France, Dec. 1 -- Denmark departmuch earlier than predicted and the France boss Didier Deschamps comes under fire despite his team topping the group. Are some people never satisfied? Maybe they need happy sleep.

Dark horse

Denmark were identified as one of the dark horses for the tournament. But after a draw with Tunisia, and losses to France on Day 7 and Australia on Day 11, well, they're off to the knacker's yard. "I think the quality of our play was OK against France," said Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand. "But against the other two . it wasn't good enough." Is that a longship coming closer to shore?

You can't win

There you are trying to make your national team only the third in the 92-year history of the tournament to claim successi...