Portugal 2-3 Denmark - Sensational Last Gasp Win Makes Morten Olsen Proud ...

Olsen managed to produce a rare smile in the few minutes after the sensational match against European giants Portugal. In a game where Portugal was defending a 1-0 lead courtesy of a Nani goal, Denmark came storming back.

In the 82nd minute, Arsenal forward Nicklas Bendtner tied the game at 1-1 with a superb goal but only for Chelsea's play-maker Deco to restore the lead with a 85th minute penalty. With the Portuguese believing, they were home and dry, Denmark struck back and in incredible fashion.

First Juventus midfielder, Christian Poulsen tied the game at 2-2 in the 89th minute before Weder Bremen player, Daniel Jensen stunned the Portuguese faithful with a 90th minute winner! Danish coach Morten Olsen was understandably over-joyed with the result.

"This was a dream scenario. I didn't think we had it in us physically to come back from 1-0 and then 2-1, but everybody delivered a fantastic performance.” "We had a funny feeling in our stomachs when they scored their penalty.

They obviously had their own chances to score more goals and they will undoubtedly feel they should have won the game, but we had our chances too and the players showed immense strength both mentally and physically.”

"They were frustrated at half time. I felt we stood our ground well and focused on our own game rather than worry about what they would do. They expectedly saw more of the ball but we didn't let it get to us. We played a fantastic game.” Joys over the remarkable Danish win was echoed across the border, in Sweden.

" Very impressive performance from the Danes,” was the response from the Swedish coach, Lars Lagerbäck. That was the general feeling around the Swedish camp, who after their own victory over Hungary, were told to go and check on Denmark's result.

"According to the first reports we were getting, the score was 2-0 to the Portuguese but that was quickly rectified. When we were told a few minutes later that Denmark had pulled off a 3-2 win in Lisbon, none of us believed it", said the Swedish captain Lars Richt.

Players then proceeded to get on their mobile phones to check and double-check the result. "Totally crazy. We were very surprised but impressed at the way the Danes won it", Richt continued. The chairman of the Swedish FA Lars-Åke Lagrell was woken from his sleep by a Aftonbladets journalist to let him know the result.

The chairman wasn't disappointed to be disturbed in his sleep when he heard the result.
"What did you say? Denmark won? When I went to sleep, Portugal were winning", was his response to the news. "Its all good, I will always accept good news", was the response to the journalist's apology for disturbing his sleep.

This win means Denmark are joint leaders of Group One on four points with Sweden and Albania, who both claimed home victories on Wednesday.