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Olsen hopes his cocktail will give Japan hangover

Olsen offered no name for the concoction he plans serving up to Japan when they meet in Rustenburg on Thursday in a Group E showdown but a Danish Dagger might do the trick as they try to dash Asian hopes and move onto the knockout stage.

"The cocktail is important," explained Olsen. "At the World Cup it is always important you have some players who have been there before.

"But it's also important you have some young enthusiastic players who haven't."

"That is the first final; we hope to reach the next," said Olsen. "That's the name of the game.

"The Japanese team has showed fantastic character in the games they have played it's going to be a tight game for sure," Denmark keeper Thomas Sorensen told Reuters.

"It will be a different game than the Cameroon game because the Japanese will sit back and try to counter-attack.

"They won't leave as much space as Cameroon did, it will be up to us to open them up and hopefully get an early goal that will force them forward.

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