The game will also be broadcast online at ITV Hub and on BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT.

Spain begin their quest for a record 4th European crown. They haven't conceded a single goal in their last 510 minutes at a European Championship finals. They are also unbeaten in their 4 encounters against the Czech Republic since the break up of Czechoslovakia.

The Czechs, though, are pretty decent in the group stages of the Euros having won 7 of their last 10 group games.

This match has the potential to be a right corker, both sides have some very talented players, however I do expect that Spain will just about have enough to get the win.

Not that convinced by the Czech Republic personally.

Looking at their form in qualifying, narrows wins over the likes of Latvia and Kazakhstan don't read that well, and they were comprehensively beaten by Turkey who offered little yesterday. Defeats to Iceland and more recently Scotland in a friendly also ring alarm bells.

It's also not a good time to be playing Spain who I imagine will be keen to put their World Cup flop firmly behind them and start as strongly as possible.

Prediction: Spain to win by at least 2 clear goals.

Hopefully De Gea will start, as it pure madness that there is any debate at all over if he should or not.

Is there really a debate over his starting position?

The line-ups:

Spain:
De Gea, Juanfran, Ramos, Pique, Alba, Busquets, Iniesta, Fabregas, Silva, Nolito, Morata.

Czech Republic:
Cech, Kaderabek, Sivok, Hubnik, Limbersky, Darida, Plasil, Gebre-Selassie, Krejci, Rosicky, Necid.

Yes he wasn't "favourite" to start today, Casillas was and usually is.

He is a popular celebrity as well as talented goalie mainly because his wife is the lead presenter of the biggest sports channel in Spain.
There would have been an uproar if he had been dropped 2 years ago but due to De Gea's unbelievable form the public must think this this is now the right decision.

so de gea gets the nod... insane to think otherwise but there you go.

hoping for a good attacking game in this one...

He may be Justin Bieber of Spain, but he's the best/only goal keeper they have and there shouldn't even be a question over his place given that he is one of the best goal keepers in the world and Casillas is now one of the worst.

De Gea has a right to think not only is he their best keeper, but also one of, if not their best player in the whole squad, so for there to be any hint of him not starting, was quite frankly ludicrous.

I am very happy that politics and coaches pet syndrome have not won out today, and that De Gea starts.

Good to see some recognised strikers in for Spain, a shame Koke isn't in the staring 11 though, would have like to have seen him in there for Silva.

A Facebook pal of mine has done the permutations and has the Czechs winning the tournament. I think that may be a bit optimistic but we shall soon see.

I've looked at the permutations and have it that your pal is smoking dope

I remember Tomas Rosicky.

Played for an English club, if memory serves.

My thoughts too (and very likely!)

the czechs anthem is hardly rousing... was sending me to sleep!

Wait until Sweden v Ireland for the battle of the rousing anthems.

Nothing beats the Russian one though.

Well yeah... it's the Soviet Union one for which they have rewritten words for the 3rd time (and the words are pretty nonsensical)

Rosicky has played more international games than club games in the last 9 years for Arsenal

I suppose if you are going to play Spain, then dong so in their first match of the tournament is the best time to do so, hoping to catch them before they have got into their groove.

I'm not surprised, the letters in their alphabet all seem the wrong shape!

That's just what one of my Russian students used to say about ours.

Is this the same Rosicky that used to play for Arsenal........he must be getting on a bit

Was it the Czechs that used to have that right monster of a centre forward......6 foot 8 and built like a brick outhouse

Jan Koller..or maybe Jancker... One of those was German I think.