Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Finland sensationally defeated Denmark in their Euro 2020 Group B opener with the score 1-0. It should be noted that the match was overshadowed by the awful incident with Christian Eriksen, who collapsed and hospitalized.
Christian Eriksen collapsed collapse just before half-time with no one around him. The doctors provided medical aid to the player. The Danish players formed a wall around Eriksen as the medical professionals worked to resuscitate him. Later he was taken to the hospital.
After the restart, Denmark dominated the match. But it was Finland, who opened the score. On 60 minutes, Pohjanpalo pounced scored the only goal of the match.
Denmark could equalized on 74 minutes, but Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s penalty was saved by Lukas Hradecky.