Despite their early Euro 2012 exit, Denmark coach Morten Olsen has praised his side and has insisted that his team’s performances in the tournament have made him proud
Denmark started their Euro 2012 campaign with a bang when they defeated much fancied Dutch side in their opening match. However, Danish hopes of qualifying to the next stage diminished following two defeats in two games against Portugal and Germany.
Germany’s Lars Bender’s late strike against the Danes, gave Germany a 2-1 win that pushed Denmark to the third spot in Group B, after Portugal registered an impressive win over the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753.
Germany were dominant in the match but Denmark were able to hold Joachim Low’s men for the most parts and were only let down by a late goal from the German substitute Bender. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, courtesy of another
late goal which they conceded in the closing moments of the game.
While talking to reporters after the match, Morten Olsen stressed that the elimination from the first round of the tournament is disappointing but he is not disappointed from his players. Olsen said that his players showed great commitment throughout the
tournament and the results are bit cruel on the players.
"We have to be disappointed, but I'm not disappointed with the team."
Olsen believes that his players were careless on few occasions that led to his side’s failure in the end. Germany was a great team and his players performed admirably well against a top team and they deserve credit for that.
"It was a fantastic performance and we played against one of the world's elite - unfortunately we have been punished for our carelessness.”
"We were playing against a great team, of course they were better than us and to beat them we would have needed a bit of luck."
Krohn-Dehli, who scored the equaliser against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904, was very disappointed with the result that led to his side’s exit from the tournament in the first phase. However, the Dane stated that the victory against Holland was very memorable for him and there
are a lot of positives to be taken from this campaign.
Denmark are out of the Euro 2012 but the team has a promising future and great things are expected from this talented side in the future.
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