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Portugal have been training ahead of their must-win game with Denmark on Wednesday.
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Portugal have been preparing for their crunch Group B encounter with Denmark on Wednesday at their training camp in Opalenica.
The Euro 2004 runners-up were well below par in their 1-0 defeat to Germany on Saturday night and will be hoping to bounce back against the Danes.
Germany and Denmark currently share top spot in the group after their respective 1-0 wins on Saturday and defeat for Portugal in Lviv could put an end to their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
Denmark caused a the upset of the tournament so far on Saturday when they beat the much-fancied Netherlands and Portugal know how dangerous they can be having finished behind them in their qualification group.
Coach Paulo Bento will hope his star men show up against Denmark, with Cristiano Ronaldo under plenty of pressure to deliver for his country after 62 goals for Real Madrid and Portugal before the tournament.
The Portuguese will hope they can beat Denmark and the Netherlands can take points off Germany to leave Group B evenly poised heading into the final round of matches on Sunday.
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Year | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |