This Wednesday, June 26, is 32 years to the day Denmarknicknamed ‘Red Dynamite’, achieved the feat of becoming the Euro Cup champion for the first time and also defeated the then current world champion in the final, Germany (2-0). A June 26, 1992 that entered the history of continental football. As fate would have it, this Saturday they will meet again, this time in the round of 16 euro 2024, where the Germans are the host.
This is an unprecedented story of Denmark on that Sweden Euro 1992. ‘Red Dynamite’ was not even classified for the contest. His players were on vacation when they received the news that the Danish team would take the place Yugoslaviaexpelled as a result of UN sanctions for the Balkan war.
This is how Denmark entered the tournament. It was also without one of its great stars, the former Barcelona player Michael Laudrupbecause of his differences with the coach, Richard Moller Nielsen. In the first stage, the Danish team finished second in group A, behind Sweden. France and England were eliminated.
In the semi-finals, Denmark they kicked none other than the Netherlands (4-5 on penalties, after 2-2). And what a Dutch team: with Ronald Koeman, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard and Ruud GullitBesides others.
And in the final, at the Ullevi stadium in Göteborg, John Jensen (18′) and Kim Vilfort (78′) they scored the goals against a Germany with Andreas Brehme, Matthias Sammer, Thomas Hassler, Jürgen Klinsmann either Stefan Effenbergamong many other stars, and trained by Berti Vogs.
Source: La Verdad
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