Denmark ease past Austria with goals from Jonas Wind and Andreas Olsen to stay top of Group A1

Denmark breezed a lacklustre Austria in Copenhagen to stay top of Nations League Group A1.

Denmark have now won their last five games in a row against Austria, as they responded well to the 1-0 loss to Croatia on Friday with a relentless display.

Christian Eriksen started on the bench for Kasper Hjulmand’s side, but came on in the second half in the same stadium where he suffered a cardiac arrest a year ago yesterday at Euro 2020.

Denmark’s first-half dominance took the game away from the Austrian, who never really presented any real danger throughout the contest.

The hosts took the lead after 20 minutes as defender Joachim Andersen found wing-back Joakim Maehle behind the defence, who pulled the ball back for Jonas Wind to place the ball into the back of the net.

Denmark then doubled their lead 10 minutes before half-time, as the impressive Andreas Olsen was played into the box by a through pass, where he just had to open up his body and score with his left foot into the far corner.

Denmark’s next fixture is in Croatia in September.

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