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Denmark's head coach Kasper Hjulmand and striker Martin Braithwaite were noticeably frustrated during the post-game press conference in the early hours of Thursday, after their loss to England in the Euro 2020 semifinal, on Wednesday night.
"We are very disappointed and it is hard for me to talk about this, said Hjulmand. "I was reading the international press and they were saying that it was a penalty, that it should not have been a penalty. So it is annoying right now."
He added, "One thing is to lose a game. It happens. But losing this way is very disappointing. It is bitter. We have to digest this. It is a bitter way to end this tournament."
"There is no doubt that we have to digest this right now but we are going to try again, said Braithwaite. "We are proud but we are extremely disappointed right now because we could have gone further and the way we lost today makes it harder to understand why we lost.
During overtime, as attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling was slaloming near the touchline, Danish midfielder Mathias Jensen's leg seemed to have touched the English player, causing the referee to call foul in a disputed decision.
The resulting penalty allowed England to score a second goal minutes before the end of the overtime, advancing to the final.
UK: Danish team struggles to digest 'bitter' defeat against England
Denmark's head coach Kasper Hjulmand and striker Martin Braithwaite were noticeably frustrated during the post-game press conference in the early hours of Thursday, after their loss to England in the Euro 2020 semifinal, on Wednesday night.
"We are very disappointed and it is hard for me to talk about this, said Hjulmand. "I was reading the international press and they were saying that it was a penalty, that it should not have been a penalty. So it is annoying right now."
He added, "One thing is to lose a game. It happens. But losing this way is very disappointing. It is bitter. We have to digest this. It is a bitter way to end this tournament."
"There is no doubt that we have to digest this right now but we are going to try again, said Braithwaite. "We are proud but we are extremely disappointed right now because we could have gone further and the way we lost today makes it harder to understand why we lost.
During overtime, as attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling was slaloming near the touchline, Danish midfielder Mathias Jensen's leg seemed to have touched the English player, causing the referee to call foul in a disputed decision.
The resulting penalty allowed England to score a second goal minutes before the end of the overtime, advancing to the final.
Mandatory credit: ©UEFA 2021. Other than to edit the materials for the purposes of altering the length and/or inserting the credit, material may not be edited, altered, deleted or modified in any way whatsoever. News usage only. No resale or sublicense. No commercial use. No social media
Denmark's head coach Kasper Hjulmand and striker Martin Braithwaite were noticeably frustrated during the post-game press conference in the early hours of Thursday, after their loss to England in the Euro 2020 semifinal, on Wednesday night.
"We are very disappointed and it is hard for me to talk about this, said Hjulmand. "I was reading the international press and they were saying that it was a penalty, that it should not have been a penalty. So it is annoying right now."
He added, "One thing is to lose a game. It happens. But losing this way is very disappointing. It is bitter. We have to digest this. It is a bitter way to end this tournament."
"There is no doubt that we have to digest this right now but we are going to try again, said Braithwaite. "We are proud but we are extremely disappointed right now because we could have gone further and the way we lost today makes it harder to understand why we lost.
During overtime, as attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling was slaloming near the touchline, Danish midfielder Mathias Jensen's leg seemed to have touched the English player, causing the referee to call foul in a disputed decision.
The resulting penalty allowed England to score a second goal minutes before the end of the overtime, advancing to the final.