Matthäus wary of Denmark: "A disciplined, organized team"
| Lothar Matthäus. | Photo: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Germany enter the knockout stages of Euro 2024 on the back of a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Switzerland, in which Niclas Füllkrug scored an injury-time equaliser.
And according to former Germany international Lothar Matthaus, the hosts can expect a similarly tight battle against Denmark in Saturday's round of 16 clash in Dortmund.
"The Danes are a very disciplined and organized team. We always talk about the big names in a team. But individual players don't always make the difference at this European Championship. Every team can hurt every other team in this tournament," Matthäus wrote in a column for Sport.de.
"The Danes are an uncomfortable opponent. On paper, you'd say it's not England, it's not Spain, it's not Portugal. Denmark, like Switzerland, is not full of superstars like England, Spain, Portugal or France and Germany.
“But Denmark have good, internationally experienced players who all play for top clubs in Europe. You saw that when FC Bayern played FC Copenhagen in the Champions League group stage: It didn't just come to them, it was hard work. And that's exactly the kind of hard work the DFB team will have to put in in the round of 16.”
The game kicks off on Saturday at 21:00 CET.
