<p>Denmark are confident they can continue a good run of results against Portugal and shut down dangerman Cristiano Ronaldo when the sides meet on Wednesday in their second Euro 2012 game. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Denmark, surprise joint leaders of Group B, won their qualifying section ahead of Portugal, largely due to a 2-1 home victory over them. <br /><br />"We have closed down Cristiano Ronaldo before and we firmly believe we can do it again," said defender Simon Kjaer, one of the Danes' best performers in a surprise 1-0 win over Netherlands in their opening game at the finals. <br /><br />"He has got unique individual skills but we have shown before that we can cope with him as a team and we believe that we can defeat Portugal again," Kjaer told reporters. <br /><br />Midfielder Michael Silberbauer man-marked Ronaldo in Copenhagen and is set to start in place of Simon Poulsen. <br /><br />Denmark had lost the Euro qualifying away game 3-1 in Lisbon. They were also in the same qualifying group as Portugal for the 2010 World Cup, winning one game and drawing the other. <br /><br />The Danes, the ninth-ranked team in the world, were initially tipped to go out in the first round of Euro 2012 but 10th-ranked Portugal have lost their way recently and now look vulnerable. <br /><br />Although coach Paolo Bento insisted he was happy with the performance against Germany, he will be under pressure to rework his misfiring forward line.</p>
<p>Denmark are confident they can continue a good run of results against Portugal and shut down dangerman Cristiano Ronaldo when the sides meet on Wednesday in their second Euro 2012 game. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Denmark, surprise joint leaders of Group B, won their qualifying section ahead of Portugal, largely due to a 2-1 home victory over them. <br /><br />"We have closed down Cristiano Ronaldo before and we firmly believe we can do it again," said defender Simon Kjaer, one of the Danes' best performers in a surprise 1-0 win over Netherlands in their opening game at the finals. <br /><br />"He has got unique individual skills but we have shown before that we can cope with him as a team and we believe that we can defeat Portugal again," Kjaer told reporters. <br /><br />Midfielder Michael Silberbauer man-marked Ronaldo in Copenhagen and is set to start in place of Simon Poulsen. <br /><br />Denmark had lost the Euro qualifying away game 3-1 in Lisbon. They were also in the same qualifying group as Portugal for the 2010 World Cup, winning one game and drawing the other. <br /><br />The Danes, the ninth-ranked team in the world, were initially tipped to go out in the first round of Euro 2012 but 10th-ranked Portugal have lost their way recently and now look vulnerable. <br /><br />Although coach Paolo Bento insisted he was happy with the performance against Germany, he will be under pressure to rework his misfiring forward line.</p>
