Football, increasingly, is a game of stats and details, of numbers and analysis, heat maps and algorithms. But it is also about emotion, and Denmark continues to ride the wave unleashed three weeks ago when Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest in the first half of its opening group game against Finland. A 2–1 victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday took Denmark to its first semifinal at a major tournament since winning it all at Euro 92, and it will face England or Ukraine with the chance to return to the final.
Perhaps to focus on the emotional aspect is unfair.