Great Danes look to squash Oranje

Jun 14, 2010 - Peter Auf der Heyde |

JOHANNESBURG

Daniel Agger is aware that Denmark was simply not good enough in their two final warm-up matches for the World Cup, but said they will be ready for their opening Group E game against the Netherlands on Monday.

The Danes lost 0-1 to Australia and South Africa and the Liverpool defender said they had several days since then to improve. “Our last two games were not really games where we needed to get a result. We tried a lot and therefore maybe we did not get the right results. But we certainly have to improve everything from those games, because they were not good enough,” he said.
Agger said he thought the Dutch would play very offensively against them. “I think they will attack from the start, that is the Dutch mentality. They play attacking football. That is something we have to know and then play our game from there.”
Midfielder Daniel Jensen said he was really looking forward to the game. “I think the Dutch suit us quite well and it will be a tight game.” Jensen is one of several injury worries. “I have a problem in my left foot and maybe the first game will come too soon for me. We will have to see.”
There is also a question mark over goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen and Nicklas Bendtner, but forward Jesper Gronkjaer is confident that they will overcome the absence of the Arsenal striker. “Obviously it is going to be a blow because he is the number one striker in Denmark,” Jesper said. — DPA

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