JAKARTA - Early Thursday, July 8, England and Denmark will fight for a place to the final of Euro 2020 and if England win it will be their first final in the Euro finals.

On the other hand, if Denmark goes to the final, then the Dynamite team will try their luck again to become European champions for the second time.

The match at Wembley Stadium was referred to as an explosive encounter against a team whose defense was very solid. But according to two journalists covering Euro 2020, namely Simor Hart who reported on England and Sture Sando who reported on Denmark, it would be an arena for the creation of three duels.

Reporting from Antara, here are three duels that will soon take place in London later.

Harry Kane vs Simon Kjr

After only touching the ball twice in the opposition penalty area in England's first game at Euro 2020, Harry Kane finally showed his true form as he beat Germany and then Ukraine.

Even against Ukraine he almost scored a hat-trick which showed the striker was getting more and more confident. He is also ready to score goals from open play, not set pieces, which is more than when he won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup.

Denmark must be vigilant. And among those to be kept busy is Denmark captain Simon Kjaer.

But Kjaer seems to be ready, moreover he is also the actor behind the death of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku and the spearhead of Russia's Artem Dzyuba.

Kane is different from the two strikers, but Kjaer will try to do the same, stopping any striker from breaking his territory, including Kane.

Jordan Pickford vs Kasper Dolberg

England's gatekeepers were only bothered by an average of two shots on target per game, but when the England defense was broken, the opponent still couldn't beat Jordan Pickford.

In this tournament he reached the peak of his performance with his composure, maturity and leadership. He hasn't conceded a goal since 15 November last year.

But Kasper Dolbberg, who as well as Harry Kane has scored three goals, turned into a mainstay of Denmark in breaking into the opponent's goal.

It was time for Dolberg to cement his class as a top striker by becoming the first player to force Pickford to pick the ball from the net.

Luke Shaw vs Joakim Mæhle

Shaw made his national team debut in March 2014. Despite being a left back, his attacking instincts are very high.

Not only that he became the first English player since David Beckham in 2000 to create three assists in a European Cup tournament, one each from open play for Raheem Sterling against Germany and Harry Kane against Ukraine, and from a free kick for Harry Maguire also against against Ukraine.

No English player has created eight more assists than the Manchester United left-back.

Even though Mæhle and Shaw will not face each other directly, they will prove which of the two left-backs played a role in bringing his team to victory in the semifinals later.

Mæhle also impressed, even scoring two goals and an assist. He even entered the top-ranked FedEx Performance Zone in creating chances to lead his team to win the tournament.


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