Proud HB Køge players put Denmark on the European football map

HB Køge’s women secured a place in the Champions League after a 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday gave the Danish side a 2-1 aggregate win.

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We could have been four goals ahead after ten minutes.

The players had carried a lead home from the first leg in the Netherlands, but agreed not to sit back and defend it. Captain and assist-maker Mille Gejl said they believed they could have been four goals ahead after 10 minutes. “We mentioned many times that if we score a goal, there is a long way for them to come back,” she said.

HB Køge began the match aggressively but failed to score in the first half. Their approach paid off shortly after the break. Gejl supplied the pass, and Sweden’s Cassandra Korhonen finished it 49 seconds into the second half.

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We mentioned many times that if we score a goal, there is a long way for them to come back.

“I am so proud. It is important to step up when required,” Korhonen said. She called the night extraordinary and said she had never played in the Champions League before. PSV later equalized, making the closing stages tense, but HB Køge held on.

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I am so proud. It is important to step up when required.

Gejl called the achievement hugely important for the club and said she was “piss-proud” of her teammates. Veteran defender Simone Boye said every tackle took on extra importance near the final whistle. The players now expect to face Europe’s biggest teams as underdogs, with Gejl saying that could allow them to play freely. Boye said the campaign would again put Denmark on the European map.

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It will be really exciting matches, and we will again put Denmark on the European map.