Forward Michael Krohn-Dehli scored in the 24th minute and goalkeeper Stephan Andersen was ousting in Demark’s stunning win.
Even the Premier League top scorer Robin van Persie was wasteful with many missed oppurtunities in what summarized the poor night for the dutch team. Denmark goalkeeper Stephan Andersen made several clutch saves to secure the most important Danish victory over the Netherlands since the Euro 1992 semifinals.
'It was the only dangerous action of Denmark,' Netherlands captain Mark van Bommel said. 'I'm speechless, because these three points are very important.'
The Dutch came closest to scoring when Andersen gave away the ball to Arjen Robben just outside the area in the 36th minute, but the Bayern Munich winger curled his left-footer onto the far post and out of danger.
'Five of us had chances,' Van Bommel said. 'Once we hit the post. So many good opportunities.'
The frustration came to symbolize the sticky night in eastern Ukraine and leaves the World Cup runners-up with two clutch games against top-10 ranked teams, Germany and Portugal.
Late in the match, a penalty appeal for handball was denied when the Dutch were running out of time as Lars Jacobsen appeared to touch the ball with his upper arm in the box.
The underdogs in the group, Denmark will hope to qualify for the quarter-finals after the 3 points advantage from their first game.
In the other group game, Mario Gomez's goal was enough to cancel out Portugal to move up 3 points above Portugal and Holland
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