Leeds United defender Rasmus Kristensen has been knocked out of the group stages of the World Cup with a 1-0 defeat against Australia. The Danes knew that only a win would do over the Aussies but struggled to create chances throughout and were hit on the break courtesy of Mathew Leckie's second-half goal.
Kristensen played 45 minutes of the defeat this afternoon after being replaced by Alexander Bah at the break. The score was level at the time of his withdrawal but he will now be preparing to fly back to West Yorkshire after a disappointing World Cup campaign.
Hopes were high for the Scandinavian nation after reaching the semi-finals of the EUROs 18 months ago and so this will be deemed as a big failure. Denmark finished bottom of their group on just one point.
