ikinci yarı final, penaltı atışları ile sonuçlandırılabildi. danimarka, normal süresi ve uzatmaları 2-2 tamamlanan maçın penaltı atışlarında hollanda'yı 5-4 yendi. normal sürede danimarka iki kere öne geçti ve hollanda da iki kez beraberliği yakalayarak, maçı uzatmalara taşıdı. danimarka 5 ve 33. dakikalarda larsen, hollanda da 23. dakikada bergkamp, 86. dakikada rijkaard'ın ayağından gole ulaşmıştı. favori gösterilen hollandalılar, uzatma dakikalarında da ataklarını acımasızca sürdürdüler fakat, pozisyonlar her seferinde danimarka kalecisi peter schmeichel'in ellerinde eridi. maç penaltılara kaldı. uzatmalarda da skor değişmeyince, penaltı atışlarına gidildi. kaleci schmeichel, hollanda'nın yetenekli futbolcusu van basten'in penaltısını kurtarınca, şampiyonaya son anda katılan danimarka finalist oldu.
netherlands: hans van breukelen(gk), adri van tiggelen, ronald koeman, jan wouters, dennis bergkamp, frank rijkaard, marco van basten, ruud gullit (c), rob witschge, frank de boer (dk. 46 wim kieft), bryan roy (dk. 115 et john van 't schip)
yedekler: berry van aerle, danny blind, stanley menzo (gk), aron winter, peter bosz, wim jonk, erik viscaal
teknik direktör: rinus michels (ned)
denmark: peter schmeichel (gk), john sivebæk, lars olsen (c), henrik andersen (dk. 70 claus christiansen), kim christofte, john faxe jensen, flemming povlsen, brian laudrup (dk. 57 lars elstrup), torben piechnik, henrik larsen, kim vilfort
yedekler: kent nielsen, johnny mølby, torben frank, mogens krogh (gk), peter nielsen, morten bruun
teknik direktör: richard møller-nielsen (den)
goller: (0-1) henrik larsen dk. 5 (1-1) dennis bergkamp dk. 23 (1-2) henrik larsen dk. 33 (2-2) frank rijkaard dk. 86
sarı kartlar: dk. 42 frank rijkaard (netherlands) dk. 15 henrik andersen (denmark)
schmeichel helps denmark down netherlands published: sunday 5 october 2003, 14.54cet
peter schmeichel saved marco van basten's spot kick to send denmark through to a final against germany.
peter schmeichel was the hero of denmark's euro '92 semi-final success against the netherlands, denying marco van basten in the shoot-out after keeping out a bryan roy effort in extra time.
the manchester united fc goalkeeper got down to his left to fend away van basten's effort. although the holders converted their other four penalties, kim christofte put away the fifth for denmark – only in the tournament as emergency replacements for yugoslavia – as they completed a miraculous journey to the final, where world champions germany lay in wait.
brian laudrup's pinpoint cross had been headed in at close range by henrik larsen after just five minutes, but frank rijkaard set up dennis bergkamp to level midway through the first half with a delicate shot into the bottom corner. denmark were back in front within ten minutes. headers by kim vilfort, laudrup and ronald koeman sent the ball out to larsen on the edge of the penalty area, and his shot found the far corner.
denmark largely controlled the game thereafter, even after the impressive henrik andersen, having already picked up a booking that would have kept him out of any final, suffered a sickening injury by cracking his knee cap. he would be out for 11 months and made just once more international appearance, in 1994.
the underdogs looked set to hold out when rijkaard scored four minutes from time following ruud gullit's glancing header. the extra half-hour was an eternity for denmark, with schmeichel notably denying roy from close range. the keeper would be a hero again before the night was out.
1-0 ronald koeman 1-1 henrik larsen 1-1 marco van basten - kaçırdı (kaleci kurtardı) 1-2 flemming povlsen 2-2 dennis bergkamp 2-3 lars elstrup 3-3 frank rijkaard 3-4 kim vilfort 4-4 rob witschge 4-5 kim christofte
