Strong battle against the backdrop of qualification in Frankfurt!
Denmark and England face each other tonight (19:00, ERT1, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) at “Deutsche Bank Park”, home of Eintracht, for the second matchday of the third group in Euro 2024!
The two teams will meet for the first time since July 2021 and the semi-final of the previous Pan European Championship at Wembley, where England had celebrated a great victory 2-1 in extra time and had qualified, before finally losing the coveted trophy to the Italians.
Despite not impressing with their performance, England got off to a winning start with a 1-0 win over Serbia. She came on…furious and took an early lead in the 13th minute with a goal by Bellingham, while as time went on she committed herself more and more to her defensive duties, eventually managing to get the three points, against a quality opposition. He could have scored another goal, also having a goal with Kane, but he was threatened at the end and could have equalized.
Thus, with the “good morning”, the British took an important qualification step, which they will secure if they make 2/2 tonight, in the theoretically most demanding test they will have to give to the group. “We had a lot of pressure, but we managed and that’s the important thing. That’s how things are in big tournaments”said Southgate, who logically will not have Luke Shaw at his disposal again, while it is possible to choose one of Maine or Gallagher for his basic formation.
On the other hand, Denmark came into their tournament opener against Slovenia very strongly, they took the lead with Eriksen’s goal in the 17th minute, but in the second half they lost their… spark, saw their performance drop off gradually and finally settled for the final 1-1 at 77′. She lost the three points against a team that was… in her hands and now she is called upon to overcome against the clearly better team of the “three lions”.
In racing, the coach Kasper Hulmant he will logically have team captain Simon Kier available, who did not play in the premiership but has overcome injury and is fit to play.
The two teams have met 23 times in the past, with England winning 14, Denmark 5, while 5 of their encounters ended in draws. More recent
Possible lineups:
Denmark (Hulmand, 3-5-2): Schmeichel – Westergaard, Christensen, Andersen – Christiansen, Eriksen, Hoiberg, Heulmand, Mahele – Hoylund, Wid
England (Southgate, 4-2-3-1): Pickford – Walker, Gwehi, Stones, Trippier – Arnold, Rice – Saka, Bellingham, Foden – Kane
Referee: Arthur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Field: “Deutsche Bank Park” (Frankfurt)
Source: Sport Fm
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