Denmark v Serbia live – European Championship latest as Group C comes to a close

A terrible match, at the end of which Serbia were out of the competition and Denmark had taken second place in a Group C no one will care to remember. It is almost fitting that they do so bye dint of having a better disciplinary record than Slovenia, whose assistant coach received a crucial yellow card – and yet they are solid enough such to give Germany, their next opponents, a difficult match.

Though Serbia needed a win to progress, they mustered not a single shot in a devastatingly tedious first half. Denmark, meanwhile, knew they’d progress with a draw but still pursued victory – they were just unable to create anything clear-cut, snatching at the various half-chances that came their way.

The second half was not that much better. Both managers made various changes in an effort to up the pace and quality, and Dusan Tadic certainly made a difference to Serbia, skimming in a series of unpleasant crosses, but his strikers could convert none of them and a total of one injury-tie set=-piece goal in three games is the reason they are going home.

Denmark, though, move on to face the hosts in Dortmund – what an occasion that will be – and if they can find just a little more creative spark, they can at least makes things interacting – or at least more interesting than what we saw this evening.