Denmark legend Peter Schmeichel reveals truth about the Finland match
Being asked whether it was the players' decision for the game to be restarted after Eriksen’s collapse, the Denmark and Manchester United great revealed his Denmark’s ‘truth’ to the incident.
Schmeichel
, the father of
Leicester
and
Denmark
goalkeeper
Kasper Schmeichel
, told
ITV's Good Morning Britaindiscussing Denmark’s defeat to
Finland
, and in general, their decision to continue the game after
Christian Eriksen woeful collapse that led to the match being postponed: "Well that's an interesting debate.
“I actually saw an official quote from
UEFA yesterday saying that they were following the advice of the player, the players insisted on playing - I know that not to be the truth.”
"Or, it's how you see the truth. They were left with three options, one was to play immediately and get the last 50 minutes played.
"The next one was to come in yesterday [Sunday] at 12 noon and finish the 50 minutes and the third option was to forfeit the game, 3-0.
"So work it out for yourself. Is it the players' wish to play? Did they have any choice really? I don't think they had.
"As you can hear from yesterday's press conference, the coach seriously regrets putting the players back onto the pitch."
Suffering a 1-0 defeat to
Finland
in their Group B opener, the
Danish men
will next face
Belgium
on Thursday at Copenhagen’s
Parken Stadium
.
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