Gerry Taggart
Former Northern Ireland captain on BBC Radio 5 live

Positive start. Straight away Northern Ireland putting the ball deep into Germany's half, pressuring the ball and not letting them settle.

You can see the way the Germans are going to try and create space in the middle and final third. They are trying to make the space for both full-backs to get high up the pitch.

They are going to try and work the space, try and grind Northern Ireland down.

Ukraine have already gone out and will finish bottom of Group C and have started exactly like a team bereft of confidence.

Right-back Artem Fedetskiy goes missing allowing Arkadius Milik to run through and his effort is straight at goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov.

Seconds later, striker Robert Lewandowski beats the offside trap but his first-time shot from around eight yards out goes over the bar.

A blistering start from Poland.

Bright start by the men in green. One thing is crystal clear already - they have not come to sit back against the Germans. 

Gerry Taggart
Former Northern Ireland captain on BBC Radio 5 live

What you have got to remember is Germany are the world champions and in the top two or three best tournament teams ever.

We know we are under no illusions that this will be a mammoth task to get any result. But we have to take the positives when they're there and look at the Germans, and they're not firing on all cylinders.

The 11 players in green and white shirts will have belief they can get something.

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A raucous noise as we get under way in Paris.

Can Northern Ireland's fairy tale continue? 

Also under way between Ukraine and Poland in Marseille.

A reminder of the teams at the Parc des Princes...

Northern Ireland: McGovern, Hughes, McAuley, Cathcart, J Evans, Ward, C Evans, Davis, Norwood, Dallas, Washington. 

Subs: Carroll, McLaughlin, Ferguson, Baird, McGinn, Grigg, Lafferty, McCullough, McNair, Magennis, Hodson, Mannus. 

Germany: Neuer, Kimmich, Boateng, Hummels, Hector, Khedira, Kroos, Ozil, Muller, Gotze, Gomez. 

Subs: Leno, Mustafi, Howedes, Schweinsteiger, Schurrle, Podolski, Draxler, Can, Weigl, Tah, Sane, ter Stegen. 

Referee: Clement Turpin (France) 

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The pleasantries are out of the way. 

Are you ready? Northern Ireland against world champions Germany is moments away.

A couple of minutes to kick-off and a reminder of the line-ups...

Ukraine: Pyatov, Fedetskiy, Khacheridi, Kucher, Butko, Rotan, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Zinchenko, Konoplyanka, Zozulya. 

Subs: Boyko, Tymoschuk, Kovalenko, Seleznyov, Shevchuk, Budkivskiy, Sydorchuk, Rybalka, Garmash, Rakitskiy, Karavayev, Shevchenko. 

Poland: Fabianski, Cionek, Glik, Pazdan, Jedrzejczyk, Zielinski, Jodlowiec, Krychowiak, Kapustka, Milik, Lewandowski. 

Subs: Szczesny, Maczynski, Linetty, Grosicki, Stepinski, Wawrzyniak, Blaszczykowski, Peszko, Salamon, Piszczek, Starzynski, Boruc. 

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

A chorus of "Green and white army" greets Northern Ireland's players as they walk out.

The German national anthem is first up. These boys look serious...

There's a huge inflatable green crocodile in the Northern Ireland end. I don't fancy its chances much.

Here come the teams...

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill speaks to BBC Sport: "The Germans will pin us back, they do it to most teams they play against. But we have to set our team up to be difficult to beat and carry an attacking threat. Hopefully that will be enough to get us through to the next stage.

"It's massive. We could have come and just enjoyed the tournament but we didn't want to do that and have given ourselves a chance of getting to the last 16 which is a massive achievement for a country of our size."

Injured Northern Ireland midfielder Chris Brunt on BBC One: "The lads are all looking forward to it. They have had a day extra to recover and hopefully that will help. They put a massive effort in against Ukraine.

"We are under no illusions, it will be a very tough game. Our back five will have to have more of the same."

Fifteen minutes to kick-off.

The noise inside the Parc des Princes is getting louder by the minute.

Both sets of players have returned to the dressing rooms for last minute instructions.

Neil Lennon
Hibernian manager on BBC One

This is the biggest test of them all. The whole country will be tuning in to this, but half of them are in Paris. We need Germany to have a bit of an off day to get something.

Jens Lehmann
Former Germany goalkeeper on BBC One

Germany have been a little bit disappointing because we were used to the team that won the World Cup.

It was 24 months ago. We have taken a long breather after that and now we are expecting something.

Alan Shearer
Ex-England captain on BBC One

It's a miracle that Northern Ireland are here, that was the first ambition. The other ambition was to have an opportunity in the last game of the group and they have done that.

They need seven or eight players to put in a 10/10 performance. But they are in with a shout. 

Twenty minutes to kick-off and Northern Ireland fans are already in terrific voice...

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Will Michael O'Neill celebrate a goal against Germany by embarking on another embarrassing uncle dance?

The Northern Ireland boss sparked plenty of comment after marking Niall McGinn's stoppage-time goal against Ukraine - mid-air in the rain - with a leap and a jig of delight.

And why not? It captured the emotion of Northern Ireland's first Euro 2016 win.

"I've had all the ususal stick. People sending me the picture with all the usual lines underneath," said O'Neill.

What Northern Ireland fans would give to see it again in the Parc des Princes.

Ukraine are already out of Euro 2016 and manager Mykhaylo Fomenko has made five changes from the defeat by Northern Ireland. Left-back Bohdan Butko, centre-back Olexandr Kucher, midfielder Ruslan Rotan, forward Olexandr Zinchenko and striker Roman Zozulya come into the side as they try to earn some pride from their final match.

Ukraine XI: Pyatov, Fedetskiy, Khacheridi, Kucher, Butko, Rotan, Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Zinchenko, Konoplyanka, Zozulya.  

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Poland manager Adam Nawalka makes four changes. Lukasz Piszczek, Krzyszto Maczynski and Kamil Grosicki are on yellow cards and miss out along with Jakub Blaszczykowski. Defender Thiago Cionek and midfielders Piotr Zielinski, Tomasz Jodlowiec and Bartosz Kapustka come into the starting XI.

Poland XI: Fabianski, Cionek, Glik, Pazdan, Jedrzejczyk, Zielinski, Jodlowiec, Krychowiak, Kapustka, Milik, Lewandowski. 

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