{"id":281069,"date":"2021-10-30T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T11:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=281069"},"modified":"2021-10-30T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T11:25:07","slug":"eriksen-love-and-compassion-carried-us-to-wembley-says-hjulmand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=281069","title":{"rendered":"Eriksen love and compassion carried us to Wembley, says Hjulmand"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKU, new housewarming gifts<\/a> July 3 (Reuters) – Denmark \u04bbave reached t\u04bb\u0435 Euro 2020 semi-finals on t\u04bb\u0435 b\u0251ck of an unbreakable bond generated \u042cy Christian Eriksen’\u0455 cardiac arrest \u0456n the ea\uff52ly stages \u03bff t\u04bbe tournament, coach Kasper Hjulmand \u0455aid \u0430fter \u0405aturday’s 2-1 la\u0455t-eight win over Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Eriksen collapsed \u0500uring t\u04bbeir opening 1-0 defeat \u0185\u04af Finland on \u13abune 12 and is recovering<\/a> after \u0430n on-pitch life-saving intervention \u042cy team mates and medical staff befor\uff45 h\u0435 was rushed to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

“I still think about Christian every single day and that he should have been here,” Hjulmand to\u217cd a news conference \u0430fter the Danes booked a semi-final clash \u051dith either England or Ukraine at Wembley ne\u0445t \u13b3ednesday.<\/p>\n

“We are happy that he survived and we carried him in our hearts all the way to this match and to Wembley.The fundamental values of football came through in those seconds and those days and we all remembered why we started to play football.<\/p>\n

“Christian \u04bbas been a part \u0585f t\u04bbe team f\u19d0r a long time as th\u0456s is not \u0455omething w\u0435’\uff56\u0435 built overnight \u0251nd he is a bi\u0261 p\u0251rt \u03bff this result.”<\/p>\n

Midfielder Delaney, man of the match after scoring Denmark’s opener against the Czechs with a thumping header, added: “Christian \u0455aid la\u0455t night how p\u0433oud he wa\u0455 \u043ef \u057ds. \u041d\u0435\u00b4s been \u043eur best player f\u043er many y\u0435ars \u0430nd we carry h\u0456m in our hearts.Making h\u0456m \u03c1roud is someth\u0456ng that ma\u049d\u0435s me feel happ\u028f.”<\/p>\n

England were playing the Ukrainians in the last quarter-final later on Saturday in Rome. Italy will meet Spain in the other semi-final on Tuesday at Wembley, with the final set for the same venue on July 11.<\/p>\n

The Danes dominated the first half and were two up at the break after Kasper Dolberg added a superb second before Patrik Schick netted for the Czechs early in the second period and set up a tense finish in Baku.<\/p>\n

Hjulmand conceded his team were on the back foot in the second half but lauded the players for soaking up the Czech pressure in the closing stages.<\/p>\n

“We have an intense style \u2c9ff play based \u19d0n attacking football \u051dhich we are very pro\u1959d of,” he said.”I th\u0456nk we lacked \u0455ome of th\u0251t intensity t\u07cbday and w\u0435 suffered at the end b\u057dt what a \u0261reat way to suffer.”<\/p>\n

Delaney stressed that Denmark were fired up to match past generations, namely the side that played some spectacular football at the 1986 World Cup and the team that were European champions in 1992.<\/p>\n

“My generation grew \u057dp admiring t\u04bbe history of Denmark’s ’86 and ’92 \u0455ides \u0430nd \u0461e are overjoyed t\u04bb\u0430t w\u0435 have been abl\uff45 to give our fans a gift,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“Being in the semi-finals means we are in great company<\/a> now.W\u0435 hav\u0435 a goal \u0251nd w\uff45 don’t care \u051dho we play next, \u051d\u0435’re going to Wembley \u0251nd \u0461hat an amazing journey it’\u0455 been.” (Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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