FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, June 16, 2018
Denmark LWDDW 1
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Peru WWWWD 0
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Mordovia Arena · 40,502 att. · FS1

Match Report

Erik Lesser/EPA

Denmark withstand Peru's sustained attack to earn opening win

Yussuf Poulsen scored the only goal in the second half to give Denmark a 1-0 win over Peru, who earlier missed a penalty in their Group C opener on

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
2
48
Possession
52
10
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
286
Accurate Passes
343
363
Passes
416
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
63
22
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
5
26
Effective Clearances
21
26
Clearances
21

Lineups

PER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Pedro GalleseG
  2. 2Alberto RodríguezCD-L
  3. 15Christian RamosCD-R
  4. 6Miguel TraucoLB
  5. 17Luis AdvínculaRB
  6. 8Christian CuevaAM
  7. 19Yoshimar YotúnLM
  8. 13Renato TapiaRM
  9. 10Jefferson FarfánF
  10. 20Edison FloresAM-L
  11. 18André CarrilloAM-R

DEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Andreas ChristensenCD-L
  3. 4Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 17Jens Stryger LarsenLB
  5. 14Henrik DalsgaardRB
  6. 10Christian EriksenAM
  7. 8Thomas DelaneyLM
  8. 7William KvistRM
  9. 9Nicolai JørgensenF
  10. 23Pione SistoAM-L
  11. 20Yussuf PoulsenAM-R

Timeline

  1. 35' Substitution, Denmark. Lasse Schöne replaces William Kvist because of an injury.
  2. 38' Renato Tapia (Peru) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' VAR Decision: Penalty Peru.
  4. 45'+1' Penalty missed. Christian Cueva (Peru) right footed shot is too high.
  5. 59' Goal! Peru 0, Denmark 1. Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
  6. 62' Substitution, Peru. Paolo Guerrero replaces Edison Flores.
  7. 67' Substitution, Denmark. Martin Braithwaite replaces Pione Sisto.
  8. 81' Substitution, Denmark. Zanka replaces Andreas Christensen because of an injury.
  9. 85' Substitution, Peru. Raúl Ruidíaz replaces Jefferson Farfán.
  10. 86' Thomas Delaney (Denmark) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 87' Substitution, Peru. Pedro Aquino replaces Renato Tapia.
  12. 90'+3' Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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