Wales 0 Denmark 4 LIVE REACTION: Dolberg double sinks Welsh hearts to reach Euro 2020 quarter-final – latest updates
DENMARK reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 with a brilliant 4-0 win over Wales in Amsterdam thanks to a Kasper Dolberg brace, Joakim Maehle and Martin Braithwaite's late strikes.
The Danes dominated following an initially positive start from Wales and were ahead at the break before Dolberg nabbed his just after half-time. Maehle and Braithwaite then notched late to wrap up proceedings.
- RESULT: Wales 0-4 Denmark
- 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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17. James takes his man on and cuts inside off the left-hand side onto his right foot.
The Man Utd winger gets a shot off, but it takes a wicked deflection and goes straight into the arms of Schmeichel.
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16. Careless from Delaney as his attempt to switch play out wide to the left flank goes out of play for a Welsh throw-in.
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15. Dolberg concedes a free-kick in a promising position deep inside Wales' half for a push in the back.
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14. Denmark are JUST edging the game on possession, 51 per cent to Wales 49 per cent.
But it is Wales who have had an early sight of goal inside the opening minutes of the game.
Wales have registered six shots to Denmark's one.
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13. The ball falls to Ramsey on the edge of Denmark's penalty area and he shapes up to shoot.
The Welsh No10 gets a shot off, but again his effort is blocked and Schmeichel gathers possession.
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12. Højbjerg touches the ball out of his feet deep inside Denmark's half and is unaware of Moore's presence.
The physical striker steps in from the side and wins the ball back for Wales, leaving Hojbjerg on the ground.
The referee doesn't blow for a foul, and Wales try to build-up an attack down the left flank.
But a Danish defender cuts the ball out.
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11. Moore goes for goal, but his effort goes wide of the target.
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10. James does well down the left-hand side and delivers a cross into Denmark's penalty area.
Ramsey gets a shot off, but his effort is blocked.
The ball falls back to the Juventus midfielder, but again he fails to steer the ball on target.
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9. Both teams are giving it a good go in the early stages of the half, and are getting joy in the wide areas.
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8. CHANCE!
Bale cuts inside off the right-hand side and gets a venomous shot off on goal.
But his effort whistles agonisingly wide of Schmeichel's far post! Very, very close from the Welsh superstar.
The shot was too straight!
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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!
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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.