Finland marked their arrival at a first international tournament with a 1-0 win over Denmark in Copenhagen, where the match had been suspended just before half-time after Inter Milan midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed and was taken to hospital.

Match Reports

The former Tottenham playmaker had suddenly dropped to the ground at the Parken Stadium as he ran back from the Finland penalty area, leaving players from both teams in clear distress.
English referee Anthony Taylor immediately called medics on to the pitch and Eriksen underwent prolonged treatment, with compressions performed on the chest of the Denmark midfielder before he was taken to hospital for further treatment.
It had been a bright opening by the hosts in the Group B fixture, with Finland keeper Lukas Hradecky saving from Jonas Wind and then a header from Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Eriksen tested Hradecky again in the 18th minute with a drive from the edge of the penalty area, which forced Hradecky into another diving stop.
Finland threatened when Norwich forward Teemu Pukki, now recovered from ankle ligament damage suffered at the end of the Sky Bet Championship campaign, looked to break away from Simon Kjaer.
The Denmark captain appeared to pull back Pukki, but English referee Anthony Taylor was not interested and waved play on.
Shortly before half-time, the match was then suspended after Eriksen collapsed.
The Inter midfielder was eventually taken away on a stretcher for further assessment at hospital, where his condition was said to have stabilised.
UEFA confirmed players from both sides requested the Group B fixture be finished on Saturday evening, restarting at 08.30pm local time (1930BST).
After both sets of teams were applauded back on to the pitch, the remaining five minutes of the first half were played out at a low tempo ahead of a short half-time break.
Denmark substitute Mathias Jensen, who had replaced Eriksen, fired a shot over from the edge of the penalty area early in the second half.
Finland took the lead in the 58th minute when Bayer Leverkusen forward Joel Pohjanpalo headed past Kasper Schmeichel, who could not keep the ball out.
Denmark made a double change shortly after the hour mark as Andreas Skov Olsen and Southampton's Jannik Vestergaard replaced captain Kjaer and Wind.
The hosts were awarded a penalty in the 74th minute when Yussuf Poulsen was brought down by a sliding challenge from Paulus Arajuuri, with contact from the defender's knee appearing minimal.
Hojbjerg, though, saw his spot-kick saved as Hradecky dived low to his left.
Vestergaard sent in a low cross through the six-yard box, but Skov Olsen was denied by a saving tackle from Finland's Robin Lod as there was to be no fairytale ending for Denmark.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
3' Yellow Card! Lod booked
7' CLOSE! Wind's shot stopped by Hradecky
12' Wind's header wide out
15' CHANCE! Hojbjerg's header stopped
19' Eriksen's shot stopped
22' Delaney’s shot over the bar
25' Missed! Braithwaite's shot inches wide
39' Braithwaite's shot wide out again
45' Eriksson fell on the court without a fight
45' Eriksen is stretchered off
52' Jensen's long shot over the bar
60' GOAL! Denmark 0-1 Finland (Pohjanpalo)
73' Penalty Missed! (Hojbjerg)
Line-ups
Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Kjaer, Wass, Delaney, Eriksen, Braithwaite, Poulsen, Hojbjerg, Christensen, J. Mæhle, J. Wind
Subs: Lossl, Larsen, N. Boilesen, Vestergaard, C. Nørgaard, Ronnow, A. Cornelius, Andersen, K. Dolberg, M. Jensen, Olsen, M. Damsgaard
Finland XI: T. Sparv, Pukki, J. Raitala, Hradecky, P. Arajuuri, J. Toivio, J. Uronen, Pohjanpalo, D. O'Shaughnessy, R. Lod, G. Kamara
Subs: A. Jaakkola, R. Schüller, J. Kauko, J. Joronen, R. Taylor, P. Soiri, F. Jensen, R. Ivanov, L. Lappalainen, L. Väisänen, N. Hamalainen, M. Forss
swarnilroy
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There were no losers but only winners.....Tonight football won
InanHussain
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Romelu Lukaku Dedicating Belgium's First euro's goal to Eriksen ❤️
iriho24
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The real heroes 🤝
jemabioryz
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Man of the match for save someone life.
invader_qz
603
My RESPECT FOR LUKAKU
invader_qz
465
HUGE RESPECT TO GOATNALDO EVEN THOUGH BEING A MESSI FAN❤️🔥
gegega
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American couple celebrating Nigeria democracy day. May Nigeria succeed 🙏
BluesFamilyNumeroUno
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Why will UEFA give a permission to continue this match??? Denmark players have literally been demoralized and I think UEFA should have shown appropriate respect by postponing this match to another day!!
Anthovagasta
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Lukaku while dedicating Belgium's first EURO goal to Eriksen.
FinnishFootballer
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Even though My country won my respect goes to these heroes
Ascis
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The GIF is already here, my pleasure: https://bit.ly/3gdZAo1
Anthovagasta
248
At this point the result does not matter because you Eriksen have already won our hearts❤
MANDY92
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CHRIS HAVE WON THE BATTLE SEE U SOON IN THE PITCH...STAY STRONG MAN.
Mankin
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Everyone thinks their opinion means something these days 🥱 Both sets of teams wanted the game to continue, so quit whining about the game not being postponed. Also, summer tournaments aren’t like domestic leagues where matches can be postponed and played throughout the year. They only have a month... If you don’t understand these things, there’s no need to comment.
Juoablor
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To be fair the match could have been postponed, because the Danish players were not focused enough due to what happened.
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Marc Vivien Foe died and the match continued
luckytv
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European football association were not fair enough to resume the match after what happened to eriksen 🤞
Falconzzzzz
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Respect
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We simply don't care abt this nonsense. Keep this out of erriksen issue. At this point it's just getting annoying
FinnishFootballer
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To be fair the match could have been postponed, because the Danish players were not focused enough due to what happened.
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Both teams wanted to continue The match and Eriksen had said that he wants Match to Be continued
SiveNxasana
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Why will UEFA give a permission to continue this match??? Denmark players have literally been demoralized and I think UEFA should have shown appropriate respect by postponing this match to another day!!
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Eriksen asked his teammates to resume the match through a video call and he also told them he feels much better so I guess they played for Eriksen