Will Denmark write a fairy tale at the Euro?

Until now, Danish football is only known for winning the Euro 1992 championship.

Of the four teams that have reached the semi-finals, Denmark is considered the weaker team. Their past achievements and performance in the Euro 2020 qualifiers are not highly appreciated by experts, even for Danish fans, getting through the group stage is a success.

29 years of absence

Until now, Danish football is only known for winning the Euro 1992 championship. They also only have a few famous players such as Michael Laudrup, Peter Schmeichel. So of course, coach Kasper Hjulmand and his team quietly participated in Euro 2020 because not many people know them. The incident of player C. Eriksen and the support to save the life of his teammates by Danish players made Europe look at this team with respect.

But the fact that they convincingly beat the Czech team to be in the group of 4 strongest teams in Europe, Denmark has really brought us too many surprises. Except for goalkeeper K. Schmeichel who is playing for Leiceister, midfielder Christensen playing for Chelsea, and striker K. Dolberg playing for Nice who are well-known, most of the Danish national team players play for unknown clubs. Coach Kasper Hjulmand, 49 years old, is only known as the head coach of Mainz 05. Denmark is truly an interesting unknown of Euro 2020.

First, coach Kasper Hjulmand has a formidable attack at Euro 2020 with 11 goals, only behind the leading team Spain (12 goals). They also broke their own record for the best scoring performance at a major tournament, at the 1986 World Cup, Denmark scored 10 goals.

With a 3-4-3 formation, striker K.Dolberg playing the highest, and midfielders Christensen and K.Damsgaard (Sampdoria), Mr. Kasper Hjulmand's team passed through the narrow door with a 4-1 victory over Russia to secure a play-off ticket. But the further they went, the better the players from the land of Andersen's fairy tales played, convincingly defeating Wales (4-0) and the Czech Republic (2-1).

The British should be worried.

Currently, the gap between Denmark's starting and reserve players is getting narrower. The good news is that 6 Danish players have scored, K.Dolberg has 3 goals, Y.Poulseen, Mahle, Christensen each has 2 goals, K.Damsgaard, Dalaney each has 1 goal. The Danish team's playing style is energetic, attacking with long balls, but within 16.5m, players Y.Poulseen, Christensen, K.Dolberg have very technical handling.

In the match against the Belgian players, the top technical experts of European football, although they lost the match, the Danish players were not at all outdone. When necessary, the Danish players dared to hold the ball and play an open game with the opponent. Against the players from the land of the White Birch, the students of coach Kasper Hjulmand showed themselves like knights, blocking all the attacks of the Russian players. Goalkeeper K. Schmeichel had a rather leisurely match because the Russian players could not penetrate the well-organized defense.

In the semi-finals, they will face England, the team with the best defense at Euro 2020, having not conceded a goal in 5 matches. This will be the second best attack at Euro 2020 to test the Three Lions defense to compete for a ticket to the final.

Although highly rated, whether the English players and coach Gareth Southgate can stop the Danes from continuing their fairy tale after 29 years of waiting is something no one can be sure of. Simply put, Denmark's style of play is increasingly solid, unpredictable and almost any attacking player can score.