Denmark showed their massive dominance against Wales by netting 4 goals in a row in the EURO 2020 on Saturday to step into the quarter-finals. With this victory, the continued the wave of positive emotion, created by Christian Eriksen.
Eriksen, a mid-fielder of the Denmark national team collapsed during the opening match of Denmark, by cardiac arrest, has recovered from it. He was remembered before the start of the game in Amsterdam.
Denmark’s performance
Dolberg Kasper who is debuting in this tournament, scored the first goal of the match, in the 27th minute, coming on the top corner from the outside area.
He soon scored the second goal of the match, also his second individual goal in the early minutes of the second half, by dashing against a loose ball, when the defense line of Wales failed to clear the ball. It was the assist of Martin Braithwaite who did a galloping run down the right-wing.
Braithwaite missed his opportunity to score a goal at the 88th minute, but still managed to give Denmark a lead when Maehle sealed Denmark’s win by scoring the 3rd goal of the match. However, Braithwaite finally got a chance to net a goal in the additional time, and he didn’t miss that opportunity, after a lengthy VAR view.
Denmark’s fixture in the Quarter-finals
Simon Kjaer’s Denmark emerged victoriously in this match, and now they are qualified for the top 8, in the quarter-finals, which is for the second time, in the history of the European championship, the first being their title in 1992.
Denmark will lock horns either with the Netherlands or the Czech Republic, on Saturday whoever, wins the match. The Netherlands and the Czech Republic will collide today at noon, and Denmark will keep an eye on who will be their opponent in the next round.
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