Denmark, the tiny Scandinavian nation of only 6 million people, regularly makes it to the World Cup. The team lacks any real star power but is a coherent group that gets along well together.
The players once again showed their kindness for each other this week when all 23 players chipped in to pay for a private jet so defender Jonas Knudsen, who plays professionally for Ipswich town, could fly home and see his new-born daughter just after the World Cup win over Peru.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">World Cup 2018: Denmark players pay for private jet so Jonas Knudsen can fly out to see new-born daughter <a href="https://t.co/ovG9GXE9Oj">https://t.co/ovG9GXE9Oj</a> <a href="https://t.co/RhyKv4XGsw">pic.twitter.com/RhyKv4XGsw</a></p>— Marcin Piekarski (@sportnewspro) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportnewspro/status/1009668932955983872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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25-year-old Mr. Knudsen's wife Trine gave birth to a girl almost a month earlier than expected, just after had arrived in Russia for the tournament.
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Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who plays for the Premier League team Leicester City, explained: "We wanted to look at the human side. There are lots of fathers in the squad. You have to remember we are human beings as well as footballers."
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"As a father myself, I cannot imagine how hard it was for Jonas getting that message and not being there. We wanted to do anything for him to see his daughter."
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Denmark, who luckily enough beat the technically better team of Peru 1-0 in Group C on Saturday, have to go up against Australia’s Socceroos today in Samara, Russia. The Australians will be out if they lose. They had lost their opening game on Saturday 2-1 against France.
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