Euro 2024: Germany v Denmark, last 16 – live

Here’s how both teams concluded the group stage. Are these games worth reliving? On the face of it, not really, no. But who’ll be telling the stories? Rob Smyth and John Brewin, that’s who! So click through and let them take you on a journey of retro wonder, all the way back to earlier this week, when we were all younger and a whole world of possibility stretched out ahead of us.

Pre-match scene-setting. Courtesy of our man in Berlin, Jonathan Liew.

Germany make three changes to their starting XI from the 1-1 draw with quarter-finalists Switzerland. David Raum and Nico Schlotterbeck come in at the back for Maximilian Mittelstädt and the suspended Jonathan Tah, while Leroy Sané replaces Florian Wirtz in attack. Schlotterbeck lines up in the centre of defence alongside Antonio Rüdiger, who had been a fitness doubt. Niclas Füllkrug, with two goals in three games from the bench, must once again make do with the role of supersub.

Denmark make two changes to their XI after the goalless draw with Serbia. Andreas Skov Olsen and Thomas Delaney come in for Jonas Wind and the suspended Morten Hjulmand. Christian Eriksen has recovered from illness to keep his place in midfield. Rasmus Højlund also holds onto his shirt, despite not yet finding the net at Euro 2024.

Germany: Neuer, Kimmich, Rudiger, Schlotterbeck, Raum, Andrich, Kroos, Sane, Gundogan, Musiala, Havertz.
Subs: Gross, Fullkrug, Fuhrich, Baumann, Muller, Beier, Anton, Wirtz, Mittelstadt, Henrichs, ter Stegen, Koch, Can, Undav.

Denmark: Schmeichel, Andersen, Vestergaard, Christensen, Bah, Delaney, Hojbjerg, Maehle, Eriksen, Skov Olsen, Hojlund.
Subs: Kjaer, Jensen, Dolberg, Jorgensen, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Hermansen, Kristiansen, Wind, Poulsen, Ronnow, Dreyer, Kristensen, Bruun Larsen.

Referee: Michael Oliver (England).

Germany go into this round-of-16 tie as hot favourites. They’re on home soil, they’ve been impressive in sweeping aside Scotland and Hungary, and they maintained their unbeaten 2024 record by equalising late against Switzerland. Julian Nagelsmann is finally getting a tune out of a team trending in the right direction just in time for their Euro 2024 party.

But! Achtung! While Germany have the better of the overall head-to-head against Denmark, with 15 wins in 28 meetings, it’s much more even in competitive fixtures, with two victories apiece. The most recent one is Germany’s, a 2-1 win the groups at Euro 2012, but the most important is Denmark’s, their famous victory in the Euro 92 final. And that game in 2012 is Denmark’s only defeat in their last six matches against Germany, a sequence during which they’ve won two and drawn three. So this is no foregone conclusion. Kick off is at 8pm BST. It’s on! Oh, and while we’re on the subject of Denmark …