Denmark killed two birds with one stone when it defeated Slovenia 2-1 on Friday in Copenhagen, ensuring its qualification to the 2024 European Football Cup finals and its place in the eighth group.
Denmark raised its score to 22 points, compared to 19 for Slovenia, which will compete for the second ticket with Kazakhstan (18 points), which won over San Marino 3-1 today as well.
Slovenia will host Kazakhstan in the final round next Monday, needing only a draw to grab the second place in this group.
Joachim Maihle (26) and Thomas Delaney (54) scored the goals of Denmark, and Eric Jansa (30) scored the goal of Slovenia.
Denmark played the match in the absence of Manchester United’s English stars, striker Rasmus Hoyland and playmaker Christian Eriksen, due to injury.
Denmark reached the semi-finals in the last edition before losing narrowly to England at Wembley Stadium in London.
Denmark took the lead through Mayhle, who took advantage of the ball at the far post and opened the scoring (26).
But Denmark’s joy did not last more than four minutes because Yanza took a direct free kick and shot it with his left foot past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Delaney sealed qualification for Denmark by scoring the winning goal after a pass from Jannik Vestergaard (54).
In the second match in this group, Finland defeated Northern Ireland 4-0.
2023-11-17 22:15:48
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