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Portugal gear up for Denmark encounter
Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2012 by SNTV

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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.

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

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    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