Martial also went close, almost netting his first global goal for France when he clipped his half-volley narrowly over after chesting down Blaise Matuidi’s pass with 10 minutes to go.
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Denmark pulled a goal back in injury time through Erik Sviatchenko’s superb long-range strike but it was too little, too late.
France striker Olivier Giroud was happy with his contribution in his team’s win over Denmark, but believes he can do even more.
Denmark lost its chance to automatically qualify for Euro 2016 when Albania topped Armenia 3-0 on Sunday evening. “Efficiency had been evading me for a while”.
Both Martial and Giroud have scored three goals in the Premier League so far this season, although the 19-year-old United forward has netted those in just four matches, whereas the Arsenal player has participated in all eight fixtures for the Gunners.
The 29-year-old said he was pleased to help France to their fourth straight win.
Schmeichel then came to Denmark’s rescue in the 62nd minute, when Martial showed great pace to lose his marker, before forcing the Danish shot-stopper into a save at the near post.
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A good move from Denmark in the 68th minute saw Nicolai Joergensen beat the offside trap, but substitute Yussuf Poulsen failed to get past Mandanda. I’ve made fewer changes over the last couple of months. “We could not take our chances to kill off the match with a third goal in the second half, but we maintained the momentum”.
