DENMARK and Australia were left with all to play for in Group C after an entertaining draw in Samara left both teams needing a result in their final matches today to secure qualification for the knockout stages.

Christian Eriksen gave the Danes an early lead and his stunning seventh-minute strike was made possible by striker Nicolai Jorgensen’s adroit control and reverse flick to a teammate running in behind him. 

The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder ran in to slam the ball into the roof of the net with his weaker foot on the half-volley. Jorgensen should have doubled the Danes’ lead in the 24th minute, heading wide from Henrik Dalsgaard’s text-book right-wing cross.