Euro 2020: Denmark captain Kasper Schmeichel eyes father-like glory
Updated On: 03 June, 2021 07:52 AM IST | Copenhagen (Denmark) | AFP
As he approaches the end of his career, he hopes to fulfil his boyhood dream of winning the Euro, after Denmark, currently ranked 10th in the FIFA standings, failed to qualify in 2016. "When you're little and you play football, what do you dream of, playing or winning?

Kasper Schmeichel
Kasper Schmeichel has his boots planted firmly on the ground but the 34-year-old Denmark goalkeeper dreams of repeating his father's sensational Euro 1992 title. "You've got to dream big ... and the question we've got to ask ourselves is 'Why not us?'" the keeper recently told Danish TV2. His father Peter was the hero of Denmark's unexpected European championship victory in Sweden almost 30 years ago.
With his 129 caps from 1987 to 2001 and long career with Manchester United, Peter Schmeichel is a living legend. Kasper Schmeichel -- tall, blond and strapping like his father -- has made a name for himself as well. Since 2011 he has played for Leicester, the surprise 2016 Premier League champions, and registered 60 caps for Denmark, including a brilliant performance at the 2018 World Cup.

