But after Denmark's Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch as halftime approached on Saturday, it was the Danish players who came away as the real heroes of the night.
The Finland squad applauded the Danish players back on to the pitch as they tried to somehow focus their minds back on a European Championship in which many tipped them as dark horses.Remarkably, the dominance the Danes showed in the first 43 minutes continued when the game resumed as they applied pressure on the Finland defence and gave little away at the other end.
In a moment that underlined the uniqueness of the occasion, the striker refused to celebrate the biggest moment in the history of the Finnish national team, their first major tournament goal, out of respect for the circumstances.
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