Huge surprise in Herning! Big favorites Denmark were beaten and enter a hellish main group without a point

Huge surprise in Romania's EURO 2026 group. After drawing with North Macedonia, Portugal had a stunning performance against Denmark, the winner of the last 4 editions of the World Championship, and achieved a huge victory on the opponent's field.

Portugal, unstoppable offensive against Denmark! Mathias Gidsel, overtaken by the Costa brothers

The game was balanced from the start and, at halftime, the Lusitanians were leading by one goal, 12-11, but everyone was expecting a comeback from the northerners in the second half. The Danes confirmed expectations in the first minutes of the second half and took the lead.

However, Portugal did not give up and, led by the Costa brothers, had a splendid offensive performance in Denmark. Mathias Gidsel, the home team's superstar, tried to give the world champions the victory all by himself, but even he missed from two actions in which he was left alone with the goalkeeper.

At the other gate, Emil Nielsen was unable to stop the two Costa brothers and in the end Portugal prevailed 31-29achieving a success that earned him the first position in the preliminary group B.

Francisco and Martim Costa each scored 9 goals, Antonio Areia managed 6 goals and Luis Frade stood out with 4 goals.

On the other side, Mathias Gidsel collected 8 goals, Simon Pytlick managed 6 goals and Rasmus Lauge scored 4 times.

Group B standings

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Results recorded on Tuesday, January 20

• Montenegro – Switzerland: 26-43

• North Macedonia – Romania: 24-23

• Poland – Italy: 28-29

• Denmark – Portugal: 29-31

• Hungary – Iceland: 23-24

• Slovenia – Faroe Islands: 30-27

Here's what main group I looks like:

The first two placed will go to the semifinals of the European.

1. France – 2 points (+4)

2. Germany – 2 points (+2)

3. Portugal – 2 points (+2)

4. Spain – 0 points (-2)

5. Denmark – 0 points (-2)

6. Norway – 0 points (-4)

The main group II will be made up of the following teams: Slovenia, Iceland, Hungary, Sweden, Croatia and Switzerland. After the match between Sweden and Croatia on Wednesday, January 21, the exact ranking of this group will be known.