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Constitution Day 1985: Denmark won 4-2 over the Soviet Union in a World Cup qualifying match played at Idrætsparken. Preben Elkjær scored two goals. Foto: Mogens Berger

Forty years ago, the success of the 80s national team culminated on home ground against the Soviet Union. Here’s how two of the players remember that Constitution Day, which became Danish football history.

40 years later. Is this the best match ever played in Denmark?

Constitution Day 1985: Denmark won 4-2 over the Soviet Union in a World Cup qualifying match played at Idrætsparken. Preben Elkjær scored two goals. Foto: Mogens Berger
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As the bus with national team players approached the old stadium Idrætsparken in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Preben Elkjær could sense that something was different.

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