HERNING, denmark (Ekstra Bladet): With seven victories, the Danish team so far cleared all the resistance out of the way at the WORLD cup. Now there is just a small, tiny step, before the team is in the semi-final on Friday in Hamburg.
the Final obstacle is Sweden on Wednesday, and coach Nikolaj Jacobsen is well aware that just a small misstep will be enough for the entire house of cards braces together about the ears on him. Denmark can afford to lose to Sweden, but not with more than four goals.
– It is not something we think about. We will go into and put us on the fight against Sweden, and see if we can’t win it. But the four goals are as a nice padding to have.
– How do you assess the Swedish team?
– It is a strong team, which still has the chance to go in the semifinals. But they have also been hit by injuries, so they have their challenges, says Nikolaj Jacobsen.
There are still things that can be improved before the meeting with the swedes, for Nikolaj Jacobsen is far from satisfied with everything, what he saw in the match against Egypt.
– We had not resolved their 5:1 defence, pretty good. We were not focused. You could see it on the passing and pace of passing. It was not high enough. It is hard to win man against mandduellerne, when there is more speed on. We must have looked at.
on the other hand, we got our seven against seksspil to work really well after the break. Our defense fought well through the 60 minutes. We close only 20 goals, even if we are not favored by many rescues. We have only six in all.
– Considering you’re not playing seven against six already in the first half?
– Yes, I did, but we lay there with guides on two-three goals and had chances to increase, so that we could get control of the fight, but it had to wait for.
– Why brought you not players from the bench in the game, as it is not drove for the team in the first half?
– I do not think there was room for it in the day. And when we go over to play seven against six, fixes the players on the pitch it really well.
– be Able to Mikkel Hansen does not deserve a break in the first half?
– It is quite true. But I also had to give Rasmus Lauge break, and it is this that becomes the problem. Right now will be Morten Olsen a victim of the fact that we have too many defence angrebsudskiftninger in advance.
It was a choice you took, that it was Ross who got a break and not Mikkel Hansen?
– Yes, because I should not spend so much effort in defense, as Lauge must. We could give Ross some breaks, because Magnus Landin made it so brilliant again in defence. We also got Nicholas Øris check, and he made a good figure in the second half, says the national coach.
