- Title: England and Denmark fans both believe football is coming home
- Date: 7th July 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 7, 2021) (REUTERS) FANS WALKING TO WEMBLEY STADIUM MORE FANS WALKING TO WEMBLEY STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND FAN FROM NOTTINGHAM, HARRY ALLEN, SAYING: "They're a good team, I'm not saying they're not a good team but if we can score early it'll be the same as Ukraine. They're not bad but they're not as good as us to be honest." ENGLAND AND DENMARK SCARF ENGLAND AND DENMARK FLAGS FLYING ON KIOSK ENGLAND FANS FROM YORKSHIRE WITH A FLAG SUPPORTING DEFENDER KALVIN PHILLIPS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND FAN FROM YORKSHIRE, DAN COOPER, SAYING: "I think they're playing for Christian Eriksen. They're going to be trying the bag out for it (trying hard) so it's going to be hard but same again I reckon 1- or 2-0. I reckon if we play like we did against Ukraine I reckon we'll do it." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UK RESIDENT DENMARK FAN, LARS FREDRIKSON, SAYING: "I think Denmark is going to win. It's going to be tough but I think we'll do it. Yeah well, we did it in '92 so why not." FANS MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD STADIUM WOMAN WITH FLAGS PAINTED ON HER FACE FANS WEARING T-SHIRTS SAYING 'IT'S COMING HOME' VARIOUS OF DENMARK FAN WEARING VIKING HELMET (SOUNDBITE) (English) DENMARK FANS, CASPER LAWLER AND HENRIK LADEFOGED, SAYING: REPORTER (OFF CAMERA), ASKING: "What are you expecting today? CASPER: "Denmark going to finals and winning." HENRIK: "Absolutely, of course they are. Vikings are back! Definitely." REPORTER (OFF CAMERA), ASKING: "So when they say it's coming home, it's going back to Copenhagen? HENRIK: "It's going back to Denmark. Absolutely yeah. We've got the longboats lined up on the Thames to take the trophy as well, so all set." ENGLAND FANS SITTING BY KIOSK SELLING FLAGS ENGLAND AND DENMARK FLAGS FLYING ON KIOSK FANS WALKING TO THE STADIUM ELECTRONIC DISPLAY ON THE STADIUM READING "ENGLAND V DENMARK" FANS WALKING TOWARD WEMBLEY STADIUM
- Embargoed: 21st July 2021 16:39
- Keywords: Denmark England Euro 2020 Wembley fans semi-final
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001EKUCPXJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Tens of thousands of England fans and a few thousand Denmark fans were arriving at Wembley Stadium in North West London on Wednesday (July 7) for the Euro 2020 semi-final clash between England and Denmark.
COVID-19 crowd capacity restrictions have been relaxed slightly to allow 60,000 tickets to be sold, two thirds of Wembley's 90,000 capacity, with around 8,000 made available to Danes already living in the UK.
Denmark supporters from outside the UK were unable to travel to London to support their team because they would have been unable to complete 5 days of quarantine since their quarter-final victory on Saturday (July 03).
Euro 2020 has been blamed for a surge in coronavirus cases as fans have flocked to stadiums, bars and spectator zones across Europe to watch the action while the pandemic still raged. Tournament organiser UEFA says it is fully aligned with local health guidelines at every venue.
The Danish team and its supporters have been riding a wave of emotion since playmaker Christian Eriksen survived a cardiac arrest in their group stage opener in Copenhagen.
The match gives England the chance to reach a first major final since their 1966 World Cup triumph but they will need to banish a history of stumbling at this stage, losing four major semi-finals since 66.
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