DENMARK

The Danes haven’t suffered the hard yards yet, only naming their 35-man squad on May 15, but there are already a few exclusions, which are bound to happen when you’ve got to pack in talent like Nicklas Bendtner.

Huddersfield star Phillip Billing fails to make the grade, while very few of the talented young Danes that made the quarterfinal at the 2016 Rio Olympics have matriculated into the national side, with Edigeison Gomes and Lasse Vibe punished for their Chinese Super League cash-grabs.

Danish coach Age Hareide has never managed a side at an international tournament and plays a very direct style, so it’s no surprise to see an experienced squad relying on the defensive presence of Simon Kjaer, Andreas Christensen and Mathias Jorgensen.

Meanwhile, the big-men up front come courtesy of Yussuf Poulsen, Nicolai Jorgensen and Bendtner – each one over 1.9 metres tall.

FULL SQUAD (35 players)

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), Jonas Lossl (Huddersfield), Frederik Ronow (Brondby), Jesper Hansen (FC Midtjylland)

Defenders: Simon Kjaer (Sevilla), Andreas Christensen (Chelsea), Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Andreas Bjelland (Brentford), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford), Peter Ankersen (FC Copenhagen), Jens Stryger (Udinese), Riza Durmisi (Real Betis), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich), Nicolai Boilesen (FC Copenhagen)

Midfielders: William Kvist (FC Copenhagen), Thomas Delaney (Werder Bremen), Lukas Lerager (Bordeaux), Lasse Schone (Ajax), Mike Jensen (Rosenborg), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Daniel Wass (Celta Vigo), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Southampton), Mathias Jensen (FC Nordsjaelland), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Coruna), Robert Skov (FC Copenhagen)

Forwards: Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo), Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux), Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta), Viktor Fischer (FC Copenhagen), Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig), Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord), Nicklas Bendtner (Rosenborg), Kasper Dolberg (Ajax), Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff).