Denmark suffers but will play their first semi-final since 1992

Denmark, great revelation of this Eurocup 2020, is already in the semifinals after landing the combative Republic
Czech (2-1) in Baku. Something that ‘Red Dynamite’ did not achieve since 1992, the year in which the Danish ‘miracle’ took place in Sweden. The Peter schmeichel, Laudrup and company took the title after eliminating Countries
Low, current champion, in the semifinals and defeat Germany (2-0) in the very final in Gothenburg.

On behalf of Christian Eriksen

Almost 20 years later, this bloc seems to have set out to fight on behalf of Christian
Eriksen, who gave the scare in the opening match against Finland, and will fight next Wednesday at Wembley (9:00 pm) to play the second final in its history.

Kasper
Hjulmand he repeated the same eleven of eighths and his team did not take even 5 'to get ahead. A corner kick thrown by Stryger
Larsen, holder to the detriment of the valencianista Wass, headed it to a goal free of mark Delaney, who added his first goal of the tournament. Despite the 0-1, Denmark continued looking for the second in a first act in which both teams showed off good football that led them to the quarterfinals, in the case of Czechia after the ‘sorpasso’ of eighths before Countries
Low.

The Jaroslav
Silhavy They were looking for the matched with a Holes very active in offensive tasks but found himself 0-2 at the edge of the break. An exalted pass from Maehle, one of the men of this Euro, with the outside he riveted it to the far post Dolberg, which in this way added his third goal in the last two games after his double to Welsh.

Schick hunts CR7 and equals Baros

Jankto Y Krmencik They entered after the restart and the match turned 180 degrees. Kasper
Schmeichel He got the first two but the third time was the charm for the Republic
Czech. The Pichichi' Patrick
Schick took advantage of a great service from Coufal from the right to cut distances and hunt down Christian
Ronaldo as the maximum performer of this Euro
2020. With his fifth goal in five games, the forward of the Bayer
Leverkusen also equaled the record of Milan
Baros, Czech top scorer in a Eurocup with his target reporter in Portugal 2004, which earned him the Golden Boot of said contest.

Schick made the goal of hope but withdrew with discomfort
Schick made the goal of hope but withdrew with discomfort

The Danes were still groggy, but fainted in time to slow down the onslaught of the Republic
Czech, which came very close to repeating the 2004 semi-finals. Vaclik kept his team in the game with two saves against Yussuf
Poulsen Y Maehle, tireless, and with the withdrawal of Schick with discomfort in the back of the thigh, the Czech resistance ended. Denmark will play in the semifinals of the Euro 29 years later and will do so on behalf of a Eriksen who we continue to miss on the field of play.

Danish players celebrate the move to the semi-finals of Euro 2020
Danish players celebrate the move to the semi-finals of Euro 2020

1- Republic
Czech: Vaclík; Coufal, Celustka (Brabec, m. 65), Kalas, Boril; Holes (Jankto, m. 46), Soucek; Masopust (Krmencik, m. 46), Barák, Sevcik (Darida, m. 80); and Schick (Vydra, m. 79).

two- Denmark: Schmeichel; Stryger (Wass, m.71), Christensen (Andersen, m. 81), Kjaer, Vestergaard, Maehle; Hojbjerg, Delaney (Jensen, m. 81); Damsgaard (Norgaard, d. 60), Dolberg (Poulsen, d. 59) and Braithwaite.

Goals: 0-1, m. 5: Delaney; 0-2, m. 42: Dolberg; 1-2: Schick, m. 49.

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands). He admonished Krmencik (m. 84) and Kalas (m. 86) by the Czech Republic.

Incidents: match corresponding to the quarterfinals of the European Championship played at the Baku Olympic Stadium (Azerbaijan) before 16,306 spectators. The captain of the Czech Republic, Soucek, presented the captain of Denmark, Kjaer, a shirt signed by all the players of his team for Christian Eriksen.