Denmark v Finland

[Bored Of Education]

Amazed this game is going ahead. Really hope it was genuinely the players' decision and they weren't pressured to play it.

[Gangster Octopus]

Finland score

[jason voorhees]

Decent header. Poor Schmeichel.

[elguapo4]

Amazed this game is going ahead. Really hope it was genuinely the players' decision and they weren't pressured to play it.

UEFA originally said that the game was suspended and wouldn't be replayed.

[Discordant Resonance]

Penalty to Denmark - looks like VAR should overturn it.

[Discordant Resonance]

And justice is done after it didn't even go to VAR.

[Gangster Octopus]

Rubbish penalty. A Gerry Gow special...

[ursus arctos]

elguapo,.do you have a link to that UEFA statement?


The first one I saw was this, which is rather different

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1403765507682193409

[Nefertiti2]

elguapo,.do you have a link to that UEFA statement?


The first one I saw was this, which is rather different

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1403765507682193409

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1403777945567744009?s=20

[Discordant Resonance]

Suomi!

[RobM]

Closest thing I can think of that could compare to that was Heysel hosting the game an hour or so after the deaths there.

Seemed utterly pointless and a bit numbing both times.

[elguapo4]

elguapo,.do you have a link to that UEFA statement?


The first one I saw was this, which is rather different

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1403765507682193409

I'm not on twitter, I'm sure it came up on the screen, during the BBC coverage, just before they cut back to the studio.

[elguapo4]

[elguapo4]

I obviously mis read it.

[ursus arctos]

No worries

[Patrick Thistle]

Just caught up on this. I was offline for about 5 hours and am really shocked by the news. Thank God Eriksson is OK.

[RobW]

https://twitter.com/JohnBennettBBC/status/1403811431590551556

So it appears UEFA gave players choice of playing today or tomorrow. No duty of care at all, I hope the players are all getting looked after.

[Ray de Galles]

Not sure how much of a choice the Danish players really had given this from their head coach ;

"We had two options to play the game [today] or tomorrow at 12pm and everyone agreed to play today. You can't play a game with such feelings. We tried to win. It was incredible they managed to go out and try to play the second half.

“Honestly, there were players out there that were completely done. Emotionally done and emotionally exhausted.”

[diggedy derek]

This whole thing is horrendous. And it’s only a small thing, but a historic win for Finland has a question mark next to it, too

[Jimski]

Everybody in our household was surprised the game was allowed to go ahead today. As it seems was everyone in the BBC studio. A baffling decision to me. And one I'd say the players were in no state to make for themselves.

[Jimski]

Not sure how much of a choice the Danish players really had given this from their head coach ;

"We had two options to play the game [today] or tomorrow at 12pm and everyone agreed to play today. You can't play a game with such feelings. We tried to win. It was incredible they managed to go out and try to play the second half.

“Honestly, there were players out there that were completely done. Emotionally done and emotionally exhausted.”

I just read this - ok, so UEFA gave them hobson's choice. Nice.

[Satchmo Distel]

I hope Denmark can recover enough to beat Russia, whom they'd normally overcome fairly easily, but am not optimistic.

Finland can certainly beat Russia.

Apparently this was Finland's first win over Denmark since 1949. Huge asterisk, sadly, which is not their fault.

[anton pulisov]

Eriksen has been a bit off the boil the last few seasons, certainly compared to how good he was five or so years ago. Is it possible he's had some kind of condition for a while? Do players get checked up for these things regularly (i.e more regularly then the standard population)? Or can a heart attack just strike a 29 year old who comes through such checkups with flying colours?

Whatever about football, I hope he lives to be a great grandfather.

[Bored Of Education]

I hope Denmark can recover enough to beat Russia, whom they'd normally overcome fairly easily, but am not optimistic.
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Yes, agreed, especially after Russia not taking the knee and their fans booing Belgium for doing it. Well, I assume it was that and not Belgian fans booing the Russian team.

[Bored Of Education]

Bloody hell, just watched the footage of the Danish players coming back onto the pitch and being applauded by the Finns and I am in bits so I have no idea how they managed to complete the match.