Rasmus Hojlund came from the bank to secure a 1-0 win over Portugal in the first stage of their quarter-final of the Nations League on Thursday.
2024/2025 UEFA Nations League
1-0
- Eriksen (24 'fine missed)
- Højlund (78 ')
Match report
Rasmus Hojlund came from the bank to secure a 1-0 win over Portugal in the first stage of their quarter-final of the Nations League on Thursday.
Hojlund connected Andreas Skov Olsen with fellow replacement to give Denmark the benefit, good for the first half of Christian Eriksen in the sentence.
Denmark started fiercely and Mika Biereth forced an early error when he sued the attempt at a long ball by Diogo Costa. However, the goalkeeper recovered well, but clambered back to turn the ball wide for a corner.
Kasper Schmeichel denied Pedro Neto a little later with a great save, but the clearest opening came in the 23rd minute when Renato Veiga was punished for a handball in the box.
Eriksen stepped on the spot, but he was a bad strike, where Costa came to his right to keep it out.
Biereth forced a great savings from Costa 10 minutes before the break, met a bouncing cross on the half turn, but saw the goalkeeper reacting to tap it wide.
Denmark stopped the pressure in the second half, with Gustav Isaksen's Drive tipped just wide through a vast costa before Hojlund was a low shot just past the distant pole.
Hojlund, however, hit the goal a little later. Denmark cut Portugal open with One-Touch Fitting, and the Manchester United Voorwartse was unark in the middle to lead the cross from Skov Olsen to the right corner.
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Debrief data: Hojlund finds its scoring touch
Hojlund had not scored since the beginning of December before he reached the back of Het Net in the last match of United against Leicester City, and he has now scored two goals in his last two performances.
He arrived in the 69th minute and had two big opportunities defined by Opta, more than anyone on the field.
However, Denmark was led by his united teammate. Eriksen may have missed his penalty, but he had the most shots (seven), shots on goal (three) and touches in the box (eight) of everyone in the game. His chances were worth a combined 1.29 expected goals (XG), more than all attempts from Portugal combined (0.51 XG).
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
4 'Costa's clearance almost reached beer eth, but he blocked the shot to prevent danger!
7 'Lindstrom shoots from the periphery of the box, but it is directly at Costa!
9 'Neto cuts from the right and fires a powerful left shot in the direction of Doel!
19 'Vestergaard with a wrong shot, which ends on the wrong side of upright!
24 'Punishment Missed! Eriksen strives for the right goals, but Costa hits it!
35 'Neto crosses to Ronaldo, but Christensen knew it just in time!
37 'Biereth shoots to the nearby pole, but Costa tips for a corner!
43 'Dalot denies Eriksen a tap-in with a block, followed by Costa that protects the ball!
55 'Eriksen takes the corner of the same end, but is unable to produce everything!
58 'Eriksen is pushed down by Dalot from behind after it had given the ball away!
64 'Match event for Denmark vs Portugal
69 'Match event for Denmark versus Portugal
79 'goal! Denmark 1-0 Portugal (Andreas Skov Olsen)
Line-ups
Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Eriksen, Vestergaard, Christian Nørgaard, Andersen, Rasmus Kristensen, Joakim Maehle, Morten Hjulmand, Jesper Lindstrøm, Gustav Isaksen, Mika Biereth
Subs: Victor Nelsson, Olsen, Morten Frendrup, Jonas Wind, Jørgensen, Mads Hermansen, Højlund, Patrick Dorgu, Lucas Høgsberg, Conrad Harder, Victor Froholdt
Portugal XI: Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Ruben Dias, Diogo Costa, Dalot, Pedro Neto, Leao, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, João Neves, Renato Veiga
Subs: Rui Silva, Semedo, Jose Sa, Neves, Palhinha, Bernardo Silva, Jota, Trincão, Felix, Gonçalo Inácio, António Silva, Geovany Quenda
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