Czechia vs Denmark, 2020 European Championship, Quarterfinals
· UEFA European ChampionshipDenmark continue Euro 2020 fairytale story with win over Czech Republic to reach semifinals
Denmark's Euro 2020 fairytale continued with a tense 2-1 win over Czech Republic to reach the semifinals on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Antonin Barak (Czech Republic).
- 3': Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Vladimir Coufal (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan Boril.
- 5': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Ondrej Celustka.
- 5': Goal! Czech Republic 0, Denmark 1. Thomas Delaney (Denmark) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jens Stryger Larsen with a cross following a corner.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Kasper Dolberg (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joakim Maehle.
- 8': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Tomas Kalas.
- 9': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Tomas Kalas.
- 10': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Denmark).
- 10': Ondrej Celustka (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vladimir Coufal.
- 12': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
- 14': Hand ball by Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark).
- 14': Attempt missed. Petr Sevcik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Soucek with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 17': Attempt missed. Thomas Delaney (Denmark) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jens Stryger Larsen with a cross.
- 18': Foul by Kasper Dolberg (Denmark).
- 18': Tomás Holes (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Thomas Delaney.
- 20': Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) with an attempt from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Antonin Barak with a cross following a corner.
- 22': Attempt saved. Tomás Holes (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lukas Masopust with a through ball.
- 22': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 24': Foul by Jan Boril (Czech Republic).
- 24': Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark).
- 25': Tomás Holes (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 26': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Jens Stryger Larsen.
- 26': Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Petr Sevcik with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Kasper Dolberg.
- 29': Foul by Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark).
- 29': Petr Sevcik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Foul by Thomas Delaney (Denmark).
- 32': Petr Sevcik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Kasper Dolberg.
- 35': Attempt saved. Tomás Holes (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vladimir Coufal with a cross.
- 36': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
- 38': Attempt saved. Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jannik Vestergaard.
- 42': Goal! Czech Republic 0, Denmark 2. Kasper Dolberg (Denmark) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joakim Maehle with a cross.
- 44': Offside, Czech Republic. Vladimir Coufal tries a through ball, but Patrik Schick is caught offside.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Czech Republic 0, Denmark 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Czech Republic 0, Denmark 2.
- 45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Jakub Jankto replaces Tomás Holes.
- 45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Michael Krmencik replaces Lukas Masopust.
- 46': Attempt saved. Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Petr Sevcik.
- 47': Attempt saved. Antonin Barak (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 47': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Krmencik with a headed pass.
- 49': Goal! Czech Republic 1, Denmark 2. Patrik Schick (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vladimir Coufal with a cross.
- 50': Foul by Andreas Christensen (Denmark).
- 50': Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Patrik Schick (Czech Republic).
- 51': Simon Kjaer (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Jan Boril.
- 54': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Denmark).
- 54': Tomas Kalas (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto.
- 56': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Vladimir Coufal.
- 59': Hand ball by Antonin Barak (Czech Republic).
- 59': Substitution, Denmark. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Kasper Dolberg.
- 60': Substitution, Denmark. Christian Nørgaard replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
- 60': Foul by Vladimir Coufal (Czech Republic).
- 60': Thomas Delaney (Denmark) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard.
- 65': Substitution, Czech Republic. Jakub Brabec replaces Ondrej Celustka because of an injury.
- 66': Offside, Czech Republic. Vladimir Coufal tries a through ball, but Michael Krmencik is caught offside.
- 67': Offside, Czech Republic. Jan Boril tries a through ball, but Michael Krmencik is caught offside.
- 69': Attempt saved. Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Braithwaite.
- 71': Substitution, Denmark. Daniel Wass replaces Jens Stryger Larsen.
- 72': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 72': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Simon Kjaer.
- 73': Foul by Simon Kjaer (Denmark).
- 73': Petr Sevcik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 76': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Denmark).
- 76': Jan Boril (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Attempt saved. Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Wass.
- 78': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Tomás Vaclik.
- 79': Substitution, Czech Republic. Matej Vydra replaces Patrik Schick because of an injury.
- 79': Substitution, Czech Republic. Vladimír Darida replaces Petr Sevcik.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto.
- 81': Foul by Jan Boril (Czech Republic).
- 81': Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Substitution, Denmark. Joachim Andersen replaces Andreas Christensen.
- 81': Substitution, Denmark. Mathias Jensen replaces Thomas Delaney.
- 82': Attempt saved. Joakim Maehle (Denmark) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.
- 82': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Tomás Vaclik.
- 84': (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic).
- 84': Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic).
- 85': Joakim Maehle (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Christian Nørgaard (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Tomas Kalas (Czech Republic).
- 86': Tomas Kalas (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jan Boril with a headed pass.
- 90'+6': Attempt missed. Antonin Barak (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Czech Republic 1, Denmark 2.
- 0': Match ends, Czech Republic 1, Denmark 2.
Statistics
 DEN |
CZE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 9 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 4 | Saves | 5 |
| 47 | Possession | 53 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 284 | Accurate Passes | 361 |
| 375 | Passes | 451 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 14 | Crosses | 28 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 72 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 38 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 13 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 18 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 31 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 31 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship
Venue: Baku Olympic Stadium
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Attendance: 16,306
Venue: Baku Olympic Stadium
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Attendance: 16,306
Line-Ups
Czechia (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tomás Vaclík (GK) |
| 6 | Tomás Kalas  |
| 3 | Ondrej Celustka |
| 18 | Jan Boril |
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal |
| 7 | Antonín Barák |
| 15 | Tomás Soucek |
| 9 | Tomás Holes |
| 10 | Patrik Schick |
| 13 | Petr Sevcik |
| 12 | Lukás Masopust |
Denmark (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) |
| 4 | Simon Kjaer |
| 3 | Jannik Vestergaard |
| 6 | Andreas Christensen |
| 8 | Thomas Delaney |
| 23 | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg |
| 5 | Joakim Maehle |
| 17 | Jens Stryger Larsen |
| 12 | Kasper Dolberg |
| 9 | Martin Braithwaite |
| 14 | Mikkel Damsgaard |
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