Thomas Lemar von Frankreich, Centre, Herausforderungen Henrik Dalsgaard und Christian Eriksen von Dänemark in ihrer Gruppe C Spiel während der FIFA WM 2018 in
Thomas Lemar of France, center, challenges Henrik Dalsgaard and Christian Eriksen of Denmark in their Group C match during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow, Russia, 26 June 2018. For 37 games, the one certainty at this World Cup had been goals. Every game had produced at least one: a powerful header, a slick backheel, a well-shaped free kick. Mexican goals and Brazilian goals and lots and lots of Russian, Belgian and English goals. But through it all, the tournament had not produced a single scoreless tie ª until Tuesday, when France and Denmark slogged through 90 torpid minutes at the Luzhniki Stadium here, and the streak ª the longest without a 0-0 tie to start a World Cup in its history ª was over. Not that the French, who had already clinched a spot in the round of 16, or the Danes for that matter, will complain. Their 0-0 draw, combined with Peru¯s 2-0 win over Australia, sent France through to the knockout round as the group winner, with Denmark as the runner-up.
