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FIFA World Cup 2018: Injured Nicklas Bendtner fails to make to Denmark's squad

Christian Eriksen, Lasse Schone and William Kvist were named in the team, which will play in Group C against France, Peru and Australia. 

FIFA World Cup 2018 Image Source : GETTY IMAGESNicklas Bendtner is out from the Denmark World Cup squad, due to injury.

Nicklas Bendtner has been left off Denmark's World Cup squad.

Denmark coach Age Hareide says both Bendtner, who has a lingering a groin injury, and defender Andreas Bjelland, who also is injured, won't be ready for the team's opening match against Peru on June 16.

Christian Eriksen, Lasse Schone and William Kvist were named in the team, which will play in Group C against France, Peru and Australia. Denmark's squad includes forwards Andreas Cornelius, Kasper Dolberg and Pione Sisto.

Denmark will play a friendly against Mexico on Saturday.

 

Denmark Squad:

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), Jonas Lossl (Huddersfield), Frederik Ronow (Brondby)

Defenders: Andreas Christensen (Chelsea), Simon Kjaer (Sevilla), Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford), Jens Stryger (Udinese), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich)

Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Lasse Schone (Ajax), Lukas Lerager (Bordeaux), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Coruna), William Kvist (FC Copenhagen), Thomas Delaney (Werder Bremen)

Forwards: Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta), Kasper Dolberg (Ajax), Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux), Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord), Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo), Viktor Fischer (FC Copenhagen), Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig)