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Denmark and Slovenia shared a point in the opening match of Group C at Euro 2024.
The two sides played out a 1-1 draw in an entertaining match for the neutral, with both having the opportunity to win it at the end.
Christian Eriksen marked his return to the tournament with a goal after 17 minutes, doing well to get in and fire past Jan Oblak in goal and give his side the lead.
Denmark went on to dominate much of the match, but Slovenia kept themselves in the game and crucially took advantage late on.
Erik Janza’s deflected effort levelled proceedings with just over 10 minutes left to play, causing mass celebrations from the Slovenia bench and fans in the stadium.
Good chances fell both ways in stoppage time, but neither could take advantage and the spoils were shared ahead of England’s match against Serbia.
As it happened
An excited crowd were gathered for the match in Stuttgart, with plenty of Danish support following their side for the tournament.
It was a positive start for the Danes, who were targeting set pieces with the likes of Andreas Christensen and Jannik Vestergaard towering over the competition.
There was not too much to liven up the Slovenian crowd in the first half, but Benjamin Sesko was unsurprisingly the brightest player for the Eastern Europeans.
He sent a particularly powerful striker towards Kasper Schmeichel but it did not trouble the former Leicester goalkeeper.
Denmark found the opener 17 minutes in through Eriksen, whose international career came full circle after the midfielder collapsed in the opening game of Euro 2020.
The ball was delivered into the box for Jonas Wind, who teed up Eriksen to burst through the Slovenia defence and fire into the bottom corner in what was an excellent finish.
It was his second major tournament goal for Denmark in 14 games, scoring the other against Australia at the 2018 World Cup.
Slovenia pushed on in search of an equaliser in the following minutes, but other than a few corners, the chances…
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Author : Mitch Fretton
Publish date : 2024-06-16 17:58:51
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