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What did yesterday's German heroes and Dutch losers see in their country's newspapers this morning?
One of the most popular Danish newspapers "Jyllands-Posten" headline reads: "Denmark lost after a magnificent fight." Danish football players have nothing to be ashamed of. After the match against Portugal, where two goals from Nicklas Bendtner helped to equalize the score 2:2, but in the end Portugal triumphed, the Danes did their best.
"What a drama. Danish football players turned the match into a fairy-tale comeback, although everything seemed lost at the beginning. The chance to reach the quarterfinals remains," - the Danish press believes in their team.
The newspaper boldly calls Nicklas Bendtner a hero of the match and regrets that after such a great Danish storm, "Valera appeared". The player who scored the decisive goal for Portugal and took away the Danish hopes.
Although the Danes understand that they will face Germany in the final group match, they are not preparing to give up and declare that "there are 90 minutes left to play and then we will see."
Completely different moods prevail in the Netherlands after the defeat. One of the tournament's favorites still has hope to reach the quarterfinals, but not everything depends on them. They need to win against Portugal with a two-goal margin, while the determined Danes need to lose to Germany.
Not everyone believes that such a scenario is still possible. More precisely, the news website "Nu.nl" admits that "the chances are slim." This is reflected in the headlines of newspapers "Oh no, Oranje..." and "The first fans are returning home."
It is no secret that this Dutch national team does not share the field easily. Too many stars, while only eleven players can be on the field at a time. "Telegraaf.nl." criticizes the decision of coach Bert van Marwijk to allow the same lineup that lost to Denmark onto the field. Rafael van der Vaart and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were released from the bench in yesterday's match, but, according to Wesley Sneijder, they should start.
It is announced that the first Dutch fans have already abandoned the championship. They explained their choice simply: "It's hopeless to wait for the match against Portugal. Yes, there is still a theoretical possibility to survive, but I no longer believe in it."
The losses of Denmark and the Netherlands are different, but the German triumph is unequivocal. One of the most popular German newspapers "Deutche Welle" is happy that "Germans finally demonstrated their title ambitions".
"Regardless of the Dutch efforts, in the 24th minute, after Mario Gomez's goal, the Germans tore them apart," - journalists did not spare their victory in their pompous celebration.
"Spiegel.de" also poetically crowned Mario Gomez as the hero of Germany: "It was almost midnight in the hot Kharkiv when Mario Gomez allowed the spectators to look into his triumphant soul as usual."
Before this match, the national team in Germany was criticized for not very attractive matches against Portugal, but yesterday the football players shut all the critics up.
