May 16, 2012
Denmark are possibly the ultimate enigma in European football, going from ridiculous to sublime and then back again, but for a lot of people their 1992 victory was one of the great footballing moments. Having failed to qualify for the tournament in Sweden, the Danes were given a berth just ten days before it began due to international sanctions against Yugoslavia, and the team of Peter Schmeichel and Brian Laudrup went on to win in a shock not equalled until Greece in 2004. In qualification Denmark were drawn with, among others, Portugal and Norway, meaning there were both challenging [...]
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May 16, 2012
The German side, as either Germany or West Germany is one of the greatest in terms of achievement, and the European Championship has been a happy historical hunting ground with three victories. They last won the competition in 1996, having won it in 1980 and 1972 before that, and the current team has a lot of German fans wondering if they could be looking at another group of potential champions this year. Their qualification group was made to look absurdly easy as they finished with ten wins from ten games, only conceding seven goals in the process and scoring [...]
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