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Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said it was "strange" to leave the World Cup after stopping three penalties – one in overtime and two in a shootout – as Croatia progressed to the quarter-finals.
On the stands of his father Peter, Schmeichel refused to Luka Modric to extend the extension to push the game to a shootout, where he also stopped the shots of Milan Badelj and Josip Pivaric.
But his Croatian counterpart Danijel Subasic equalized a World Cup record with three saves in the shootout, leaving Schmeichel and his teammates out of the World Cup.
"It's a weird feeling – huge disappointment, but also tremendous pride of our team," the 31-year-old "I'm not just talking about the 11 on the ground, but of all those involved in the Team, those who work for the team. "
] After the match ended in deadlock at 1-1 after 120 Schmeichel's shot against Modric, Christian Eriksen, Lasse Schone and Nicolai Jorgensen all missed the match as Denmark lost 3-2 in a shootout
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"No, anyone who has the courage to stand up and take a penalty is a hero," said Schmeichel. "Everyone who has the balls to take a penalty has my respect, it's a fantastic team, we'll come back, it's important that we remember this feeling now and that we use it in the future . "
The Norwegian Age Hareide coach also hailed the efforts of his goalkeeper
"Kasper did everything he could to make sure that we win the match, in extra time and penalty shoot-out. " "When you have a penalty shootout, normally our top three players are penalized, but they missed today."
The 64 year old player stated that his players had practiced their penalties after being trained. "I'm really sorry for Kasper and the whole team, but it's like that for a shootout," he added. Being on the other side is much happier, I can assure you.
It may not have been the end he wanted for his first campaign as director of Denmark, but Hareide said he was already watching "" The finals do a lot for a group, we have been together since May 17, people know each other on the ground, relations and tactics improve. , "he explained." We can learn a lot from that, the boys said when we came back into the locker room. "
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