It seemed that Denmark would be able to hold off and get a point against France, but just before the end, Kylian Mbappé appeared in the box and scored the winning goal. – What a player. He is in great shape, Mbappé, comments news’s football expert Nils Johan Semb, and continues: – Look at it here! The timing. He gets ahead. He is so in control when he steers it in behind Schmeichel. He actually steers it in with his thigh! It is a controlled maneuver. Alan Shearer was also very impressed by the French superstar. – I see no weaknesses in Kylian Mbappé’s game. I said he is a superstar and an incredible talent. Whatever it is, the ball handling, the technique, the left foot and the right foot, the aerial play, the ability to finish, the ability to come in and score the great goals as well as the ugly goals… – I don’t see any weaknesses, he’s fantastic, is the testimonial from Shearer on the BBC’s radio broadcast. The former Danish national team manager, Åge Hareide, was unimpressed by the defensive game of Pierre-Emile Højberg. – Here Højbjerg misses Mbappé. He is more concerned with offsides than scoring, says Hareide of his former pupil. With the late set-piece goal, Denmark must win the last game against Australia to progress from the group stage. Ugly Tackle – That was nasty. This is how the same Shearer reacted when he saw Jules Koundé’s tackle on Denmark’s centre-back Viktor Nelsson. The match was ticking towards half-time when Koundé moved forward and got the ball a little too far in front of him. Then Nelsson came in and tackled the French defender, but Koundé did not give up and hit the Dane badly. – Jules Koundé realized that he could not reach the ball, but he still put down his left foot, which had no other outcome than that he hit Nelson’s ankle, says Alan Shearer according to the BBC. The Danish bench, which sat with an orchestra seat to where the tackle took place, reacted with anger to what happened. – The Danish players completely boiled over right there. It was only a yellow card, and neither Kasper Hjulmand, Simon Kjær nor the other Danes were happy with that, writes Ekstra Bladet. Fortunately for Denmark, Nelson got back on his feet and continued the match after some treatment. DUEL: Jules Koundé hit Viktor Nelson’s ankle in a duel. Deadball praise France was the leading team for most of the match. They created chance after chance on the run, but struggled to convert them. The Danes held off until an hour had been played. Because then Kylian Kylian Mbappé sat someone, and combined with Theo Hernández. From an angle, he put the ball in the goal via a Danish defender. But not many minutes later, Denmark responded. Andreas Christensen towered highest on a corner kick, and scored the equaliser. Denmark’s equalizing goal is praised. – Very smart set piece. They hit it hard at the first post, flicked it on and just needed someone to be there. It was Andreas Christensen, and he cashed it into the net. What a response by Denmark, said Alan Shearer on the BBC. EQUALIZATION: Andreas Christensen cheered for the equalisation. Photo: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP Wanted expulsion After twenty minutes, Kylian Mbappé was played through alone towards goal, but Andreas Christensen took a firm hold of the French superstar’s shirt and pulled him down before coming alone with the goalkeeper. The French players wanted the Barcelona player sent off, but the referee settled for the yellow card. – It must have been the clearest yellow card this season, comments news’s commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith Denmark came to the match with something as unusual as two straight victories against France. The Danes won 2-1 away and 2-0 at home over two matches in the National League in 2022, but had to lose this time here. Denmark finish the group stage by facing Australia on 30 November. Denmark must win that match to advance in the World Cup. France face Tunisia on the same day. There, Denmark must hope that France takes points.
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