Yussuf Poulsen compensated for yielding a punishment by scoring the conclusive objective for Denmark in their Group C triumph over Peru at the Mordovia Arena.
Christian Cueva had swelled the punishment – granted after VAR interview – over the bar just before half-time in the most glaring of a few misses from the Latin American side, who were back in the World Cup finals following a hole of 36 years.
Tottenham Hotspur playmaker Christian Eriksen had a generally calm trip however gave the significant minute when he strung a perfect go through the guard for Poulsen to beat propelling goalkeeper Pedro Gallese in the 59th moment.
With France firm top choices to top the gathering and having grabbed their first focuses with a 2-1 prevail upon Australia prior, both Peru and Denmark were frantic for triumph to support their odds of progressing to the following stage.
The two groups landed in Saransk with an indistinguishable 15-coordinate unbeaten run and it gave off an impression of being a short time before a splendid looking Peru, egged on by gigantic help at the stadium, would score. By differentiate, Denmark began by playing long balls guided at their wingers to exploit their unrivaled tallness, yet for the most part wound up playing make up for lost time to Peru’s smooth short passing diversion for the opening half hour.
Peru, who forgot record-breaking top-scorer Paolo Guerrero from their beginning line-up, were granted a punishment after counsel with the video associate official for Poulsen’s foul.
However Cueva struck a dreadful punishment, leaving the red-and-white clad Peru fans troubled.
Guerrero went ahead after the hour check and nearly scored an equalizer yet his header flew straight under the control of goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. The marksman additionally approached when his nervy backheel streamed past a defenseless Schmeichel and the post as Peru kept on being denied an equalizer.