http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 were rescued by Silvestre Varela’s 87th-minute- goal and Schmeichel believes that Paulo Bento’s side were very lucky to take all three points from the match
Kasper Schmeichel was left frustrated after seeing his side lose to a late goal in their 3-2 defeat by the Portugal. Schmeichel, who was an unused substitute in that match, believes that the Portuguese player Varela was very lucky to fire the ball past the
Danish keeper.
Morten Olsen’s men were on course to salvage a draw from their second group match of Euro 2012 following their surprise victory over the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 in their first match of the competition. Despite finding themselves 2 goals down in the first half, Nicklas
Bendtner’s goals in either halves looked to have earned http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 a point.
However, Denmark was left frustrated when Varela, after coming on from the bench, scored the decisive goal of the match. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 man failed to make contact with the ball at his first attempt but managed to score at his second attempt with a neat strike.
While talking to reporters, Kasper Schmeichel stated that Denmark deserved a point from that game and luck factor was involved in Portugal’s last goal.
“I think the winning goal was a little bit lucky in the sense that he miskicked it and still had time to finish, but it was a good finish and it's a shame that we couldn't hold on,"
"I thought we played ok. Obviously, conceding from a corner is never what you want when you're defending, but it was a good header from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670.
The 25-year-old praised his teammates especially http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicklas-Bendtner-c27726, who scored a brace in the match.
"We showed a lot of character. Nicklas scored two great goals and that's the sign of a top striker."
The result against Portugal has left Denmark in need of a favourable result from their final group match against Germany. Kasper Schmeichel knows that the game against Germany would be very tough and the Danes need to be on top of their game if they want
to achieve anything from that match.
"Germany have got good players everywhere, every position, so we've got to be on top of our game to beat them. But, as a goalkeeper, I think their best player is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424."
Denmark are set to face Group B leader http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 in Lviv on 17 June.
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