Fifa World Cup: Denmark held by Tunisia after late penalty call denied

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The other match in this group is France versus Australia and this one will be one you can watch on BBC One later on, with kick-off at 19:00 GMT.

That big Andreas Cornelius miss at the back post was given an expected goal score of 0.829.

That is the best chance of the game - and has pushed Denmark's total (1.4) above Tunisia's (0.96).

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Late drama?

These are the action areas from 60:00-74:59.

Denmark are growing into the game, and are having more possession and hold slightly more threat in the Tunisia defensive third (on the right here), but can they find a winner?

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Pat Nevin

Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Tunisia have got a really great spirit about them. They are bringing on some excellent talent so they could get even better in the last 10 minutes.

SUBSTITUTIONS

Hannibal Mejbri, the 19-year-old on loan at Birmingham City from Manchester United, is introduced, as is Taha Yassine Khenissi for Tunisia. Off go Youssef Msakni and Issam Jebali.

They have 10 minutes plus however much additional time gets added on, which judging by the previous matches, could be a lot.

Denmark lacking up top?

There was a lot of talk in the build-up to this game about Denmark lacking something up front and potentially a lack of goals costing them.

We can see how they lack a presence up front (they are the black circles). Kasper Dolberg (12) and Christian Eriksen next to him (10) are the further forwards centrally, but neither are a persistent threat for the centre backs of Tunisia.

Tunisia, on the other hand, have Issam Jebali (pink, 9) as a constant target.

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Alan: Form has gone out the window with this World Cup. See Argentina, see England as prime examples.

Josh: Argentina lost to Saudi, Denmark struggling with Tunisia. That age old adage of England only beating lower ranked nations, if it's so easy why doesn't everyone else do it?

Gary: This morning's result shows anything can happen in this World Cup. Even so, I'm not going to place a bet on the Qatar team anytime soon.

Tunisia want a penalty and the ball hits an outstretched arm of Joachim Andersen. But the Crystal Palace man is a very lucky man as nothing is given, with referee Cesar Arturo Ramos not asked to check the incident by the VAR official.

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Ryan: Games like this are why we love the World Cup - no great expectations of Tunisia previously, and suddenly football scouts around the world are frantically eyeing up players like Laidouni.

Pat Nevin

Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

The top man Christian Eriksen, it was a brilliant piece of play there and he was unlucky not to score there.

Cornelius, I thought that was stuck on to go in. I cannot believe he has not headed that in. He's got his eye on the post instead of the ball and he's missed it completely.

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HITS THE WOODWORK - Denmark

From the resulting corner substitute Andreas Cornelius nearly bundles the ball over the line from extremely close range but heads against the post.

Nearly a goal for Christian Eriksen and it's a great tip over the top from Aymen Dahmen as the ball was heading towards the top corner before an outstretched arm from Dahmen denied him.

There have only been three successful dribbles so far in this game, all by Tunisia players.

Youssef Msakni has completed two, while Aissa Laïdouni was the other.

Denmark have had six failed dribbles, three of which by Christian Eriksen.

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SUBSTITUTIONS

Denmark need to do something special so they've made a triple substitution. Christian Eriksen now gets the captain's armband.

Off go Simon Kjaer, Andreas Olsen and Kasper Dolberg and on come Mathias Jensen, Jesper Lindstrom and Andreas Cornelius.

One change too for Tunisia with Anis Ben Slimane off and Naim Sitti.

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Jonny: This Danish team is crying out for some creativity, how much will they miss not selecting in-form Bournemouth star Phillip Billing?

Playing out from the back

A lot of Denmark's build-up starts with former Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen.

He's attempted a team-high 59 passes so far, and he's completed 57 of them (green), with just two failed passes (in red).

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Max: Any 11 players of any ability can beat another 11 players on any given day. Been proven year after year in the top Leagues. That’s what makes football such a spectacle for the masses.

The 'Ole', 'Ole' chants are coming from the Tunisia fans who are loving every minute of this match. That's normally reserved for a moment when you're 4-0 up, not when it's 0-0 with 30 minutes to go.

Imagine the reaction if they were to get a winner.

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Anon: After watching the first half of the Denmark Tunisia match I think Tunisia could be a surprise package in this tournament.

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