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GROUP B

SATURDAY JUNE 12, 5PM

DENMARK

(0) 0

FINLAND

(Pohjanpalo 60)

(0) 1

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Att: 13,790. Ref: Taylor (Eng)

DENMARK Schmeichel; Wass (Stryger Larsen 76), Kjaer (Vestergaard 63), Christensen, Maehle; Eriksen (Jensen 43), Hojbjerg, Delaney (Cornelius 76); Poulsen, Wind (Skov Olsen 63), Braithwaite

FINLAND Hradecky; Raitala (Vaisanen 90), Toivio, Arajuuri, O’Shaughnessy, Uronen; Lod, Sparv (Schuller 76), Kamara; Pohjanpalo (Forss 84), Pukki (Kauko 76)

Lod, Sparv

GOALS

0-1 Joel Pohjanpalo scores with a closerange header from a Jere Uronen cross that, in normal circumstances, would probably have been saved by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

FOOTBALL OVERSHADOWED

Group B’s opening match was suspended and completely overshadowed by Christian Eriksen’s collapse towards the end of the first half. UEFA gave the players two choices once Eriksen

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