Denmark 0-0 Tunisia: Tunisia become the first African side to take point

Danes held to stalemate as Christian Eriksen makes major tournament return.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start

10' CLOSE! Drager’s shot wide out

14' Talbi makes an important clearance

22' OFFSIDE! Jebali’s goal disallowed

23' Yellow Card! Rasmus Kristensen booked

31' CLOSE! Olsen’s shot cleared off by Defender

43' What a save from Schmeichel!

50' Drager’s long shot inches wide!

55' Disallowed! Olsen scores but the goal is offside

67' SAVE! Fine stop from world-class Dahmen

68' Missed! Cornelius fails to score in front of an open goal!

77' Yellow Card! Mathias Jensen booked

92' SAVE! Dahmen parries  long shot

Match Report

Christian Eriksen made his major tournament return 18 months after suffering a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 – but his Denmark were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Tunisia in Group D after some late VAR drama.

The Danes, semi-finalists at the European Championships, saw their World Cup begin in stop-start fashion as Eriksen was denied by goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen while substitute Andreas Cornelius hit the post from a yard with the best chance of the match.

Tunisia impressed with their combative style, particularly in the first half, and saw Issam Jebali's goal ruled out for offside before the striker forced a brilliant save from Kasper Schmeichel.

Denmark had a goal ruled out themselves when Andreas Skov Olsen found the bottom corner 10 minutes after the break and in injury time referee Cesar Ramos didn't award a penalty after checking the VAR monitor following a potential handball from Tunisia's Yassine Meriah.

What does the result mean?

Tunisia and Denmark have a point each in Group D with France set to take on Australia tonight at 7pm.

Denmark next face holders France on Saturday, kick-off 4pm, while Tunisia play Australia earlier that day at 10am.

The winners of Group D will face the runner-up from Group C, containing Argentina, Mexico, Poland and Saudi Arabia. The runner-up in Group D will face the winners of Group C.

Line-ups

Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Kjaer, Delaney, Eriksen, Hojbjerg, Christensen, Andersen, K. Dolberg, Rasmus Kristensen, Joakim Maehle, Olsen

Subs: Wass, Larsen, Braithwaite, Christian Nörgaard, Poulsen, Ronnow, A. Cornelius, Robert Skov, Mathias Jensen, Victor Nelsson, Alexander Bah, Oliver Christensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Jonas Wind, Jesper Lindström

Tunisia XI: Youssef Msakni, Issam Jebali, Ali Abdi, Skhiri, Mohamed Dräger, Meriah, D. Bronn, Aïssa Laïdouni, Montassar Talbi, Aymen Dahmen, Anis Slimane

Subs: Bilel Ifa, Khazri, A. Maâloul, Taha Yassine Khenissi, Sliti, F. Sassi, Seifeddine Jaziri, M. Hassen, Nader Ghandri, G. Chalali, Wajdi Kechrida, Bechir Ben Said, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Hannibal Mejbri, A. Mathlouthi