Hjulmand and Eriksen on Denmark reaching last 16 after Serbia draw see then qualify second in group

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Hjulmand and Eriksen on Denmark reaching last 16 after Serbia draw see then qualify second in group  25/06/2024  uefa24  ußball Arena München, Germany

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00:00Hi, big congratulations on advancing to the round of 16, but at the same time you became

00:09the player of the match twice.

00:11You have a perfect tournament.

00:13Did you think a month ago that you would be this successful at the Euro tournament on

00:17an individual basis?

00:20Thank you.

00:21Sorry, say that again.

00:24Like one month ago, you were sitting at home, chilling, and right now you are two-time men

00:32of the match, and you are in the playoffs.

00:34So what do you think about it?

00:36Thank you.

00:37I've got it.

00:38No, apart from the, of course, player of the match is extra, but I'm of course very pleased

00:44that we are through to the knockout games, and that's definitely something I hoped for

00:48a month ago when I was sitting on the coach chilling.

00:50So yeah, it's a good feeling.

00:51Thank you.

01:00Thank you.

01:01Hi, Emma Sanders from BBC Sport.

01:04Can I just clarify, do you know how you actually qualified?

01:08Was it through a disciplinary record?

01:10Sorry, it qualified in second place in the group.

01:13Was it via disciplinary record or via the European qualification rankings?

01:18There's a bit of confusion.

01:22We will confirm with the UFA media office and we will get back to you on this.

01:27Thank you.

01:28My next question doesn't really matter now, thanks.

01:40Just on that, were you aware of the yellow card situation at the time, and did you tell

01:46your players to maybe be cautious about how they flew into tackles, because it could eventually

01:53boil down to yellow cards?

01:56No.

01:58The only one I was worried about was myself.

02:02We said before the match that we shouldn't pick up any stupid yellow cards from the bench,

02:07but you cannot play a match running around thinking about stuff like that when it's an

02:13important match.

02:15It was all about trying to win it, that was our aim, and I have to make sure that I didn't

02:22get a yellow card.

02:23Kasper, can you say something about what you're satisfied with today, apart from going

02:30further?

02:31And can you also say a few words about Germany, which you mentioned earlier in the tournament?

02:36I think we should remember and look forward to Danish football.

02:41We're moving on from the group stage, we're two in a row, we're moving on to meet Germany.

02:48So let's start by looking forward to Danish football.

02:52We represent all of Danish football, all of the thousands of volunteers that run around

02:57every single day in clubs and clubs, and do a huge amount of work.

03:02So that's what Danish football is about, and that we can move on from this is the whole

03:07Danish team.

03:08So that's what we should remember and look forward to.

03:11You can go through this in a lot of different ways, and you can see that in the other groups

03:14as well.

03:15How the groups play each other out, and our group was extremely close.

03:18One victory, and the rest was a draw.

03:20You could see that it was a close, close match.

03:22All the way through.

03:23So it was a tough group, and that's what I want to start looking forward to.

03:28The match, I think we're doing really well from the country.

03:31I think we're playing a first half where we're in really good control, we're not giving

03:36away too much.

03:37They're playing as we had hoped, and we have to score in that period.

03:42We have the opportunities to do that.

03:45I was well aware that if we went into the last half hour, and there was a bad position

03:51in the match, it could turn into a match like this.

03:54They threw in two extra strikers, they had four strikers on the last line and banked

03:58the ball up.

03:59And we have to make use of the space they leave for us to make changes, to make use

04:04of the space.

04:05And we weren't good enough for that.

04:06And in the last 7-8 minutes of the match, it became a real defense match.

04:11And again, I think our defense play is really good.

04:15And we have to take it home, in that way, in the end.

04:19And that's also a way.

04:21So I think there are characters, there are a lot of things from the game that I'm satisfied

04:28with.

04:29But we're missing the last offensive crack, we're missing the last offensive thing that

04:33we need to score.

04:34But I know we can do that.

04:36And I know it's something we can achieve.

04:39We have good players.

04:40And now we can at least play with our shoulders down.

04:44We look forward to Germany, as I said before.

04:47I was very confident that it was one of the big favorites.

04:50With Toni, with Kroos.

04:53Just put down in the team and gives an incredibly good balance.

04:56And good young players who look like they find the level.

05:00But I have a really good feeling about this match.

05:03We're looking forward to it.

05:05And right now we're just mega happy and proud to move on.

05:08And I think everyone in Danish football should remember that this is not just something

05:12you should take for granted.

05:13We are further from the EDM.

05:15And let's start with looking forward to it.

05:17Question to both of you.

05:19Kasper, apart from this crack that you say.

05:22What are you going to put on offensively, if we look at the three games?

05:25What is missing to be solved?

05:26What are the possibilities to put on?

05:29I think Rasmus has cracked incredibly well.

05:33I also think he has been a little alone.

05:35There have been times where we have been a little too far from him.

05:39And for us to play like that, our edge breakthrough is incredibly important.

05:42It is important that our wingbacks are really breakthrough-strong.

05:45We come around, because he's there every time we've had the opportunity.

05:49And then he's just been there.

05:51So we'd rather get more out of it.

05:55We talked a lot about getting Christian closer.

05:58And I think Christian has played a fantastic end to the round so far.

06:01And we're missing that.

06:03And then Jonas has played the most of it.

06:05Now we tried with Andy to get speed.

06:07And even if we could get a breakthrough, I think it worked really well at the start of the game.

06:10We saw with the same thing that it gave something.

06:12We have a lot of players we can try to look at.

06:15But I think we're missing just getting it to go all the way.

06:18So we get to create even more with all the games we have.

06:20To create a little more situations where we get dangerous.

06:24But I believe in it.

06:54I was very, very happy in Germany.

06:56I really liked it here.

06:58I think it's a fantastic football country.

07:00There's so much passion for the game.

07:02And they do it for the right reasons.

07:04There's a lot of people in the stadiums.

07:09I really love football here in Germany.

07:11And playing against Germany there with the Danish team can't be better.

07:16I can't wait.

07:18It's a great team.

07:20But we're a great team as well.

07:22We play the big nations.

07:24We always step up.

07:28Raphael Weiss from Sportschau.

07:30How will you be replacing Morten Hjulmand?

07:34Also Christian, he helped you a lot.

07:37He helps you in midfield a lot.

07:39How will this change the team?

07:41Yeah, we'll see.

07:43We have good options.

07:44We have good midfield players.

07:45And we have different options.

07:47But I think we're in a good position.

07:49Morten has played fantastically for us.

07:52But we have good players to step in and maybe not do the same,

07:57but play very well.

08:00We had Thomas Delaney today.

08:02We have Christian Nago, who is the captain of the Premier League team.

08:05We have Matthias Jensen, who has had an outstanding season at Brentford.

08:09We have very good players.

08:13Hello.

08:14Tush Nushtovic from Serbia.

08:16Telegraf RS.

08:18I want to ask you, were you surprised with Serbia starting 11

08:23and the fact that they didn't attack in the first half?

08:28They didn't have any shots on target.

08:33No, to be honest, I was a bit surprised.

08:36Milinkovic, Savic, Dusan, Tadic and also Flaovic,

08:41none of them were on the pitch.

08:43I really liked Marasic.

08:45He's had a great season in Udinese.

08:49I think he played very well when he entered the pitch last time,

08:54so I understand.

08:56But of course we were a little bit surprised.

08:58But we also knew that there was maybe something

09:00that we could face in the second half, and that was what happened.

09:04He played with four strikers and played very direct at that time.

09:09So they were fresh to finish the game.

09:11We have seen the last couple of days that the last 30 minutes is decisive.

09:16So I think the coach had a plan like that,

09:19to make the first 45 minutes go and then put everything in at the end of the match.

09:24But fortunately we managed it and progressed.

09:33Congratulations on your promotion.

09:35Likewise.

09:37You get two days off less than Germany.

09:40What do you think about that?

09:43That's how it is.

09:44I don't want to waste time.

09:45We're happy to move on and we're looking forward to the match.

09:51No, we can't do that.

09:53We can't steal two days,

09:55but we can prepare and restitute with all the things we can,

10:01with food, sleep and so on.

10:06We do everything we can.

10:08It's Tuesday today.

10:10We have to drive three or four hours by bus now before we go home.

10:13It does a little with sleep and the legs,

10:16but we have to be ready on Saturday.

10:31You were very good at keeping the ball

10:33and overall playing very good football in the first half,

10:36but kind of lost proactiveness and a bit of energy in the second half.

10:40Do you understand yet why it's happening and what are the main reasons for it?

10:44Three different matches.

10:46I think you're right with the first match.

10:50I think we lost something there from 60, 65, 70 minutes.

10:56So the last 20 minutes I think we lost something.

10:59We didn't lose anything against England.

11:01I think we played throughout the match with a lot of intensity

11:04and we pressed high at the end of the match.

11:06We tried to score the second goal.

11:08I think we were on the front foot.

11:10This was a psychology game.

11:12Because it was like a knockout game at the end,

11:15it was a different type of game.

11:17They entered four strikers, played direct.

11:20It won't be a match like the two first ones

11:22because it's the third and decisive match.

11:24It's totally different.

11:26We should have been better in the transitions in the last part of this match.

11:30We should have made sure that we punished the space they left.

11:34But three different matches.

11:38Two more questions over there and then the gentleman.

11:41Jonas Beckenkamp, Süddeutsche Zeitung.

11:43A question for Christian.

11:45Your coach talked about he was missing a bit of the punch on the offensive end.

11:50What can you as a player contribute to that?

11:52How can you make your team more dangerous in the future?

11:58I do think we have created enough chances to be dangerous.

12:02I think we also today had enough chances to get a good shot on target.

12:07I think it's more about playing a bit more clinical in front of goal.

12:11Apart from that, I think we have a bit of confidence that we can score.

12:16I think that's the only thing because we will get our chances.

12:20Julman, you say that you step up a bit when you play against the bigger teams.

12:25How can that be?

12:29I think it's a football match.

12:31There are two teams that want to play and two that want to come back.

12:35It's a nice, open match that we like.

12:38It's the type of football that our players are used to playing.

12:41I think we can look back at a number of matches against the biggest teams

12:48where we can see that we like to play that type of match.

12:52I'm just looking forward to it.

12:54I don't want to miss and praise Christian.

12:58He broke a record today.

13:00He got the most matches for the national team and a fantastic performance.

13:05A fantastic player and a fantastic person.

13:08He represents Denmark and Danish football.

13:11I think that needs a lot of recognition.

13:15Thank you, Kasper.

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