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Welcome to Seville for our live coverage of tonight’s crucial clash between Spain and Poland.
Neither nation would have expected to find themselves in the bottom two spots of Group E ahead of this clash when the draw was made – but that’s the state of play after disappointment in their openers.
For all of Spain’s pretty play and passes on Monday evening, they couldn’t find a way through Sweden’s deep, defensive banks with Alvaro Morata particularly wasteful in front of goal.
Now, La Roja need to start firing in front of goal if the class of 2021 are to replicate the heroics of those 2008 and 2012 campaigns.
Luis Enrique’s squad have been boosted by the return of Sergio Busquets to training after the captain posted a negative Covid-19 test.
Poland, meanwhile, will hope to see more their skipper, the sensational striker Robert Lewandowski.
The Bayern Munich man was starved of service in his side’s 2-1 defeat to Slovakia on Monday, a surprise defeat that was made worse by Grzegorz Krychowiak’s red card.
It means the midfielder will be unavailable for this huge match in the city where he played his football for two years with Sevilla, and another defeat for the Poles will mean an early exit from the competition.
Team news is imminent, and then we’ll bring you all the build-up before the action kicks-off at 8pm.