Denmark 1-1 Australia: 5 Talking Points, World Cup 2018

#3 A full-blooded contest for the Danes who will face tougher challenges ahead

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VAR decisions have been the talking point for a few games but fortunately for FIFA, no such decision has been passed that would cause outrage. Naysayers will challenge the decision of the referee to award a penalty to Australia given Poulsen’s unnatural position but as has been mentioned in the earlier point, it is not the intention that matters rather it is the action.

The Danes will be more bothered about their lack of intensity in the mid-field after no particular player from their team failed to take charge. They were outrun by the Australians and their heavy reliance on Eriksen is a concern. Sisto was one of the brighter stars of this game as he kept on running at the Aussie defence something which his team-mates failed to do on a constant basis.

With both teams giving their all in the game, it meant it was an end to end game. The Danes managed possession only in the dying minutes of the game but were undone by poor final balls as they failed to deliver crosses which could have caused panic in the Aussie defence.