The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 star has warned the Oranje about Morten Olsen’s side, and has insisted that they must win their Euro 2012 opening encounter.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 about Denmark’s threat while stressing that the Danish Dynamite have improved a lot since 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
The Danish Dynamite had a disappointing campaign in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757, where they were thrashed out of the competition in the first-round.
De Rød-Hvide lost 2-0 to Bert van Marwijk’s side in their opening game of the group stages before securing a 2-1 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928 ended the 1992 Euro winners’ hopes of progressing through to the round-of-16 with
a 3-1 victory in their final game of the group stages.
Kuyt, who also featured in his side’s 2-0 victory over the Danish Dynamite in the 2010 World Cup, has insisted that his side must win their opening encounter of the European Championship against the Danes.
“The World Cup has shown us how important it is to win the first match. We have to do that again”, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 Rotterdam striker was quoted as saying to the Dutch media.
The Dutchman, who has thus far represented the Flying Dutchmen in 85 matches and added his name to the score-sheet 24 times, went on to admit that the Red and Whites have improved their game a lot since the 2010 World Cup.
“Denmark have improved a lot since then. They have won five of their last six meetings with Portugal, which indicates that they are a stronger team and have become more stable”, Kuyt concluded.
Netherlands are drawn in the Group B along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. The pool is touted as the toughest group in the competition, and pundits have termed it as the ‘Group of Death’.
The Flying Dutchmen will begin their European Championship venture against the Danish Dynamite at Metalist Kharkiv Stadium on Saturday, June 9.
Kuyt will be hoping that his side commence the competition brightly, and secure all three points in their opening tie in order to enhance their chances of progressing through to the quarter-final.
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