In the fierce competition in Group C of the European countries, an unexpected draw was staged, Denmark and Slovenia have the same three points, the score and the number of goals were actually the same, the ranking of the suspense was born. At first glance, Slovenia's coach Ludwig Gawain received too many yellow cards in the first round of the tournament, resulting in the team's total number of yellow cards exceeding Denmark's by one, and lost points on the disciplinary score to finish in third place. However, Denmark unexpectedly finished second by a narrow margin, despite the prospect of facing powerful hosts Germany in the Round of 16.
According to the rules of the tournament, there is a clear order in which the group standings are determined. When teams have the same number of points, they are first compared to the win-loss ratio, then goal difference, and then total goals scored. If these conditions are the same, then the group score and the total number of goals scored will be compared. If these figures remain the same, the teams will exchange penalty kicks in the same match. If they are not in the same match, or if three or more teams are involved, disciplinary points will be calculated, with one yellow card counting and three red cards counting, with the lower value being ranked higher. If the disciplinary points are also the same, the results of the out-of-conference matches will be referred to.
In this season's Group C competition, England top the table with 5 points, while Denmark and Slovenia follow with 3 points. The two teams are tied 1-1, with a goal difference of 0 and a total of 2. Since they did not meet in the final round of the group stage, there was no possibility of a penalty shootout, and they had to rely on disciplinary points to decide the winner. Both teams had 6 yellow cards, but Slovenia's disciplinary score was slightly lower than Denmark's due to Ludwig Gawain's "off-the-pitch" yellow card in the first round, and they ended up in third place.
Even so, Denmark managed to beat Slovenia for second place by virtue of their advantage in disciplinary points, combined with the fact that the two sides were tied on points in the play-offs, as well as a record of one win and one draw against Slovenia in the two round-robin matches.
