opponents and highly motivated. what an emotional and inspirational tournament they ve had. their star player, christian eriksen, collapsed on the pitch with a cardiac arrest during their first match. from fearing the worst, they re now playing every game for him as he recovers at home. we try to fight the best we have learned through these emotions. we have played fantastic football. we have shown who we are. i m very proud of these boys. i m very proud of the people of denmark, the support and love and compassion we have been given, and that has helped us through this time. england are also feeding off theirfans. the thousands in wembley, the millions watching and listening, and they want to give something back. their drive comes without the drama of denmark s progress, and they seem to have got the balance just right. aware of how close the prize is now, but taking nothing for granted. it doesn t matter what you think, you know, when you go- into the match, it doesn t matter what yo
in front of 60,000 fans. we know that we re going to have tremendous support throughout the country, so that s a great feeling for us. i think we re ready for the game. i think the players are ready. they ve got tremendous experience now themselves having been in this situation before. the word on wembley way today is that england will never have a better chance. and those supporters anticipating a special day in the team s history have arrived hours before kick off. how are the nerves? yeah, terrible. absolutely terrible, to tell you the truth. yeah, i didn t sleep well last night. just being part of it s magical. yeah, it s just great. if we get knocked out, i m going to be so sad. semifinal defeats have become ingrained in england s identity. italia 90, euro 96 here at wembley, the world cup in russia three years ago, but the difference about this match is that england are huge favourites. denmark, though, will be tough
don t the more the excitement grew. i don t think the more the excitement grew. i don t think any stage the danish public don t think any stage the danish public actually believed we could win it public actually believed we could win it you public actually believed we could win it. you can imagine the outpouring when we did actually win. denmark outpouring when we did actually win. denmark is outpouring when we did actually win. denmark is one of the smaller nations denmark is one of the smaller nations if denmark is one of the smaller nations if we can take part in international level tournaments it is fantastic because i never win one and everywhere in 92 when he won. it did a world and everywhere in 92 when he won. it did a world of and everywhere in 92 when he won. it did a world of good for everything, for the did a world of good for everything, for the danish fa in the domestically and the sort of carry-on domestically and the sort of carry on for success like
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