Denmark Lacked Quality - Hjulmand

By Chimezie Nebolisa

Denmark national team coach Kasper Hjulmand said his team got too emotional as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Australia as they were eliminated from the World Cup after finishing bottom of Group D.

The Danes started well and dominated possession but Australia blunted their attacks and hit them with a counter-attack from which Mathew Leckie scored the decisive goal.

Hjulmand said: "We haven't played with the tempo and the rhythm in our in our own game. I think we started pretty well tonight, with good positions. And then you see the structures just go out of the match. And it's too emotional and too little quality, and it's the only thing we shouldn't do against Australia in a match like this, go in with big emotions and lots of fight, we have to play with quality."

"I think we're one thing for sure is that we didn't play our best. I think the quality was okay against France. I think it was not a great, great performance, but it was okay. I think it was par in terms of playing one of the best teams but the two other games? Not good enough," he added.