Russia 1-4 Denmark: Euro 2020 – as it happened

Right, that’s it from me. Stick around on site for all the reports and reaction. Thanks for your company and the deluge of emails – apologies for not getting round to them all. And for now, cheerio!

There was a fair bit of ale spilled in the celebrations …

Hard not to feel emotional after that. After everything the Denmark squad have been through, with the pressure on in the second half, to produce that performance was pretty special.

“Whenever a manager complains about fixture congestion, timing of matches, tiredness, etc all the pundits weigh in saying that you should never give players excuses for under-performing because they’ll take them,” writes David Wall. “But the Danes are giving the lie to that dogma. If any team had an excuse to under-perform it would have been them. Instead they’ve risen to the special challenges thrown up for them, and are going to be rewarded. I’d be worried if i was in the Welsh camp.”

The Danish players form a huddle and there’s an official in the middle refreshing his live score app to make sure the full-time whistle has gone in St Petersburg … and once confirmation comes through the party can start.

PEEP! PEEEEP! PEEEEEEEEP!!! All over and what an achievement. Denmark are through to the knockout stages to face Wales in Amsterdam.

89 min: It feels trite to say they have “bounced back” … but the way Denmark have performed in the two games since that awful afternoon just nine days ago is really quite remarkable. They’ve been brilliant in this second half and you have to hope that Christian Eriksen has been watching and enjoying every minute. The sense of togetherness has been palpable in Parken tonight.

86 min: “I bet I’m not the only Welshman with that sinking feeling,” writes Arwen Jones.

85 min: Delaney is replaced by Jensen. Cornelius is on for Braithwaite. “Brilliant game,” writes Nick Parish. “What’s really impressed me about Denmark is that even when it was 2-1 and they were only one Russian goal away from going out, they didn’t try to defend the game out but kept on attacking. And as a reward their fans can now sing their hearts out for the last 10 minutes instead of biting their fingernails off. Great to see.”

I think Denmark might have won this. Russia get caught forward at a set-piece and the left-wing-back is away. He uses his runners by not using them and slots home Denmark’s fourth. What a scoreline.

What a goal! What a goal! Saforov made a couple of excellent blocks as Russia found themselves scrambled, but it broke to the Chelsea defender 25 yards out and he thunders – thunders – an exocet of a shot into the roof of the net.

80 min: … and Christensen’s header is brilliantly saved.

79 min: Diveev flicks a Stryger Larsen free-kick wide for a corner …

76 min: “Re the Danish fans: they are singing ‘We are red. We are white. We stand together. Side by side,’” writes Thomas Hougaard. “It’s the refrain from the official song for Denmark’s 1986 World Cup campaign (which they should have won, by the way. What a team.) It was/is called Re-Sepp-ten, meaning ‘the recipe’ but spelled wrongly to include the name of then manager Sepp Piontek. Regarding ‘scenes’: It doesn’t translate well. If someone were to say “absolute scenes in Parken” it would be most correct to say “Publikum i Parken går amok.” (The Parken audience goes wild/runs amok). So there you go.”

74 min: A Denmark corner is swung in and Safolov drops the ball in the middle of a circle of eight players. Minor chaos ensues but Russia manage to scramble the ball away.

72 min: So Russia, who really should be down to 10 men, are back to being a goal away from the last 16.

The big man makes no mistake.

Vestergaard clumsily trips Sobolev in the box and the referee points to the spot!

68 min: The Parken crowd begin to lose its collective mind again as news filters through of a possible Belgian goal …

67 min: Here’s Peter Mortensen on our earlier question on “scenes”: “Scener would be the translations perhaps dependent on precisely what ‘scenes’ means in the English sentence? And the Danish words for a Russian gift/present is … en russisk gave!”

65 min: The already-booked Kudryashov hauls down Dolberg – the most nailed-on yellow card you’ll ever see – but the referee takes a sympathetic view and lets him off the hook.

64 min: Gorgeous interplay between Braithwaite and Dolberg puts the latter through on goal but his touch is heavy and the chance of goal of the tournament contender goes begging.

62 min: Finland still sit second but a Belgium goal would put Denmark into the box seat. You can follow that one here, by the way:

61 min: The goal brings ch-ch-ch changes. Poulsen goes off to be replaced by Dolberg. Jens Stryger Larsen comes on for Wass. Aleksandr Sobolev replaces Miranchuk for Russia, and Rifat Zhemaletdinov is on for Ozdoev.

What on earth? Safonov throws the ball out to the left. Kuzyaev looks upfield but can’t see any options, so goes back to his keeper … but he hasn’t seen Poulsen! The pass is a bad one as well, so the Danish striker has the simplest task of slotting the ball into the empty net. A huge moment.

57 min: Delaney pulls down Zobnin in midfield and picks up a booking.

56 min: Poulsen sees his shot blocked on the edge of the box but you get the sense that Denmark’s trio of attackers are happier now Russia are being forced out of their deep block.

55 min: Parken unites in song, and the effect sounds like something you might hear in a church or temple rather than a football stadium. It’s a fantastic, almost spiritual, cacophony (perhaps helped by the fact that I don’t know what any of it means …)

54 min: Chance? Hojbjerg lofts a lovely pass into the box and Wass looks to be in a fine position to volley at goal but instead looks to square for a teammate and the attack peters out.

48 min: Russia have started on the front foot, without creating a great deal. There’s another break in play as Kudryashov clashes heads with Hojbjer and requires treatment.

47 min: He’s soon up though and looks to be fine to continue.

46 min: Maehle has stayed down after tripping Mario Fernandes and looks in a bit of pain.

As it stands, by the way, Finland are qualifying for the last 16 and a date with Wales in Amsterdam.

Peep! PEEEP! Half-time, and Denmark, after a frustrating spell, will be happy enough with that.

43 min: Russia had twice been close to picking up bookings for time-wasting before that goal – always what might be termed A Bad Look in a first half. They’ll have to pick up the energy levels now.

41 min: “What’s the Danish for ‘scenes’’? wonders Niall Mullen. We almost had more, with Vestergaard nodding just wide from a corner.

Denmark lead! And it’s a superb strike. The ball is zipped into him on the edge of the box, he takes a touch to come inside from the left and sends a beautiful dipping effort into the top corner with his right peg. Cracking goal.