Euro 2020: Wales fans drown their sorrows in pints as Denmark knocks them out with 4-0 score in knockout last 16 game
WALES football fans have been drowning their sorrows after their team crashed out of the Euro 2020 championship.
They watched on in horror as goal after goal left their national team with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Denmark in Amsterdam.
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Revellers didn’t let the ban from travelling to Amsterdam for the match dampen their spirits — packing out Cardiff pubs to cheer on their country’s Euro 2020 last-16 clash.
The fans had vowed to party hard from home, with supporters dressed in red taking to the streets of Cardiff to cheer on Gareth Bale’s men.
But they were left with their heads in their hands as they were soundly thumped out of the Euros.
Welsh fan’s nerves were first rattled when Denmark’s forward Kasper Dolberg put his country 1-0 up against Wales after just 26 minutes.
Events then took a turn for the worst when Denmark doubled their lead three minutes after half-time.
Wales wanted a free-kick after Simon Kjaer collided with Kieffer Moore but play was allowed to continue.
But Denmark’s domination was rewarded with a third goal two minutes from time.
A fourth goal saw the Danish going through to the quarter-finals while Wales are heading home.
The beer garden at The Griffin pub in Mold, north Wales which was bedecked in the Welsh flag and another bearing the names of Prince Llewelyn, last king of Wales — executed by the English in 1258.
Gaz Pemberton, from Mold, watching the match along with other Wales fans at the pub, said: “I’m not disappointed, I’m very, very proud of what our lads have done today.
“We are very, very lucky we have several different nations on this island that can give us something to hope for.
“Even me, I spoke Welsh before I spoke English, if we can bring something back I will be more than happy I will be just as proud.”
Landlady Julie Slater, from Blackburn, England, did her best to console Wales fans in her pub.
She said: “I’m disappointed for the Wales fans. I was cheering them on, and it’s better for business if they had won, but it’s just nice to see the pub full again and people watching the football, coming together as a community and enjoying themselves.”
Meanwhile, at the stadium, hoards of Denmark fans cheer on their team.
Danish supporters were able to travel to the country if they entered and left Holland within 12 hours.
That meant he avoided having to quarantine on their arrival.
Permission was granted because both Denmark and the Netherlands are in the EU Schengen travel area — but Wales is not.
Both countries are not on the Netherlands’ safe country list.
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Erik Brogger, director of Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Citizen Service, said: “You can get to football, but you have to plan quite carefully if you do not want to risk being quarantined in a hotel room.
“It should be technically possible, but you have to plan it pretty carefully.
“For most people, it will probably be better to stay at home. We encourage you to watch the match at home.”
Danish authorities said that fans are allowed to attend if fans present a negative PCR test that is at most 72 hours old.
SunSport revealed that the last-16 tie – which kicks off at the Johan Cruyff Arena – favours the Danes due to coronavirus travel guidelines.
Eriksen underwent an operation to fit a ‘heart-starting’ device called an ICD to help prevent future problems.
Later that week, the Inter Milan ace was discharged from hospital in a major boost.
And Eriksen even visited his Denmark pals at training ahead of their last-16 showdown with Wales.