Denmark coach Morten Olsen has announced his confirmed 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup. The Danish gaffer dropped three players from his provisional squad after the 2-0 friendly win against Senegal on Thursday.
Shot stopper Kim Christensen (Goteborg) and midfielders Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby) and Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht) didn't survive the cut and won't make it to South Africa. English representatives include Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn Rovers), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal) and Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City), while 18-year-old Ajax sensation Christian Eriksen has also been given the nod.
Highly-rated Palermo defender Simon Kjaer is also involved, despite sustaining an injury in the friendly against Senegal that initial reports suggested might rule him out of the early part of the tournament.
The exclusion of Christensen and Krohn-Dehli didn't come as much of a surprise, but Silberbauer recently stated that he was confident to make the Danish team for this summer's tournament. The Danes lock horns with Holland, Cameroon and Japan in the group phase of the 2010 World Cup. They start the tournament with a match against Holland on June 14.
Goalkeepers: Thomas Sorensen (Stoke), Stefan Andersen (Brondby), Jesper Christiansen (FC Copenhagen)
Defenders: Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Simon Kjaer (Palermo), Per Kroldrup (Fiorentina), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), William Kvist Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen), Patrick Mtiliga (Malaga)
Midfielders: Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen), Christian Poulsen (Juventus), Christian Eriksen (Ajax), Jakob Poulsen (AGF), Martin Jorgensen (AGF), Mikkel Beckmann (Randers), Thomas Enevoldsen (FC Groningen), Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Jesper Gronkjaer (FC Copenhagen)
Forwards: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Soeren Larsen (Duisburg).
0 comments:
Post a Comment