Denmark broke one of UEFA's new rules (Image: Getty)
Denmark were able to ‘break’ one of UEFA’s newly-imposed rules during their clash with England on Thursday night.
Kasper Hjulmand’s side battled well to earn a point at the Deutsche Bank Park to give themselves a fighting chance of progressing into the knockout stages of Euro 2024.
Harry Kane opened the scoring for England in the 18th minute from close range before Denmark equalised in sensational style through Morten Hjulmand, with the Sporting midfielder smashing a fierce strike into the bottom corner from distance.
Denmark were well drilled defensively and disciplined when looking to break on the counter, though they did break one of UEFA’s new rules on countless occasions through the course of the match.
Ahead of Euro 2024, it was announced that UEFA were keen to clamp down on dissent and therefore ruled that only the captain of each team would be able to speak with the referee about different decisions.
But, as Denmark’s captain is goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was able to speak with referee Artur Dias during moments in the match because, of course, his skipper was in between the sticks.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was granted permission to speak with the referee (Image: Getty)
Italy have similarly been able to break the new rule as their captain is Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma – and the shot-stopper has spoken openly about how he informed UEFA that he would need to nominate a spokesperson ahead of kick-off to avoid any issues.
The new ruling appears to have limited some of the dissent, though tempers have typically flared as you would expect due to the competitive nature of the competition.
Speaking ahead of the tournament, UEFA’s chief refereeing officer Roberto Rosetti said: “We shared the idea with the EURO 2024 coaches and spoke about this topic inside our UEFA Football Board, with top players, former players and coaches.
"All together, we agreed about this situation and then went to the teams. They are happy about this. We are doing this not for the referees or the UEFA Referees Committee, but for football, the image of the game and the next generation.
"These sessions [with the teams] were very productive. All the players interacted in a very good way – they wanted to know how we wanted to apply this open dialogue with the captains and they were absolutely satisfied about this. I am sure it will be a fantastic example for the next era of football."
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