The Denmark national team defeated the Greece national team in Group C of the World Cup qualifying stage, extinguishing Greece's hopes of advancing from the group for the last time. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In the first half of the game, around the middle, Danish player Rasmus Højlund took advantage of the opponent's mistake, intercepted the ball, deceived the goalkeeper, and opened the scoring with a precise shot. Then Mikkel Damsgaard tried to direct a free kick to the far corner, but the goalkeeper saved the ball.
In the 40th minute, Damsgaard made a cross from the edge of the field, and Joachim Andersen headed the high ball accurately towards the goal. Immediately after, Kostas Koulierakis headed the ball into his own penalty area, which Viktor Frøsholdt caught and quickly passed to Damsgaard, who placed the ball into the empty net, making the score 3:0.
In the second half, Fotis Ioannidis made a cross from the wing, creating an opportunity for Tasos Bakasetas, but the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 63rd minute, Ioannidis entered the penalty area and passed to Christos Tzolis.
Tzolis fought off a defender and reduced the score to 3:1 with a precise shot. After a pass from Vangelis Pavlidis, Yanis Konstantelias took a shot from the penalty area, but the ball flew over the crossbar.
Pavlidis controlled the ball inside the field and shot to the lower corner, but a defender cleared the ball out of bounds. From the free kick, Christian Eriksen passed to the far post, Mikkel Damsgaard headed the ball, which hit the post, and the subsequent shot was not accurate.
Currently, Denmark leads the group with 10 points. Scotland is in second place, but due to goal difference.
Greece and Belarus are competing for third place in the group. According to the match protocol, Denmark won 3:1.
This result strengthened their leading position in the group. The match took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.
The competition between the teams was intense, and every goal was of great importance. The Denmark team has a good chance to advance to the next stage.
