Who Are Danish Dynamite?
– 1992 Danish Dynamite was the nickname given to the brilliant Denmark team of the mid-1980s, which contained legends such as Preben Elkjaer and Michael Laudrup, and had lit up Euro ’84 and World Cup 1986. However, by the beginning of the 1990s, most of the Dynamite stars had retired while Laudrup was refusing to play. Denmark now had a very ordinary team, flopping at Euro ’88, and failing to qualify for World Cup 1990. They also failed to make it to Euro 1992, finishing second in their qualifying group behind arguably the world’s best nation at the time – Yugoslavia. Yet, on the eve of the tournament, Yugoslavia were barred from participating on political grounds due to war in the Balkans. Denmark took their place, and stunned Europe by going on to win the whole competition. Sneaking out of their group courtesy of a 2-1 win over fancied France, Peter Schmeichel was the hero in the semi-finals by saving Marco Van Basten’s spot-kick as Denmark beat holders Holland on penalties after a t
