England. Luka Modric makes his 138th appearance for his country this evening.
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19:00
Belgium boss Roberto Martinez makes three changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Greece in their last friendly, with Jan Vertonghen replacing Dedryck Boyata in defence, in midfield Timothy Castagne comes in for Thomas Meunier and Nacer Chadli takes the place of Thorgan Hazard.
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CROATIA'S XI
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BELGIUM'S XI