Just like in their matches against England and China, it was a penalty that allowed the Danish team to take the lead against the Grenadières. The ball struck Bethina Petit-Frère's hand inside the penalty area, and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot without consulting VAR. Pernille Mosegaard-Harder (21st minute) successfully converted the penalty, beating Kerly Théus to open the score for Denmark. Prior to this goal, which meant the opening goal for Denmark, VAR had disallowed a goal scored in the 3rd minute due to an offside position by Pernille.

Facing a highly enterprising Danish team, the Haitian women's soccer team had to wait almost half an hour to launch two attacks. Sherly Jeudy's cross in the 27th minute found no one, and Nérilia Mondésir's shot in the 28th minute was easily saved by the Danish goalkeeper.