42 min: Olislagers sprints on to replace Nouwen. She plays her club football at Twente and will slot in at centre-back.

41 min: Van de Donk fires over with a wild swipe after a lovely flowing move forwards. She helped to start it, playing in Miedema, who slipped play wide to Martens, who squared to Van De Donk for the final, errant, touch. Better from the Netherlands, though. That’s their best move by far.

40 min: Nouwen has pulled up with what looks like a hamstring injury. More bad news for the Dutch. She will have to be replaced.

38 min: Hurtig heads wide with a brave diving header after the ball was worked wide by Rolfo to Andersson after some lovely buildup play. The Swedes are in the groove now. They look rapid in the transitions.

37 min: Martens fires a shot straight at Lindahl as the Dutch look to strike back immediately.

Goal! Netherlands 0-1 Sweden (Andersson 36)

34 min: Wilms hauls down Hurtig, who bamboozled her with a sharp turn. The free-kick is curled in from wide left but it’s too deep and the Dutch clear.

32 min: Wilms rides a challenge in midfield and carries the ball to the edge of the Sweden penalty area. The full-back looks up and cocks her left foot before firing a low shot straight at Lindahl. She wasn’t quite balanced and didn’t catch it right, though.

29 min: Not wanting to miss out on the long-range action, Martens tries to catch Lindahl off her line with a 40-yarder. These speculative efforts say much about how hard it is for the two teams to break through by more conventional passing moves.

27 min: Janssen undercooks a crossfield pass and Rolfo pounces on it just inside the Dutch half. She looks up and lofts an outrageous attempt at goal from all of 45 yards out. It’s a foot over but I don’t think the replacement uncle Van Domselaar would have got to that.

26 min: Angeldal breaks free down the right and squares to the near post. Asllani can’t take it first-time but the ball breaks to her after a ricochet and she slams a shot from a narrow angle into the side-netting.

25 min: Van Domselaar gets her first touch of the ball, a confident first-time pass out to Janssen. This is only her second Netherlands appearance. She looked assured there.

23 min: Miedema tries to poke a ball through to Martens but Eriksson reads it well and clears the danger.

21 min: It’s awful news for Van Veenendaal and the Netherlands. She clears long and quickly sits down. It looks as though she has a shoulder injury and can’t play through the pain. She is the Netherlands captain. That’s a huge blow. She is replaced by 22-year-old Van Domselaar, who plays her club football at FC Twente. She may have to deal with a few sighters now as Sweden test her out. Miedema takes the Dutch armband.

20 min: This is like watching two boxers with explosive punches feel each other out, both wary of getting KOd.

18 min: There are some nice touches shown by Van De Donk on the edge of the box. She feints to dink a pass over the top of the defense to Miedema but then thinks better of it and goes backwards. I’d love to see a Van de Donk dink just so I could write that. Oh, I just have.

16 min: That stoppage has put the brakes on what was starting to look like a decent spell for the Swedes. There’s a midfield battle going on at present with neither side able to get the upper hand.

14 min: Van der Gragt is back on but she is moving gingerly.

13 min: Van der Gragt is going to receive treatment off the pitch before seeing if she can continue. It looks like she has taken a heavy hit under her ribs on her right side. Van Veendaal is fine to go on. So the Dutch are down to 10 for now.

12 min: There’s a horrible clash between two Dutch defenders as they leaped to clear the free-kick. In fact it looks like the clutch Van Veenendaal clattered into Van der Gragt, who took the brunt of the collision. Wilms is involved, too. Thankfully it looks like Van der Gragt is OK, but she might not continue. Van Veenendaal, too, looks a little shaken.

9 min: Sweden enjoy a spell of possession now. Groenen dives in a little on Angeldal and it’s a free-kick to Sweden 40 yards out on the left.

7 min: It’s a deep corner that allows Van Veenendaal, the PSV keeper, to show how commanding she can be, leaping highest to clear with a strong two-fist punch.

6 min: Sweden have their first attack, down the right, where Asllani thretaens to cross at least three times before being tackled. Then Glas races through and wins a corner.

4 min: Groenen is pulled back by Asllani. The match is yet to get going, really, but the Dutch are exuding quality on the ball.

2 min: The Dutch show how cool they are on the ball, working it out under pressure from deep right all the way over to the left. They switch back the other way with Van de Donk dinking a ball out to the onrushing full-back Wilms. Sweden hold their position, though, and the Dutch are forced backwards.

Kick-off!

The two teams belt out their national anthems, with noisy accompaniment from those in the Sheffield stands. And now it is time for football!

The teams emerge from the tunnel to a rousing reception from the colorful and noisy crowd at Bramall Lane. It’s a glorious night for football. The Netherlands fans were giving it plenty on the march up to the ground. Have a look at this.

As you can see from the lead image on the report, the Netherlands’ men’s team manager, Louis van Gaal, is in Sheffield to support his nation. The last time he was at Bramall Lane was January 2016, when Wayne Rooney gave his Manchester United side a 1-0 win in the third round of the FA Cup. He’ll be hoping to leave the stadium as happy as he was back then.

The early game in Group C between Portugal and Switzerland ended 2-2 after a stirring second-half comeback from the Portuguese, who should have won it. A draw suits the two big-hitters in this game. Here’s Will Unwin’s report from Leigh.

Two goals in the opening five minutes, coupled with the beautiful weather in Leigh, sent Switzerland on holiday. They thought the game was over but Portugal dominated the match to earn a deserved draw in their Euro 2022 opener.

The Sweden manager Peter Gerhardsson speaks. He doesn’t have as much to say as Mark Parsons did.

They are one the best teams. It’s going to be a tough game. The first game you don’t know too much what will happen. It’s a special game because they won the tournament [in 2017].

Netherlands have an Englishman as manager. Mark Parsons made his name in the USA with NWSL side Portland Thorns. He’s been in the job just over a year. Here’s what he had to say before the match:

We’re playing a great opponent. Defending will be important but we have special players who have the qualities to hurt Sweden. We finally have everyone healthy and available after nine months when we didn’t. These players, this team, when the tournament comes around they grow two feet taller. We will show our strengths and impose our identity on this game. We’re happy everyone is in the place they’re in. There will be no bigger physical test than Sweden. They are high energy. The less transition we see it will suit us, the more transition will suit them.

You may see quite a few empty seats in the top tier at Bramall Lane this evening and there’s a feeling that Uefa could have done more to fill them:

Here’s someone who will likely have a say in how this match goes tonight:

So Stina Blackstenius is deemed not fit enough to start for Sweden, but she’s not a bad option to bring on from the bench is she? As for the Netherlands, it is as you would expect with the Roord, Miedema and Martens trident in attack. What a trio, eh?

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