Euro 2020: Denmark hope to extend their fairy-tale run
Denmark will be playing their first game away from Copenhagen's Parken Stadium when they take on Wales in their Euro 2020 last-16 tie tomorrow, but there will still be a familiar feel in Amsterdam - a home away from home for Danish footballers.
The Danish national team have long been influenced by the Dutch masters at Ajax Amsterdam, and plenty of Danish players like Michael Laudrup, Morten Olsen, as a manager, and current striker Kasper Dolberg have thrived in the capital.
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"It is a fantastic place, a fantastic stadium, which under normal circumstances is absolutely wild to play in. So yeah, I'm really just looking forward to it," said Dolberg.
For Denmark to be facing Wales in a knockout game two weeks after playmaker Christian Eriksen - who made his breakthrough at Ajax - suffered a cardiac arrest in their opener against Finland, is a huge achievement.
Their 4-1 win over Russia, with the team roared on by a fanatical crowd, saw them through.
There will be no such backing in Amsterdam, however, as fewer than 2,000 tickets have been made available to Danish fans.
Wales will once again rely on Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale for the creative spark they will need to break down the Danes, as well as the formidable long throw-ins of Conor Roberts.
Ethan Ampadu is suspended after his red card in the 1-0 defeat by Group A winners Italy and coach Rob Page is likely to revert to a flat back-four after experimenting with a 3-4-3 line-up against the Italians.
"We're all ambitious," Page told the Uefa website. "I am as a coach, they are as players. We want to go as far as we can.
"We know that on our day we can give anybody a good game. We know that on our day we can hurt teams as well." - REUTERS
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