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England stood on three factors and Denmark had one in the identical column forward of Thursday’s assembly between the nationwide groups on the Frankfurt Area, within the EC’s second group stage spherical.
Gareth Southgate, the nationwide crew captain of “The Three Lions”, selected to sample precisely the identical beginning eleven as within the premiere. This meant, for instance, that Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden continued to be trusted in unfamiliar positions.
Within the crimson and white crew, Thomas Delaney was fully lacking from the match squad. That is due to a abdomen bug, based on boldkd.
England opened the assembly energetically and took the lead within the 18th minute. Kyle Walker twisted the ball from Victor Kristiansen, following which the right-hand runner’s entry into the penalty space ended up on the ft of Harry Kane, who pushed there 1-0.
– Ouch. Denmark. The everlasting goalscorer Kane! roared commentator Lasse Granvist in TV4’s broadcast.
– Kane completely happy, Kristiansen sad. Oh how he fell asleep in that place! He thought the duel was received. Kristiansen isn’t feeling nicely proper now. It is like having scored an personal objective, roughly. It is the sensation, skilled Jens Fjellström crammed in.
However the Dane performed himself up. And bounced once more by way of outcomes.
1 / 4 of an hour later, the equalizer got here when Morten Hjulmand unleashed the large cannon from distance, and scored 1-1 by way of the submit. It was the Sporting midfielder’s first objective within the crimson and white nationwide crew uniform.
– It is a royally good shot. Very, excellent, praised Fjellström.
Firstly of the second half, Kasper Schmeichel was flawed in a rush, which gave Bukayo Saka a transparent place to get the ball into the online. However the Arsenal star’s header went huge.
As early because the 54th minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold was changed, which was remarkably early. He was changed by Conor Gallagher in central midfield.
– Not a very sudden change, mentioned Fjellström within the broadcast.
“It looks like we have seen the final of him (Alexander-Arnold) in midfield. He is not a midfielder. You possibly can’t blame the participant,” Every day Mail journalist Craig Hope wrote on X.
Shortly following the substitution, Phil Foden obtained the ball outdoors Denmark’s penalty space. He turned up, shot – and hit the submit.
Within the remaining minutes, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg got here near changing into a hero for Denmark. The midfielder was given an open taking pictures place from distance, however the ball skimmed simply huge of the far submit.
– It’s totally shut! exclaimed Granqvist within the broadcast.
There have been no extra objectives. The match ended 1-1.
The consequence signifies that England stands on 4 and Denmark two factors within the group stage. Within the remaining spherical, Slovakia awaits “The Three Lions”, whereas the crimson and white face Serbia.
Within the British press, the criticism in opposition to the English males’s nationwide crew was not lengthy in coming:
“England’s efficiency was a multitude. A lot flawed. Tactically horrible by Southgate,” writes The Athletic journalist James Pearce at X.
Craig Hope thunders in his flip:
“A dismal show from England that proves this crew can not win the EC. They had been fortunate to get a draw”.
Nor was TV4’s skilled Jens Fjellström gracious in his criticism when he analyzed the match, shortly following the ultimate whistle:
– Denmark was excellent. Their attacking sport received over England’s attacking sport by a reasonably clear margin, says Fjellström.
– However I additionally suppose that their offensive defensive play made England as weak as they had been. As a result of they might not play their means out (of the strain) following which confidence drains from the English gamers in an extremely, extremely unusual means.
Fjellström develops:
– England can solely be glad with the consequence, however definitely not the efficiency. It was underneath all criticism.
England star defender Kyle Walker:
– That is how it’s in championship soccer. We confronted a powerful Denmark, however we’re nonetheless main the group and can attempt to take one thing optimistic from this match. We did not lose, we simply conceded a cannon shot from outdoors the penalty space.
– Now we flip the web page and transfer on to the following match.
England considerably unexpectedly fell once more following their lead objective and let Denmark eat an increasing number of into the match. However to put down on the defensive aspect was not a directive from Gareth Southgate, says Walker.
– No by no means.
– The coach says we must always play attacking soccer. However generally, if you play championships, it’s a must to handle the match as you go. That is why it is so laborious to win championships. You do not simply present up and rating three factors. However we all know we will play significantly better, says the Manchester Metropolis star.
Denmark’s skilled goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is glad with the consequence.
– We’re not disenchanted, we’re proud. There’s, following all, all the time a little bit of disappointment when you do not win a sport. We talked lots regarding how we specific ourselves and our id. We confirmed that right now, says Schmeichel to Fotbollskanalen.
– Right this moment we confirmed coronary heart, willpower, starvation and can. We simply wanted that little additional to win. We confronted a world-class crew, one of many favorites within the EC. While you take a look at all the possibilities each groups had, it is in all probability a good consequence.
Objective scorer Morten Hjulmand in all probability stretches himself slightly additional. As you realize, it was his cannon shot that saved a Danish level.
– It was a good suggestion to check from a distance. I had a couple of modes final sport, however by no means tried. However I might not see if it went in, I solely noticed that it hit the submit, and I assumed it went submit out as a substitute of submit in, says the Sporting midfielder to the Soccer channel.
Startelvor:
Denmark: Schmeichel – Andersen, Christensen, Vestergaard – Mæhle, Hjulmand, Højbjerg, V. Kristiansen – Eriksen – Wind, Højlund.
England: Pickford – Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier – Alexander-Arnold, Rice – Saka, Bellingham, Foden – Kane.
