WALES are targeting a place in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals as they take on Denmark in Amsterdam.
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- Wales XI: Ward, Davies, Mepham, Rodon, Morrell, Allen, James, Roberts, Ramsey, Bale, Moore.
- Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Vestergaard, Kjaer, Christensen, Maehle, Delaney, Larsen, Damsgaard, Hojbjerg, Dolberg, Braithwaite.
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WALES 0-0 DENMARK
7. Dolberg rides the challenge of Morrell on the edge of Wales’ penalty area and manages to find himself a yard.
The Nice forward gets a shot off, but his curling effort comfortably goes wide of Ward’s post.
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6. Braithwaite manages to capitalise on a Rodon miscalculation, and the Barcelona forward brings the ball down well.
The Danish No9 lays the ball to Larsen on the overlap.
And the right wing-back manages to get to the byline and stick a cross into the box.
But his cross is cleared.
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5. A good spell of Wales pressure comes to an end as Morrell commits a foul inside Denmark’s half, bringing down Damsgaard.
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4. James delivers a good free-kick into Denmark’s penalty area.
And Mepham gets his head on the ball, but his effort deflects behind for the first corner of the game.
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3. Ramsey wins Wales a free-kick in a good position, drawing a foul from Borussia Dortmund midfielder Delaney.
James to take.
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2. Wales look to break, and Allen plays a good ball wide to James on the right-hand side.
James doesn’t get his first touch right and the ball goes out of play for a Denmark throw-in.
The Man Utd winger would have left his marker Christensen for dead if he would have got that right!
WALES 0-0 DENMARK
1. Wales get the game underway in Amsterdam!
Rob Page’s men are kicking from left to right, and they’ll be wearing their home colours of red.
Denmark will be wearing white.
A long ball is played down the right channel for Braithwaite to run onto, and he manages to drag Rodon into a footrace.
But the Tottenham defender does well to sweep the ball clear.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
WE’RE OFF IN AMSTERDAM!
HERE WE GO!
HERE COME THE TEAMS
Both sets of players are making their way out onto the pitch ahead of kick-off!
Bale leads out Wales at the Amsterdam ArenA.
There’s a tiny bad of Welsh supporters in the stadium, but it’ll certainly feel like an away game with Danish fans packing out the stadium.
Kjaer is the man to lead out Denmark in this crucial fixture, and they’ll want to keep up their fine goal-scoring form which saw them sink four past Russia to qualify for the knockout stages.
Cue the national anthems………. Denmark to go first!
LOVELY DAY FOR FOOTBALL
Actor Rob McElhenney has tweeted in Welsh ahead of Wales’ Round of 16 game against Denmark.
He said: “A lovely day for football!”
McElhenney is the co-owner of Wrexham alongside box-office actor Ryan Reynolds.
ROB PAGE’S THOUGHTS
Rob Page has said that his side were impressed with Denmark’s performance in the game against Russia.
Speaking ahead of the game, he said: “We’re all ambitious and we want to go as far as we can, but we’re not naive going into this game.
“We’ve watched Denmark play in their most recent game and you can’t be anything other than impressed by what they’re doing.
“We also know that, on our day, we can give anyone a good game.”
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BAD START
Denmark became the first team in European Championship history to reach the knockout stages of the competition having lost their first two group games.
This is their first appearance in the latter stages of the tournament since 2004, when they lost 3-0 to Czech Republic in the quarter-final.
THUNDERBOLT
Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen scored thumped the ball into the back of Russia’s net in the group stages!
GREAT DANE
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg has three assists in his three games so far at EURO 2020, with no Denmark player recording more at a single edition of a World Cup or European Championship before.
CHRIS BOOST
Christian Eriksen made an emotional return to Denmark training ahead of their last-16 clash with Wales following his release from hospital, writes DAVE FRASER.
The midfielder, 29, collapsed in the first-half of his nation’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland after suffering a cardiac arrest, needing 13 minutes of CPR and even a defibrillator to keep him alive.
Eriksen underwent an operation to fit a ‘heart-starting’ device called an ICD to help prevent future problems.
Later that week, the Inter Milan ace was discharged from hospital in a major boost.
And now Eriksen has visited his Denmark pals at training ahead of their last-16 showdown with Wales.
DENMARK BENCH
2 Andersen, 7 Skov, 11 Olsen, 13 Jorgensen, 15 Norgaard, 16 Lossl, 19 Wind, 21 Cornelius, 22 Ronnow, 24 Jensen, Christiansen, 26 Boilesen.
DENMARK XI
1 Schmeichel; 17 Stryger, 6 Christensen, 4 Kjaer (c), 3 Vestergaard, 5 Maehle; 8 Delaney, 23 Hojbjerg; 9 Braithwaite, 14 Damsgaard; 12 Delberg.
WALES’ BENCH
1 Hennessey, 21 A.Davies, 2 Gunter, 24 Cabango, 5 Lockyer, 3 N.Williams, 18 J.Williams, 23 Levitt, 26 Smith, 19 Brooks, 8 Wilson, 9 T.Roberts.
WALES XI
Robert Page has named a strong team to face Denmark this afternoon!
12 Ward; 14 C.Roberts, 22 Mepham, 6 Rodon, 4 B.Davies; 7 Allen, 16 Morrell, 10 Ramsey; 20 James, 11 Bale (c), 13 Moore.
THE TEAMSHEETS ARE IN!
VENUE CHECK
Wales have lost both of their previous matches in Amsterdam, losing against the Netherlands in September 1988 (0-1) and June 2014 (0-2).
TOGETHER STRONGER
Wales have only lost two of their last 16 competitive matches in all competitions (W10 D4), although those two defeats have arrived in their last five such matches – they haven’t suffered consecutive competitive defeats since June 2019 (1-2 v Croatia and 0-1 v Hungary).
DYNAMIC DUO
Wales have had a combined 97 shot attempts at EURO 2016 and EURO 2020, with 49 of those coming from Gareth Bale (33) and Aaron Ramsey (16), equating to just over half of their total efforts at goal.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
None of the 10 previous meetings between Wales and Denmark in all competitions have finished level, with Wales winning four to Denmark’s six.
This is the first meeting between the sides since November 2018, with Denmark winning 2-1 in a Nations League match.
Denmark have won each of their last three competitive meetings with Wales in a run stretching back to June 1999.
This is the first meeting between the sides in a major tournament.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk