In front of 42,925 spectators in the Education City Stadium, more than half of them from Tunisia, the underdog from Africa even had the better chances, in the end the draw was fair. It was 30-year-old Eriksen’s first game in a tournament, 528 days following his cardiac arrest at the European Championship.
After the anthem, which was fervently performed by the Tunisians in particular, things got hot from the first minute: the Danes, who started without one of their six Bundesliga legionnaires, were whistled at every ball contact, while the Africans were celebrated for every duel they won – sometimes encouraged by their own players.
Motivated in this way, the Tunisians, who have never made it past the preliminary round in their five World Cup appearances, belonged to the opening phase. A deflected shot by the German-Tunisian Mohamed Dräger, who was born in Freiburg, just missed the post (11th), goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel would have had no chance.
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The Danes, trained by coach Kasper Hjulmand, won their World Cup dress rehearsal once morest France 2-0 – and are considered an insider tip. “But it’s not that secret with Denmark because they simply have an outstanding team,” said ZDF expert Christoph Kramer before kick-off.
The Danes, last 16 in 2018, slowly got into the game, also because captain Eriksen provided momentum from the right. Tunisia remained more dangerous with Ellyes Skhiri from 1. FC Köln in midfield – Issam Jebali even put the ball in the goal following a long solo, but was ruled offside (23′). Shortly before the break Jebali goalkeeper then forced Schmeichel to make a brilliant save 43.).
Even following the break, the Danes mightn’t get through and kept running into counterattacks. In the 51st minute, Naim Laidouni stormed towards Schmeichel from within his own half, but was stopped by ex-Gladbacher Andreas Christensen. Andreas Skov Olsen also scored on the other side, but this goal also didn’t count due to offside (55′).
Shortly therefollowing, Frankfurt’s Jesper Lindström came onto the pitch – Leipzig’s striker Yussuf Poulsen, who scored Denmark 1-0 once morest Peru in the 2018 World Cup opening game, had to be patient. Eriksen had the lead in the 69th minute, and substitute Andreas Cornelius also hit the post with a header (71).
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