Summary

  • Finland beat Denmark in game overshadowed by Eriksen collapse

  • Eriksen awake in hospital after collapsing on pitch

  • Eriksen was given CPR by medics

  • Game was suspended shortly before half time

  • Finland winner from Pohjanpalo early in second half

  • Hojbjerg misses penalty - low effort saved

  1. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

    Jonathan Pearce on BBC comms seems very excited that the match officials are English.

  2. Postpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

    Denmark v Finland (17:00 BST)

    Cesc Fabregas
    Former Spain midfielder on BBC One

    Denmark have the players and the experience to compete at the highest level.

    But it's football. Anything can happen.

    Denmark fans singImage source, Reuters
  3. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

    Don't forget this is a BBC TV game, get BBC One on now if you haven't.

  4. 'Schmeichel is excellent'published at 16:57 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Micah Richards
    Former Man City defender on BBC One

    Kasper Schmeichel is absolutely excellent.

    What I like about him is he's never fazed by anything. When you have a father like Peter it can be difficult but he is making a name for himself.

  5. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

    Plenty of noise for the Danish one now, with this a home game.

  6. Postpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Finland's national anthem blares out - for the first time ever at a major men's football tournament.

    An emotional moment for the players, staff and 3,000-odd Finns in the ground.

  7. 'Pukki is Finland's go-to man'published at 16:55 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Alex Scott
    Former England and Arsenal defender on BBC One

    Teemu Pukki is Finland's go-to man. Their real leader.

    He gets different types of goals. He has the ability to drop deep, there's so much to his game. The ability to hold his run, stay onside and wait. The composure [in front of goal]. There's no rush of blood to the head. He is their go-to man.

  8. Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Finland have won just one of the past 22 games with Denmark (D6, L15) - a 2-1 friendly triumph in February 2000.

    Finland fans show off crosses in bleached hairImage source, EPA
  9. How these sides qualifiedpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Finland qualified for Euro 2020 by finishing second in Group J with six wins from 10 games - four points above Greece.

    Italy won all 10 games to win the group.

    Denmark needed a 1-1 draw against the Republic of Ireland in their final group game to qualify - with an unbeaten record.

    Since then Kasper Hjulmand has replaced Age Hareide as manager. The change was meant to happen after Euro 2020.

  10. Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Denmark are in red-hot form with nine wins in 11.

    Belgium are the only team to beat them since September 2018 (two times).

    You'd have to go back to 2016 for the last time a team other than Belgium beat the Danes in a competitive game (excluding penalty shootouts).

    DenmarkImage source, .
  11. Postpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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  12. Postpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    This game is in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, which is one of 11 host cities at Euro 2020.

    While these are both Nordic countries, Denmark is almost 1,000km away from Finland with a ferry or flight needed to go between them.

    There's no particular football rivalry here.

    Fans in the standsImage source, EPA
  13. More pundits' predictions...published at 16:46 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Karen Carney 1-0, Chris Waddle 2-0, Dion Dublin 1-0, Clinton Morrison 2-1, Chris Sutton 1-0, Rob Green 1-0, Christian Fuchs 1-1, Jermaine Jenas 1-0, Emma Saunders 2-0, Steve Crossman 1-0, John Murray 2-1, Ian Dennis 1-0, Alistair Bruce-Ball 2-1, Conor McNamara 1-1, Vicki Sparks 2-0

  14. Lawro's predictionpublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert

    Denmark have got some outstanding players so this would have been a hard enough debut for Finland in their first major finals anyhow, but on top of that, they are playing away in Copenhagen.

    Prediction: 1-0

  15. 'Promise of goals'published at 16:42 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Pat Nevin
    Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Finland fansImage source, EPA

    Finland are the minnows of the whole tournament - just happy to be here.

    But, because they are playing their near neighbours Denmark, it should be an exciting game, and I suspect, a very open one.

    There's a promise of goals. Definite promise of goals.

    Denmark fansImage source, EPA
  16. Watch live on the BBCpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    BBC One

    What a treat - this is a BBC TV game.

    Build-up starts at 16:45 BST on BBC One, available on a TV or at the top of this page (if you're in the UK).

    There is also BBC Radio 5 Live commentary, also available on this page.

  17. Pukki boost for Finnspublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    That Teemu Pukki news is a major boost to Finland - he had been a doubt for the tournament with an ankle injury at one stage.

    He scored 10 of Finland's 16 goals in qualifying. Nobody else managed more than two.

    Denmark's key man was Christian Eriksen with five goals and three assists in eight games.

    He has been directly involved in 39% of Denmark’s competitive goals since the start of 2018 World Cup qualifying.

  18. Team newspublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    DenmarkImage source, .

    Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen and Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg are among the starters for Denmark.

    Denmark: Schmeichel, Wass, Kjaer, Christensen, Maehle, Delaney, Hojbjerg, Eriksen, Poulsen, Braithwaite, Wind.

    Subs: Lossl, Ronnow, Andersen, Vestergaard, Olsen, Dolberg, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Stryger, Cornelius, Jensen, Boilesen.

    FinlandImage source, .

    Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki starts up front for Finland in their first ever match at a major finals. Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara is also in their 11, while captain Tim Sparv was at Southampton early in his career.

    Finland: Hradecky, Raitala, O’Shaughnessy, Ajauuri, Uronen, Kamara, Sparv, Lod, Toivio, Pukki, Pohjanpalo.

    Subs: Joronen, Jaakkola, Vaisanen, Taylor, Jensen, Schuller, Soiri, Hamalainen, Kauko, Lappalainen, Ivanov, Forss.

    We have an English team of officials with Anthony Taylor the referee, Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn the assistants and Stuart Attwell the video assistant referee.

  19. Postpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 12 June 2021

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    Finland's qualification for Euro 2020 was the greatest moment in their football history.

    Having played their first game back in 1911 and first tried to qualify for the 1938 World Cup, this is the first time they have ever reached a major tournament.

    They came close once under Roy Hodgson, but this time they got over the line.

    FinlandImage source, .