Denmark’s dream run at Euro 2020 continued on Saturday in Baku with a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic for a place in the semi-finals.
This came after two opening defeats and the Christian Eriksen drama.
Thomas Delaney headed the opening goal in the fifth minute and Kasper Dolberg made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute in the sweltering Azerbaijani capital.
Patrik Schick revived the Czech’s hopes in the 49th minute with his fifth goal of the tournament, but they could not manage an equaliser.
Denmark beat the Czechs for the first time at the Euro finals, having lost 3-0 at the same stage in 2004 and also 2-0 in the 2000 group stage.
They are in the last four for the first time since winning the trophy in 1992.
“It is huge, it is crazy. We had a goal: we wanted to return to Wembley,” Denmark captain Simon Kjaer said.
Czech Republic’s Vladimir Darida on his part said: “There is nothing we should be ashamed of because we fought like the lions on our crest.”