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Denmark U21 Edges Out Finland U21 in Close Košice Match
Košice, Slovakia – In an exciting match held at the Košická futbalová aréna, Denmark U21 prevailed over Finland U21 in the UEFA U21 Championship with a score of 2 to 1.
The match, refereed by Poland’s Damian Sylwestrzak, was a balanced contest in terms of possession, with a slight advantage for Finland (51% against Denmark’s 49%). However, Denmark demonstrated greater effectiveness in front of goal.
C. Harder opened the scoring for the Danes in the 10th minute, assisted by T. Jorgensen. Harder himself extended the lead in the 68th minute, this time assisted by W. Osula. Finland did not give up and managed to reduce the deficit in the 73rd minute with a goal by N. Skytta, thanks to a pass from T. Galvez. The Finnish team continued to press and T. Keskinen scored in the 82nd minute, assisted by N. Pyyhtia, determining the final score.
While Finland surpassed Denmark in number of shots (17 against 15) and corners (10 against 5), the Danish effectiveness was crucial to securing the victory. The match was also characterized by physical play, with 14 fouls committed by Denmark and 12 by Finland, who received two yellow cards (O. Liimatta and S. Vaananen).
Substitutions denmark u21: at minute 46 M. Kvistgaarden came in and O. Fraulo went out., at minute 46 N. Nartey came in and O. Hojlund went out., at minute 55 W. Osula came in and T. Jorgensen went out., at minute 75 S. Otoa came in and E. Jelert went out., at minute 86 O. Sorensen came in and T. Chukwuani went out.
Substitutions finland u21: at minute 46 A. Markhiev came in and L. Hyrylainen went out., at minute 62 D. Naamo came in and M. Ylitolva went out., at minute 62 N. Pyyhtia came in and O. Liimatta went out., at minute 84 O. Jukkola came in and S. Vaananen went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Denmark U21
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Finland U21
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