Dänemark : Spanien

After celebrating Austria's success against Norway the day before, the next match of the Women's European Championship was scheduled for the next day. Denmark faced Spain in the last group match, and only the winner of the match would advance to the quarter-finals. So the next hot duel was waiting for us.

To do so, we moved from beautiful Brighton to the capital London, more precisely to the small suburb Richmond. Due to a small blockage of the underground network, we had to take a short walk along the Thames, where we could catch a glimpse of the renovated Big Ben for the first time in several years. So away from the heat, at least it paid off. Unfortunately, the fan village in Trafalger Square was a bit far from the stadium, which meant that this time you had to make your way directly to Brentford Community Stadium, the new home ground of Brentford FC. We had visited the old stadium before, so it was time to have a look at the new stadium built directly into a residential area.

On the way there it was quickly obvious which team would have the most fans behind them this evening. Numerous red dresses streamed towards the stadium and wanted to push their team to the ascent. We first wanted to walk around the stadium to catch a proper view of the new building. But due to the narrowness of the area, this was not really possible. From the outside, it is hardly recognisable as a stadium.  In addition, we almost didn't find our entrance because it was identical to the entrance for the press. So, along with journalists, we made our way towards our sector, where, in addition to numerous Danish fans, a Spanish enclave also made itself known. Also some Swedes were present to support their neighbours. After theopulent opening, where thousands of fans sang along the anthem, the match started.

An exciting game developed in which the advantages went back and forth. But there were also many own mistakes, which could not be used in front of the goal. In the second half, the picture changed a bit. The Spaniards took command and were now clearly the superior team thanks to their ball and pass security. Denmark's only attempts were high balls to former world footballer Pernille Harder, who was completely on her own up front. Towards the end, the Danes threw everything they had into the game to try and score the winning goal...But in the end, it was the Spaniards who finally decided the game in the 90th minute through Marta Cardona.

After the final whistle, the Danish side was naturally very disappointed. The fans, however, gave the team a big send-off and the players' relatives also wanted to come to console them, but were not allowed to touch the players because of UEFA's Corona requirements. But since the team had already been eliminated anyway, another arrangement could have been made. Surprisingly quietly, the Spanish celebrated their success, but perhaps they were still a little spoiled by the celebrations of the Austrians the day before.

After the match, the entire stadium flocked to a single underground entrance because all other local transport connections were no longer active. As there was absolutely no desire for this crowd in the still high temperatures, they made their way back to the accommodation on foot along Kew Gardens .