It was at the 2016 edition of the tournament where Wales were the neutral’s favourites as they reached the semifinals in France.
Following the collapse of Christian Eriksen in the opening match against Finland, Denmark’s campaign has been a roller-coaster of trauma, emotion, resilience, leadership and class.
Kasper Dolberg and Jens Stryger Larsen stepped up, with Dolberg scoring two of their four goals and Stryger impressing on the right.
“Nobody wants to be on the bench and I felt waiting there at the end of the day had a great outcome.
He’s managed to keep the Denmark ship on track and afloat, despite everything that’s been thrown at them.
Two weeks ago on Saturday, Denmark were coping with the trauma of seeing Eriksen — their teammate, friend and best player — suffer his cardiac arrest on their home turf of Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.
Then, they managed to get their key 4-1 win against Russia, highlighted by the magnificent goal of Mikkel Damsgaard — the young 20-year-old who had the unenviable task of stepping into the void left by Eriksen.
“When Christian collapsed, that changed everything,” said Hjulmand.
Next up was Wales — the Danes’ first match away from Copenhagen.
But even then, the build-up to this match was unpredictable.
Dolberg has had a rough year, with his two bouts against COVID and his appendix removed, but he filled the sizeable void left by Poulsen to score their two goals.
I watched him when he was a kid and he had that season when he scored 16 goals for Ajax.
Gareth Bale had a frustrating evening thanks to the work of Stryger, who started at right wing-back.
And then as the match drifted away from Wales and their frustration grew, Hjulmand judged his substitutions perfectly and used Andreas Cornelius to create further havoc up front as Wales were worn down and the outstanding Joakim Maehle, who played down the left and right and scored their third.
Wales will now head back home having impressed in the group stage but were comfortably beaten in the round of 16, suffering their heaviest ever defeat in a Euro finals match.
No one fancied that team to win the tournament, but they triumphed against the odds and the likes of Peter Schmeichel, John Jensen, Martin Olsen and the Laudrup brothers were written into Danish folklore.
“We believe in the squad and our quality, and there’s no need to think that far ahead.