Thursday Sep 29 2005 08:01
Denmark coach Morten Olsen admitted that his side had lost concentration in the second half of their 3-0 Euro 2004 quarter-final defeat at the hands of the Czech Republic.
Three goals in the first 20 minutes after the break put paid to Danish hopes and Olsen had few complaints about the final outcome.
He told reporters: "We have to be self-critical.
"We were so good and normally we should have won, but we weren't good enough.
"Football is all about scoring goals but you have to be brutal. We had a good first half and combined to create very good chances.
"Then after five minutes of the second half we made a big mistake. You can't make such a mistake. It's all about concentration.
"Then we made two mistakes in three minutes and in such circumstances it's impossible to come back.
"We showed so much power in the first half, then we made these mistakes. We made them change the game by making the first mistake."
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