Denmark coach Bo Johansson has vowed to continue with his attacking policy - despite seeing his side crash out of Euro 2000 without collecting a point.

The 1992 winners ended their campaign with a 2-0 loss to the Czech Republic in Liege, following earlier losses to Holland and France in Group D.

But Johansson remains both defiant and optimistic about the nation's hopes of recapturing the glory days of the Laudrup brothers.

He said: 'The team showed through all their matches that they could be positive, and that's important. I feel it is important to attack. I don't want us to play with five defenders, and I will not change my policy despite the results here.

'Maybe I look a little stupid, but when you see the quality of our three games, we showed to everyone that we have a good team.

'The Danish national team has a lot of quality with young, upcoming players gradually coming through the ranks and gaining experience.

'With time they will improve even more, and Denmark will have a very competitive team.'

Liverpool's Vladimir Smicer bagged a second-half double in a meaningless match, with co-hosts Holland and World Cup winners France having already secured qualification through to the quarter-finals.

But Czech coach Jozef Chovanec was also adamant that he will take plenty of positives away from these championships.

He said: 'When I think of the tournament, and all that has passed as we lost the other matches, I still maintain that we are on a very good path, and in a few months we will be on the same level as the Dutch and French.

Added to that, there is a very good Under-21 team developing which has qualified for the Olympic Games later this year, so the future is bright."

Man-of-the-match Smicer was just delighted to have helped serve up a decent spectacle for the supporters of both countries after their disappointing starts to the tournament.

He said: 'During the first half, we did not play well. We concentrated our play too much in midfield, and failed to venture forward consistently.

The second half was better, and the first goal I scored was crucial. It was so well prepared by Nedved and Poborsky. All I had to do was knock the ball into the net.

I have to also mention Denmark, who tonight took a very positive attitude to the game, which helped to make it a spectacle for the fans present.'