Denmark vs France, 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage
· UEFA Nations LeagueFrance avoid Nations League relegation despite loss to Denmark
Nations League holders France lost 2-0 to Denmark in their final Group 1 game, but were not relegated to the lower tier on their final matchday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
- 8': Corner, France. Conceded by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
- 8': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 8': Corner, France. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 9': Corner, France. Conceded by Joakim Maehle.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Dayot Upamecano (France) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross.
- 10': Corner, France. Conceded by Joachim Andersen.
- 12': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
- 13': Alphonse Areola (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Joachim Andersen (Denmark).
- 14': Attempt blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ferland Mendy.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Pavard (France) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 14': Attempt missed. Eduardo Camavinga (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 15': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 15': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (France).
- 15': Kasper Dolberg (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Eduardo Camavinga (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Eduardo Camavinga (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
- 18': Corner, France. Conceded by Joachim Andersen.
- 19': Corner, France. Conceded by Joakim Maehle.
- 20': Offside, Denmark. Christian Eriksen tries a through ball, but Andreas Skov Olsen is caught offside.
- 22': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Dayot Upamecano.
- 23': Attempt saved. Thomas Delaney (Denmark) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross.
- 25': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by William Saliba.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Thomas Delaney (Denmark) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross.
- 26': Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (France).
- 26': Thomas Delaney (Denmark) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30': Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by Mikkel Damsgaard (Denmark).
- 31': Attempt missed. Benjamin Pavard (France) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 31': Offside, France. Benjamin Pavard tries a through ball, but Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
- 33': Goal! Denmark 1, France 0. Kasper Dolberg (Denmark) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross.
- 36': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
- 37': Attempt saved. Thomas Delaney (Denmark) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross.
- 37': Attempt missed. Andreas Skov Olsen (Denmark) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
- 37': Attempt saved. Joakim Maehle (Denmark) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andreas Skov Olsen.
- 37': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
- 38': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
- 39': Goal! Denmark 2, France 0. Andreas Skov Olsen (Denmark) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Delaney following a corner.
- 42': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Dayot Upamecano.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 43': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Denmark 2, France 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Denmark 2, France 0.
- 45': Substitution, France. Jonathan Clauss replaces William Saliba.
- 45': Substitution, France. Youssouf Fofana replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
- 47': Corner, France. Conceded by Joachim Andersen.
- 49': Corner, France. Conceded by Rasmus Kristensen.
- 50': Hand ball by Joachim Andersen (Denmark).
- 51': Foul by Joachim Andersen (Denmark).
- 51': Olivier Giroud (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 52': Corner, France. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 54': Foul by Thomas Delaney (Denmark).
- 54': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Thomas Delaney (Denmark) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Foul by Jonathan Clauss (France).
- 55': Joakim Maehle (Denmark) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 56': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ferland Mendy.
- 58': Attempt saved. Andreas Skov Olsen (Denmark) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
- 58': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
- 59': Foul by Joachim Andersen (Denmark).
- 59': Jonathan Clauss (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Substitution, Denmark. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
- 60': Substitution, Denmark. Rasmus Højlund replaces Kasper Dolberg.
- 61': Dayot Upamecano (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark).
- 62': Corner, France. Conceded by Jesper Lindstrøm.
- 63': Attempt missed. Benoît Badiashile (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a corner.
- 64': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (France) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 65': Substitution, France. Christopher Nkunku replaces Olivier Giroud.
- 65': Substitution, France. Adrien Truffert replaces Ferland Mendy.
- 67': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a through ball.
- 67': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss.
- 67': Corner, France. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 69': Benjamin Pavard (France).
- 69': Jesper Lindstrøm (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku with a headed pass.
- 70': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 71': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Dayot Upamecano.
- 72': Substitution, Denmark. Simon Kjaer replaces Thomas Delaney.
- 72': Substitution, Denmark. Martin Braithwaite replaces Andreas Skov Olsen.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Andreas Christensen (Denmark) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross.
- 73': Benoît Badiashile (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Rasmus Kristensen (Denmark).
- 74': Foul by Adrien Truffert (France).
- 74': Joachim Andersen (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 79': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (France).
- 79': Rasmus Højlund (Denmark) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Dayot Upamecano (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Foul by Rasmus Højlund (Denmark).
- 80': Rasmus Højlund (Denmark) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Substitution, France. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Antoine Griezmann.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joakim Maehle.
- 83': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Adrien Truffert.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Jesper Lindstrøm (Denmark) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross.
- 84': Corner, Denmark. Conceded by Youssouf Fofana.
- 85': Attempt missed. Rasmus Højlund (Denmark) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
- 85': Attempt saved. Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rasmus Højlund.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Denmark. Alexander Bah replaces Rasmus Kristensen.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Rasmus Højlund (Denmark) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexander Bah.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Denmark 2, France 0.
- 0': Match ends, Denmark 2, France 0.
Statistics
 FRA |
DEN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 9 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 11 | Corner Kicks | 13 |
| 5 | Saves | 7 |
| 52.4 | Possession | 47.6 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 444 | Accurate Passes | 386 |
| 523 | Passes | 466 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 22 | Crosses | 24 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 42 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 18 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 17 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Nations League
Venue: Parken
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Attendance: 36,064
Venue: Parken
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Attendance: 36,064
UEFA Nations League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 5 | +5 | 10 |
| 2 | France | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Belgium | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| 4 | Türkiye | 5 | -10 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Denmark (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) |
| 6 | Andreas Christensen |
| 2 | Joachim Andersen |
| 5 | Joakim Maehle |
| 13 | Rasmus Kristensen |
| 10 | Christian Eriksen |
| 23 | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg |
| 8 | Thomas Delaney |
| 12 | Kasper Dolberg |
| 14 | Mikkel Damsgaard |
| 11 | Andreas Skov Olsen |
France (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Alphonse Areola (GK) |
| 13 | Dayot Upamecano |
| 18 | Benoît Badiashile |
| 3 | William Saliba |
| 6 | Eduardo Camavinga |
| 8 | Aurélien Tchouaméni |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann |
| 21 | Ferland Mendy |
| 2 | Benjamin Pavard |
| 10 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud |
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