LISBON (SW) - Portugal won't know what hit them Denmark turned around a 2-1 lead to the home side to take away the victory and three very valuable points.
Nani put the Portuguese in the lead after 42 minutes and for a long time, it seemed like this would be the only goal of the match.
Bendtner levelled for the Danish in the 84th minute though, but a converted penalty kick from Deco two minutes later was expected to have broken the Scandinavian resistance.
But that resistance was anything but broken. Christian Poulsen netted the 2-2 in the 90th minute and Daniel Jensen had enough time left to turn the match around completely, 2-3.
This victory, Denmark's first ever over Portugal in an official game, takes the side to a shared top spot with Albania and Sweden.
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Nani 42'
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1 - 0 |
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1 - 1 |
84' N. Bendtner
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Deco (PG) 86'
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2 - 1 |
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2 - 2 |
88' C. Poulsen
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2 - 3 |
90' D. Jensen
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| Player | Bookings |
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| Quim | |
| Paulo Ferreira | |
| Ricardo Carvalho | |
| Pepe | |
| José Bosingwa | |
| Deco |
 86'
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| Maniche | |
Simão
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| Raul Meireles | |
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Nani
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 42'
 56'
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Hugo Almeida
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| Coach: Carlos Queiroz | |
| Player | Bookings |
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| S. Andersen | |
| M. Laursen | |
| D. Agger | |
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L. Jacobsen
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L. Andreasen
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| D. Jensen |
90'
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| C. Poulsen |
88'
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| J. Tomasson |
77'
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P. Løvenkrands
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| D. Rommedahl | |
| N. Bendtner |
84'
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| Coach: M. Olsen | |
| Player | Bookings |
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for Hugo Almeida 72' |
79'
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for Simão 72' |
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for Nani 88' |
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| Player | Bookings |
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for L. Jacobsen 46' |
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for P. Løvenkrands 71' |
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for L. Andreasen 88' |
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