Olsen out for victory

Victory wanted

Olsen dismay

Early goal wanted
"Quite frankly, that's a ridiculous thing to say," said Olsen. "We are honest people and both teams will go out looking to win the match. Sweden have an advantage knowing that a 0-0 draw will be good enough to take them through, but we can change that by scoring an early goal and that's what we intend to do. We're not in a position where we can think about anyone else but ourselves."

Ibrahimovic threat
Olsen identified Zlatan Ibrahimovic as one of the main threats in the Swedish side. "He's a great player," he said of the AFC Ajax forward who scored Sweden's equalising goal against Italy. "I have followed his progress with Ajax. He is still a young player and like all young players, he has ups and downs. Hopefully, he will have a bad game against us."

No significance
Udinese Calcio winger Martin Jørgensen played down the significance of a derby between the sides claiming the rivalry between these Scandinavian neighbours is not as intense as it was 20 or 30 years ago. "Many of the players from both countries play their football abroad now, so the rivalry is not what it was," said Jørgensen. "I've only played 45 minutes against Sweden and the likes of Niclas Jensen have never played against them, so in that respect it will be just another game."

Rommedahl concern
PSV Eindhoven winger Dennis Rommedahl is the only worry for Denmark having suffered a knee injury in their last game against Bulgaria. Olsen will assess his fitness after training this afternoon, but has a ready-made replacement in Chelsea FC's Jesper Grønkjær, who scored the second goal in the win over Bulgaria.