CMS General Discussion Thread

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@LABoog4 wrote:

France and Netherlands surprised me today. I know they have not been at their best but I expected them to step up today. Both will go through still. 

Denmark and England will be happy. Whoever wins the group will go on the bracket side opposite Germany, Portugal, France, and Spain. 

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I know you wrote this before our game, but I certainly don't feel lucky now. With England's draw vs Slovenia, Denmark could have won the group with a win and was the better team for the third game running. We just don't possess the goal threat to hurt the opposition. And I'm not just talking about Rasmus Højlund. He was served once vs Slovenia and should have scored from Victor Kristiansen's cross. But apart from that he hasn't had any help up front, with 5 players positioned in our defence.

Our midfield has been our best asset, controlling all three games with Højbjerg, Hjulmand and Eriksen as our best players - along with Andreas Christensen in the back. So I'm also gutted that Hjulmand picked up a ban to be absent vs Germany on Saturday. I was actually positive with Denmark being able to put pressure on Toni Kroos and make it hard for the hosts to dominate like they did in the opener vs Scotland. But with Hjulmand absent, now I'm not so sure. 

Now we find ourselves in the tough half of the knockouts, and even with a surprise win vs Germany, things won't get any easier from there. With a 3rd place we could have gone down to play Group E in stead and had an easier route. And we got the 2nd place for fair play over the Slovenians. Only 2 bookings were needed to end in 3rd in stead. If only we had Mourinho on the bench, I'm sure he would have instigated a couple of yellows to have us end in the easier half. Denmark benefitted greatly from being in the easy half in 2021, and so did England, who did it again this time.

That said, Serbia also took control of the game towards the end, subbing on Tadic and Vlahovic in the second half. Can't believe they didn't start the game, when they were the team that needed a win to go through. So perhaps it's a bit bold speculating in yellow cards to end 3rd in the group, when we could easily have conceded late (like Croatia, Scotland etc.) and have dropped out in 4th.