Thursday Sep 29 2005 14:12
Denmark coach Morten Olsen has given no clues as to his starting line-up for Monday's Group C clash against Italy in Guimaraes.
Jesper Gronkjaer will miss the game following the death of his mother last week but the rest of Olsen's 22-man squad all trained on Saturday.
Injury doubts over Kasper Bogelund, Claus Jensen, Martin Jorgensen, Peter Lovenkrands and Stephan Andersen have subsided and all five are available for the Italian clash.
Key defender Martin Laursen is confident the Danes can cause a shock against the Italians and go on to qualify from a group that also includes Sweden and Bulgaria.
"We have a huge opportunity to make a laughing stock of them," he said.
"If they fail against us they will face hard criticism from the Italian media.
"Of course we can beat Italy. They won't risk a lot and will let us have the ball most of the time, and for us it's important to get Jon Dahl Tomasson started well.
"He has had a fantastic season, and in training in Milan I have seen Alessandro Nesta having all kinds of trouble with Jon. There's no doubt they are afraid of him."
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