Joakim Maehle’s "pass of the tournament" for Denmark goal has Ian Wright amazed
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Denmark star Joakim Maehle left ITV commentator Ian Wright amazed with his incredible outside-foot cross to Kasper Dolberg.
The Danes went into half-time 2-0 up in the Euro 2020 quarter-final against the Czech Republic in Baku.
With Thomas Delaney heading a corner kick in after just four minutes, a battling 45 minutes saw them create an opportunity with three minutes to the break.
Following a swift counter-attack, Dolberg was at the far post to poke the ball into the net for the second.
But the cross came from a sensational effort by Maehle, using the outside of his right foot to curl around the back-tracking Czech defence to find his man.
While the Denmark fans in the stadium celebrated wildly, Arsenal hero Wright gave the assist high praise.
Speaking during the half-time analysis on ITV, the former forward said: "He's been fantastic in this tournament and scored in the last couple of games.
"That is one of the passes of the tournament for me. They're so high, loads of space behind.
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"I don't think they did a lot of homework on Maehle as he's been doing that all tournament.
"Fantastic ball for Dolberg who you know is going to get into the box. Don't need to do much on it – brilliant."
Ally McCoist was blown away on commentary, adding: "It’s brilliant. It’s a tremendous cross. Just puts into an area to attack, and boy do they."
Fans also flooded social media with praise for the Danish No.5, with one saying: "That is an insane cross, what a tournament from Maehle so far."
Another commented: "Still not got over Maehle's cross. F***ing superb."
While a third simply added: "Utterly sublime."
Maehle enjoyed a strong debut season for Atalanta last year after four years with Belgian side Genk.
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