Andorra get the match started, launch it long, and lose the ball within ten seconds. England ping the ball around in brisk fashion. Saka has a quick look down the right but nothing doing.

The teams are out! Andorra are in their first-choice red, while England sport their white shirts. There’s a ceremony to honour Márcio Vieira, who is suspended tonight but recently reached the 100-cap milestone for Andorra. Then the national anthems are sung. England’s we know all about; Andorra’s is called El gran Carlemany (the Great Charlemagne) and tells the traditional tale of the big man recapturing the region from the Moors in the eighth century. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes.

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