Harry maguire was the unfortunate protagonist of the first part of the England-Denmark, corresponding to Group 2 of League A of the Nations League. The central of Manchester United he was sent off in the 32nd minute for a double warning by the Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano, who should have shown him the direct red as soon as the match began.
In minute 5, in an action on the touchline, Maguire lunged for the right ankle of Yussuf Poulsenwho writhed in pain as their screams echoed in the empty stadium of Wembley. An action of clear direct expulsion that remained on a yellow card to the perplexity of the Danes.
Just after the first half hour of play, Maguire He went back to his old ways with another brutal entry to the ankle. In this case, the victim was the striker Kasper dolberg, who received a treacherous kick from the United center-back after he lost the ball a bit after a pass from Declan Rice. Gil Manzano showed him the second yellow and the consequent expulsion, which he had already forgiven as soon as the fight started. The miraculous thing was that both Poulsen how Dolberg will continue in the field after receiving two tremendous blows from Maguire.
(+) So were the terrible entries of Magujre:
Just three minutes later (35 ') and with England with ten players on the field of play, Denmark went ahead on the scoreboard with a penalty committed by Kyle walker on Thomas delaney. The central of Manchester City, who encountered a bad head clearance from his partner Conor Coady, He tried to get the ball into the area in a fight with the Danish player and ended up giving him a kick that knocked him down. Gil Manzano did not hesitate to point out the maximum penalty, which transformed Christian eriksen at 0-1 with a powerful shot through the center of the goal from Jordan pickford. It was definitely not the night of the impetuous centrals of the English team.