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Today's story comes from the mighty Brian Loudrop.

We're going to be talking Euro92, finding out in the close season at Denmark

government given a reprieve to the finals and having Peter Schmichael in his case

before a ball was even caked. It was one of the most strange moments I have ever tried in my career career I was just recovering from from a crucial ligament damage and I came back and played a few games as you say for by Munich in you know April was in March April I was still

struggling a wee bit I was definitely not back to my best and usually you know they

always say if you're out for six months, it takes you six months to come back and be as strong.

Physically is one thing, but mentally, there's a, you know, it's, you're always very worried about getting injured again and stuff like that so so I was told by by Munich when the season ended in in I think it was early May to stay behind for a number of you know closed all games and just to

build on my fitness for the next season so I came back from from one of these games and you know got into my house and my wife she

greets me in the hallway and she says I've just been contacted by the danger thing you have to report tomorrow and I say what I'm not even fit for that you know and she said yeah the this thing about unfortunate about the civil war in

Yugoslavia and they have to you know they're not allowed to play in the in the

euros so so you're going and you've got eight days to prepare for the game against England.

And my first initial reaction was I'm not going no way no way I mean I'm not I'm not ready for that I don't want to be

Let me put it this way I mean if you if you play in the euro or let's say a world cup you need to present yourself as at the best of your ability and you know at the top of your powers and I was I was not feeling that way.

I remember I looked at my wife and she says what are you talking about? You have to go back and prepare yourself as well as you can.

It's a huge opportunity. It's a fantastic moment for Danish football.

We've never played, these players never, you know,

being at the Euros.

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