Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen says Denmark have every chance of progressing into the knockout stages of the World Cup in Qatar.
The centre-back, who has 19 caps for his country, has been selected in Kasper Hjulmand's 26-man squad for the World Cup and will likely feature for them in their Group D matches against Tunisia (November 22), France (November 26), and Australia (November 30).
Andersen was part of his country's squad for last summer's European Championships that saw Denmark reach the semi-finals, while he also started their recent UEFA Nations League victories over France and Austria.
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And with their win over the current World champions in mind, the 26-year-old says Denmark have the confidence that they can progress well into the knockout stages at the tournament.
“I always think we can go all the way otherwise I wouldn’t play,” Andersen told the Crystal Palace website. “Every game we want to win and in the end you win the World Cup. But of course it’s difficult because there are a lot of nations. We showed we are a good team, showed we have quality and can go along in tournaments.
“We just beat France, so you never know. We beat France in the Nations League but obviously they are world class, a world class team. I think we have good possibilities to go through from the group.”
He added: “This togetherness, we are so difficult to beat. We work so hard, everyone, from the strikers to the defenders. We are a unit, so compact and it’s hard to beat us. We have an amazing goalkeeper [Kasper Schmeichel] as well who makes some good saves. So I think it’s down to that: simple, working together.”
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