<p>   The pressure is growing on Portugal given their opening Euro 2012 loss to Germany, coach Paulo Bento admitted on the eve of his side&rsquo;s Group B encounter with Denmark in Lviv.</p>  <p>   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/portugal.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 343px; " /></p>  <p>   With their recent record against the Danes reading only one win in four &mdash;the Scandinavians denied the Portuguese automatic qualification for the tournament &mdash; Bento insisted: &ldquo;We may have won only one of those four but we are confident.</p>  <p>   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/bento.jpg" style="float: right; width: 200px; height: 228px; " />We are not thinking about the past. We have to win. There is more pressure than before the match against Germany and tomorrow we will be up against a tough opponent, so we shall have to impose our game from the outset. Denmark&rsquo;s situation is more comfortable, with less pressure on. Our strategy always is tailored to who we are playing. We will have to be ready - there are 90 minutes and we have to win.&rdquo;</p>  <p>   Bento, the youngest coach at the tournament and who turns 43 on June 20, insisted that the Portuguese can come good. &ldquo;We have no reason to be anxious. We lost our opening game to one of the favourites but we lost playing well. We didn&rsquo;t deserve to lose,&rdquo; said Bento.</p>  <p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <strong>Trivia</strong></div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &gt;&gt; Denmark finished as group winners when pitted against Portugalu00a0in both Euro 2012 and 2010 World Cup qualifying.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &gt;&gt; Denmark have won three of the last five meetings between the two sides &mdash; all over the past five years.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &gt;&gt;Nicklas Bendtner has scored four goals in as many matches against Portugal, while Nani has scored three times inu00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   four outings against Denmark.</div>  

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