After the Friday's games, Portugal and Denmark are sharing the top of the group H. Norway is on the third position with three points less. The winner of the group will directly go to Poland and Ukraine, but there is a great possibility that both Portugal and Denmark will qualify. They need to play draw and Netherlands to stay unbeaten in Sweden. Are the mentioned things realistic?

First about the match from the group E. Netherlands have maximal effect after 9 rounds. They also had maximal effect in the qualifications for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. I am sure coach Bert van Merwijk will like to end the second consecutive campaign with 100 percent. The motivation should not be a problem, I am sure his players are top professionals. And Sweden will be without the top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He received a yellow card against Finland and now is suspended. It is a big handicap for the coach Erik Hamren. So, I expect Netherlands to win at Rasunda Stadium, or at least to stay unbeaten.

Now the question is how Denmark and Portugal will react. They will know the result from Sweden some 15 minutes before the end of their match. I am sure both coaches, Morten Olsen from Denmark and Paulo Bento from Portugal will be very satisfied with a draw that guarantees both national team will qualify to EURO 2012.

It is interesting that Denmark and Portugal played in the same group in the qualifications for the World Cup 2010. And it is even more interesting that the match in Denmark ended with 1:1 draw. It happened some two years ago, on 05.09.2009. I expect something similar now.