Morten Olsen
Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsenis a Danish football manager and former football player. He was the head coach of the Danish national team in 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship, 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 European Championship. He has also managed Brøndby IF to two Danish Superliga championships and Ajax to the Double of the 1998 Dutch Eredivisie championship and Dutch Cup trophy. He is the only person ever in...
collective decision
We have made a collective decision to play the game.
good teams three
We are confident, but there are three good teams still in the running. One has to go out and that's a pity.
playing strong team
We are playing a very strong team but we also have a strong team.
course feels happy join kept open ready spot squad
We have always kept the spot open for Jesper. Now he feels ready to join the squad and we are of course happy for his decision.
wait
We have to wait and see after today's training.
decisive game hoping win
We were hoping that this would be the decisive game and now we have to win it,
areas cup european finals
We have really developed. In some areas we are better than during the 2002 World Cup finals and the 2004 European finals,
against beginning bulgaria defended fast saw strategy sweden
We saw a different Bulgaria today, they were very fast against Sweden and from the beginning they had another strategy today. We defended well and used width very well.
best playing prepare run teams
At this stage, it's always a 50-50 game. The Czechs are playing very well. They are one of the best teams here. We have to prepare to run for 90 minutes.
converted double fantastic figures
It was a fantastic match. It could have been double figures if we had converted all of our chances.
group rest
We've had one more day of rest now than between the group games. I am not worried.
afford days less matches months next together
We been together for less than two months and there are only 17 days before the next match, ... International matches are always prestigious, but this is one we can afford to lose.
anyone game knows saw tried
Anyone who saw the game knows that no one tried to go for that result.