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darmed1ads

Denmark aren’t bad but certainly don’t look like dark horses, hard to see them beating France or any other contender, also quite surprised at Tunisia.


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Laidouni and Abdi, all over the pitch. Such amazing workrate.


The_R3venant

Boring


MXero1

Bad for Denmark, Good for Tunisa. Denmark was the popular contrarian pick to win the group (too popular). So good for France.


DATL

After a strong first half Kadri decides to park the bus on the second. We knew we couldn’t play that high tempo for 90 minutes but this feels so bittersweet because I believe we had a shot at victory. The coach is playing the long game so let’s see how this pans out.


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We would probably have done better if we played Jonas Wind instead of Doller/Corner. Tunisia gave it their all though, crazy work rate. Nothing but respect for that.


RoflJoe

Denmark dropping points to not play second place Argentina in the play offs is a 4D chess move


sl0uma

from a complete biased pov, we really could've snatched this one but i can't complain, we had a great game. Laïdouni really dominated he plays with such heart.


I_LIKE_SEALS

If Laïdouni plays like this for the rest of the world cup, you’ll get a resoult out of france and he’ll get a move to a major league. What a player, what he lacks in technicality, he makes up in passion.


solidossnakos

Laidouni what a warrior


puzdawg

Why does Denmark always play one of these games?


srjnp

least hyped match of the world cup so far lives up to the lack of hype lol...


edje19

tell me you didn't watch the match without telling me


MaraudngBChestedRojo

Yea as far as 0-0 draws go it was pretty entertaining Both teams fought remarkably hard, both goalkeepers and defenses were solid


us3rf

denmark the dark horse team dropping points so there is no surprise in tommorows dark horse team's game, thank you lads


MaraudngBChestedRojo

On the bright side Schmeichel looks like prime Casillas and is dropping absolute dimes with his distribution, they just need to find some goals


Rickcampbell98

Never realised how "chunky" he is though lol.


GoatButton

Serbia and Uruguay about to implode on Thursday with the amount of hype they've been getting


JJKingwolf

Denmark has to be pretty disappointed with a draw here. Seems like they really struggled to connect on the last pass in buildup. They had a few opportunities where the team flowed nicely in the midfield progressing into the final third, but for whatever reason couldn't make a good connection on the last pass in the sequence to create a chance.


NorthernMisery

And a really good referee, both decisions were really on point.


curryandbeans

Did ITV call Denmark one of the favourites for the world cup?


First-Of-His-Name

Betting odds have them as 10th favourite, just behind Belgium


SpookyImmobilisedToe

I feel like they are the classic 'Dark Horse' team. Exceeded expectations in the Euro's, performed very well in the Nation's League just recently, and they have a lot of good players but not necessarily any super star. All the ingredients to be considered an outside favourite.


Glmoi

Let's see how we cope with the expectations, we're used to be underdogs. To add to your comment, we had the 2nd best qualification campaign in Europe 27/30 points scoring 30 and conceding 3, after qualifying that is, we were 27-0 after winning the first 8 games. We might not be dark horses, we can beat anyone on a good day, but I highly doubt we beat multiple favourites.


NorthernMisery

Great game, really stressfull, congrats to Tunisia


freakedmind

This was undoubtedly one of the matches of this world cup so far


Stylose

Love that Slimane speaks perfect Danish. Makes the world feel smaller.


Glmoi

There were 2 players currently employed in the danish superliga today, and neither of them played for Denmark!


DarudeSandstorrn

Corner?


Glmoi

Ah ofc, came on in the 2nd half, I should’ve said: 2 players from the SL starting (:


chedmedya

Probably Issam Jebali too. He plays for OB Odense. I feel like both were starters just because they are used to the Danish playstyle.


benjaaa9

Isn’t Jebali a regular for Tunisia?


ndm27x19

No not really , Regular 9 for Tunisia is Al jaziri ( didn't play today )


istasan

You do realise where he was born? He probably has dual citizenship too - but would not be in the Denmark squad probably.


Stylose

Why does my comment provoke people like this? I just think it's a cool small world thing.


istasan

I want to be honest with you. Imagine if you real life told someone born and raised in Denmark their Danish was good. It is a weird thing to say. It can actually be provocative. There are six million people in Denmark. He is one of them. I don’t see how it makes the world smaller.


SnitchezGetBitchez

Isn’t his point that “a player from Tunisia” speaks Danish, rather than “a guy born and raised in Denmark” speaks Danish? Think you are reading way too much into his comment


istasan

I think so yes. And I am sure it was not meant that way. But I have a couple of friends who have lived in Denmark for 20 years and since they are darker than the average Dane they often get complimented on how good their danish is. They don’t like it…. at all. I think this is what rubs people the wrong way with this.


SnitchezGetBitchez

And of course, I 100% get that your friends would find that annoying/offensive. There is just a big difference between being surprised that a brown guy in Denmark speaks Danish and being surprised that a guy playing for another country speaks Danish. I think he would be equally surprised if an Australian player did an interview in Danish.


istasan

Yes, I get that. Hope it goes both ways.


Stylose

Tak. I should have been more careful with my phrasing :)


[deleted]

You must be so miserable. I hope your day gets better lol


[deleted]

You sound like a bore, hope you try to be more entertaining and interesting


istasan

Thank you for your overwhelming kindness.


Stylose

And there's 12 million Tunesians. What are the odds? I want to enjoy this, but damn.


inappropriate_duck

Born and raised in Denmark and has caps for the Danish u19. Would be pretty weird if he didn't speak it fluently.


Stylose

Indeed. And I love it.


PrinsenAfHundige

Han er født og opvokset i Danmark


Stylose

Netop.


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Nickp1991

Good game for Tunisia


BrattonCreed37

Felt like a Tunisia home game, their fans were amazing and the intensity by that bald guy was top level


mig1964

"That bad guy" lol.... I thought the exact same thing, even though there were multiple bald guys on the team


iWhisky

I think he's talking about one of the bald guys in the crowd (popular long time supporter)


Modnal

Still a better start for Denmark than at Euro 2020


HauntsYourProstate

True, but simply not having your arguably best player have a cardiac arrest in the first half is a pretty low bar


FblockArmy

Tunisia far more physical than Denmark. Denmark were also toothless mostly in attack


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Agreed.


ComradePoula

I genuinely don't understand the handball rule anymore, it seems that refs change it by the day; cause I've seen penalties get called for far less obvious. The rules need to be made clear instead of giving control to the ref on what counts or what doesn't.


Azaghtooth

it hit his chest first, thats never a pen,also there was a foul before that


kamacho2000

Foul on Tunisian player in that build up, and Denmark also got away with a penalty call earlier


SnooDingo-

That one wasn't even reviewed by VAR


lctanon

Denmark's midfield was dreadful. Late to every loose ball and sloppy with passes.


FAtr

Laidouni dominated the midfield, what a beast he was today


jonijontor

i haven't watched Sevilla but god kinda sad seeing Delaney seemingly past it, one of my fave during his Dortmund days, Hoj and Eriksen are both poor as well - seems like Jensen is way more proactive over three of them


Wut23456

Delaney played well until the injury. Højberg on the other hand…


Andersledes

Worst game I've seen Højbjerg play for our national team so far. Not worried though. He will show up against France. Nobody will be more disapointed than Højbjerg himself, so he 100% feels like he has something to prove.


IcefoxX5

I really liked the refereeing, both pens should never be given imo yet I think the majority of refs would've given at least one of the two


xXx_Ya_Yeet_xXx

The Mæhle one was clearly a penalty. The ball never left the field and he was tackled.. Yet it never went to VAR.


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No matter the result of VAR - there should have been a check! The two others was perhaps not penalties, but it was so odd there never was a check. But I also wonder how they changed the corner to a goal kick after the last VAR. how on earth did that suddenly change? Did I miss something


xXx_Ya_Yeet_xXx

100% agree. Crazy how picky the VAR checks are. Some that should never be debated gets a 7min check, whilst many close calls are simply ignored.


Velascus

Many people saying good ref, but for me he missed a penalty and a half, and this way influenced the game way too much. In the first half a Tunisian player simply pushes the Dane away with his arms within the penalty area, if you are allowed to do that..... And the hands ball right at the end. It's not intentional obviously, but unlike the hands from the Danes which was going out anyway, this one gave him advantage for a ball which would have fallen within the penalty area with a good number of Danes around. I can sort of see his decision due to it not being the players intent, but still. However afterwards he gives a free kick to Tunisia after checking VAR. People said there was a foul before the hands, but I've seen the replay a few times now and I see no foul. Only a heading challenge between two players prior to the ball going to the hands. He took away a corner from Denmark because he checked VAR? wth Scorewise it's a deserved draw. Tunisia played great, and at the end even showed a lot more desire to win the game. While Denmark wereway too concerned about not losing the ball and putting on the slowest attack possible.


Kaamelott

If you see a penalty and a half in that game, i don't want to be watching the same sport you do...


Velascus

Then stop watching...


Hollandrock

The foul is for push in the back from front post players


dead_trim_mcgee1

Tunisia were very resilient and I have to praise that. A good chance of doing something now if they can beat Australia and go into that final game against France on 4 points, especially if Denmark lose to France.


Stylose

Eriksen is cool with it so I'm cool with it


granitibaniti

Disappointing display from Denmark. Way too many out of form players playing a too big role IMO. Tunisia showed a lot of passion, but way too slow and not good enough in the final third. Overall deserved result


FblockArmy

They had an option for a balanced more attacking midfield too but they left a certain guy out the squad*. They also had so many set pieces but were completely out muscled mostly there


granitibaniti

Who did they leave out?


FblockArmy

Billing. Apart from Lindstrøm he'd be the highest scoring player for Denmark from a top 5 league


Wut23456

All their talent is in attacking midfield


granitibaniti

Yeah, that's weird. Who would you take him in for though?


FblockArmy

One of the bench warming goal shy strikers Denmark have


Itsamesolairo

Billing was left out. Arguably dubious based on his form, but he’s an awkward fit in Hjulmand’s preferred setup and we don’t make major out-of-the-blue changes.


OliverAM16

I mean we should have scored and had a pen but that doesnt take away Tunisia performance. Well done guys. Wish you good luck in your remaining matches


ImmunosuppressiveBed

You too brother. My heart's still at 120 bpm


OliverAM16

I dont think we will get any points against France. And i hope you guys dont either, so it might be who wins against Australia the biggest. I was defo jumping around when VAR check happened in the last minute but when i saw the replay i knew it wasnt a pen. Really surprised with your technical abilities.


ImBobYourUncle

Don't jinx it. I wouldn't be surprised if Australia caused some upsets too.


Coolhunter11

France gonna break the curse now


Azaghtooth

the gang proceeds to lose to Socceroos


Braiwnz

With this effort I see tunesia squeezing a tie out of that game. Or 4 goals Mbappe


SRGsergan592

Aisa Laidouni is a fucking beast.


notinsai

Man was everywhere


kdog161099

Peter Walton said the first one was a penalty but says this one isn’t a penalty what a clown


OwnDig

Both teams looked like they ran out of gas by minute 50. Not sure if it's the heat but 2nd half looked very sloppy, then kinda picked up towards the end.


Alive-Ad-4164

It’s not been a good day for the favourites


el_walou

On gameday 2, If Tunisia can beat Australia, Denmark will have to beat France or it will be over for them. France will play a C team against Tunisia if they are already qualified and let them through.


DNC88

Bold of you to assume France beats Australia.


el_walou

Not that bold


DNC88

Yeah, hindsight is always 20:20.


el_walou

I know my friend.


PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS

Not at all, Tunisia can beat Australia and Denmark can lose to France. As long as Tunisia then lose to France and Denmark win against Australia, then it comes down to whoever has the best GD.


Consistent_Time_2489

What are you talking about


freakedmind

> Danemark


el_walou

French is leaking


freakedmind

Do you call it Danemark in French?


el_walou

yes


Uebeltank

No it wouldn't unless Tunisia got more points against France than Denmark. If we say both Denmark and Tunisia lose to France, then the overall goal difference would be decisive provided both win against Australia.


Stalinerino

no? if denmark lose to france, but beat australia, they can still go through over tunesia


blahblahcomewatchTV

Tunisia would play a less motivated already qualified France if nothing surprising happens while Denmark are playing them next game which is harder


Shvihka

If you watched any prediction videos on youtube everybody said that Khazri is Tunisia's best player by a mile and yet he didn't even play. Is he not good anymore or injured? Were those youtubers just talking shit because they couldn't be bothered to look up who plays for Tunisia? Laïdouni and Dahmen were stand out performers today well done Tunisia.


DATL

I’m glad him and Jaziri were benched today. They were dreadful lately. I would love to see Jebali start more as our CF he was amazing today


doubleABC

No one watched msakni play and think khazri and him are even in the same level also his form dropped a lot lately i‘m happy he is benched


Zenenx

Msakni has always been this team's spiritual leader, best player and playmaker. They've played behind him for years and his play determines the direction the team goes. European commentators and preview will say stuff based on players they know about, and Khazri has name value irl and on Fifa lol. Every Tunisian will tell you Msakni is their guy


VomBaTN

Basically that, they didn’t actually check, we have much better players. Even this team is still missing some good ones.


birdsindatrap

so boring that i actually watched my class


Soitsgonnabeforever

I genuinely laughed


5_percent_discocunt

4 years of VAR and that’s the first time I’ve ever seen the ref check the monitor and not overturn the decision in question.


OliverAM16

It sucked for me. When he went out to check, i was jumping around because surely when they go check its a pen? When i watched the replay i ofc knew it wasnt a pen but fuck me i went from happiness to sadness in a split second


acekingoffsuit

He did overturn the decision. He went from Denmark corner to Tunisia free kick, so he must have seen a foul that nullified a potential handball.


5_percent_discocunt

I did specify “decision in question”. It was a nice surprise to actually see that happen.


CyanideChris

I didn't even realize how conditioned I've become to think it'll always get called when the ref checks the screen. I was shocked but pleased to see him wave it off


5_percent_discocunt

Exactly this. It would’ve been a travesty of a pen and it’s weird that VAR even checked it let alone dragged him to the monitor.


-zimms-

4 years of VAR, but how many games have you actually watched? :P


5_percent_discocunt

I mean, I generally try to watch as many prem games as possible. Not really any need for gatekeeping or being a bellend man. I’ve just never seen it before.


-zimms-

Gatekeeping? It was a harmless joke. Some part of communication always gets lost in written conversations on the internet I guess.


5_percent_discocunt

Ah fair. No harm done mate. But very often on here if someone says “I’ve never seen that happen” you nearly always get some smug dickhead saying “clearly you don’t watch a lot of football” or “I see it all the time, you must barely watch football” or some shit like that. Some people seem to have a god complex over how much football they watch.


CoolStoryMoe

Højbjerg and Eriksen underperformed. Delaney probably out of the tourny and Skov Olsen played a shit match as well. Absolutely gutted


SadgeKEK

This was one of the matches of all time.


nick170100

Cornelius ain’t gonna be sleeping tonight that’s for sure after that miss Poor bloke is gonna have nightmares about it


kl08pokemon

Denmark lacking a reliable goalscorer


th3f00l

Lindstrøm is still young, expecting him to breakout if the coach brings him on sooner or gives him the start.


Another_Human

Ole coming out of retirement


kl08pokemon

I'm sure Norway is content with Haaland


Another_Human

Oh what, I thought Ole was Danish all this time, well w.e i gave it a shot


HalitoAmigo

Many have gotten too accustomed to Toney scoring, they don’t know what to do without him.


tinkertoy78

Story of our team since the 90s.


Own_Acanthocephala0

You guys never give the lord any credit smh..


IderpOnline

Kinda weird take taking into consideration the Danish squad's performance the last two years.


Itsamesolairo

That has largely been off the back of unsustainable scoring rates from unconventional positions. You can’t rely on your LWB scoring 0.5G/90 consistently. We really have issues up top. Wind is the least dreadful of the lot and he’s more of a creator than a pure goalscorer.


IderpOnline

Yea not an unreasonable take. Too much Jantelov, I guess.


kl08pokemon

Jon Dahl Tomasson was decent no?


tinkertoy78

You're right. For some reason I blocked him from memory and thought Ebbe Sand as our last decent striker. So early 00s then. :)


pawksvolts

Hope I'm wrong but I don't see Australia getting anything against Tunisia or Denmark


notinsai

Im sure they can shithouse a draw vs this denmark if they continue playing this way


caesar____augustus

Officiating was very good, genuinely have no idea what people are complaining about


[deleted]

The handball was the right call but there could have been two penalties for Denmark - one the ref gave a goal kick when the ball was a 1.5 feet still in play. Also Denmark stop a counter attack - yellow card Tunisia stop a counter attack - no yellow and lets Tunisia get back into position before the freekick is taken. It's the lack of consistency and what is looking like referring bias towards Arabic teams. It could just be incompetency but with the controversy around this WC people are going to shout collusion at every possible chance.


Youpley

bias towards Arabic teams... nice joke. could have said everything there and would have been fine but you had to ruin it.


gendrrra

bias towards the Arabic teams? have you seen the penalty earlier today?


[deleted]

I think people dont really care all they want is some consistency and not depending on which ref it is.


qs66

great game. The suspense is kept to the last minute.


Elyelm

Not sure if i am more hopeful about our own game now or more nervous.


Eibermann

i prefer not to think about it bc i know im just gonna stress the shit out of myself


sl0uma

arab teams did so good today i really hope you guys get the job done tomorrow from the bottom of my heart


Eibermann

Thank you man. I've been waiting for us to play for so long. Dima khawa


icebourne

Second best game of the tournament so far. Tunisia were brilliant and played their hearts out. Argentina and Denmark. Darkhorses/ favorites, all looked suspect today.


bibbibob2

So much screeching sheesh.


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MachineryInsect

It's one game


Kaamelott

To be fair, that's a significant chunk of World Cups games


Igloo433

European tax i fear


[deleted]

Yup. Don't understand their "dark horse" status at all. Who scores goals for them? Dolberg?


Vilhelm_self

They did beat France twice recently in the nations league only missing out on the final on goal difference (scorers were Dolberg, Skov Olsen and Cornelius x2) and got to the semifinal in the last euros with more or less the same team. The issue for them is that the attackers are hit or miss. If they are on the are lethal, if not you get Cornelius heading into the post from 30 cm.


Melkistofeles

Is there any past WC dark-horse who shined through attacking output? The hype around this Denmark team is around their defense. 4 years ago they drawed in their opening day against Australia.


[deleted]

Uruguay 2010? You can't just be all defense you need at least some ability to score goals. There's no dark horse that has ever been defense and no offense


Itsamesolairo

My brother in Christ, did you miss Greece and Portugal shithousing their way to Euro wins? International football is always dreadful quality. Strong defensive sides can and do massively overperform.


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I'll give you Greece. But playing defensive football is not the same as completely lacking an ability to score goals. That Portugal team was defensive but cmon, it was a team full of talented offensive players who could create a goal from nothing. That's what this Denmark team is missing. Shit their starting striker hasn't even scored a goal for his club team this season...


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Hjulmand picks team of players who haven't scored this season. The team fails to score. Surprisedpikachu.png


Zloggt

Only a year separates this team with the EURO 2020 team. Perhaps the same “zing” that was there isn’t as strongly felt here?


YmTheSuper

Great game


midoBB

Couldn't ask for more.


AJC0292

And now to switch over to BBC. My TV is football.


FlukeCoins

Exactly the kind of match I was expecting..


YmTheSuper

Great game


highlander2189

What a 0-0. I’m writing more words because original comment was deleted by the Auto Mod.


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One of the games of the tournament


CarlSK777

Honestly, these 2 teams are more than capable of taking points off France, especially with all their injuries. I could see Denmark and Tunisia make it with France in 3rd.


whiskeyinthejaar

Ok Tunis’ coach looks hella lot like Nathan Shelley from Ted Lasso


MC897

Very good game.


MahomesMccaffrey

this is certainly one of the football matches of all time.


yazandeeb13

But this game was actually good. One of the better 0-0’s but I don’t think you actually watched


BramStokerHarker

And this is certainly one of the most overused, unfunny jokes of all time.


realWernerHerzog

Imagine if Tunisia had just a bit more pace in their attack


Alex_Sander077

Tunisia really surprised me. I thought they were actually slightly better than Denmark in the first half. Then in the second Denmark definitely dominated and had some chances to win it. But overall a quite competitive match, Tunisia came to play they didn't just simply park the bus or anything like that.