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Denmarkâs Secret: There Is No Secret
Sometimes, timing and talent and teaching converge. Sometimes there is a story to tell and a path others can follow. And sometimes there is not.
Mikkel Damsgaard and Denmark have been one of the surprises of Euro 2020.Credit.Pool photo by Wolfgang Rattay
July 2, 2021
Jan Laursen was inside the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on the afternoon Denmark lost to Belgium. The result, at the time, felt secondary. For most in the crowd, the game was a chance to show their affection not only for the absent Christian Eriksen, but for a team that had acted with such grace and courage even in the thick of primal horror.