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"HJUL
OF A MESS"
Mirrorsport |
Officials
from Portugal |
Denmark
Squad |
Type |
England Squad |
Referee
(sky blue)
Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias
44 (14 July 1979), Vila Nova
de Gaia, FIFA-listed 2010 |
16 |
Goal Attempts |
11 |
7 |
Attempts on Target |
4 |
Assistant Referees |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
1 |
Paulo
Alexandre dos Sontos
Soares
47 (31 August 1976) |
Pedro Ricardo Ferreira
Ribeiro 43 (15 May 1981) |
4 |
Corner Kicks Won |
2 |
Fourth official Mykola Balakin 35
(5 January 1989), Kyiv, Ukraine |
4 |
Offside Calls Against |
0 |
Video
Assistant Officials |
13 |
Fouls Conceded |
5 |
Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins 44 (29 May 1980), Oeires, FIFA-listed 2015
Alejandro Hernández & Juan Martínez Munuera Spain |
46% |
Possession |
54% |
|
|
Denmark Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (20th
June 2024) 21st
EFO ranking
Group Five ELO rating
18th to =17th |
Colours |
made by hummel - Red crew-necked jerseys with pixelated
pattern, white/red collar/cuffs, white shorts with red zip
trim, red socks with white zip trim. |
Captain |
Kasper Schmeichel |
Head Coach |
Kasper Hjulmand, 52 (9 April 1972),
appointed 12 June 2020, effective 1 July 2020. |
53rd match, W 33 - D 5 - L 13 - F 102 - A 44. |
Denmark Lineup |
1 |
Schmeichel, Kasper P. |
37 228 days |
5 November 1986 |
G |
RSC Anderlecht, Belgium |
103 |
84ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Andersen, Joachim C |
28 20 days |
31 May 1996 |
RD |
Crystal Palace FC, England |
34 |
0 |
3 |
Vestergaard, Jannik |
31 322 days |
3 August 1992 |
CD |
Leicester City FC, England |
43 |
3 |
|
24th min. for a foul on Bukayo Saka just outside the centre-circle |
6 |
Christensen, Andreas B. |
28 71 days |
10 April 1996 |
LD |
FC Barcelona, Spain |
71 |
3 |
5 |
Mæhle Pedersen, Joakim |
27 31 days |
20 May 1997 |
RWB /LWB |
VfL Wolfsburg, Germany |
47 |
11 |
|
73rd min. for a rash sliding tackle on Jarrod Bowen deep inside the England
half |
21
|
Hjulmand, Morten B.D., off
82nd
min. |
24 361 days |
25 June 1999 |
RM |
Sporting Clube de Portugal, Portugal |
9 |
1 |
23 |
Højbjerg, Pierre-Emile K. |
28 320 days |
5 August 1995 |
LM |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
79 |
10 |
17
|
Kristiansen, Victor B.F.,
off 57th min. |
21 187 days |
16 December 2002 |
LWB |
Leicester City FC, England |
10 |
0 |
19 |
Wind, Jonas O., off 57th
min. |
25 134 days |
7 February 1999 |
RF |
VfL Wolfsburg, Germany |
29 |
8 |
9 |
Højlund, Rasmus W.,
off 67th min. |
21 137 days |
4 February 2003 |
CF |
Manchester United FC, England |
16 |
7 |
10 |
Eriksen, Christian D., off
82nd
min. |
32 127 days |
14 February 1992 |
LF |
Manchester United FC, England |
132 |
42 |
Denmark
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Denmark 1 England 1 |
14 |
Damsgaard, Mikkel K. on 57th min.
(56:10) for Kristiansen |
23
353 days |
3 July 2000 |
RF |
Brentford FC, England |
28 |
4 |
18 |
Bah, Alexander H. on 57th min.
(56:18) for Wind |
26 194 days |
9 December 1997 |
RWB |
SL Benfica, Portugal |
12 |
1 |
20 |
Poulsen, Yussuf Y., on 67th min.
(66:18) for Højlund |
30 5 days |
15 June 1994 |
CF |
RB Leipzig, Germany |
81 |
13 |
15 |
Nørgaard, Christian T., on 82nd min.
(81:50) for Eriksen |
30 102 days |
10 March 1994 |
LAM |
Brentford FC, England |
27 |
1 |
|
87th min. for pulling back and fouling Conor Gallagher on the halfway line |
|
Skov Olsen, Andreas, on 82nd min.
(81:56) for Hjulmand |
24 174 days |
29 December 1999 |
CM |
11 |
Club Brugge, Belgium |
31 |
8 |
result:
Denmark 1 England 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
4-Simon Kjær, 7-Mathias Jensen, 12-Kasper Dolberg, 13-Mathias Jørgensen, 16-Mads
Hermansen, 22-Frederick Rønnow, 24-Andreas Dreyer, 25-Rasmus Kristensen, 26-Jacob Brunn Larsen. |
team
notes: |
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel's father, Peter, also played as the
goalkeeper for Denmark against England in four matches between 1989
and 1994. Kasper has now played five times against England. |
|
3-4-3(2-1) |
Schmeichel - Andersen, Vestergaard, Christensen -
Mæhle, Hjulmand (Skov Olsen), Højbjerg,
Kristiansen (Damsgaard) - Wind (Bah),
Højlund (Poulsen),
Eriksen
(Nørgaard) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27
years 344 days |
Appearances/Goals |
41.2 |
7.6 |
|
|
England
Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (20th
June 2024) 5th
EFO ranking
Group Two ELO rating
7th to 9th |
Colours |
The Nike 2024 home
uniform -
White shadow pinstriped jerseys
with navy blue v-necked polo-collars/underarm side panel and white/navy blue/maroon
trimmed cuffs, navy blue shorts with white/red hem,
white socks with navy blue trim. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 53 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016. |
⁵⁵
most goals as captain |
66th of 74, W 40 - D 14 - L 12 - F 150 - A 53. |
|
Kyle Walker
68:30 |
P 97th of 102, W 59 - D 21 - L 16 - F 207 - A
67. |
England
Lineup |
|
unchanged from the previous match |
league position (FINAL POSITIONS) |
|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
30 105 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL 15th) |
63 |
46ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Walker, Kyle
A. |
34 23 days |
28 May 1990 |
RB |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
85 |
1 |
5 |
Stones, John |
30 23 days |
28 May 1994 |
RCD |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
74 |
3 |
6 |
Guéhi,
A.K. Marc-Israel |
23 343 days |
13 July 2000 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
LCD |
Crystal Palace FC
(PL 10th) |
13 |
0 |
12 |
Trippier, Kieran J. |
33 275 days |
19 September 1990 |
LB |
Newcastle United FC
(PL 7th) |
50 |
1 |
the 68th player to reach 50-app milestone |
8 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.,
off 54th min. |
25 257 days |
7 October 1998 |
RDM |
Liverpool FC
(PL 3rd) |
27 |
3 |
4 |
Rice, Declan |
25
158 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
Arsenal FC
(PL RU) |
53 |
3 |
7 |
Saka, Bukayo A.T.,
off 69th min. |
22
289 days |
5 September 2001 |
RAM |
Arsenal FC
(PL RU) |
35 |
11 |
10 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W. |
20 357 days |
29 June 2003 |
CAM |
Real Madrid CF, Spain
(LL CHAMPIONS) |
31 |
4 |
11 |
Foden, Philip W.,
off 69th min. |
24 23 days |
28 May 2000 |
LAM |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
36 |
4 |
9
|
Kane, Harry E.,
off 69th min. |
30 328 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
FC Bayern München, Germany
(BL RU) |
93 |
64 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Denmark 1 England 1 |
16
|
Gallagher, Conor J., on 54th min.
(53:37) for Alexander-Arnold |
24 135 days |
6 February 2000 |
RDM |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
15 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
|
61st min. for a foul on Andreas Christensen as he sprints away into his own
half |
|
|
Bowen, Jarrod, on 69th min.
(68:23) for Foden |
27 183 days |
20 December 1996 |
RAM |
20 |
West Ham United FC
(PL 9th) |
10 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
21 |
Eze, Eberechi O., on 69th min.
(68:34) for Saka |
25 357 days |
29 June 1998 |
LAM |
Crystal Palace FC
(PL 10th) |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
19 |
Watkins, Oliver G.A., on 69th min.
(68:50) for Kane |
28 173 days |
30 December 1995 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC
(PL 4th) |
13 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
result:
Denmark 1 England 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
3-Luke Shaw
(injured), 13-Aaron Ramsdale, 14-Ezri Konsa, 15-Lewis Dunk,
17-Ivan Toney, 18-Anthony Gordon, 22-Joe Gomez, 23-Dean Henderson, 24-Cole Palmer, 25-Adam Wharton,
26-Kobbie
Mainoo. |
stadium notes: |
England return to the Frankfurt venue for a third time, under a third
name, and for the first time since the
2006 World Cup Finals against Paraguay. |
team notes: |
Fortieth ECF match (W 16
D 14 L 10). Fortieth European
Championship draw (out of 156 played). Twentieth European Championship
match unbeaten (W 15 D
5), having not lost since
October 2019 against Czech Republic, although still five behind
the record. |
youth notes: |
England and Denmark have met several times in
youth level matches
featuring the participating players. Trent Alexander-Arnold started for
the under-16s against their Danish equivalents in February 2014. He
started against the Danes again in August 2014, this time for the
under-17s. Jordan Pickford had already kept goal for the under-17s
in the Finals of May 2011, and did so again in February 2013 for the
under-19s, a match that also featured John Stones. Harry Kane
started the November 2011 under-19 fixture against Denmark, then Marc Guéhi and Bukayo Saka, along with
substitute Conor Gallagher, played in the March 2019 fixture-Guéhi scored.
Phil Foden was one of the starters in the under-21 friendly victory in
November 2018. |
manager notes: |
Southgate's record ninth ECF match, one more than Hodgson - still
unbeaten.
Already a record
21st Finals match - six more than Bobby Robson.
Already holds
the record for competitive matches
managed...74th (31 more than Robson). |
goalscoring
records: |
53 European Championship Finals goals scored. Harry Kane is the third player, after Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney,
to score in four Major Tournament Finals. It is Kane's record-extending 28th
EC goal and fifth ECF goal (two behind Shearer) |
manager Gareth Southgate was an unused sub against
Denmark in the 2002 WCF, and had to
withdraw from the
squad in November 2003. |
|
4-2-3-1 |
Pickford - Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier -
Alexander-Arnold
(Gallagher), Rice
- Saka
(Eze), Bellingham, Foden
(Bowen) - Kane
(Watkins) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27
years 167 days |
Appearances/Goals |
50.9 |
8.5 |
|
|
Match Report
by Mike Payne |
After this
important match finished I heard, and read, many opinions on just why
England had failed to win a game they were expected to.
Well, here is my take on the match.
Everyone seems to be putting the blame on the
players, and in my opinion, they are missing the point.
It is this ridiculous 4-2-3-1 system Gareth
Southgate insists on using.
What on earth has happened to good old 4-4-2 or,
heaven forfend, the wonderful 2-3-5 formation?
We are being outplayed in midfield because we are
always outnumbered, and 4-4-2 would also give some support to the under
pressure Harry Kane.
Oh well, on with the report.
The game began, and within 30 seconds
Denmark's Pierre Hojbjerg was already firing in a shot at Jordan Pickford.
And in the first 10 minutes England
were showing no appetite for the match, until that is, three minutes later
when Phil Foden showed some neat footwork to forge England's first chance.
Unfortunately his shot was high and
wide, but it was encouraging to see Foden show some of his skills.
Then, five minutes after that, England
took the lead, and it was down to Kyle Walker.
His burst of speed was electric as
Victor Kristiansen was caught napping and Walker took the ball off his
toes.
The full-back put in a low cross which
was deflected into the path of Kane, doing what he does best, firing home
from close range.
That should have been the tonic for England to settle down but Denmark,
well organised and well set-up came back strongly.
England just seemed incapable of gaining possession as the Danes
dominated the midfield. Bukayo
Saka did make one good break, but it came to nothing and in the 29th
minute there was an almighty scramble in the England penalty area which
was eventually somewhat fortuitously cleared.
That was one of several warnings for England but Marc Guehi and
John Stones seemed solid in the middle.
The problem was in midfield where it was almost always four against
two.
Jude Bellingham and Trent
Alexander-Arnold were hardly involved, whilst Saka and Foden were torn
between not attacking nor defending.
On 34 minutes Denmark inflicted the punishment that
England's inept display deserved, and ironically the Danish chance came
from a mistake by Kane, who was back trying to help the defence.
Why should he be there, one asks?
Anyway, he passed the ball across the middle where it was picked up
by Morten Hjulmand some 30 yards out.
Under no challenge he was able to line up a shot, which he hit
perfectly, and the ball flew into the net low down and in off the post.
Denmark had now seized the initiative and England
could make no headway.
They
conceded another corner and Pickford was going mad at his teammates for
their lackadaisical efforts!
Every second ball seem to be won by a red shirt and even when Foden ran
hard at the Denmark defence and saw a weak shot easily saved, it seemed
that Denmark were well on top as the half drew to a close, forcing another
save from Pickford.
With the
last kick of the half Foden shot over the bar.
That ended a really disappointing half for the Three Lions and
their fans in the crowd looked drained at the break.
Unfortunately, the second-half saw more of the same
from England despite an early improvement which saw Saka tee up Foden, but
his good shot struck a post and Saka, under pressure, hit the rebound over
the bar.
That was the best it
got for this England side and as the half settled down to a familiar
pattern, it was the Danes who looked much more of an accomplished side.
There were several scrambles in the England box and scruffy
defending at times.
Alexander-Arnold was replaced by Conor Gallagher and the Chelsea player's
first contribution was to be booked for a late challenge.
Just after the hour determined play by Guehi, one of
the few successes of the night for England, winning two tackles to feed
Saka, but that move also came to nothing.
Downright careless play by Declan Rice as he needlessly gave away a
corner sort of summed up what the team, and the fans, were going through.
Southgate then made some substitutions by bringing on Ollie
Watkins, Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze on 69 minutes to try and liven
proceedings up, sacrificing Kane, Saka and Foden, the latter being a
little unlucky to go off, especially as Bellingham had been dire all
match.
Ironically, Bellingham then produced his only
worthwhile contribution when he sent Watkins in for a good chance.
Sadly for England, Kasper Schmeichel was quickly off his line to
stifle the danger and block the effort from Watkins.
As for the rest of the match, it did liven England up
a little after those substitutions but not to any real promise.
On 83 minutes Guehi made his one mistake, losing possession in a
dangerous position.
Thankfully
he recovered brilliantly to deflect the cross away for a corner.
Two minutes later more poor play enabled Hojbjerg to fire in a shot
that flew just wide.
And that
was about it as the game ended in a draw.
Only Walker, Guehi, Stones and Pickford escape my heavy criticism
of the team and manager, and we now have five days to rediscover our
proper form.
In fact the
question needs to be asked, when is the England team we know and love
going to arrive in Germany?
Someone said that watching England at the moment is
like watching Preston North End.
Now as a North End fan, that really hurts, even though it is true!
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport Denmark FA |
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UEFA.com Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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