Denmark vs. Iceland edit

On November 21, 2007, Denmark played a Euro 2008 qualification match against Iceland at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. The match ended with a 2-1 win for Denmark. There were three changes in the Danish starting line-up, compared to the match against Northern Ireland: Ulrik Laursen and William Kvist replaced Martin Laursen and Brian Priske in the defense and Jon Dahl Tomasson replaced Thomas Kahlenberg in the offense.

The Danish team consisted of 23 players, which Morten Olsen named on November 6 and November 11. Olsen chose not to select Daniel Agger, Michael Gravgaard and Lars Jacobsen because of injuries. Daniel Jensen was banned for this match.[1][2][3][4]

The game commenced at 20.00 CET on November 21. The first goal was the Danish scored after 49 minutes by Nicklas Bendtner, but 12 minutes later Warren Feeney equalized. 10 minutes before full time David Healy sent Denmark out in the dark, and the possibility for qualifying for the championships gone away. Morten Olsen all 3 substitutions, hereby a comeback to Dennis Sørensen.[5]

Match facts edit

  DENMARK 3
Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks
 
GK 1 Thomas Sørensen
RB 6 William Kvist
CB 3 Ulrik Laursen
CB 4 Per Krøldrup   28'   32'
LB 5 Chris Sørensen
CM 7 Leon Andreasen   32'
CM 2 Christian Poulsen   71'
RW 11 Dennis Rommedahl   89'
SS 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson (C)   7' (pen.)
LW 10 Martin Jørgensen
FW 8 Nicklas Bendtner
Substitutes:
GK 16 Stephan Andersen
DF 12 Brian Priske
DF 13 Niclas Jensen
MF 14 Daniel Jensen   32'
FW 15 Rasmus Würtz
FW 17 Dennis Sørensen
MF 18 Simon Poulsen   71'
Manager:
  Morten Olsen
  ICELAND 1
Blue shirts/Blue shorts/Blue socks
Larsen 81
GK 1 Thomas Sørensen
RB 6 Brian Priske
CB 3 Martin Laursen
CB 4 Per Krøldrup   28'   32'
LB 5 Niclas Jensen
CM 2 Christian Poulsen   71'
CM 7 Leon Andreasen   32'
RW 11 Dennis Rommedahl   89'
SS 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson (C)   7' (pen.)
LW 10 Martin Jørgensen
FW 8 Nicklas Bendtner
Substitutes:
GK 16 Stephan Andersen
DF 12 Chris Sørensen
DF 13 Ulrik Laursen
MF 14 Rasmus Würtz   32'
MF 15 Thomas Kahlenberg
MF 17 Thomas Kristensen
FW 18 Søren Larsen   71'
Manager:
  Morten Olsen

STATISTICS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.
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  5. ^ "Record-breaker Healy keeps hope alive". UEFA. 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2007-11-18.