He looked at the goalkeeper, loaded the shot and then struck the English goalkeeper with an unstoppable shot that kissed the post and went into the goal.
Gol, a pearl that allowed all those who didn’t yet know him to admire his crystalline talent Morten Hjiulmand, born in Denmark but adopted son of Salento, as well as yet another discovery by Pantaleo Corvino.
The statistic you don’t expect
The Danish midfielder scored a historic goal, both for the distance from which it arrived and for the importance of the goal, a equalizer which allowed Denmark to keep pace with England, gaining their second point of the competition after the equalizer obtained against Slovenia.
In any case, Morten Hjulmand’s goal came from 30.9 meters away: the last goal scored from further away dates back to Euro 2020, the last European Championship played in 2021 due to Covid, and was always scored by a player Danish player, former Sampdoria player Mikkel Damsgard, again in the match between England and Denmark.
Curious and nice statistic for this Euro 2024, therefore, which concerns the former Lecce midfielder and the match between these two national teams, now often rivals on the international field.
Regret or pride?
The feelings are different: on the one hand there is the regret of not still enjoying the exploits of the Scandinavian midfielder, who now seems like a complete player, also capable of finishing on goal with elusive conclusions like the one yesterday.
On the other hand, obviously, the pride of having raised a director with this potential, who is now finally showing all his value also on an international level, after the great satisfaction of winning the Portuguese championship with his Sporting Lisbon.
Hjulmand cost the Portuguese club 21 million – 18 immediately + 3 bonus – and the questions now arise spontaneously: where were the Italian clubs when the auction for the blond Danish midfielder broke out? Why was no one interested despite the excellent things seen in Serie A?
Nobody will ever answer these questions and now anyone who wants to will have to pay at least double to get their card.
