This World Cup has brought us plenty of action, drama and unexpected outcomes. However, a unique moment happened during the decisive Denmark-Australia tie in the ultimate round of the group stage.Both teams were with chances to go through, and Australia were 1-0 up after Matthew Leckie’s perfect solo run.Socceroos make it to the Round of 16, thumping favourites Denmark thus leaving the Carthage Eagles in despairThat one-goal deficit forced the Danes’ coach to react promptly, so he reached for substitutes Skov and Kornelius. The latter was also given a hand-written note, like a cheat sheet, to give to the team’s captain Christian Eriksen. The Manchester United midfielder read it, and handed it to his teammate and Tottenham Hotspur player Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. But then the plot of this whole story reaches its pinnacle.Just went back to watch the game and can verify this. Only access to game is crappy SBS on Demand replay (Couldn’t get rid of progress bar either), but I think I’ve tracked how the Danish note ended up in Australia’s hands.1. Skov comes onto the pitch holding a note pic.twitter.com/W5vCDwGPFl— Luke Vacca (@luke01_v) December 2, 2022 As available footage shows, Hojberg throws it on the ground, and Australian player Mitch Duke casually picks it up. He hands it to Socceroos manager Graham Arnold, who instantly tells Bailey Wright to start warming up. The player came in soon enough, and Australia’s formation became much more defensive-oriented.And the epilogue? Denmark lost 1-0 and were eliminated from the championship.Socceroos’ coach reckons there’s no school like the old schoolThe moral of the story – never, ever leave your cheat sheets on the ground.##NAJAVA_MECA_6861907##
