'Denmark has been read by the opponents
Denmark finished on Sunday evening a thoroughly disappointing qualification for the European football championship in with a defeat of - to FranceThe result of the match was no matter, since France is in the group on a free pass, since the country is the host nation for the next EM. Their struggles are so real, nothing else than a series of glorified friendlies. Denmark joined the group as the number three, which may be said to be a disappointing result, especially seen in light of the fact that EM from is extended to twenty-four teams, of which twenty qualify directly for the finals. Denmark has therefore not been able to secure a direct ticket to the finals, that has been the easiest to qualify for ever. But how did it go so wrong, that Denmark only accomplished a third place in a group with Portugal, Serbia, Armenia and Albania. Whose fault is it.
We scored not a single goal in the last three matches in qualifying.
And I think not even that we were close, with the exception of There stolpeskud against Portugal, says Martin Davidsen, who is fodboldjournalist on the advice and who has written the book Dreamland about the EM-triumph in and the biography Mirakelmageren on the -team coach Richard Møller Nielsen.
But the most important thing is simply that we do not score enough goals. The defense has been fine But we have only scored eight goals in eight games, and five of them were against Serbia, you can not claim to go ahead, says Martin Davidsen and points out that the national team is not exactly overflowing with profiles, as it looks at the moment. Even if there today are fewer large profiles from the major clubs on the national team, then it is according to Martin Davidsen is still reasonable to expect that Denmark should be able to qualify for the european championships.
'I'm with you on that it was not the easiest pool Denmark came in.
'We have not been sharp enough in crucial situations
But for now let us just remember that Albania came into this group from the fifth seedingslag. It is those who take the second place from us.
It must, of course, could not happen.
We must be able to beat if we want to a EM. Although the lack of goals has greatly contributed to Denmark's poor qualifying round, so also has Denmark's coach Morten Olsen his share in the Danish debacle. 'As a coach you will always have a responsibility. He has also made some bad decisions along the way. In general, there has been a lack of solutions in the Danish attacking. We may have missed some new ideas. Our opponents have figured out our game and closed down for it. Then you have to try something else. Why not put a large shed in and pour bogle balls across and hope for the best. But such is the Danish national team is not. There is a level of the game, and that's fine, but there should also just be a plan b when things are not working. For now, there is nothing else to do than to see how it goes in the other groups and hope on a manageable opponent in the two play-off matches.
Martin Davidsen believes that there are no good excuses, if Denmark does not manage to come to EM.
'Denmark must be among the twenty-four teams, coming to EM. No matter who we draw, so we must be cynical. And so, we should just keep in mind that it is not more than three months ago Denmark beat Serbia - in a really nice fight.
