Unlimited cheers in Copenhagen: After a furious final day of the group, Denmark sensationally picked up the ticket for the round of 16.
The game report.
Copenhagen - What a happy ending for Denmark.
After director Eriksen's dramatic cardiac arrest and two bitter defeats, the team still solves the ticket for the European Championship round of 16 * in the preliminary round against Russia.
EM 2021: Denmark overruns Russia - and solves ticket for knockout round
After the unbelievable final act of an emotional European Championship preliminary round, there was no stopping anyone in Copenhagen. All the substitutes and coaches of the Danes ran cheering onto the field. And the 25,000 spectators in the Parken Stadium sang their throats out of their throats. After two defeats at the beginning and the drama about the collapsed playmaker Christian Eriksen, the 1992 European champions reached the last sixteen of this European Football Championship on the last preliminary round. With a 4-1 (1-0) win against Russia, Denmark improved from fourth to second place in Group B *.
The two goals conceded by second competitor Finland in the parallel game against Belgium (0-2) were celebrated almost as well as their own four goals by Mikkel Damsgaard (38th minute), Yussuf Poulsen (59th), Andreas Christensen (80th) and Joakim Maehle (82nd).
All players and coach Kasper Hjulmand went on a minute-long lap of honor after the game.
"Party in the park" was the headline of the Danish broadcaster DR on its website.
EM 2021: Goosebumps mood in Copenhagen - Denmark now against Wales
The only catch for the Danes is that they will have to do without exactly this passionate support from now on.
Because for their knockout round game against Wales * on Saturday (6 p.m.) they are now moving to Amsterdam.
The weak Russian team *, on the other hand, only scored 1: 2 (70th) with a penalty from Artjom Dzjuba and was eliminated as bottom of the group.
As with the bitter 1: 2 defeat against Belgium last Thursday, there was already goose bumps in the Parken Stadium in the Danish capital before kick-off.
UEFA again put on a meter-long jersey with the name and number 10 on the back of the Danish playmaker Christian Eriksen, who suffered cardiac arrest in the first European Championship game against Finland.
The fans celebrated the gesture with frenetic applause.
EM 2021: Dahmsgaard from a distance - Denmark is rewarded for a dominant initial phase
The Danes immediately seized the initiative and acted clearly superior with a high level of physical effort.
73 percent possession after 20 minutes proved this numerically.
But the Russians had the first chance.
Alexander Golowin (18th) refueled in the middle, but failed with his imprecise low shot against Denmark's goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
In the last third, the hosts initially lacked the brilliant ideas to undermine the well-organized Russian defense.
With loud “Danmark, Danmark” shouts, the spectators drove their team forward undaunted and were then allowed to cheer.
Damsgaard, who slipped into the starting line-up after the Eriksen drama for the 29-year-old, took heart from more than 20 meters and duped Russia's goalkeeper Matwej Safonow.
EM 2021: "Danish Dynamite" completely unleashed - unlimited cheers in Copenhagen
A blackout by Roman Zobnin favored the second Danish goal after the move. A back pass from the midfielder landed at Poulsen, who only had to push the ball into the empty goal. A little later, loud cheers broke out again in the stands when the news of the supposed leadership of Belgium against Finland came. But the hit in the parallel game in St. Petersburg was withdrawn because of offside.
And it got even worse: after Jannik Vestergaard plucked his jersey, the French referee Clément Turpin gave the Russians a penalty, which Djuba safely converted. The Danes did not let these setbacks stop them. As if unleashed, the team played and restored the old distance through Christensen. Shortly before, the Belgians had met regularly and thus provided the hoped-for help. The rest was just cheers.
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