Winner Joel gets first major strike

FINLAND waited for this moment for so long. They won’t have wanted it to come like this, though.

- Chris McKenna

Their celebrations, however, were rightly muted.

Joel Pohjanpalo scored their first-ever goal at a major tournament with what was their first shot in the competition.

It came in the 59th minute against Denmark. A moment they won’t forget for more than one reason.

It was a night when the scoreline didn’t really matter. Only the health of Christian Eriksen really counted for anything.

In the 42nd minute of the opening Group B game in Copenhagen, the scene was very different.

There was no concern about football then.

Eriksen was on the floor being given CPR as his Danish teammates stood arm in arm around the scene as tears flowed in the Parken Stadium.