Denmark

Denmark face test of nerve as Australia plan for Eriksen’s quality | Emma Kemp

28-Nov-2022 18:19:26 | Guardian

With distractions off the pitch, and a lack of goals on it, the Danes must overcome a bouncing Socceroos to qualify

Last week the Denmark head coach, Kasper Hjulmand, announced he had loose plans to duplicate Christian Eriksen. “I would like to clone him,” he said before the side’s group game against France. “I would like to have him in the back of my own penalty area and in front of the other goal.”

The fact that, in the very same press conference, Hjulmand joked that he would also like to borrow Erling Haaland from Norway may reveal something about why they find themselves playing Australia to save their World Cup campaign.