And it a goal… Denmark takes the lead…
And it a goal… Denmark takes the lead…
1-0 Damsgaard. A special goal!
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Mikkel Damsgaard’s first 7 starts for Denmark:
vs Sweden
vs Moldova
vs Belgium
vs Russia
vs Wales
vs Czech Republic
vs England
What a free kick!
Mikkel Damsgaard is the first player to score from a direct free-kick at EURO2020
Mikel DAMNsgaard is absolutely right
1 - Mikkel Damsgaard has scored the first direct free kick goal of the EURO2020 . Timely.
30’ Mikkel Damsgaard
The Danes have the breakthrough and what a way to do it!
From around 22 metres out and just to the left of goal, the Sampdoria forward steps up and side-foots a curling strike that clears the wall. The flying Pickford can only get the slightest of touches to the effort, as it sails into the roof of the net.
England concede for the first time this tournament, to the first goal scored directly from a free-kick at UEFA EURO 2020.
Mikkel Damsgaard is the first player to score a goal against England at the 2020 Euros.
Sterling equalizes for England, what a night!!!
England are level at Wembley via a Simon Kjaer own goal
It’s the Eleventh own goal that has been scored at EURO 2020 …
ENG 1-1 DEN
Simon Kjær is the first player to score an own goal in a European Championship semi-final since Jorge Andrade in 2004.
ELEVEN own goals at this tournament now.
Mikkel Damsgaard is the first player to score a direct free-kick in the knockout rounds of the European Championships since Zinedine Zidane in 2000.
The first free-kick scored at the 2020 Euros.
And it’s the first direct free-kick scored in a European Championship semi-final since Thomas Hassler in 1992.
3 - Simon Kjaer’s own goal is the first England have benefitted from in European Championship history, and third overall at a major tournament (against Czechoslovakia and Paraguay in the 1982 and 2006 World Cups).
The first half of the game is over and the score is England 1-1 Denmark. Kjaer’s own goal cancels out Damsgaard’s stunner, here is the match report
0’ The match is about to start!
12’ CLOSE! Sterling’s shot saved
16’ CHANCE! Hojbjerg’s shot wide out
25’ CLOSE! Damsgaard’s shot wide out
29’ GOAL! England 0-1 Denmark (Damsgaard)
38’ OWN GOAL! England 1-1 Denmark (Kjaer)
691 - Denmark’s goal was the first scored against England since March, ending a run of 691 minutes without conceding for the Three Lions.
Jordan Pickford has managed to break a Gordon Banks record that had stood for over 50 years before the England No 1 was beaten by Denmark’s Mikkel Damsgaard
10 - Harry Kane is now England’s joint-highest goalscorer in major tournaments (EUROs/World Cup), moving level with Gary Lineker on 10 goals.
Harry Kane in the group stages at EURO 2020
Harry Kane at the knockout stages of EURO 2020:
Never in doubt.
3 - Jack Grealish is the third England player to be both subbed on and subbed off in a match at a major tournament, after Jamie Redknapp (vs Scotland in EURO 1996) and Aaron Lennon (vs Portugal in the 2006 World Cup).