The head coach of Denmark, Kasper Hjulmand, has charged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to give thousands of Danish fans access to travel to Wembley for their Euro 2020 semi-final clash with England.
The Danes would need all the support they can get on Wednesday when they face England having endured a difficult start to the campaign, including the loss of talisman Christian Eriksen, who is at home recuperating after suffering a cardiac arrest in their opening defeat to Finland to secured a place in the last four with victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday.
With Denmark on the verge of reaching the final of the tournament, they may have to play England with a little number of fans than they’ve witnessed in previous games.
Metro UK reports that their fans are currently unable to travel because Denmark is on the United Kingdom government’s amber list amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Danes must quarantine for ten days on arrival.
Hjulmand however hopes that “Boris Johnson wakes up and gives access to thousands of Danish fans, otherwise we have to carry them onto the pitch,’ he told Danish publication JP.
“I hope they can come but let’s wait and see. The vast majority of these crazy fans booked the ticket to Baku with the belief and conviction that they would go home and quarantine afterwards.
“We know how much they have done to get all the way out here and support us and they were a huge reason why we could once again turn up, surprise people and play with so much energy out there.
“The support helped very, very much.”
Meanwhile, the Danish FA’s head of commercial activities, Ronnie Hansen, has called on Danes living in England to ‘enter the fight’ and ‘carry the torch’ as there are currently 5,000 tickets released for Denmark fans with 60,000 supporters expected to be allowed into Wembley for the semi-final.
The capacity is set to be the largest crowd in the country since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
“Now ALL Danes living in England must enter the fight!” he said.
