Internationals | Pierre on target as Denmark topple Deki's Sweden

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg made an instant impact as Denmark beat Dejan Kulusevski's Sweden 2-1 in a friendly on Wednesday.

The midfielder opened the scoring just over a minute into the encounter as he turned home Christian Eriksen's corner at the near post. That was Pierre's ninth goal in his 76th cap for the Danes and he went on to play for 62 minutes.

Alexander Isak equalised after nine minutes but the home side had the better chances at the Parken Stadium and won it when Eriksen hit a trademark curler home from 25 yards five minutes from time. Deki, employed in a central midfield role, completed the full match, earning his 38th cap.

The pair are back in friendly action on Saturday - Denmark take on Norway at home, Sweden play host to Serbia.

Next action - Thursday

Rodrigo Bentancur – Uruguay friendly against Mexico in the United States – kick-off 2am
Heung-Min Son – South Korea away 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Singapore – kick-off 1pm
Ben Davies, Brennan Johnson and Joe Rodon – Wales friendly against Gibraltar in Portugal – kick-off 5pm
Micky van de Ven – Netherlands home friendly against Canada – kick-off 7.45pm
Pape Matar Sarr – Senegal home 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against DR Congo – kick-off 8pm

Friday

Dane Scarlett / Lucas Bergvall – England Elite League Squad (Under-20s) friendly against Sweden Under-21 in Croatia – kick-off 3pm
Radu Drgausin – Romania home friendly against Liechtenstein – kick-off 7pm
James Maddison – England home friendly against Iceland – kick-off 7.45pm