MATCH 28 REPORT : BAROS BRINGS DOWN DANES

Bright start
The Czechs, who had won eight consecutive matches in the competition, started brightly and Sørensen was forced into action as early as the third minute when he dived low to his left to gather a Nedved free-kick.

Czech chance
Baroš might have done better two minutes later when Tomáš Rosický headed the ball into his path inside the penalty area from another Nedved free-kick. Koller then got in on the act, but his header from Poborský's right-wing cross sailed over, before Galásek shot narrowly wide of Sørensen's right-hand post with a low drive from 20 metres.

Poulsen frustrated
However, Denmark were not being overrun and responded with two genuine scoring opportunities of their own. First Jensen passed to Poulsen inside the penalty area, and he sidestepped Galásek's sliding challenge only to see his shot blocked by Tomáš Ujfaluši. The same pair combined moments later, but this time Poulsen's header from 15 metres was narrowly wide of Petr Cech's right-hand post from Jensen's free-kick.

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