The world against Wales. We’ll be playing against 99 per cent of the fans on Saturday, says Connor Roberts

The big eight-final battles of this year’s Euros begin on Saturday, with Wales and Denmark facing each other in the first. According to Welsh twenty-five-year-old defender Connor Roberts, most fans will be rooting for the Danes, but he still thinks his team can win.

“It’s going to be a very tough fight, but I hope we can win,” Roberts said. He also thinks 99 percent of the fans will support the Danes.

The Christian Eriksen situation has certainly helped, as it has made people who don’t normally follow the sport aware of the Danish football team.

This situation has managed to unite a lot of fans across countries and people will continue to keep their fingers crossed for the Danes.

This all plays into Denmark’s hands, but as Roberts also says: ” We were underestimated before the tournament, but when you look at our line-up you realise that this is a really good team, I don’t know what it is, maybe some players didn’t play as much as they could have last season.”

Wales finished second in the group with four points and certainly showed their strength. In the first game they managed to snatch a valuable draw against Switzerland and in the second game they won against Turkey, who were billed as the dark horse of the whole championship before the tournament.

In the last match, the Welsh lost to Italy, who have been playing well so far, but only 0:1.

On the other hand, Denmark got their first (and crucial) points of the tournament in the last game against Russia, which the Danish coach said was a magical night.

The Danes won 4::1 and managed to secure second place in the group despite losses to Finland (0::1) and Belgium (1::2).

A tough battle will break out in Amsterdam on Saturday, with no clear favourite. The winner will face the winner of the Czech Republic vs. the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

Sources: BBC