Yes, Ukraine is not the only one that "rich" Europe has match-fixing. And although there is no evidence that Sweden and Denmark "rolled out" the needed result, nevertheless the 2:2 draw, which sent both teams to the next stage and uncoupled Italy from the quarterfinal train, looked very "strange," if not more – it was planned.
And it is a great pity that Portugal does not have its own "recording" Mykola Melnychenkos, otherwise perhaps we too would have learned about how honestly some national teams play football in Europe. There is nothing to write about the Denmark – Sweden game. Both teams did what they wanted, namely a draw. Moreover, before the match the coaches of both teams were tearing themselves apart on all media, saying they would play only to win. Although before the game most football fans were certain that this encounter would end in a 2:2 draw, or a draw with a higher score, although that would already be too much like a circus. Although the Scandinavian national teams performed their program excellently. Surely, no Italian fan on the eve of the European championship could have imagined that their team would be so "strung along," but the Danes and Swedes could.
Now about the goals of the "strange match."
The 28th minute: Tomasson from about 20 meters sends the ball under the crossbar of the Swedish national team's goal. The goal came thanks to a mistake by the goalkeeper, who for some reason "unexpectedly" came far out of his goal. 1:0 in favor of Denmark.
The 47th minute. A penalty into the Danish national team's goal. One of the Swedish national team's attacks ends with Larsson falling. The victim himself took the 11-meter kick, and the Danish goalkeeper Sorensen dives into a completely different corner of the goal. 1:1.
In the 67th minute, Jon Dahl Tomasson scored again. He played ahead of his marker and struck the Swedish national team's goal. 2:1.
The 89th minute. The denouement of the "combat" Scandinavian derby. Sorensen intercepts Edman's cross and Jonson is first to the rebound.
Another strange moment in this game is the small number of yellow cards. The teams, a loss by one of which would have been their last at the European championship, received only two "yellow" cards.
Denmark – Sweden - 2:2 Goals: Tomasson 29, 67 – Larsson 47 - from a penalty; Jonson 89 Denmark: Sorensen, Henriksen, Laursen, N. Jensen (Bogelund 46), Helveg, Gravesen, D. Jensen (Poulsen 64), Gronkjaer, Jorgensen (Rommedahl 55), Tomasson, Sand. Sweden: Isaksson, Mellberg, Edman, Jakobsson, Kallstrom (Wilhelmsson 72), Andersson (Allback 80), Jonson, Nilsson, Ljungberg, Ibrahimovic, Larsson.