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27th Jun 3:56 am

Portugal boss Roberto Martinez has defended his team after their shock 2-0 defeat to Georgia on Wednesday night. "We didn't underestimate Georgia, but Georgia were playing the game of their history and we were playing the last game when we were already top of the group. It was difficult for us to match the same intensity," he said. Portugal will next face Slovenia in the last-16 draw on Monday night in Frankfurt.

26th Jun 5:06 pm

England are 7/2 favourites to win Euro 2024 after the last-16 draw was completed on Wednesday. Gareth Southgate's side will face Slovakia on Sunday.

26th Jun 5:01 pm

Euro 2024 minnows Georgia stunned a much-changed Portugal 2-0 to qualify for the last 16. They will meet Spain, who have been the best side so far in Germany, in the knockout phase. Portugal rotated heavily and will fancy themselves to beat Slovenia in the last 16.

26th Jun 4:56 pm

Turkey will meet Austria in the last 16 after beating ten-man Czech Republic 2-1. However, influential midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, who scored the opening goal, will be suspended due to him collecting a second yellow card. Austria look the better balanced of the two sides.

26th Jun 2:33 pm

Arda Guler is back in Turkey's starting XI for crucial Group F showdown with the Czech Republic, while there is also a return in goal for Mert Gunok. Line-up: Gunok, Kadioglu, Demiral, Akaydin, Muldur, Ozcan, Yuksek, Yildiz, Calhanoglu, Guler, Yilmaz.

26th Jun 2:31 pm

The Czech Republic's key forward Patrik Schick is only fit enough for a place on the bench for their crucial Group F clash with Turkey. Mojmir Chytil replaces the Bayer Leverkusen star while Antonin Barak also comes in. Line-up: Stanek, Holes, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Soucek, Provod, Jurasek, Barak, Chytil, Hlozek.

26th Jun 2:25 pm

Portugal are already through to the knockout stages as winners of Group F and unsurprisingly Roberto Martinez has rung the changes to face Georgia, with only Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Costa and Joao Palhinha retaining their places. Line-up: Costa, Danilo, A Silva, Inacio, Dalot, Felix, J Neves, Palhinha, Ronaldo, Neto, Conceicao.

26th Jun 2:23 pm

Only a win will do for Georgia against Portugal if they are to reach the knockout stages and Willy Sagnol has made four changes to his starting XI with Luca Lochoshvili, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Otar Kiteishvili and Girogi Chakvetadze all coming in. Line-up: Mamardashvili, Dvali, Kashia, Lochoshvili, Kiteishvili, Kochorashvili, Gvelesiani, Kakabadze, Chakvetadze, Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze.

26th Jun 2:07 pm

Belgium will face France in a heavyweight round of 16 tie in Dusseldorf on Monday after finishing second in Group E following a goalless draw with a Ukraine side that have now been eliminated.

26th Jun 2:05 pm

Romania are through to the knockout stages and finish top of Group E after Razvan Marin's first-half penalty salvages 1-1 draw against Slovakia, who also progress to the round of 16 as one of the best third-placed sides.

26th Jun 11:13 am

A change of system from 4-2-3-1 to 5-3-2 sees Ukraine make a plethora of changes, including the dropping of Oleksandr Zinchenko and the introduction of Roman Yaremchuk from the start. Starting XI: Trubin; Tymchyk, Zabarnyi, Svatok, Matviienko, Mykolenko; Shaparenko, Brazhko, Sudakov; Yaremchuk, Dovbyk

26th Jun 11:10 am

Leandro Trossard replaces the suspended Dodi Lukebakio as Domenico Tedesco makes one change to the side which beat Romania 2-0. Starting XI: Casteels; Castagne, Faes, Vertonghen, Theate; Tielemans, Onana; Trossard, De Bruyne, Doku; Lukaku