Cagliari's 1969-70 triumph highlighted the seismic shift in the Italian football landscape. With the legendary Gigi Riva, they became the first side from the ...

"We haven't had a striker like that since Preben Elkjær, although Flemming Povlsen would probably think he was. However, Flemming was everywhere on the pitch. "Højlund is more of a goalscorer.

Preben Elkjaer scored a headline-grabbing hat-trick, while Michael Laudrup waltzed through for a superb solo goal that capped the classiest of individual and collective performances.

Preben Elkjaer missed for Denmark in the 1984 semi-final, while Netherlands legend Marco van Basten fell to the same fate in 1992. In 1996, five players missed during penalty shootouts ...

That team, featuring Danish striker Preben Elkjær and German midfielder Hans-Peter Briegel, played a brand of defensive football mixed with quick counter-punching that got past traditional powers.