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Looking back ... EURO '92

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Our series looking at past UEFA European Championships continues with 1992, when Denmark had just two weeks to prepare after replacing Yugoslavia: Richard Møller-Nielsen's team pulled off an amazing coup.

Looking back ... EURO '92
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