Czech Republic 1-2 Denmark: Delaney & Dolberg on target as Danes into semis

Denmark advanced to the Euro 2020 semi-finals after a closely fought 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic at the Baku Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

Match Report

A first-half strike each from Thomas Delaney and Kasper Dolberg proved the difference, in spite of an admirable Czech performance in the second half, following Patrik Schick's goal.

Denmark started brightly and were ahead after just five minutes. Jens Stryger Larsen's deep corner found Thomas Delaney unmarked at the back post, before the midfielder guided home a brilliant header to give his side the lead.

Denmark's dominance told once again after 42 minutes, as Joakim Maehle's beautifully weighted cross from the left was met by Kasper Dolberg to fire home an unstoppable volley, as they took a two-goal lead going into the half-time break.

However, the Czech Republic flew out of the traps at the start of the second half and were shortly back in the contest, as Vladimir Coufal's cross was guided home by Schick for his fifth goal of the tournament, which draws him level with Cristiano Ronaldo in the Golden Boot standings.

Whilst the Czech Republic pressed on for an equaliser, Denmark looked threatening on the counter-attack, as Maehle raced through after 80 minutes only to be denied by Tomas Vaclik, before Denmark held on to advance to a semi-final date with either Ukraine or England at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, July 7.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

1' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?

4' GOAL! Czech Republic 0-1 Denmark (Delaney)

8' Dolberg's shot blocked

14' Damsgaard's chance missed

17' CLOSE! Delaney's shot wide out

23' Schmeichel makes a good save

35' Holes' shot stopped

38' Damsgaard's shot denied

41' GOAL! Czech Republic 0-2 Denmark (Dolberg)

48' GOAL! Czech Republic 1-2 Denmark (Schick)

69' CHANCE! Poulsen's shot denied

72' Kjaer makes an important clearance

78' Vaclik makes a decent save

82' CLOSE! Maehle's shot denied by Vaclik

83' Yellow Card! Krmenčík booked

Line-ups

Czech Republic XI: Vaclik, O. Čelůstka, J. Bořil, V. Coufal, T. Kalas, T. Holeš, L. Masopust, Schick, P. Ševčík, Barak, Soucek

Subs: T. Pekhart, Vydra, J. Brabec, Darida, Kaderábek, T. Koubek, M. Krmenčík, A. Mandous, J. Pešek, Jankto, A. Král, D. Zima

Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Kjaer, Delaney, Larsen, Braithwaite, Vestergaard, Hojbjerg, Christensen, K. Dolberg, J. Mæhle, M. Damsgaard

Subs: Jorgensen, Wass, Lossl, C. Nørgaard, Poulsen, Ronnow, A. Cornelius, Andersen, R. Skov, M. Jensen, Olsen, J. Wind