When the ex-captain of the ‘Danish Dynamite’ team of the 80’s and 90’s named his 23 man squad to compete in Poland and Ukraine this summer there were exactly zero eyebrows raised over the squad Martin Olsen had picked. It’s a well balanced team, mixed not only with youth and experience but discipline and flair as well.
And whilst the players that have travelled to the Euro’s are as unspectacular as a Jack Charlton combover the lack of expectance and hype will suit the Danes perfectly. After all, who can forget the Danes completely …
Group E concluded with the Netherlands topping the group with Japan finishing runners-up after Denmark lost a must-win game that see’s them eliminated and failing to progress from the World Cup group stages for the first time in their history.
Denmark and Japan clashed in Rustenburg tonight with Morten Olsen’s Denmark side needing all three points to progress to the last 16 stage of the World Cup.
Denmark began the match as the brighter of the two teams as they displayed fluent passing and made it difficult for Japan to gain possession.
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Denmark bounced back from their Netherlands defeat with a narrow 2-1 victory over Cameroon which eliminates the African nation from the tournament but keep’s alive the Dane’s chances of progressing from the group stages.
Both teams approached the game knowing a win was the only option and Paul Le Guen’s Cameroon lead the chase for the three points when lackluster defending from Denmark gifted Cameroon the opening goal in the 9th minute. Christian Poulsen played a slack pass on the edge of his own box which was intercepted by Pierre Webo …
Soccer City hosted Denmark and The Netherlands in the opening game of Group E with the Netherlands being many people’s outside bet to go all the way in the tournament. Although much was not expected of Denmark in the build-up, for 45 minutes Denmark had looked equal to Netherlands attacking qualities and were unlucky not to bring a 1-0 lead into the half-time break with the Dane’s carving out several chances in the first half. Nicklas Bendtner went closest in the 26th minute when Dennis Rommedahl’s cross was met by …
Morten Olsen’s Denmark side will kick-off their World Cup campaign in Soccer City, Johannesburg with a tricky encounter against the in-form Netherlands who approach the tie unbeaten in their previous nineteen matches, an impressive run which stretches back to September 08′.
Whilst Denmark do not approach the encounter with form on their side having suffered consecutive defeats to Australia and South Africa, they do however bring an omen into the encounter. The Dane’s have collected three points from all of their group openers in previous World Cup campaigns and Denmark manager Morten Olsen will be hoping the …
After 28 long years of failed qualifying campaigns to the World Cup, stretching back to 1958, Denmark qualified for Mexico 86′ and equipped with the rock-solid Morten Olsen, the creativity of Michael Laudrup and the goal-scoring prowess of Preben Elkjær Larsen, the World Cup debutants would go on to exceed all expecations set for them by the world of football.
To the surprise of millions, Denmark qualified from a group consisting of Scotland, Uruguay and West Germany with supreme ease recording impressive wins along the way including a 6-1 demolition of …
Nicklas Bendtner
In a tournament where we’ll be treated the brilliance of names like Leo Messi, Robin Van Persie, Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney – Nicklas Bendtner has claimed he hopes to be leaving South Africa having beat the above names to the illustrious Golden Boot award.
Bendtner, 22, is no stranger to the odd, enigmatic statement which leave most of us scratching our head and wondering if the young Dane has a history of mental-illness, specifically Delusions. While in reality it’s fair to say the towering Dane’s off-the-pitch statements do not match …
European nation Denmark have revealed their new official away shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The team were drawn into a tricky looking group with Portugal and rivals Sweden guaranteed to provide tough opposition. However, early slip ups from these two teams allowed the Danes to establish themselves at the top of the group. They never looked back and a victory against Sweden earned them a place in South Africa as group winners. Manager Morten Olsen will be pleased with the group stage draw that saw …
GROUP E
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon
After an impressive qualification campaign that saw them finish ahead of Portugal and Sweden, Denmark have been handed a relatively tricky World Cup group stage. Netherlands are likely to be the overwhelming favourites whilst Japan are the rank underdogs having never won a World Cup match outside of their continent. Theoretically, Denmark and Cameroon will be battling it out for second place. Cameroon are extremely unpredictable even though their squad contains quality players such as Samuel Eto’o. On the other hand, Denmark are a model of consistency although perhaps …
The Denmark national team has revealed their new 2010 World Cup shirt that they will be wearing throughout the tournament in South Africa next June. Stay on top of the latest Danish shirt releases here.
The team were drawn into a tricky looking group with Portugal and rivals Sweden guaranteed to provide tough opposition. However, early slip ups from these two teams allowed the Danes to establish themselves at the top of the group. They never looked back and a 1-0 victory against Sweden eventually earned them a place in South Africa as …
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