Carried by an extraordinary atmosphere.
Opposed to Belgium, one of the favorites of this Euro, five days after the serious heart disease suffered by its playmaker Christian Eriksen against Finland, Denmark hit hard.
In front of his supporters in Copenhagen, the Scandinavians opened the scoring in the second minute of this game, so special for those who thought they had lost their partner the previous weekend.
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The 1992 European champions took advantage of a big mistake by the central defender of the Red Devils and OL, Jason Denayer, to take the advantage.
A bad recovery from which the striker of Red Bull Leipzig, Yussuf Poulsen, took advantage to deceive Thibaut Courtois and then go to scream his joy, surrounded by his teammates, in front of a whole audience come as much to follow a football match as to support the Inter Milan player.
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🔥🔥 This match starts strong!
⏱️ 2 minutes of play and Yussuf Poulsen opens the scoring for the Danes!
👉 Blame it on a big relaunch error by Jason Denayer https://t.co/agm59sJtRk
- beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) June 17, 2021
Celebrated by the other Danish field players, Yussuf Poulsen then stretched his two fingers to the sky. A way of greeting an absent person, present in everyone's minds late Thursday afternoon in Copenhagen. Christian Eriksen, who is going to have a defibrillator implanted, had indicated that he would support his partners from his hospital room.
