Christian Eriksen scored twice as Denmark beat Wales 2-0 at Ceres Park in their opening UEFA Nations League fixture.
The Tottenham Hotspur ace tucked away from inside the box just over half an hour in, before adding a second from the penalty spot after the interval.
Despite seeing plenty of the ball in Aarhus, the Dragons could only muster a couple of late attempts on target through Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale.
Relive how the 90 minutes of action unfolded with Sports Mole's live text coverage below.
STARTING XI: Hennessey; Gunter, Chester, Mepham, Davies; Ampadu, Allen; Roberts, Ramsey, Lawrence; Bale
SUBS: Ward, A.Davies, Dummett, Woodburn, King, Vokes, Brooks, Ledley, Wilson, Lockyer, Roberts, Smith
STARTING XI: Schmeichel; Larsen, Kjaer, Jorgensen, Dalsgaard; Delaney, Schone, Eriksen; Sisto, Braithwaite, Poulsen
SUBS: Lossl, Ronnow, Boilesen, Vestergaard, Knudsen, Christensen, Fischer, Christiansen, Jensen, Norgaard, Lerager, Cornelius
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A statement on Thursday read: "It has been agreed that the DBU and the Player Association will resume negotiations on a new permanent agreement so that the first negotiation meeting will take place on Monday, September 10. In today's agreement, the DBU and the Player Association have agreed that the match against Wales is played under the same terms as before and that the commercial rights are handled as before in the term of the agreement."
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John Jensen: "We need the right players playing in that. The players who played on Wednesday night were happy that the proper team would play Wales. I don't think the semi-pro players should play against Wales, especially in the Nations League. The ending of that story could not have ended up any better. I was split down the middle between the players union and the Danish FA. I could see 48 hours before we played Slovakia that the dispute may not end up very good. If we did not turn up in Slovakia then Uefa would punish the team in the future."
Ryan Giggs: "The lads were magnificent [against Ireland], scoring some brilliant goals and playing great football. I can't be much happier. I said to the players: 'The bad news is you have to keep to that standard. It's as simple as that. When you drop below those standards, you're letting me down and you're letting yourselves down. It's not easy because there were some really good performances and, as a team, they performed well. But you have to keep getting better. You've got to keep improving. There are loads of things we could have done better. We'll work on that over the next few days."
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DENMARK SUBS: Lossl, Ronnow, Boilesen, Vestergaard, Knudsen, Christensen, Fischer, Christiansen, Jensen, Norgaard, Lerager, Cornelius
WALES SUBS: Ward, A.Davies, Dummett, Woodburn, King, Vokes, Brooks, Ledley, Wilson, Lockyer, Roberts, Smith
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