EURO 2012 REVIEW (DENMARK)

OLD FOX 

Morten Olsen has confirmed 20 of the Denmark players he will take to UEFA EURO 2012, with three further call-ups to be announced by 24 May at the latest.

Perhaps the most surprising inclusion is Évian Thonon Gaillard FC midfielder Thomas Kahlenberg, who has not been involved with the national team since autumn 2010. "He has played many games recently, and we have seen them all," said Olsen. "He may not be a fast player, but he is a fast-thinking player, and he can be a good asset at the tournament."

In addition to the 20 definite names, Manchester United FC goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim defender Jannik Vestergaard and FC Groningen forward Nicklas Pedersen have also been invited to join Denmark's training camp. The hopeful trio, though, are not assured of making up the remainder of the final squad next week. "I am at least going to watch the games this coming weekend before I decide," said Olsen.

Denmark face Brazil on 26 May and Australia on 2 June in their two pre-finals friendlies. Seven days later they meet the Netherlands in their opening Group B match in Kharkiv before switching to Lviv to play Portugal and Germany.

Denmark squad
Goalkeepers:Thomas Sørensen (Stoke City FC), Stephan Andersen (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC).

Defenders:Lars Jacobsen (FC København), Daniel Wass (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Daniel Agger (Liverpool FC), Simon Kjær (AS Roma), Andreas Bjelland (FC Nordsjælland), Simon Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar).

Midifelders:Christian Poulsen (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Jakob Poulsen (FC Midtjylland), William Kvist (1. FC Nürnberg), Niki Zimling (Club Brugge KV), Thomas Kahlenberg (Évian Thonon Gaillard FC), Christian Eriksen (AFC Ajax), Michael Silberbauer (BSC Young Boys), Lasse Schøne (NEC Nijmegen).

Forwards:Dennis Rommedahl (Brøndby IF), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland AFC), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby IF), Tobias Mikkelsen (FC Nordsjælland).

 Nicklas Bendtner

Daniel Agger he will shine 

L. Jacobsen M. Jorgensen

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THE 1992 WIN 

June 1992 may not have been the best month for decorating kitchens, but it is loaded with memories for football romantics everywhere. After failing to qualify, Denmark were invited to replace Yugoslavia at the last minute, and they gladly ditched their summer plans to become unlikely champions of Europe.

"I should have put in a new kitchen but then we were called away to play in Sweden," recalled Danish coach Richard Møller Nielsen shortly after their triumph. "The kitchen is finished now. I had a professional decorator do it." Although clearly professionals in their own domain, there was an appealingly ramshackle feel about this Denmark side, and altogether they had just two weeks to prepare after Yugoslavia were barred because of the developing Balkan crisis.

In a further blow to their prospects, brilliant playmaker Michael Laudrup decided against taking part, so it was no surprise when they began by drawing with a workmanlike England team 0-0. Nor were there any shocks when they succumbed 1-0 to their Swedish hosts, who were given real attacking verve by newcomers Tomas Brolin and Martin Dahlin. What was more out of place was the 2-1 victory over Michel Platini's France in their last Group 1 outing which earned them a semi-final berth as runners-up to Sweden.

If the changes blowing through the continent had affected Group 1, they were also keenly felt in Group 2, where Germany fielded a unified team for the first and the now-dissolved USSR competed as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Holders the Netherlands came out on top, however, with exciting young striker Dennis Bergkamp making the difference against the CIS before scoring in their 3-1 win over second-placed Germany.

Bergkamp also found the target for the Netherlands in the semi-finals, yet with Henrik Larsen striking twice for Denmark it took Frank Rijkaard's late equaliser to take the match into extra time. And with no more goals forthcoming, exuberant shot-stopper Peter Schmeichel added to the buzz surrounding his displays by denying 1988 hero Marco van Basten in the shoot-out, diving low to his left to catapult the Danes into the final.

Møller Nielsen's men were far from finished there. Facing Berti Vogts's Germany in Gothenburg after Karlheinz Riedle's brace had eliminated Sweden 3-2, they stunned the watching world when John Jensen drove in after 18 minutes. Goals were a rarity for the midfielder but this was no ordinary tournament and Kim Vilfort completed the fairytale by adding a second. Try as the Germans might to hit back, an inspired Schmeichel kept out everything that was thrown at him– including the kitchen sink.

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