Denmark against R.Ceca, semifinal goal

The 'surprises' that want to continue to surprise. The Czech Republic and Denmark will compete next Saturday at 6pm in Baku to win a place in the semifinals at Euro 2020. The two teams - starting as outsiders - arrive at the decisive appointment in great shape: in the second round the Danes demolished Wales (4- 1) and the Czechs knocked out the Netherlands (2-0). It is not the first time that the two teams have faced each other in the quarter-finals of a European championship: in 2004 in Porto they finished 3-0 for the Czech Republic. In the previous 25 matches the Czechs have won 13 times, 10 draws and two successes by the Danes. The match on Saturday, however, promises to be in the name of balance: the bookmakers give Denmark a slight favor,which started Euro 2020 badly - also due to the shock of Eriksen's illness - but then recovered brilliantly. For the Danes, Mikkel Damsgaard's contribution in the offensive phase will be important. The young Sampdoria midfielder did not hide his admiration for Eriksen: "I was 100% inspired by him. He is one of the players I admired the most when I was young: at that time I played like a 10, just like Christian. and therefore it was difficult not to be inspired by him. It was crazy to be able to stay with him in the national team and see how he trains. " However Damsgaard does not want to define himself as a replacement for Eriksen: "We play in different roles, I'm a little more offensive". Denmark also recovers another striker, Yussuf Poulsen, who has already scored two goals at Euro 2020, recovering from a muscle injury: "I'm fine. The plan is to participate in a part of today's training, to do our best tomorrow and then be ready to play on Saturday. "He will compete for a starting shirt with Kasper Dolberg, who scored twice against Wales. On the other front. many of the hopes of the czech republic are entrusted to the inspiration of Patrick Schick, already author of 4 goals and also in contention for the title of top scorer of Euro 2020. The coach Jaroslav Silhavy must decide the formation to be sent on the field in Baku and has problems of abundance: Jan Boril (suspended) and captain Vladimír Darida (injured) are available again. To contend for the place are Jan Boril and Antonin Barak, the latter author of excellent performances. It is not excluded that the coach decides to confirm the same eleven who beat Holland. "After an unfortunate start - said Silhavy - the Danes found a winning game formula, they proved it with Wales. There is nothing easy for us, we have to prepare well ".