While club football fans often decry the regular international breaks within the club season, it is the case that demand for tickets to see national team action is very much on the up and up.
Supporters travel in their millions to see national team football at major finals, and that’s where demand for tickets goes into overdrive. The system in place for distributing tickets via UEFA and FIFA are very antiquated and somewhat poorly executed.
As an example, those wanting to attend the UEFA European Championship finals might consider entering the lottery-style ballot operated by UEFA, but there are many flaws in the process.
Perhaps the biggest of these is the fact that the first ticket release comes about prior to the tournament draw. This leads millions of fans to apply for games, knowing the dates and stadiums where these games will take place, but won’t know which two teams they’ll be watching.
This system is more than absurd. Can you imagine, for instance, fans hoping to see Liverpool vs Manchester United applying for tickets, winning, and then instead being sat watching Burnley vs Bournemouth?
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Denmark vs Finland UEFA Euros Tournament Record
Denmark famously won the UEFA European Championships in Sweden in 1992 and did so despite not successfully qualifying for the event. They were invited to the tournament due to Yugoslavia being disqualified due to the outbreak of war in the Balkans.
Richard Moller Nielsen’s side performed heroically to defeat France in their must-win final group stage game before seeing off the Netherlands after penalties. This set up a David vs. Goliath battle in the final against Germany.
Denmark did well to avoid conceding an early goal thanks to the efforts of Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel. Midfielder John Jensen then powered in an opening goal to put the Danes ahead, and late in the second half, Kim Vilfort doubled that advantage to complete a memorable win and hand the title to the heavy underdogs.
Denmark have impressed in other finals also, and at Euro 2020, they once again battled against adversity to push on to the latter stages of the competition.
They lost their opening game to Finland, in a game that arguably should have been postponed due to the near-fatal cardiac event suffered by Christian Eriksen, but beat Russia in their final group game to get them into the knockout phase, where they beat Wales, and then the Czech Republic before facing England in the Semi-Final.
Mikkel Damsgaard, who would go on to move to Brentford, put Denmark ahead only for Simon Kjaer to score an own goal nine minutes later. It would take a 104th-minute goal from Harry Kane to steer Gareth Southgate’s side into the final and crush the Danes hopes of another improbable title.
Finland have only qualified for the UEFA European Championship on one occasion, and they won their opener with Denmark before dropping to defeats against Russia and Belgium, leaving them without a path to the knockout stage.
Denmark vs Finland Head-to-Head
Denmark and Finland have met each other five times in the UEFA European Championship, four of which came in the qualifying stages.
The Danes have won all four of those games but suffered a surprise defeat in their only finals clash.
The match was quite an incredible one. After 41 minutes, Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field of play, and after 15 minutes of treatment on the field of play, he left the field, where he continued to receive treatment for a near-fatal cardiac event.
Incredibly, the game restarted just over two hours later, and after an hour, Joel Pohjanpalo headed in an opener. Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had the chance to level things via a penalty, but his effort was saved, and the game ended in a narrow Finnish win in Copenhagen.
