Euro 2022: A guide to the Denmark team
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- 07 Jul 2022
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Euro 2022 is taking place at 10 venues across England between 6-31 July. Denmark are in Group B, along with Germany, Spain and Finland. Arnela Muminovic, sport journalist and football commentator at Danish broadcaster DR Sporten, assesses their chances this summer.
How will Denmark do?
Expectations this year are not as great as they should be because the group is really hard. The Danish national team have had a very good period the last two years and they have a lot of self belief so expectations within the camp itself may be bigger than in the country.
One of their strengths is the togetherness in the group - they talk a lot about their togetherness. They really like each other, both on and off the field.
It's a group that have been playing together for some time so they know each other - there are a lot of players in this group who played the Euro final in 2017. They know what to do when they get to a tournament. However, besides Chelsea star Pernille Harder, there aren't many players who can make an impact on their own. They lack players at her level.
In common with a lot of other people, I am just looking forward to seeing Denmark at an international tournament again because they didn't qualify for the World Cup in 2019. After a pay dispute with the Danish FA, they didn't play a crucial World Cup qualifier to Sweden, who were awarded the victory and won the group.
Who is the manager?
It is the first time Lars Sondergaard has managed a women's team and there were some obstacles at the start where he had to learn how to be a women's coach.
He had been coaching for many years in Denmark's top league. When he joined the team the media talked about how it was a scoop for the national team. He has grown into the role and is developing as a coach as well. It's really important for him to do a good job at the tournament in England.
The style of play is technical, modern football. The coach wants to play with intensity, to press high and to play fast - he wants them to do something with the ball when they have it. For me, it is a very entertaining style of play. Read More...
