Fifa World Cup 2018: Yussuf Poulsen winner for Denmark ruins Peru return
RB Leipzig forward scores only goal in 1-0 win for Danes, as Peru’s Christian Cueva blasts penalty over the bar
Yussuf Poulsen ruined Peru’s first appearance at a World Cup for 36 years on Saturday with the winning goal for Denmark to seal a 1-0 victory in Saransk.
Poulsen made amends for conceding a first-half penalty that was awarded after the referee consulted the VAR system, but which Peru midfielder Christian Cueva blasted over the crossbar.
With France having beaten Australia 2-1 in Kazan earlier in group C, RB Leipzig’s Poulsen showed great finishing to hit the winner on 59 minutes to the dismay of the overwhelmingly Peruvian crowd in the 40,502-capacity stadium.
The win extends Denmark’s unbeaten run to 16 games and ends Peru’s 15-match unbeaten streak.
Peru veteran Paolo Guerrero, who only made it to the tournament after a late reprieve for a drug ban, came on for the final 30 minutes but his efforts at the Mordovia Arena came to no avail.