Raw: Denmark has reached the semi-finals of Euro 2021 behind unbroken bonds produced by Christian Eriksen’s heart stops in the early stages of the tournament, said Kasper Hjulmand coach after Saturday 2-1 won in the Czech Republic.
Eriksen midfielder fainted during the 1-0 loss of their opening by Finland on June 12 and recovered after the intervention of rescue life in the field by teammates and medical staff before he rushed to the nearest hospital.
“I still think about Christians every day and he should be here,” Hjulmand told a press conference after Denmark ordered the semi-final clash with England or Ukraine at Wembley on Wednesday.
“We are happy that he survived and we took him in our hearts to this match and for Wembley.
Football fundamental values came in those seconds and those days and we all remembered why we started playing football.” Christian has been part of the team for a long time because this is not something we have made overnight and he is a big part of this result.
“Delaney midfielder, men’s match after scoring the Danish opening against the Thumping header with a header, added:” The Christian said last night how proud he was from us.
He was our best player for years and we took him into our hearts.
Make him proud is something that makes me feel happy.
“England played Ukraine in the last quarter-finals later on Saturday in Rome.
Italy will meet Spain in the other semifinals on Tuesday at Wembley, with the final set for the same venue on July 11.
Danes dominated the first half and raised two on the rest after Kasper Dolberg added the second extraordinary before Patrik Schick was netted for Czech at the beginning of the second period and regulated the finish.
Hjulmand admitted his team was at the back foot in the second half but praised the players to soak Czech pressure in the closing stage.
“We have an intense playstyle Based on attacking football we are proud of, “he said.” We thought we did not have some intensity today and we suffered in the end but what a great way to suffer.
“Delaney emphasized that Denmark was fired to match the generation of passing, namely the side that played spectacular football in the 1986 World Cup and the team we won Europe in 1992.” My generation grows admiring the history of Denmark’s side ’86 and ’92 and we are very happy that we are Has been able to provide gifts to our fans, “he said.” Being in the semi-final means we are in a great company now.
We have a purpose and we don’t care who we play next, we will go to Wembley and an amazing trip.
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Love and affection Eriksen took us to Wembley: hjulmand
