An improper matter that two strangers with camera appeared in Denmark's technical meeting before their FIFA Women's World Cup opener against China had nothing to do with any team, said a Denmark official on Friday.
Pia Schou Nielsen, media officer of Denmark, told a press conference that they had told the world soccer governing body FIFA about the issue.
"FIFA has told us that through investigation, the matter has nothing to do with any team competing in the ongoing World Cup," Nielsen said.
"It also has nothing to do the with hotel we stay," she added.
But the Denmark team was still not very satisfied as "we still don't know who they are," she said.
"Anyway, now we must focus on our next match against New Zealand tomorrow, in which we need a win," she noted.
She asked all journalists at the scene to forget about the camera issue and focus their questions on Denmark's next two games against New Zealand and Brazil.
Denmark coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller told Xinhua on Thursday at a training site that when they held a technical meeting at the hotel on Tuesday before their first game against hosts China, they found two strangers behind a mirror in the room.
"One of them carried a video camera and the other took a camera. I don't know who they are, maybe journalists or working staff of the hotel," he added.
"In fact, it is not a serious matter as we don't have any secret and we just enjoy playing football," he said.
Hosts China edged Denmark 3-2 in their Group D opener here on Wednesday night through substitute Song Xiaoli's brilliant goal on an incredible long shot in the 88th minute.
Asked to comment on the camera issue, China coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors said Thursday that she knew the Denmark team very well and that her squad had no need to do any spying on the opponents.
Domanski-Lyfors, a Swede, led the Swedish women 's team to the 2003 World Cup runners-up in the United States and took over the Chinese side in March this year.
China boast head-to-head record of seven wins, three ties and one loss against Denmark in world arena before Wednesday's clash, including a 2-2 draw in 1991 World Cup in China and 3-1 win in 1995 edition in Sweden.
The Group D also includes Athens Olympics runners-up Brazil and underdog-looking New Zealand. Brazil trounced New Zealand 5-0 on Wednesday before the China-Denmark duel.
Source: Xinhua
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