Sorry to dredge this up against all available advice of psychotherapists, but Ireland lost 5-1 at home to Denmark in a World Cup playoff last month.
Denmark were naturally jubilant after the game, saluting their supporters at the end of the game, before carrying on the celebrations in the Aviva dressing rooms.
The Danish social media team shared a video of the Danish side chanting after the game:
Så smukt lyder det, når man har kvalificeret sig til VM i Rusland??? #ForDanmark #ViErDanskerne #VM18 pic.twitter.com/ho9BY8n5hz
— Dansk Boldspil-Union (@DBUfodbold) November 14, 2017
That chant is causing consternation in Denmark, however. For a reason we have yet to fully establish, the chant ends with "store patter", which translates as...well, "big titties".
This Danish side is not the first to sing it, it has apparently been sung by the squad for quite a few years.
The Danish football association have appointed an Ethics Council to review aspects of their football they can improve, and the council have recommended that the Danish players stop singing it.
Per Larsen, the president of the Ethics Council explained the recommendation:
We think players should relate to what they've said and discussed whether it's the right way to celebrate a victory. It has obviously had a negative effect, so that is our recommendation.
We are not up at the top mountain peak when we speak ethical basic principles and rules, but we have discussed the matter and found that it has given rise to a lot of criticism and we must debate it.
The Danish association have a code of conduct which players must abide by, with one of the points reminding them that they are role models and must act commensurately on and off the pitch.
The odds of the players stopping the chant, however, seem unlikely, as the head of the Danish FA, who said that there are no "sexist undertones" to the chant, and said that the FA will "not dictate what song they sing in the locker room".
[Dr.Dk]
