This morning in Switzerland, Ireland's favourite Spanaird Fernando Hierro (he who scored vs Denmark in 1993 to help put us on our way to the 1994 World Cup and he who pulled Niall Quinn's shirt off in 2002) again granted Ireland favour by drawing us against Denmark, the lowest-seeded team in the qualifier draw, with the tie ending in the Aviva.
As Irish fans plausibly dream of cleaning Putin's streets, over in Copenhagen, the Danes are sounding quite nervous.
Ahead of the draw, @DanishFooty posted the results of a Twitter poll of Denmark's most preferred opponents. Ireland were clearly last.
Looks like people want Northern Ireland pic.twitter.com/4sIHHyzwdf
— DanishFooty (@DanishFooty) October 17, 2017
But it is Ireland they will face. Journalist Kian Fonoudi captured some of the Danish desolation with the following tweet.
Irland, lort. Den værste trækning, hvis du spørger mig.
— Kian Fonoudi (@Fonoudi6eren) October 17, 2017
Translation:
Ireland, shit. The worst draw if you ask me.
That sentiment was echoed elsewhere on Twitter by some Danish fans
Not all Danish are trembling however. Danish football journalist Henrik Fallesen described the draw as lovely according to Google translate.
Irland!
Herlig playoff-lodtrækning. Gang i tribunerne, duellerne og et dansk hold, der skal være i stand til at komme til VM.— Henrik Fallesen (@hfallesen) October 17, 2017
Translation:
Lovely playoff draw. Walk in the stands, duels and a Danish team that will be able to come to the World Cup.
Kasper Dolberg of Ajax chose a non-partisan stance with a tweet with flag emojis that followed the draw.
World cup playoffs
🇩🇰🆚🇮🇪 @DBUfodbold— Kasper Dolberg (@Dolbergofficial) October 17, 2017
Meanwhile, news of Irish exuberance over the draw has reached Copenhagen and spawned the following 'Irish Fans React Joyfully' post on Ekstrabladet.dk.
Translated headline:
World Cup opponent cheered about Denmark: We got the dream opponent!
