Euro 2020: Kasper Dolberg stars as Denmark outclass Wales 4-0 to reach quarters
Updated On: 27 June, 2021 07:22 AM IST | Amsterdam | AFP
Carried by a wave of emotion, Danish dreams are still intact in a tournament that began in such traumatic circumstances for them with Eriksen`s collapse in their opening match against Finland in Copenhagen.
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Denmark`s forward Kasper Dolberg celebrates after scoring his team`s second goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 round of 16 football match between Wales and Denmark at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. Pic/AFP
Denmark marked the 29th anniversary of their greatest triumph by marching on to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 on Saturday as Kasper Dolberg scored twice in an emphatic 4-0 win over Wales before an exultant travelling support in Amsterdam. In the city where Christian Eriksen made his name, it was Dolberg -- another former Ajax player -- who opened the scoring with a fizzing strike in the 27th minute. That came after Wales had started so well but Denmark never looked back and Dolberg struck again just after the restart before Joakim Maehle and Martin Braithwaite added more goals late on. Carried by a wave of emotion, Danish dreams are still intact in a tournament that began in such traumatic circumstances for them with Eriksen`s collapse in their opening match against Finland in Copenhagen.
They now go on to a last-eight tie in Baku against the Netherlands or the Czech Republic. Eriksen, still recovering at home after his cardiac arrest, was present in everyone`s minds at the home of Ajax, and that combined with a vast Danish support inside the one-third full Johan Cruyff Arena made this occasion like a Danish home game. "It is hard to believe that this is reality," said coach Kasper Hjulmand. "Johan Cruyff is one of my great inspirations and this was also Christian`s first home after leaving Denmark. "I am really grateful for all the support we got, and the guys are true warriors. Being in the quarter-finals now is amazing." European champions on this day in 1992, Denmark finally have their first win in the knockout phase of a Euro since then and it would be an extraordinary story if they could repeat the feat this time. Nobody in Denmark will want to get ahead of themselves but Wales -- who finished with 10 men after Harry Wilson`s late red card -- could have no complaints about the outcome and there will be no repeat of their run to the semi-finals at Euro 2016.
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