Denmark vs Finland LIVE: Stream FREE, score, TV channel as game UNDERWAY in Copenhagen – Euro 2020 latest updates

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5. Congratulations to Robin Lod who has just picked up Finland’s first ever yellow card in a major tournament for a reckless challenge on Martin Braithwaite.

He’s on an early tight rope now.

DENMARK 0-0 FINLAND

3. What a throw that was by Daniel O’Shaughnessy.

That took me back to the Rory Delap days because he threw the ball deep into the box from a throw-in on the left hand side.

Wow.

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2. Ouch that looked painful.

Glen Kamara who has high expectations to do well in the tournaments first involvement was to step on Daniel Wass’ toe.

Thankfully, the full-back was able to run it off.

DENMARK 0-0 FINLAND

1.  The opening Euro 2020 match between Turkey and Italy was explosive but can Denmark and Finland follow in their footsteps.

Oh and I forgot to ask, who’s your money on people?

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

ANTHONY TAYLOR IN HIS FIRST EVER MAJOR FINALS

GET’S US UNDER-WAY!

NATIONAL ANTHEMS

The players are currently out on the field proudly singing their National Anthems in harmony with the 16,000+ fans in the stadium.

It’s safe to say that there are a lot of out of tune vocals on show.

EURO FACTS

If you thought Denmark were the favourites before reading the blog, then you weren’t wrong because the Danes are one of only five teams who have qualified for the Euro’s without recording a single loss along with; Italy, Spain, Ukraine and their Group opponents, Belgium.

But it doesn’t mean that they are invincible and should Finland get Teemu Pukki firing this evening, there is every chance that the Finn’s can cause an upset.

The Finnish forward’s ten goals and one assist out of Finland’s total tally of 16 strikes calculates his involvement rate at 68.75%.

Anything is possible.

FINLAND RECENT RESULTS

As for the Finn’s, despite doing so well to qualify for the Euro’s, they are yet to put a victory on their record this calendar year.

As a matter of fact their last six fixtures have resulted in four loses and two draws so it’s not looking good for Finland.

But Markku Kanerva’s side did manage to pull off a 2-1 victory over Bulgaria towards the back-end of last year so the Finn boss will be hoping that his men can rejuvenate that kind of momentum again.

DENMARK CURRENT FORM

The Danes are hoping to continue their impressive unbeaten run in 2021.

In their last six matches, Denmark have won four games including a staggering 8-0 triumph over Moldova and they managed to hold Germany to a 1-1 draw.

However, Kasper Hjulmand’s men did lose their last game of 2020 to Belgium back in November but they will get the chance for revenge on their match-day 2 of the tournament.

MINDFUL MARKKU

Markku Kanerva was very open to the fact that the opposite number are going to be a tough nut to crack and his side are considered the underdogs.

But is that all a game plan by the Finland coach for Denmark to take their eye off the ball?

Denmark have a very good team, if we look at their last few matches, they’ve had some magnificent results and have scored a lot of goals. Their defence has worked and they have some great individual players. Denmark are a really tough team and they get to play on home soil, but we have proved we can challenge even bigger countries than Denmark.

Markku KanervaUEFA.com

HUNGRY HJULMAND

The Denmark coach had some words of wisdom ahead of his sides opener this evening and you can tell that he will not take any kind of excuses from his team should they lose.

We shouldn’t go out and lose a match because we’re not well enough prepared, we shouldn’t lose because we didn’t want it more than our opponents, and we shouldn’t lose because we don’t play our best. We must leave everything on the pitch and do everything we can to win.

Kasper HjulmandUEFA.com

MASK OFF

In other news outside of football but still relating to the European Championships, Denmark will be getting rid of the idea that it is mandatory for people to wear masks soon and have allowed 9,000 more fans to attend stadiums up from the original number of 16,000.

Infection rates have significantly dropped as a result of broad lockdown measured implicated late December last year, which has meant that the Nordic country has avoided a third Covid-19 wave.

This is fantastic for all travelling spectators who are waiting to watch the games in the Copenhagen stadium as the news has come just in time for the opening weekend of the major tournament.

However, the Danish Football Association has informed broadcaster TV2 that things are not set in place to welcome 25,000 fans for the opener against Finland this evening.

Justice Minister, Nick Haekkerup said: “The development in infections is at a stable level while the vaccinations of Danes run at a good pace.

Leisure Centres and libraries will be accessible to all even those without a valid Covid-19 passport from June 14^th but the pass will be completely abolished at an estimated month of October.

TEEMU THE TALISMAN

Norwich goal machine, Teemu Pukki is most certainly Finland’s biggest threat and could cause some harm to the Denmark defence today.

The Finnish striker knows how to finish his shots on goal given the opportunity which is why he scored the most goals for his country (10) in the qualifying rounds.

Similar to Christian Erisksen, Pukki is also going into this tournament off the back of league success having fired the Canaries back into the Premier League with his 26 goals in the Championship last campaign.

Take a look at some of his current 2020/21 numbers below.

EAGLE EYED ERIKSEN

Christian Eriksen is officially a centurion in the Denmark jersey as he has managed to notch up 108 caps for his country.

The 29-year-old is definitely a key member of the Dane squad and arguably one of the most technically gifted attacking midfielders in world football.

Eriksen showed his importance to the team by scoring the most goals for his country in the qualifying stages (5) and after securing the Scudetto with Inter Milan, the talisman’s confidence will be sky high.

Below are Christian Eriksen’s stats from the 2020/21 campaign.

FINLAND BENCH

5 Vaisanen, 7 Taylor, 9 Jensen, 11 Schuller, 12 Joronen, 13 Soiri, 15 Hamalainen, 19 Kauko, 21 Lappalainen, 23 Jaakkola, 25 Ivanov, 26 Forss

FINLAND XI

Similar to his opposite number, Markku Kanerva has fielded his strongest possible eleven and Finland’s very first starting line-up in a major tournament.

The Finn head coach has gone with a 3-5-2 formation which includes Hradecky in between the sticks.

Toivio, Arajuuri and O’Shaughnessy will be used as the goalkeeper’s protection with Uronen and Raitala operating in the full-back positions.

Scottish League winner Glen Kamara gets a start in the midfield alongside Sparv and Lod.

Which leaves Pohjanpalo to partner the dangerous Teemu Pukki up-front.

1 Hradecky, 4 Toivio, 2 Arajuuri, 3 O’Shaughnessy, 22 Raitala, 8 Lod, 14 Sparv, 6 Kamara, 18 Uronen, 20 Pohjanpalo, 10 Pukki

SMILES ALL ROUND

It’s good to see that someone is happy with the team sheet.

DENMARK BENCH

2 Andersen, 3 Vestergaard, 11 Olsen, 12 Dolberg, 14 Damsgaard, 15 Norgaard, 16 Lossl, 17 Larsen, 21 Cornelius, 22 Ronnow, 24 Jensen, 26 Boilessen

DENMARK XI

The Dane head coach Kasper Hjulmand has gone with a very strong starting eleven in their opener against Finland.

As predicted Kasper Schmeichel starts in goal with Simon Kjaer as the centre-back pairing.

Thomas Delaney and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will try to control the middle of the park with Christian Eriksen operating just in front of them.

And Martin Braithwaite has been selected to lead the line up-top for Denmark.

1 Schmeichel 18 Wass, 4 Kjaer, 6 Christensen, 5 Maehl, 8 Delaney, 23 Hojbjerg, 10 Eriksen, 20 Yurary, 19 Wind, 9 Braithwaite

AND HERE ARE THE STARTING LINEUPS!

FINLAND SQUAD UPDATE

Star striker Teemu Pukki was the only slight concern for Markku Kanerva but thankfully for the Finn manager and the rest of his side, the Norwich forward seems to have shaken that knock off.

Everybody else is fit and raring to go which means we could see a start for the talented Glen Kamara who is fresh from conquering the Scottish first division with Rangers this season.

DENMARK TEAM NEWS

Kasper Hjulmand has a fully-fit squad to select from going into the first game of the Euro’s and with the players at hand, the Danes seem to have a slight edge for this encounter.

FA Cup Winner Kasper Schmeichel is the obvious choice in goal after having a brilliant season in between the sticks for Leicester City.

There could be a centre-back pairing of Chelsea’s Andreas Christensen and team captain Simon Kjaer who represents AC Milan at club level in defence.

Tottenham midfielder, Pierre-Emile Hoijberg is likely to clock up another cap in the middle of the park this evening.

And going forward, the Denmark manager has an array of talent to rely upon such as; Barcelona forward Martin Braithwaite, RB Leipzig attacker Yussuf Poulsen or the main man Christian Eriksen who is coming into the competition off the back of a Serie A title winning season with Inter Milan.

DREAM-LAND

As I mentioned before, this is the first time Finland have EVER qualified for the European Championships which means it is the first time that the country can get ‘EUROHyped’ quoted from the national team’s Twitter admin.

FINLAND’S ROAD TO EURO 2020

When the Scandinavian outfit were put in a qualifying group with the likes of Italy and Greece, it looked as if another European Championships was going to go by without Finland being part of it.

But a hero named Teemu Pukki came to the rescue and helped fire the Finns to six wins out of ten resulting in them securing second spot behind the Italians for a place in the Euro 2020.

Click on the second link and swipe to the right three times to see their full journey.

It’s incredible.