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Kasper Schmeichel was brilliant as Denmark tried to derail England's Euro 2020 charge. He's a natural leader, agile, a fantastic shot-stopper and has a good record at saving penalties... so is he BETTER than his Euro '92-winning dad Peter?

Kasper Schmeichel has long since moved out of the shadow of his father Peter.

He has enough of his own accomplishments in the game to stand alone, however legendary his dad was.

The latest of these was helping Denmark to the semi-finals of Euro 2020, a run ended by England after extra time on a euphoric night at Wembley.

Kasper Schmeichel spreads his body to deny England's Raheem Sterling in the semi-final
It was reminiscent of his father Peter's amazing save to deny Inter's Ivan Zamorano in 1999

It came just a few weeks after Kasper was instrumental in Leicester City's brilliant FA Cup win and Denmark's progress was all the more impressive after the trauma of Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest in their first match.