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Bendtner not taking anything for granted
Posted Monday, June 11, 2012 by SNTV

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Denmark forward Nicklas Bendtner said on Sunday the Danish team would not "take anything for granted" after they beat the Netherlands in their opening Euro 2012 game on Saturday.

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The Danish team had a light training session on Sunday afternoon at the Municipal Stadium in Poland, after flying back in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Denmark beat the Netherlands 1-0 in their opening Group B match at Euro 2012 on Saturday in Kharkiv.

Michael Krohn-Dehli scored the only goal in the 24th minute to hand the Danes their first win over the Dutch in 9 attempts.

Krohn-Dehli said "it was great" to score the winning goal and added that Denmark would take the tournament "one game at a time".

SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Krohn-Dehli, Denmark forward:

"Yeah we are standing stronger now than before the game of course. Yeah we have to take one game at a time and the next game is Portugal, it's a strong team so we have to be one hundred per cent for that game."

Despite winning their first game, Danish forward Nicklas Bendtner is keen not to take anything for granted.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicklas Bendtner, Denmark forward:

"No I think people still look at us and think that we are the team that was not going to go through but we have kept our belief high and we will do that in the next game as well. We don't take anything for granted, now (we are not thinking) we are fantastic and we can do everything, we are still focussed on the next match and try to the best we can in that game."

Denmark play Portugal in their next Group B match on Tuesday in Lviv, in the Ukraine.

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

    Cities & Stadiums

    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia