The soccer groups of Slovenia and Denmark tied (1-1) this Sunday in a match performed on the MHPArena in Stuttgart, similar to Group C of the boys’s Euro Cup and the place a objective by Erik Janza within the ultimate stretch neutralized the scored for the Danes by Christian Eriksen, simply 1,100 days after his cardiac arrest. The Nordic workforce began higher positioned than its rival on the sector, with Eriksen himself performing as chief engineer. However it was the Slovenians who first created hazard, by way of Benjamin Sesko quarter of an hour into the sport. He obtained a deep go on the sting of the world, created area and hit a proper hand that grazed the submit. Denmark’s response couldn’t have been higher, as they instantly scored 0-1. In a throw-in that was apparently simple to cowl, the Slovenia protection obtained confused and allowed the ball to succeed in Jonas Wind inside the world; This continued with a delicate again heel for the sprinting arrival of Eriksen, who managed together with his chest and shot rapidly. His shot, with the toe of his proper foot, beat Jan Oblak at point-blank vary and made the massive Danish followers within the stands explode with pleasure. 1,100 days have handed since Eriksen’s coronary heart drawback, whose picture from that June 12, 2021, mendacity immobile on the grass and surrounded by his teammates is already Euro Cup historical past. The nice model of him this Sunday might have been even higher if he had been proper on one of many two probabilities he had earlier than the break, the clearest within the forty third minute, however with the ball going over the crossbar. Firstly of the second half, Cae Andraz Sporar obtained a blow from Joachim Andersen contained in the rival space, in his try and clear, however the Swiss Sandro Schärer and the remainder of the VAR referees dominated out of their interpretation that this motion was punishable. The duel then entered a part of alternations, with Rasmus Hojlund standing out for Denmark. His shot within the sixty fifth minute was effectively caught by Oblak and two minutes later Adam Gnezda Cerin had an important alternative to attain which he missed as his header went very near the submit. Then Andraz Sporar additionally evaded the tie and, within the 76th minute, Sesko did crash a powerful shot together with his proper foot into the submit, at mid-height. All of this was the prelude to the 1-1, achieved by Janza hopefully after a nook. The Danish protection had cleared the nook kick and the ball reached the sting of the world, the place the Slovenian left again took a shot together with his good leg; The ball hit Morten Hjulmand’s ass and adjusted path. Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel might do nothing to forestall that objective, though he was prepared for the clearance within the subsequent play, which regardless of every part destroyed considered one of his middle backs after a shot by Sporar virtually within the small space. The carousel of substitutions on the finish precipitated the tempo to decelerate and each groups settled for a draw. DATA SHEET. –RESULT: SLOVENIA, 1 – DENMARK, 1 (0-1, at half-time). –LINEUPS: SLOVENIA: Oblak; Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Janza; Stojanovic (Verbic, min.67), Gnezda Cerin, Elsnik (Gorenc Stankovic, min.75), Mlakar (Celar, min.76); Sporar (Brekalo, min.90+5) and Sesko (Kurtic, min.90+5). DENMARK: Schmeichel; Andersen, Christensen, Vestergaard; Kristiansen (Maehle, min.79), Hjulmand (Delaney, min.90), Eriksen, Hojbjerg (Norgaard, min.83), Bah; Hojlund (Poulsen, min.83) and Wind (Dolberg, min.83). –GOALS: 0-1, min.17: Eriksen. 1-1, min.77: Janza. –REFEREE: Sandro Schärer (SUI). He yellow carded Stojanovic (min.53) and Celar (min.84) for Slovenia, and Hjulmand (min.49) for Denmark. –STADIUM: MHPArena (Stuttgart), 54,000 spectators.
