Poland v Austria LIVE: Result and reaction as Marko Arnautovic scores penalty to seal key victory

8 minutes: Slovakia have a cross, Haraslin puts the ball into the box, but there are no players in blue there and Trubin is able to gather.

6 minutes: Ukraine cannot get the ball under control in the Slovakia box, and Dovbyk is pulled up for a foul.

3 minutes: There has been a fair amount of wayward passing so no chances or real passages of play from either side so far.

1 minute: Slovakia get the game underway.

The players are just coming out of the tunnel onto the pitch in Dusseldorf.

Here’s a reminder of today’s starting XIs. Plenty of familiar names from the Premier League lining up for both sides with the likes of Illia Zabarnyi, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Mykhailo Mudryk and Martin Dubravka in action.

The biggest team news is probably Ukraine goalkeeper Andriy Lunin being dropped for Anatoliy Trubin.

Ukraine XI: Trubin; Tymchyk, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko, Brazhko; Yarmolenko, Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk

Slovakia XI: Dúbravka, Pekarík, Vavro, Škriniar, Hancko, Kucka, Lobotka, Duda, Schranz, Boženík, Haraslin

Unbeaten in qualifying, perhaps there shouldn’t be quite so much surprise over Romania’s thumping victory over Ukraine.

The Tricolorii scored both well-worked and thunderously-hit strikes, claimed a 3-0 win in Group E and got themselves off to a magnificent start at Euro 2024, already a huge step towards the knockouts taken - something they’ve not managed since Euro 2000.

And yet for all the explosive nature of both goals and celebrations, Romania’s biggest strength in qualifying was one they showed again here in less obvious terms: their defensive resolve and organisation.

Edward Iordanescu’s side conceded just five times in ten matches during qualifying, and while none were against the absolute elite of European football, it’s still a record to be proud of and a base to build from.

Slovakia XI: Dúbravka, Pekarík, Vavro, Škriniar, Hancko, Kucka, Lobotka, Duda, Schranz, Boženík, Haraslin

Ukraine make three changes: out come Tsyhankov, Lunin and Konoplya.

Trubin, Tymchyk and Yarmolenko all start with a big reaction needed after their thrashing to Romania.

Ukraine XI: Trubin; Tymchyk, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko, Brazhko; Yarmolenko, Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk

The Godfather of Gegenpressing, of all people, was made an offer he surely couldn’t refuse. And yet somehow, some way, he did.

As the European Championship approached, so did Bayern Munich, but Ralf Rangnick held firm. It is a quirk of Rangnick’s career, that Germany’s most influential coach has never worked with the nation’s preeminent football club. Instead, the highest-profile periods of the 65-year-old’s career have been spells at Schalke, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Hoffenheim, Hannover, and – more recently – Manchester United.

During his time as interim coach of United, the German accepted the Austria job and reneged on his decision to remain at the Premier League club in an advisory capacity. His arrival in England had stirred excitement in football purists, or nerds, yet his time there did not bring the desired results.