Tag: Kasper Schmeichel
Huge shock as Kazakhstan fight back to beat Denmark in thrilling Euro 2024 qualifier
Kazakhstan’s last competitive win against a team in the world’s top 100 came almost four years ago today: a 3-0 defeat to Scotland on 21 March 2019. Two more wins, both against lowly San Marino, gave Kazakhstan three wins overall in that European Championship campaign, but they still finished second last and their 2022 World […]
Washing away World Cup fiasco: Young guns set to lead Euro 2024 attack
Captain Kjær the survivorInjuries and poor form at club level are the primary reasons players miss out: Christian Eriksen, Andreas Skov Olsen and Jesper Lindstrøm, and Kasper Dolberg, Jens Stryger Larsen, Andreas Cornelius and Robert Skov, for example. Captain Simon Kjær was one of the few veterans to retain his position in the squad, although […]
Courting the odds: Danish sports stars are suing the bookmaker giant
Bookie pleads not guiltyThe players are represented by their respective unions: the Players Association, the Handball Players Association and the Danish Elite Sports Athletes Association. Eriksen demands the biggest salary of the bunch, a total of 1,450,000 kroner, followed by Kasper Schmeichel (500,000), his father Peter and Pernille Harder (both 350,000). Apart from one case, […]
Danish squad now complete: here are the 26 players ready to fight for the country at the WC 2022
Along with the likes of Christian Eriksen, Simon Kjær and Kasper Schmeichel are goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow (Union Berlin), defender Alexander Bah (Benfica), midfielder Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) and forwards Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) and Robert Skov (Hoffenheim). No big surprises among Wheelman’s choicesThe third goalkeeper after Kasper Schmeichel and Oliver Christensen will, as expected, be Frederik […]
No surprises in Denmark’s WC 2022 squad… for now
Five tickets are still up for grabsDue to injuries and form situations, Hjulmand will wait to reveal his final five selections. He said there were about 10-12 candidates still fighting for the last five seats. One will be a goalkeeper and if he can shake off his injury, Frederik Rønnow will be called up. Otherwise, […]
Sport Round-Up: Brøndby bought by American company
Today has been a historic day for Danish football! Brøndby IF’s chairman, Jan Bech Andersen, has today sold the majority of shares in the club to the American company Global Football Holdings. Participating in a pan-European stableAround 30 million euros will be injected into the club. The new owner has already acquired several European football […]
Peter Schmeichel to work for Qatari broadcaster BeIN Sports during the 2022 World Cup
The Danish compatriot Kasper Schmeichel’s father is again under fire. After being employed by Russia Today in 2018, Danish soccer legend Peter Schmeichel is again courting controversy, this time by landing a job as a World Cup pundit in 2022 for BeIN Sports, a Qatari television channel that will broadcast the tournament to 25 countries […]
Flatlining to fabulous: how Eriksen’s Denmark is now among the ten most likely teams to win the World Cup 2022
On 12 June, it was a whole year ago that Christian Eriksen collapsed with a cardiac arrest at Parken Stadion during his country’s opening match at the European Championships 2020. In the following hour his life was in balance; a nation’s collective thoughts made him pull through and live. Denmark continued to lose the match […]
Great Danes qualify for the World Cup in 2022 in an epic way
In the numbers They have managed to do it with 17 different goal scorers and without their midfield spokesman Eriksen. And what about this for a statistic: Kasper Schmeichel has only faced four shots on goal so far in eight games. Denmark already set a new European record for most World Cup qualifiers in a […]
Denmark closes in the 2022 World Cup
Unique statistics It is an impressive six victories in as many attempts for the Danes now, and they have not yet opened a single goal, which destroys a goal difference of +22. And perhaps what’s even more striking is that the team gets goals from pretty much everyone except … well… Kasper Schmeichel. Last night’s […]
Denmark’s new rivals are across the North Sea
Denmark and England have hit a lot of rivalry this summer. First there was Brexit and various fish disputes, then football – and yes, before you ask, the British continued to demand a gold in diving – and then ‘that cycling incident’ at the Olympics. Sure, we’re talking about a shock with the British team, […]
Sports Round Up: Organizers of the Tour de France visit Denmark to review the route
The postponed Tour de France begins with a Tour de Denmark in 2022. With a year left before the flag falls on the first stage, representatives from the Amaury Sport Organization are in Denmark to inspect the five start and finish cities. Riders will enter through Copenhagen, Roskilde, Nyborg, Vejle and Sønderborg from 1-3. July. […]
Danish national team shaken by COVID-19 as key places approach
Big final vs Belgium? The Danish side is already heavily undermined due to the United Kingdom banning incoming flights from Denmark due to the COVID-19 mink mutation situation. Because of these measures in the United Kingdom, players play their trade in England – inclusive Kasper Schmeichel, Jannik Vestergaard, Andreas Christensen and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg – can […]