{"id":294967,"date":"2023-10-23T19:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=294967"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:25:04","slug":"copenhagens-falk-will-put-friendship-aside-for-man-united-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/copenhagens-falk-will-put-friendship-aside-for-man-united-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen&apos;s Falk will put friendship aside for Man United clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Copenhagen midfielder Rasmus Falk prepares to put childhood friendship with Man United&#8217;s Christian Eriksen aside before the two sides meet in Tuesday&#8217;s Champions League clash&#8230; but claims there will be &#8216;NO trash-talking&#8217; between the midfielders<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The pair started out together in the youth academy of Middelfart Boldklub\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Eriksen and Falk will line up against one another on Tuesday at Old Trafford\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Copenhagen midfielder Rasmus Falk stays in close touch with his childhood team-mate Christian Eriksen but insisted there had been no trash talk between the pair before Tuesday&#8217;s Champions League match at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Falk and Eriksen played together as kids coming up through the youth ranks of Danish club Middelfart Boldklub and then both moved to Odense as teenagers in 2005, forging a close friendship.<\/p>\n<p>They remain in regular contact and the messages between them were flying back and forth after the Champions League draw paired them together, but they have managed to keep things friendly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My relationship with Christian is very close,&#8217; Falk said through a translator. &#8216;We don&#8217;t see each other all the time but we text and we keep in touch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I spoke with Christian today, over Skype we spoke for quite a while. Obviously when the draw came out we sent some messages&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/19\/76904531-12663101-image-a-20_1698086396621.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Falk\u00a0 is preparing to face his childhood friend Christian Eriksen in Tuesday&#8217;s Champions League tie between Copenhagen and Man United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/19\/76904593-12663101-image-a-21_1698086471147.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair first played together at\u00a0Middelfart Boldklub before moving to Odense (pictured) as teenagers<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There will be no trash-talking between us. We know his strengths and we know his weaknesses. He&#8217;s a quality player and we have got to get ready because we know what he brings to the game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen is not the only United player Falk has first-hand experience of, having been a team-mate of a young Rasmus Hojlund when United&#8217;s summer signing was first breaking into the Copenhagen side as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund initially struggled before moving to Austrian club Sturm Graz, but the progress he has made since persuaded United to pay an initial \u00a364million to sign him from Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a great story,&#8217; Falk said. &#8216;We are looking forward (to playing against him). For him to get to Manchester United is massive for him. None of us thought it would happen and it will be really interesting to play against him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Falk was one of the stars when United last played Copenhagen, unlucky to be on the wrong end of the 1-0 score-line when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s side triumphed in extra-time of a Europa League quarter-final in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A neat backheel left Brandon Williams and Fred in his wake and saw Falk go viral on social media, something he recalled with a laugh in a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a different time and different place,&#8217; the 31-year-old said. &#8216;It was a massive thing for us to play and be close to the semi-finals of the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I feel our team right now is stronger than it was back then. I&#8217;m going into tomorrow&#8217;s game with greater optimism than in the last game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>United go into the game having lost both of their opening Group A fixtures, while also suffering some indifferent form in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>However, coach Jacob Neestrup said it would be a mistake to read anything into that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have to get a result tomorrow, whether they&#8217;ve won their last 10 matches or been up and down like they have been in the last couple of months,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/19\/76904595-12663101-image-a-22_1698086477374.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eriksen (pictured) is not the only Dane Erik ten Hag may field tomorrow, with team-mate Rasmus Hojlund also in contention<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have to play our game. There will be times when we have to defend heavily and we are ready for that but we also have to get on the ball, play with patience and make sure we keep the ball. We plan to take risks at the right times.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s match will be United&#8217;s first home fixture since the death of the great Sir Bobby Robson on Saturday, and Neestrup said he and his players would be proud to pay their respects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was a great player for England and Manchester United for many, many years, and after his playing career he was a big influence on Manchester United,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We as a team and players want to honour him in the stadium tomorrow.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12663101\/Copenhagen-Man-United-Champions-League-Eriksen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copenhagen midfielder Rasmus Falk prepares to put childhood friendship with Man United&#8217;s Christian Eriksen aside before the two sides meet in Tuesday&#8217;s Champions League clash&#8230; 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