Cover news reporter Tang Chen
Danish fairy tales, taking place in the name of the god of love.
At 5:00 a.m. Beijing time, after the match between Denmark and Russia, the players and coaches who had just finished fighting immediately picked up their mobile phones and brushed the scores of Belgium and Finland. Although Denmark beat Russia 4-1, the qualifiers still have to pay attention to the results of the match between Belgium and Finland. After confirming the second promotion in his group, the players and the coach hugged each other tightly! Yes, they did.
Before the start of the European Championship, Denmark was recognized as the second most important presence in this group after Belgium. But the sudden fall of the No. 10 core Eriksen has left the Nordic team suffering two consecutive defeats, and the group is at the bottom of the group with 0 points. Before the start of the last group match against Russia, even fans who had previously been optimistic about Denmark did not dare to say that Denmark could win this Russia by a big score.
But this Danish team did not admit its fate.
Before the start of the match, manager Yuleman changed the lineup to make a 3-4-3 release a signal: this game Denmark has no way to retreat, must let go. Throughout the game, the Danish team carried out the intention of full fire 3-4-3, completed 107 attacks, 16 shots on goal, which means that from the beginning of the 1st minute to the end of the 90th minute, the Danish team has been attacking, Mailer and Christensen have repeatedly attacked the ribs of the Russian defense on the left and right, the Danish captain, center-back Kyal almost kicked into B2B, and he can be seen on both sides of the goal. Damsgaard, who broke Denmark's record for the youngest appearance in the regular season, also showed his absolute talent on the offensive end... The 4-1 score not only helped Denmark to score 3 points in the last game, but also jumped to the second place in the group to advance to the round of 16 with 3 goals on goal difference in the last game.
Is this Danish team weak? Definitely not. Croatia, the final runner-up in the 18-year World Cup penalty shootout, has proved to the world that this Denmark has the shadow of the 1992 European champion Denmark; is this Denmark strong? Perhaps not, after Eriksen fell to the ground, the whole team was once immersed in an atmosphere of self-mourning, and two consecutive defeats also made the Danish team stand on the verge of being eliminated on one foot.
But the desperate situation was miraculous, and captain Kyal had promised Eriksen in the hospital that the team would definitely advance to the knockout rounds! It was this commitment that allowed the Danish team to complete the mental transformation in the final game. The manager said in an interview after the game: "I can't put into words my admiration for this team, they are too strong. ”
The 4-1 victory also set Denmark two big records, which is the first time in the history of the European Championship that the first two games of the group have been lost but finally advanced, and it is also Denmark's biggest point difference victory in the European Championship in 37 years.
During the match, Denmark's Damsgao and Christensen each scored long-range shots in front of the penalty area, which was supposed to be the area where Eriksen shined, and the goals of his teammates were the same as Eriksen's signature arcing ball. At that moment, we seem to see Eros running in the Danish team again; at that moment, our memory seems to return to the picture of Denmark's creation of the fairy tale to win the championship in 1992, to know that the Denmark of that year also lacked the absolute core Michel Laudrup; at that moment, it was the life force that made football shine and made football full of miracles!
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