Denmark complete stunning comeback to deny Switzerland

Denmark’s Henrik Dalsgaard scored a 93rd-minute equaliser to complete an incredible comeback from three goals down to draw 3-3 away against Switzerland on Tuesday night in a pulsating Euro 2020 qualifier in Basel. Switzerland were on the verge of making it two wins out of two at the start of their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign but Dalsgaard outjumped goalkeeper Yann Sommer to head home and earn Denmark an astonishing and unlikely point.The home team broke the deadlock in the 19th minute when Remo Freuler beat Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel with a cool finish for his first international goal. Swiss captain Granit Xhaka hammered home a 20-metre shot in the 66th minute and Breel Embolo made it 3-0 from close range after Manuel Akanji jumped highest to head across goal. Yet Denmark came back from the dead in the dying moments of the match with goals by Mathias Jorgensen, substitute Christian Gytkjaer and Dalsgaard in less than 10 minutes.In the other game in Group D, Ireland produced a dominant display to beat Georgia 1-0 after Conor Hourihane gave keeper Giorgi Loria no chance with a brilliant free kick in Mick McCarthy’s first home game since he returned for his second spell as Ireland coach. Ireland, who battled to a 1-0 win away to rank outsiders Gibraltar in blustery conditions in their opening match on Saturday, lead the way with six points from two games. Switzerland, who beat Georgia 2-0 in Tbilisi in their opener, are second with four points. Switzerland visit Ireland on Sept. 5 in their next match in the group while Ireland are away to Denmark on June 7.In Ta’Qali, Alvaro Morata’s remarkable revival continued as he scored twice for Spain in a 2-0 victory over Malta. After edging past Norway 2-1 on Saturday, Morata’s double at the Ta’Qali stadium gives Spain two wins from two in Euro 2020 qualifying and the perfect start in Group F.Luis Enrique’s side again showed the inability to convert possession into chances that clouded their early exit from last year’s World Cup. But Morata’s brace offers room for encouragement, the striker extending his return to form since he joined Atletico Madrid on loan from Chelsea in January.He has five goals in six games, his best return since September 2017, and has strengthened his case for a position that has proved so troublesome for Spain in recent years. “The boss knows how happy I am to be here and I am grateful to him,” Morata said. “We want to qualify as soon as possible for the Euros so it was important to win today.”Malta lie 182nd in FIFA’s world rankings, between Liechtenstein and Macau. Their win over the Faroe Islands last weekend was their first in 17 matches and only their second in almost four years. Luis Enrique was absent for “personal reasons”, leaving his assistant Robert Moreno in charge on the touchline.There were unfamiliar faces on the pitch too as only three players — Sergio Ramos, Morata and Marco Asensio — retained their places in a much-changed line-up from the team that beat Norway. Six of Spain’s starting 11 owned five caps or fewer, including Real Betis’ attacking midfielder Sergio Canales and Mario Hermoso, the 23-year-old Espanyol defender linked with a summer move to Real Madrid.Morata’s first, shortly after the half-hour, owed much to Malta’s goalkeeper Henry Bonello, who failed to stop the forward’s scuffed finish after Hermoso’s clipped pass over the top. Sergi Roberto’s cross almost gave Morata his second, only for the glancing header to flash wide, but he did not have long to wait. Jesus Navas delivered another ball to the back post in the 73rd minute and this time Morata made no mistake.Meanwhile, Greece fought back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw in Bosnia after the hosts had Miralem Pjanic sent off in a pulsating match. The result left both sides on four points from two games, two behind leaders Italy who thrashed Lichtenstein 6-0 at home and one ahead of Finland after their 2-0 win in Armenia. The Armenians and Lichtenstein have no points.Bosnia took a 2-0 lead through Edin Visca and Pjanic in the opening 15 minutes but Konstantinos Fortounis pulled one back with a penalty and substitute Dimitris Kolovos levelled after Pjanic was shown a straight red card for a reckless tackle on Zeca.Roared on by a fervent home crowd, the Bosnians made a flying start as Visca steered in a left-footed shot before Pjanic left Greece keeper Odisseas Vlachodimos rooted to his line with a superb free kick from 30 metres.Fortounis drilled in his 64th-minute spot-kick after he was tripped by Toni Sunjic and Pjanic turned from hero to villain barely 60 seconds later after a studs-up challenge on Portuguese-born midfielder Zeca.Bosnia keeper Ibrahim Sehic denied Kolovos with a reflex save in the 77th but was powerless in the 85th as the midfielder drove home an unstoppable header off the underside of the bar after a fine cross from the right by Zeca.In the day’s early fixture, close-range goals by Fredrik Jensen and Pyry Soiri gave Finland victory in Armenia, with both sides missing chances in an action-packed encounter.Euro 2020 qualifying resultsGroup D: At Dublin: Ireland 1 (Hourihane 36) Georgia 0; At Basel, Switzerland: Switzerland 3 (Freuler 19, Xhaka 66, Embolo 76) Denmark 3 (M. Jorgensen 84, Gytkjaer 88, Dalsgaard 90)Group F: At Ta’Qali, Malta: Malta 0 Spain 2 (Morata 31, 73); At Oslo: Norway 3 (Johnsen 41, King 59, Kamara 90) Sweden 3 (Claesson 70, Quaison 86, 90); At Cluj, Romania: Romania 4 (Deac 26, Keseru 29, 33, Puscas 63) Faroe Islands 1 (V. Davidsen 40-pen)Group J: At Yerevan: Armenia 0 Finland 2 (Jensen 14, Soiri 78); At Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (Visca 10, Pjanic 15) Greece 2 (Fortounis 64-pen, Kolovos 85); At Parma, Italy: Italy 6 (Sensi 17, Verratti 32, Quagliarella 35-pen, 45-pen, Kean 69, Pavoletti 76 Liechtenstein 0