Christian Wenande
January 25th, 2019

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The Danish football association DBU has formed Denmark’s first eFootball national team in preparation for a Nordic tournament next week.

Daniel Kristensen, Frederik Fredberg and Daniel Bodo Barnewitz, who together recently won the inaugural eSport Superliga with Brøndby, have been selected for Denmark’s first-ever eFootball squad for the FIFA19 Nordics Invitational tournament in Finland.

“We wanted to side the strongest e-football national team possible and it needed to happen quickly after Finland invited us to the big tournament. That’s why we called up the Danish champions. But in the future, we’ll make our picks based on specific criteria.” said DBU spokesperson, Kenneth Reeh.

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Legend shunned 
During the tournament, the Danish team will play with Denmark’s team on FIFA and all the teams will have an overall rating of 85, which means the virtual teams of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark are equal in strength.

However, one person not overly pleased about the selection is one of the pioneers and leading FIFA players in the world, Agge Rosenmeier, who was disappointed at not being chosen for the first Denmark squad.

“As some of you know, @DBYfodbold made their first FIFA squad and I’m not a part of it. I’m very sad and frustrated, but most of all I don’t understand the selection. I feel like I’ve contributed a lot to the scene over the past seven years, but most importantly I feel like my level and results should have given me a spot,” Rosenmeier wrote on Twitter.

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