Olsen calls for improvement despite victory

(GSM) – Denmark coach Morten Olsen was critical of his side despite securing a 2-1 win over Cameroon on Saturday.

Cameron took early lead by the captain Samuel Eto’o in the 10th minute but Demark recovered fast and fought well. In the 32nd minute Nicklas Bendtner equalized the match and in the 60th minute Dennis Rommedahl scored the winning goal of the match.

After this match Denmark earned three points and sitting with their next opponent Japan. Netherlands became the first team to qualify for the second round while, Cameroon became the first country to bid farewell to the World Cup after losing both their opening two games.

“We made far too many elementary mistakes and I can’t allow that from my players,” Olsen said.

“So I wasn’t happy actually. Of course the players fought heroically, some of them didn’t play well today I have to say, but they fought.

“We must correct that if we are to progress in this tournament. Some didn’t play well but they fought.

“We had Nicklas Bendtner, Jon Dahl Tomasson and Daniel Jensen on the pitch, and those players haven’t played much.

“But that’s the way it is, that’s why we had to fight so much. We had nothing more to offer, we have too many players who are injured or have been injured.

“So in that respect it was a heroic physical effort, but if we want to progress in this tournament we have a lot to work on. We know that very well,” the Danish Tactician revealed.