The Danes sent the Russians home in showy style and made it to the eighth final



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With 9 points, the group tournament was won by the Belgian team, who achieved victories in all three games.

Just by bombarding the Russian goal, the Danish footballers rose to second place on the last day of the Group B tournament with 3 points and a good goal ratio, also guaranteeing a direct place in the eighth final where they will play with the Welsh team.

The Finnish team, which lost its last match in Saint Petersburg 0: 2 to the Belgians, remained third in the group, but has only a theoretical chance to advance to the eighth final, as 3 points compete with the remaining teams in third . positions in other groups will probably not be enough. The Finns also have a negative goal ratio (1: 3).

This situation of the Finns guaranteed the place in the round of 16 for the Swiss, who took third place in group A and have 4 points. The Finnish situation pleases Ukraine, who also have 3 points, but a slightly better goal ratio (4: 5).

The Russians also scored 3 points, but their goal ratio is the worst, even 2: 7. For this reason, the team came last in the group and is automatically eliminated from the tournament.

In addition to the aforementioned Denmark and Wales pair, another matchup in the eighth final is now clear: Italy will play Austria.

Overall, the events of the last round of Group B turned out to be extremely dramatic. The Danish team, which marked the start of the championship with a heartbeat from Christian Eriksen, started the tournament with two defeats (0: 1 for the Finns, 1: 2 for the Belgians) and was pushed into the corner: they had to beat the Russians in their stadium in Copenhagen.

The home crowd applauded when, in the 38th minute, Mikkelis Damsgaardas’s shot down the middle caused the keeper to make one of his best saves of the day.1: 0).

59 min. The home team worked hard to get through the middle and as a result had a good chance to regain a goal when Romano Zobnino tried to lift the ball over goalkeeper Youssuf Poulsen.twenty).

70 min. The Russians briefly returned to hope when Artyom Dziuba executed an 11-meter penalty (twenty-one), but the front door was soon cut off.

80 min. Andreas Christensen (3: 1), or 82 min. Another technical kick in the match was assisted by Christian Maehle (4: 1).

You can see a summary of the match and the hail of Danish goals here.

Match statistics between Russia and Denmark

Match statistics between Russia and Denmark

The Russian team did not reach the Eurocup playoffs in the third consecutive tournament. For their part, the Danes will play the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

For the first time, Euro 2020 includes up to 11 cities from different countries, with a total of 24 national teams competing, and the title is being defended by Portugal.

The top two teams from each group and four of the six will rank third in the playoff subgroups.

The winners of the month-long tournament will be announced in the final at Wembley Stadium in London on July 11.

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