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Minute-by-minute updates on the action at New York StadiumThe Fiver: Group-stage permutations and melting brainsAny thoughts? You can email Rob.Smyth@theguardian.comHello and welcome to live coverage of Iceland v France in Rotherham. We’re all friends here, so let us speak frankly: this could get complicated. Iceland, Italy and Belgium are competing for the final quarter-final place at Euro 2020, and there are umpteen permutations. I’ve already written about this in The Fiver, our free and spasmodically funny teatime email, so I may as well cut and plagiarise myself.France are through as group winners, and will play the Netherlands, the holders, in a humdinger of a quarter-final on Saturday. The other three teams are competing for the right to probably, no offence, lose to Sweden at Leigh Sports Village on Friday. That’s kind of by the by: for all three teams, but especially Belgium, qualifying for the quarter-finals is an end in itself. Iceland have two points, Belgium and Italy one. Iceland will be through if they beat France, but that’s unlikely. If it doesn’t happen, either of Belgium or Italy will go through with a win. Where it really starts to swell the noggin is if – and this is hardly beyond the realms – Iceland lose and the other two draw. In that scenario, a 0-0 would put Iceland through (don’t ask us to explain, this is hard enough as it is) and a 2-2 draw or higher would put Belgium through. Continue reading...