England having a strong spell of possession now, but as soon as I say that Kyle Walker loses it in a dangerous area! Memphis Depay has a shot which is charged down. Could he have gone on?

Great pressing from the front three from England as they force keeper Jasper Cillessen to slash the ball away. I think Raheem Sterling is the slowest member of that England front three, which is saying something.

Rapid.

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Harry Maguire and John Stones get in each other's way and Maguire can only hook a volley over the bar.

England are so good from corners.

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

The Netherlands have started a bit better with the way they are passing the ball but it's a very fast start as both sides look to retain possession.

England release Jadon Sancho, what a livewire he is, into the box chips to the back post, Raheem Sterling can't reach the header and it's behind for a corner.

Good early challenge from Fabian Delph, proper slide tackle to win the ball back.

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The England fans are in terrific voice! The Netherlands bring such a splash of colour to footballing summers. I missed them in 2018 & 2016 for sure.

Away we go!

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

We know the Dutch like to play good football and I'm sure they will take the game to England, but both teams will be very dangerous on the counter attack.

There's a minute's silence to remember former Uefa president Lennart Johansson, who oversaw the introduction of the Champions League, who died aged 89 following a short illness this week.

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Ryan Babel starts for the Dutch - hair dyed bright red, he's a free agent as it stands. Not often you see that in international football.

I make Raheem Sterling the 24th youngest man to captain England - younger than Billy Wright, older than Rooney, Gerrard, Kane and Eric Dier!

Raheem Sterling leads England out for the first time - dwarfed by Virgil van Dijk to his left. Huge night for Sterling, who has come on quite a journey hasn't he?

Deserved too. He's been brilliant.

Here we go then - the rain returns at Estadio Afonso Henriques as the players stride out on to the pitch...

It's been quite the turnaround for the Dutch. They were World Cup semi-finalists in 2014 but then failed to qualify for both the 2016 Euros and the World Cup last summer.

However, former Everton boss Ronald Koeman has overseen a bit of a revival - helped of course by Ajax pumping out an absolute payload of quality young players.

"We are people in Holland that are creative, also in football, and the technique of players is the base of our football," says Koeman, who won 78 caps for his country.

"It's about the quality, it's not about defending, it's not about Catenaccio - it's play to win and that style we need to keep."

Read more about the Dutch return to form here.

Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman speaking to Sky Sports: "It's a big challenge because we have improved from the time that we played England in a friendly [March 2018].

"England are strong in a good way. They have experience of playing in a World Cup and we do not but we have a good balance in the team. It's why we didn't really change the starting XI in the past few games.

"It's about confidence and carrying on doing what we have been doing. We only had two Champions League players and I said before that if you win titles, you don't really feel tired. They [Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum] were desperate to play tonight and they are experienced players. I gave that confidence to them and they said they were ready to play so it was no discussion.

"It's up to us but normally, some of the seven players (who play for Liverpool and Tottenham) will start for England."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Guimaraes

Not a full house by any means here in Guimaraes as kick-off approaches but England's support clearly outnumbering those backing the Netherlands.

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Netherlands’ Memphis Depay has had a hand in 21 goals in his last 20 games in all competitions for the Dutch national side (13 goals, 8 assists).

These two sides' warm-up tops are better than their actual kits. Class.

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Raheem Sterling is the third youngest player to reach 50 caps for England (24y 180d), behind only Wayne Rooney in 2009 (23y 159d) and Michael Owen in 2003 (23y 179d).