Euro 2012: day one live Who will win Euro 2012? 10.23 We've had the lego highlights, now it's time for the real thing with this quick reminder of 2008. If only our football was as slick as this package. 10.15 I ask for a song and Ben Lyons nominates almost an entire back catalogue to represent England in the Euros. Anything by the Smiths: Please, please, please let me get what I want, You just haven't earned it yet, baby, I started something I couldn't finish, Heaven knows I'm miserable now He's a cheery sort, isn't he? Meanwhile, our own Henry Winter joins in. Let me know what song you'd rename for England. 10.07 First bit of team news coming in now, while there's still time to get your fantasty football side in order. German central defender Per Mertesacker will be fit for tomorrow's clash with Portugal. Here's what assistant coach Hansi Flick had to say: There was a bit a of a doubt about him yesterday after he collided with Jerome Boateng during a corner. He was lying on the ground but it turned out to be less dramatic. We now have all players fit and ready to play in our match tomorrow. 10.01 A generous voice from across the Irish Sea, as Ireland fan and reader Fran Mulhern fancies England's chances. Is this a little too optimistic? England have every chance of winning this. Any team does. Spain are missing Villa, Italy aren't the force they were and Holland are getting on a bit. So why not England? Dream big, lads. 09.54 Euro 2012 starts tonight. COME ON ENGLAND!!!, writes @lfcynwa96. And I thought it was too early for capitals and exclamation marks. Glad to see the passion is building up. Here's where we'll be playing on Monday night. Although perhaps they should be concentrating on the grass inside the stadium... 09.45 Oh dear. Less than an hour in and training criticism already. Lineker says he hit 30-50 penalties a day during tournament training. 09.40 We've got a stonking 20 page Euros supplement in today's paper - well worth picking up. One of the highlights is our fantastic new Euro 2012 columnist Jamie Carragher. Here's a sample of his thoughts about the warm-ups. Do you agree? His [Roy Hodgson's] first two games, low-key warm-up victories against Norway and Belgium, offered an insight into how Hodgson's England will approach the tournament. Those games were typified by performances demonstrating solidity rather than flamboyance, where the orthodox was preferred ahead of the maverick. 09.31 Let's hope it's not Another One Bites the Dust... What song would you rename for England? Email me and I'll put up your finest waggery. 09.23 Our man in Krakow says England's latest training session at Hutnik has started. 09.20 Let's get straight into tackling the big questions: who is going to be this year's Paul the psychic octopus? We've got a comprehensive gallery charting the runners and riders. Personally, I rather fancy Poland's very own Citta, the "mystic" elephant. Patriotic to a fault, she chooses Poland by snaffling the first melon. But then the greedy rascal goes on to chomp the next one, just for good measure. Hedging like football's finest - hats off. 09.15 Day 1 of the Euros seems as good time as any to start building our hopes up, only to see them cruelly dashed sooner or, even more guttingly, later. How far are England going to go? Email me with your thoughts. Henry Winter says we've only ourselves to blame for acting like "Phileas Fogg with a kitbag" in world football: 09.05 The action starts early for co-hosts Poland, with their match against Greece the Euros' first clash tonight. But it's a more subdued start to the championship for the England squad, many of whom are visiting the Auschwitz concentration camp today. The problem is, the Holocaust is such a sensitive issue, England's visit was never going to be entirely without criticism. Here's our Paul Hayward on the issue: The Football Association has elected to pay its respects four days before England's opening game against France and then tour Schindler's factory near the old Jewish Ghetto 24 hours later. 09.03 Still a good eight hours until a first ball is kicked in anger. In the meantime, let's remind ourselves of highlights of previous Euros, helpfully re-enacted in lego. Defeats are even more humiliating when acted out by kids' toys. 09.00 Morning all. After weeks and weeks of hype and anticipation, this is finally it - Euro 2012 starts here. Well, in Warsaw's national stadium at 5pm tonight. But the real action's underway already, with the first scandal of the Euros: Dutch players claiming to have been racially abused. Read our story here.