Denmark’s opening goal vs England could have been ruled out according to IFAB’s laws of the game.
Mikael Damsgaard gave the Danes a shock lead at Wembley Stadium with a stunning free-kick from range in the 30th minute, leaving Three Lions stopper Jordan Pickford grasping at thin air.
Quite how the youngster managed to fire in from such range left everyone baffled but the strike should have had the referee Danny Makkelie scratching his head, too.
According to IFAB’s Laws of the Game, the Danish ‘attacking’ wall may have caused an infringement as they edged closer to England’s defensive wall before Damsgaard attempted his effort on goal.
Their official Laws read: “Where three or more defending team players form a ‘wall’, all attacking team players must remain at least 1 m (1 yd) from the ‘wall’ until the ball is in play."
From replays of the strike, the Danish wall clearly moved closer to England’s before Damsgaard had taken his shot, meaning that they were no longer clearly over a metre from the England wall
They were still a little distance in front of the England wall and camera angles mean it is unclear exactly how far in front.
Despite the stunning strike, Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions only found themselves behind for nine minutes before Simon Kjaer put through his own net.
Harry Kane was played through by Arsenal man Bukayo Saka, who was gifted just enough space to pull the ball across goal to Raheem Sterling.
Kjaer attempted to intervene but only served in diverting the ball into the roof of the net to leave the game level at half-time.
