[國家] Denmark sink Portugal after late goal flurry
Denmark sink Portugal after late goal flurry
LISBON, Sept 10 (Reuters)
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Daniel Jensen's stoppage-time winner gave Denmark a 3-2 victory over Portugal
in a World Cup Group One qualifier on Wednesday which featured four goals in
the closing seven minutes.
Portugal winger Nani opened the scoring after 42 minutes when he tapped home
Hugo Almeida's excellent cross from the left and the hosts dominated the
match until the late flurry of goals.
Denmark levelled through Nicklas Bendtner's header in the 83rd minute before
Portugal re-took the lead three minutes later with a Deco penalty.
Denmark equalised again in the 89th minute with a Christian Poulsen header
after Portugal keeper Quim failed to clear his area following a corner.
The Danes then grabbed all three points with Jensen's deflected shot two
minutes into stoppage time.
“It's bad to lose this way, we had the game under control, but in football
a team that doesn’t score sometimes gets punished unfairly. We could have
won but although we tried to keep Denmark under pressure, they managed to get
things their way and we have to accept it,” Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz
told reporters.
It was the first time in 12 years that Portugal had lost a World Cup
qualifying match, the last defeat coming in October 1996 in Ukraine.
Queiroz, who replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari after Euro 2008, added: “This is
the result of two critical moments in which we didn't score and that gave
confidence to Denmark. They believed all the way until the end. We tried to
hold the game after the 2-1, now we need to recover these three points in the
away game.”
Denmark coach Morten Olsen said defender Lars Jacobsen, replaced by Michael
Silberbauer on the stroke of halftime, had dislocated his shoulder.
“Our first thoughts are for Jacobsen who went to the hospital,” he said.
“We hope he can return home with team.
“It was the first time that we won points in Hungary and Portugal. It is a
dream scenario for. It is more than we thought after these two hard games,”
he added.
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