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“A great Danish sensation,” announced extrabaldet.dk
“Great sensation: Denmark defeated European giants,” announced another popular Danish portal bd.dk
On Friday, the Danes defeated the Lithuanian team in Vilnius in the qualifying match for the European Championship 80:76. Naturally, it surprised everyone.
“It is the first time that Denmark has beaten the Top10 team. Lithuania is in eighth place in the world rankings and Denmark in 59th,” Ekstrabladet calculated.
This portal recalled that there were no NBA stars Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valančiūnas in the Lithuanian national team. “But the result is still unique,” said ekstrabladet.dk
It was noted that the Danes also didn’t have their own Shavono Shields (Milan Olympics) and Darko Yukičius (Bakken Bears), but Gabriel Lundberg was cold-blooded when he needed it most.
It was this defender who scored 28 points for Zeliona Gura’s club Stelmet with a breakthrough in the hands of Jonas Mačiulis who scored decisive points when he played 18.9 seconds to go, when the score went to 78:76 in favor of the guests.
“Mantas Kalnietis missed the triple and Adama Darboe secured a historic Danish victory with fines,” wrote extrabladet.dk
bd.dk quoted coach Erez Lundberg as saying: “Fantastic feeling. We have done something that Denmark had not done before: they beat the world’s Top10 team. “
VIDEO: Press conference after the Lithuanian-Danish match
The Danish media, which relied mainly on the Danish Basketball Federation report to describe the match, emphasized that the matches won against Lithuania remained in the fight for entry to the European Championship.
It should be remembered that Belgium leads the group with three victories, and Lithuania. Denmark and the Czech Republic have victories. Three teams from the group will advance to the 2022 European Championship, and among them is already one of the champions of the Czech Republic.
On Sunday, Lithuania and Belgium and Denmark and the Czech Republic will play in Vilnius.
The remaining two qualifying rounds are scheduled for early next year.
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