Denmark's Euro 2020 journey will continue into the quarter-finals after they beat Wales 4-0 in Amsterdam on Saturday evening.
Match Report
The Danes have become many fans' second favourite team this summer following the health scare suffered by Christian Eriksen and their subsequent loss against Finland to open the scoring, and they'll now meet either the Czech Republic or the Netherlands in the last eight.
Real Madrid's Gareth Bale found himself on the ball a lot in the early stages, but he and Juventus' Aaron Ramsey's best efforts weren't enough to do any harm before Denmark got themselves on top.
Before half an hour was played, Kasper Dolberg put Denmark ahead. Serie A pair Joakim Maehle and Mikkel Damsgaard combined before the Sampdoria playmaker found Dolberg, who drove in an excellent shot from the edge of the area.
From there, Wales' evening only grew increasingly complicated and they were lucky to get in at the break just one goal behind. ?Denmark's lead was doubled shortly after the restart through Dolberg again. Neco Williams, who had only come on for Connor Roberts late in the first half, made a mess of what looked to be a simple clearance and, the ball falling to Dolberg, his error was punished as the Dane doubled his day's tally.
Denmark were comfortable from there. Andreas Cornelius came on late to cause havoc, and Martin Braithwaite should have added a third late on but could only find the post before Joachim Anderson did the same on the subsequent rebound.
Atalanta's Maehle added his second goal of the tournament as the 90 minutes drew to a close, taking advantage of space as Wales flooded forward, by firing in at the near post. Wales, for the second time at Euro 2020, ended the game with 10 men as Liverpool's Harry Wilson saw red after losing his head and cynically fouling Maehle in stoppage time.
Braithwaite put some final gloss on the result with Denmark's fourth in stoppage time.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
8' Dolberg's shot flies high
10' Bale's shot inches wide
18' Daniel James' shot denied
25' Yellow Card! Rodon booked.
26' GOAL! Wales 0-1 Denmark (Dolberg).
39' Yellow Card! Kieffer Moore booked
45' Maehle's shot hits the side nets
47' GOAL! Wales 0-2 Denmark (K. Dolberg)
59' CHANCE! Daniel James' shot blocked
63' Allen's shot over the bar
65' CLOSE! Jensen's shot hits the post
79' Yellow Card! Brooks booked
81' Braithwaite's free-kick flies high
87' GOAL! Wales 0-3 Denmark (J. Mæhle)
89' Red Card! Harry Wilson sent off
94' GOAL! Wales 0-4 Denmark (Braithwaite)
Line-ups
Wales XI: Bale, J.Allen, Ramsey, Ward, Ben Davies, Kieffer Moore, Daniel James, J. Morrell, C. Roberts, J. Rodon, Mepham
Subs: Hennessey, C. Gunter, J. Williams, T. Lockyer, A. Davies, Harry Wilson, Brooks, T. Roberts, M. Smith, B. Cabango, Neco Williams, Levitt
Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Kjaer, Delaney, Larsen, Braithwaite, Vestergaard, Hojbjerg, Christensen, K. Dolberg, J. Mæhle, M. Damsgaard
Subs: Jorgensen, Lossl, A. Christiansen, N. Boilesen, C. Nørgaard, Ronnow, A. Cornelius, Andersen, R. Skov, M. Jensen, Olsen, J. Wind
Loyalmajesty2
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Wales cannot survive in a Den. And that mark the end
messivv
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Braithwaite started the match as Werner and ended the game as Ronaldo
mzeereal
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Dolberg and his crew eat the whale 🐳 (Wales) for dinner
invader_qz
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WHEN THERE IS A WILL THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY.
♥️MADRIDISTA♥️
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Eriksen entering the dressing room from hospital be like 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brightberry
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Braithwaite in Barcelona Vs Braithwaite in Denmark.
Brightberry
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Wales was playing with 10 men in the second half, the other player was playing golf. 😂😂
cruyff√√
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Kasper "Goal"berg vs wales
Algernone
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Gif here. Like me: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53203324&language=en
N0_N0NsENSE
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Even the referee couldn't deny GOATWAITE from opening his account [Crylaugh]
BayernAndGermanyFan
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Braithwaite scored and everyone is happy goatwaite for ballon d'or
N0_N0NsENSE
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Dolberg sink Wales like the Iceberg sunk the Titanic
Yusufhassan442
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Denmark to wales
pulkit10
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expectations vs reality😂😂
D10S_LM10
218
Martin GOATWAIT silencing his haters...
pulkit10
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Wales have done it again[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
GodOfFootball7
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Denmark after thrashing wales [Crylaugh]
SH3012
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Braithwaite started the match as Werner and ended the game as Ronaldo
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and you started as a sperm and ended up as a mistake.