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Vestergaard showed a lot of promise in Germany during his early career, but he was never a well-rounded player. I consider him in the same bracket of defenders as Zanka, Gravgaard and Krøldrup. All perfectly solid defenders but with serious limitations. Vestergaard was the weakest link in the latest Euro campaign and he hasn't had a sniff since - which is very similar to Zanka who has always been on the fringes too. The others ahead of him have clearly been better, but I wouldn't consider any of them top class except maybe for prime Agger. So I don't quite agree with you that he would be a starter for nations at the same or higher level than Denmark.

Just rewatched the highlights - is a penalty ever struck without players encroaching? Maybe they should make penalties like in ice hockey. If attacker scores the penalty it's a kickoff, if it's a miss make it a goal kick. None of this stupid malarkey with encroachments etc.

Mavididi is having a mare. It's almost as if he's lagging 2-3 seconds...

We could play another 200 minutes and play Mavididi in with half a yard to goal and he still wouldn't hit the target or get a shot off.