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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Emma Kemp in Doha

Denmark face test of nerve as Australia plan for Eriksen’s quality

Christian Eriksen plays for Denmark against Tunisia at the World Cup
Christian Eriksen is the midfield playmaker that Australia must subdue to tame Denmark. Photograph: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

Last week the Denmark head coach, Kasper Hjulmand, announced he had loose plans to duplicate Christian Eriksen. “I would like to clone him,” he said before the side’s group game against France. “I would like to have him in the back of my own penalty area and in front of the other goal.”

The fact that, in the very same press conference, Hjulmand joked that he would also like to borrow Erling Haaland from Norway may reveal something about why they find themselves playing Australia to save their World Cup campaign.

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