3 OTHERS TO WATCH

THOMAS DELANEY AGE ...................................... 26

POSITION ................. Midfield CLUB ......... Werder Bremen Played in all 10 group games and has become a key part of the midfield with his composure and reading of the game. Chipped in with four goals — the same as all Denmark’s strikers combined — and while he is part of a two-man midfield, he has licence to join attacks on occasion.

PIONE SISTO AGE .................................... 22

POSITION ............ Right wing CLUB ..................... Celta Vigo Voted Danish player of the year when he was 19 and plying his trade for FC Midjylland. Uganda-born, his parents are from South Sudan and he received Danish citizenship in 2014 having lived almost his entire life there. Groin problems hampered him previously but his pace, trickery and eye for the spectacular make him a threat. Scored against Manchester United home and away for Midjylland in the Europa League before joining Celta on a fee in the region of €5 million.

ANDREAS CORNELIUS AGE ...................................... 24 POSITION ................... Striker CLUB ........................ Atalanta Along with Feyneoord striker Nicolai Jorgensen, Cornelius can be used to help mix the Danes’ game up with their more direct approach — often in the form of targeting full-backs with diagonal balls. He scored twice in two appearances so while hardly prolific, it is other elements to his game for which Ireland will need to devise a strategy.