DENMARK’S staff and players erupted into emotional celebrations after finding out they made the Euro 2020 knockouts… on a coach’s PHONE.
Kasper Hjulmand’s side needed to get the business done against Russia and rely on results elsewhere to sneak into the top two of Group B.
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Denmark had endured a horror time in the competition so far with the harrowing collapse of Christian Eriksen during their 1-0 loss to Finland.
The Red and Whites were without a point ahead of today’s clash with Russia after they fell to a 2-1 defeat to group winners Belgium last week.
But Denmark gave themselves every chance of qualifying with three second-half goals sealing a 4-1 win over Russia.
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And they all gathered at the full-time whistle waiting on the result from the other game happening simultaneously in St. Petersburg.
Denmark coaches were captured checking the score of Belgium’s match with Finland game on their phone with players looking over their shoulder.
And the whole squad erupted into jubilant celebrations as news of the Red Devils’ 2-0 win was confirmed.
Fans on social media loved the heartwarming scenes, as one tweeted: “Love this. Demark the real dark horse.”
Another said: “So happy for them! What a story!!!!”
A third added: “Seeing them celebrate I wanna be Danish.”
A fourth joked: “Even footballers use livescore hahah.”
Denmark will now face Group A runner-up Wales in the round of 16 while Belgium are set to play a yet-to-be-determined third-place team.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
