Euro 2012

Matchday Two – Day Two – Dugout Discussion

Yesterday’s batch of Group A results afforded all four teams the chance of a place in the final eight and, this evening, Holland and Portugal will be hoping to keep their dreams alive after opening day defeats. As always, our Dugout Discussion is up and running ahead of the first of the Group B matches:

Today’s early kick-off sees Denmark take on the Portuguese and, with a win against the Dutch already under their belt, Morten Olsen’s men will be confident of upsetting the odds once again.

The team news is already in and the lineups are as follows:

Portugal XI: Patricio; Pereira, Alves, Pepe, Coentrao; Veloso, Moutinho, Meireles; Nani, Postiga, Ronaldo

Denmark XI:Andersen; Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, S Poulsen; Kvist, Zimling, Eriksen; Rommedahl, Bendtner, Krohn-Deli

Unsurprisingly, Morten Olsen keeps the same starting XI that saw off Holland 1-0 last Saturday, with Michael Krohn-Deli looking to notch for the second successive Group B game. Lars Jacobsen can expect a busy time at right-back, as he lines up directly against Cristiano Ronaldo.

Paulo Bento’s side is also unchanged following their narrow defeat to Germany. Helder Postiga keeps his place as the lone forward, though with Hugo Almeida now recovered from flu and the highly-rated youngster Nelson Oliveira pushing for pitch time, Postiga is unlikely to last the 90 minutes unless he considerably ups his game, after a poor performance last time out.

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  1. Miro
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    BENDYYYYYY!!! haha good for Denmark, well deserved

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  2. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Bendtnerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!! Anybody has him?

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  3. smp
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    LOL.

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    1. QPR Lad 92
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      11 years, 11 months ago

      😀

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  4. Le Gooner
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Oh yes, come on Denmark!

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  5. Parm
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    BENDY BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. riot
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    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Bendybus gathering pace.

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  7. Gaz Downright
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    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    did Bendtner just show his Portugal briefs?!

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  8. FORCA INTER
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Bendy shows Ronaldo who is boss 😀

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  9. djman102
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Ronal-DOH!

    And now the Bendy bus is leaving me in the dust.

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  10. Twelve years a slave
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    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Best player in the world

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    1. FORCA INTER
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      11 years, 11 months ago

      LOL!

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    2. Miro
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      😀

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  11. 7dbeckham23
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    OMG this is hilarious, im dead, ronaldo... I am dissapoint

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  12. RÏɠBY
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    awesome!!! ONE MOARRRR!!! c'mon you danes

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  13. COMH
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    CR7 has a great chance to seal the win and bottles it. Bendtner showing him how it's done.

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  14. Coldplay
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    So the best striker in the world proves his worth.

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  15. Back on the horse
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    brilliant - i would love it if Denmark beat them

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    1. Declan
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Love it

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  16. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    All aboard the GW3 Bendy Bus 😆

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    1. Injury Prone o_O Gooner.
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      Paddy Power Pants!! Looool

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      1. Gaz Downright
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        • 13 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        was that it? haha... just saw something green, thought they were Portuguese

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  17. Declan
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    Who needs Giroud, We've got Bendtner 😯

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  18. Reckoner.
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    Just I reply to the messi best player ever debate on the other page, as it won't get seen there anymore really.

    People always say maradona won a world cup and messi can't be seen as being better until he wins one. Maradona never won a champions league though. He won a uefa cup but no champions league. Just a thought anyway.

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    1. Abominable Snowy84
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      11 years, 11 months ago

      But he won the league with little Napoli.

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      1. Reckoner.
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        11 years, 11 months ago

        Not saying it sways me either way just something that isn't really ever pointed out.

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    2. Whazza
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      11 years, 11 months ago

      its also important to remember that neither Maradona nor Messi won any cup alone.. You cant really compare them imo

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  19. Atwood
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    This must be torture for the Ronaldo owners. The missed chances...and then Bendtner grabs a brace!

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    1. CABAYE4
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 11 months ago

      And Nani owners! Thought I had a sure 3 points there...

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      1. Whazza
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        • 11 Years
        11 years, 11 months ago

        he assisted one 🙂

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        1. CABAYE4
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 11 months ago

          Not enough to keep as captain I don't think.

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  20. RÏɠBY
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    nice save

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  21. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    and with the Coentrao moves back on to 2 and back onto my bench later

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  22. turbosmalec
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    cr7 wtf?

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  23. Qubit
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    Christ that really was a terrible miss from Ronaldo.

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  24. Wild Rover
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    Ronaldo sends Portugal home..... 🙄

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  25. Carlos Danger
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    bendtner>ronaldo

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  26. Joey Barton and Friends
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    any team news for Holland Germany. Cheerrs

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  27. Gaz Downright
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    • 13 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    Nani's toys! Out of pram!
    Nani's toys! Out of pram!

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  28. Abominable Snowy84
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    11 years, 11 months ago

    If Germany draw tonight expect a scoreless draw between Germany Denmark in GW3.

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      11 years, 11 months ago

      agreed, both sides will know they are through, and Denmark will know if they get ideas above their station Germany have the quality to over-run them.

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  29. GREENDREAMS11
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    anyine here got bendy ?

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  30. Mílanista
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    • 12 Years
    11 years, 11 months ago

    If RVP scores a brace later I'm going to explode. Have a £1 double on RVP and Ronaldo scoring 2 or more goals each. Almost went Bendy over Ronaldo but talked myself out of it because he's shit. Of course, the odds on Bendy were a lot higher too. To top it off, I have CR7(c) 😡

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