Denmark has the test match against the under his substitute national coach Ebbe Sand Swedish neighbors won 2-0 (0-0). Because of numerous corona failures, the Danes around Dortmund’s Thomas Delaney competed in the test match for the next Nations League games with a better B-Elf. Jonas Wild, who came on after half-time, took the lead in his second international match (52nd minute). Debutant Alexander Bah made the decision (74th).
“It’s a very special situation,” Sand, who is otherwise responsible for the strikers, explained before the game. The former Schalke “Master of Hearts” had to replace head coach Kasper Hjulmand in the Danish corona chaos. The former Mainz trainer was in close contact with Robert Skov from Hoffenheim, who tested positive, or the also positive staff member. That is why he, like Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen and Schalke’s Frederik Rönnow, was not available. All are negative but have been isolated. A total of 20 national players were missing. The Swedes also had to do without five players from England who were not allowed to travel to Denmark.
The two-time soccer world champion France on the other hand has a surprising home defeat at the Stade de France Finland cashed. The team of national coach Didier Deschamps lost 0-2 (0-2) against the courageous Northern Europeans on Wednesday evening. The international debutants Marcus Forss (28th) and Onni Valakari (31st) made the Finns’ victory perfect within four minutes. The Equipe Tricolore, which rushed to the end, but did not start with the best line-up, failed to score any more.
The Ukraine has meanwhile lost its last test before the Nations League duel with Germany. Hertha striker Krzystof Piatek (40th) and substitute Jakub Moder (63rd) made the 2-0 (1-0) home win Poland against Ukraine perfect. Former Dortmund professional Andrej Jarmolenko failed in Chorzow with a penalty kick (12th).
Spain Footballers managed a draw in the six days before the important home game against the DFB selection Netherlands. Donny van de Beek (47th) scored 1: 1 (1: 0) in Amsterdam for the team of Bondscoach Frank de Boer, who is still without a win in his new job, and thus resembled the leadership of the guests by Sergio Canales (18.) off. At the end of the year, national coach Joachim Löw will play in the Nations League against Ukraine this Saturday in Leipzig and against Spain three days later in Seville.
The split in a lively six-goal game Turkey 3: 3 (2: 1) by Vice World Champion Croatia. The world number one Belgium defeated Switzerland 2: 1 (0: 1) thanks to a brace from former Dortmund’s Michy Batshuayi.
European champions Portugal, like the French German group opponents at the EM next year, recorded an easy 7-0 (2-0) victory against Andorra. Pedro Neto (8th), Paulinho (29th and 61st), the former Munich Renato Sanches (56th), Emil Garcia with an own goal (76th), Cristiano Ronaldo (85th) and Joao Felix (88th) scored for the Portuguese.
Vincenzo Grifo from Freiburg led Italy with his first two international goals to 4-0 (2-0) against Estonia. The Corona-infected head coach Roberto Mancini was missing from the Squadra Azzurra.
Austria did without most of the regular players around Munich’s David Alaba at 3-0 (0-0) in Luxembourg long difficult. The former European champion Greece came to a 2: 1 (2: 0) against Cyprus.
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