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Take, for instance, the level of interest in the UEFA European Championship finals. Interest from fans is so pronounced that despite the fact that the initial release of tickets via the UEFA ticketing portal occurs prior to any team qualifying for the tournament, is still huge.
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Denmark vs Croatia UEFA Euros Tournament Record
Denmark’s crowning UEFA European Championship moment is, of course, their shocking success at Euro 1992, but they have also impressed at other finals and are always well supported by their football-mad supporters, who are always among the most colourful and vocal at any tournament.
The Danish Dynamite finished fourth in their first-ever finals tournament, which came in 1964, though it is worth noting that this was in the days that the competition only involved four teams, and as such, the achievement is not so impressive.
Their Semi-Final finish in 1984 was, however, a very impressive display. They lost out to Spain in the Semi-Finals on penalties in Lyon.
Euro 1992, of course, is Denmark’s biggest success and was a tournament they did not actually qualify for on merit and were only included after UEFA banned Yugoslavia from competing due to the outbreak of the Balkans war.
Richard Moller Nielsen’s side made the most of this opportunity and saw off France in their must-win group stage clash before edging out reigning champions the Netherlands on penalties in the Semi-Finals to set up a Final with big favourites Germany, who had just won the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Denmark put on a superb display against Berti Vogts’ side, with Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel keeping the Germans at bay, and John Jensen then put Denmark in the lead after 18 minutes.
Kim Vilfort struck the all-important second goal with 12 minutes to play to complete a famous victory in Gothenburg.
Denmark have failed to hit those heights again, but at Euro 2020, they did incredibly well to battle back from an opening game loss to Finland to get all the way to the Semi-Finals.
Their displays in that tournament were even more amazing when you consider they had to endure the sight of midfield playmaker Christian Eriksen almost dying on the field of play, to then recover as a unit and fight their way to the final four, where they lost to England in extra time at Wembley Stadium.
Croatia have twice reached the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA European Championships, the first coming in 1996. That run came to an end when their impressive side were edged out by Germany, who won 2-1 in Old Trafford and went on to beat the Czech Republic in the final.
At Euro 2008, they returned to the latter stages of the knockout phase after completing a clean sweep in the group phase, beating Germany, Austria, and Poland.
They then took on Turkey in Vienna and must have felt they were set to beat them when Ivan Klasnic scored in the 119th minute, only for Semih Senturk to score three minutes later before they won on penalties after three of the four Croatian penalty-takers failed to convert from the spot.
Denmark vs Croatia Head-to-Head
These two teams have met on just one previous occasion in the UEFA European Championship, and that came at Euro 96.
Former Real Madrid and Arsenal man Davor Suker scored twice on that occasion as part of a comfortable 3-0 win in Sheffield.
