Czech Republic vs Denmark, 3rd July 17.00

[Countryfox]

He nearly saved that ..  

[foxy boxing]

The opposition are schick of him scoring!. 

[MPH]

Denmark seem to have stemmed the flow against them…

[shen]

Going to be a nervy last 10 minutes. Both teams look knackered.

[Vacamion]

 

Well done ref.  Make your decision and if they play up, yellow card.

 

 

 

[Tuna]

Pathetic dive from Brathwaite - commentator should have called it out.

[trabuch]

I wonder if Kasper swears as much in Danish?

[trabuch]

This is a long 6 minutes.

[Tuna]

Well done Denmark and Kasper!

[Fox92]

Pleased for Denmark!

[Corky]

The only team in the semi finals who have never won the Euros will come from our match  

[David Hankey]

Kasper v England then!!

[trabuch]

Well done Denmark. Now to the small matter of who you'll be playing next.

[David Hankey]

1 minute ago, Fox92 said:

Pleased for Denmark!

Pleased for Kasper!!

[Corky]

Denmark are doing this without their best player, too.

 

What an effort.

[spacemunky]

Well done Danes 

[Dan]

Both looked absolutely dead on their feet at the end of that one.

 

Denmark would be a very tricky semi finalist I think. Probably the best non 'big' side we could face, which is eerily a bit similar to Croatia in 2018...

[Fox92]

Just now, David Hankey said:

Pleased for Kasper!!

They've all handled what happened so well and both their manager, who seems cool, and Kjaer have been excellent throughout so although I am pleased for our player, of course, I'm pleased for Denmark as a whole. It's not all about us.

[promised land]

1 minute ago, Corky said:

The only team in the semi finals who have never won the Euros will come from our match  

Shows how poor our national side has been and 55 years on they keep going on about one tournament played on home soil.

[Corky]

2 minutes ago, promised land said:

Shows how poor our national side has been and 55 years on they keep going on about one tournament played on home soil.

Agreed, we need something new to talk about and reminisce. Like Leicester changing the record for reaching the most cup finals without winning it.

[Jonezy]

Phew....

 

Defensive masterclass after stopping the Czech onslaught after the break. Should have nicked a 3rd from a counter, but we prevailed in the end.

 

Denmark in semis. Holy moly. 

[StriderHiryu]

Just now, Dan LCFC said:

Both looked absolutely dead on their feet at the end of that one.

 

Denmark would be a very tricky semi finalist I think. Probably the best non 'big' side we could face, which is eerily a bit similar to Croatia in 2018...

I agree with you, but they have a lot of British based players and play in the style of a Premier League team, which will suit England. Denmark are an all round good team, but they have one weakness, the lack of a real world class forward / striker, and England are the team who as yet haven't conceded a single goal in the competition!

 

If England beat Ukraine, I would imagine they will beat Denmark. Probably not an easy game, but they have too much class compared to Denmark and are at home. If it was in Copenhagen I think it would be more 50/50, but home advantage for England will be huge.

[Vacamion]

2 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Pleased for Kasper!!

 

City fans up to now watching Denmark:

 

 

 

If England go through to face Denmark on Wednesday:

 

 

 

[davieG]

Our 'negative' record

 

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champions

2,  Yugoslavia (1960, 1968)

Most finishes in the top four without ever being champions

3,  Yugoslavia (1960, 1968, 1976)

Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champions

7,  England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)

Most appearances in Finals without ever being champions

9,  England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)

Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two

2,  England (1968, 1996),  Hungary (1964, 1972)

Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two

7,  England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012)

Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top two

9,  England (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)

Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four

2,  Croatia (1996, 2008),  Romania (1984, 2000)

Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top four

6,  Croatia (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Highest winning record

51.3%,  Netherlands (20 wins in 39 matches)

[shen]

Wow, that was as tight as I anticipated. Thankfully the Czechs only resorted to high balls into the box. Food for Kjær, Vestergaard and Andersen.