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UEFA Euro 2020 was an international football tournament held across eleven cities in Europe from 11 June to 11 July 2021. The 24 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 26 players – of which three had to be goalkeepers – by 1 June 2021, 23:59 CEST (), [1] ten days prior to the opening match of the tournament. [2]
Group B of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 12 to 21 June 2021 in Copenhagen's Parken Stadium and Saint Petersburg's Krestovsky Stadium. [1] The group contained host nation Denmark, Finland, Belgium and host nation Russia. The head-to-head match between the hosts took place at Denmark's Parken Stadium.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions during that year, the tournament was postponed to June and July 2021, while retaining the name UEFA Euro 2020 and host venues. Alongside special rules regarding COVID-19 restrictions, UEFA also allowed two extra substitutions [ 7 ] and implemented video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time. [ 8 ]
Note: In the 43rd minute, the match was suspended after Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch. Eriksen was transferred to a local hospital and stabilised. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The match was resumed at 20:30 CEST, with the last four minutes of the first half to be completed prior to a five-minute half-time break.
Højbjerg was named in the Danish squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in June 2021. [47] In their opening match, a 1–0 loss to Finland , he missed a penalty; the game had been stopped and resumed due to Christian Eriksen 's medical emergency.
Saturday afternoon’s Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland came to screeching halt after a terrifying turn of events. Danish star Christian Eriksen suddenly collapsed on the field ...
In May 2018, he was named in Denmark's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [53] On 16 October that year, he scored in a 2–0 friendly win over Austria, ending a five-year goal drought. [54] Braithwaite was part of the Danish squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020, held in 2021.
The Euro 2020 game resumed following a suspension of about 90 minutes after Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator. Denmark coach steps up UEFA criticism ...