Denmark were held to a draw by Tunisia in their World Cup opener in a raucous atmosphere at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan.<\/p>\n
Despite fielding many Premier League regulars, the much-fancied Danes were given a tough workout in Group D.<\/p>\n
Both sides had goals ruled out for offside, while Denmark’s Andreas Cornelius somehow missed from a yard.<\/p>\n
There was 95th-minute drama when referee Cesar Ramos checked the pitchside monitor over a potential Denmark penalty for handball, only to stick with his original decision.<\/p>\n
One of the pre-tournament favourites, Denmark will need to find some form if they are to qualify from a tricky-looking group.<\/p>\n
How Denmark v Tunisia unfolded<\/strong><\/p>\n Last summer, Denmark rode a crest of emotion to the Euro 2020 semi-finals after midfielder Christian Eriksen had suffered a cardiac arrest in their opening match, and confidence was high going into this tournament in Qatar, with nine wins out of 10 in World Cup qualifying.<\/p>\n However, Tunisia were unfazed by reputation and, perhaps inspired by Saudi Arabia’s stunning win over Argentina and a vociferous crowd acclaiming every tackle, they made it uncomfortable for the Danes.<\/p>\n Denmark almost got away with a disjointed display when the video assistant referee suggested a penalty check after the ball had hit Yassine Merriah’s arm – but the referee decided his on-pitch call had been correct.<\/p>\n Indeed, Ramos was showing great consistency, having earlier deemed that a similar incident at the other end against Andreas Christensen was not a penalty either.<\/p>\n At Euro 2020, Denmark thrived on the tag of underdogs. Badged as favourites here, this was a difficult 90 minutes and they will need to go through the gears to progress in this tournament.<\/p>\n With holders France up next on Saturday (16:00 GMT kick-off), it will only get harder for Kasper Hjulmund’s side.<\/p>\n Source: BBC.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Denmark were held to a draw by Tunisia in their World Cup opener in a raucous atmosphere at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan. Despite fielding many Premier League regulars, the much-fancied Danes were given a tough workout in Group D. Both sides had goals ruled out for offside, while Denmark’s Andreas Cornelius somehow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6640,22],"tags":[7001,640],"class_list":["post-112495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-fifa-2022","category-sports","tag-denmark","tag-tunisia"],"yoast_head":"\n