A combative Denmark held Euro 2008-bound Netherlands to a 1-1 draw in the Dutch side's warm up.

Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring for the Dutch after 28 minutes but, with the home side squandering a dozen chances, Christian Poulsen equalised 10 minutes after the interval.

Despite a disappointing result, the Dutch performance was more creative than in Saturday's match against Ukraine, who seemed only to be preparing for their holidays.

Coach Marco van Basten made four changes from Saturday's 3-0 victory with the inclusion of Arjen Robben and Van Nistelrooy the most decisive.

Van Basten announced earlier this week that the Real Madrid striker would be his undisputed first choice and after 28 minutes Van Nistelrooy put the Dutch ahead following a fluent combination between Wesley Sneijder and Robben.

Robben, who only played half of the 12 qualifying matches due to injuries, was in fine form and looks a certain starter in next month's tournament in Austria and Switzerland as one of the three attacking midfielders.

Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart, on the other hand, are used to performing in the axis of the pitch, which made the Dutch weak on the right flank as opposed to the left, where Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Robben did an excellent job.

Sneijder could be handed the task of holding midfielder to create space for Robin van Persie, if he recovers in time, or Dirk Kuyt to restore the balance.

In defence, Joris Mathijsen should fear for his place after his lack of decisiveness allowed Nicklas Bendtner to control the ball in the area and set up Poulsen for the equaliser.

The Dutch have one more warm up against Wales in Rotterdam on Sunday before starting their Euro campaign against world champions Italy on June 9, with France and Romania as their other opponents in Group C.

Reuters