Jose Mourinho has sent a warning to England to expect a ‘difficult’ Euro 2020 game against Denmark after they thrashed Ukraine to book their place in the semi-finals.
England produced a superb performance in Rome on Saturday to dump out Ukraine and progress to their first Euros semi-final since 1996.
Harry Kane gave England the lead after being played through by Raheem Sterling, and Maguire’s header immediately after the break saw Southgate’s side take control.
Kane scored a third soon after and Jordan Henderson rounded off a good evening with England’s third header.
Mourinho was impressed by England’s victory and said they ‘made it look easy’, but has warned that their semi-final opponents Denmark will be a tougher challenge for them.
New Roma manager Mourinho told talkSPORT: ‘Denmark are solid. They also found a way to play different than the way they started.
‘They started of course with Christian Eriksen as a no.10 and with a back four. They are now playing with three at the back, a solid team, good players playing in the best leagues with lots of experience.
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‘They are very positive in spite of what happened to Christian and it looks that they are emotionally strong. ‘I think it is of course going to be a difficult match for England despite England playing well and being at home.’
The former Tottenham, Man United, Chelsea and Real Madrid coach added: ‘Of course it was a good performance, they made it look easy.
‘As I was expecting when we spoke last time, it should have been an easy game for England. It was always under control.
‘No problems at all, no injuries, no suspensions and a semi-final that of course is going to be more difficult because Denmark is a much better team than Ukraine.’
