Romanian football chiefs might hire a witch to put a spell on the Danish national team before this week's key Euro 2004 clash.
Mircea Sandu, president of the Romanian Football Federation, claims they successfully did the same to Peter Schmeichel in a similar match 14 years ago.
Mr Sandu told the Libertatea daily he hired a witch to put a spell on Schmeichel before a game against Denmark in 1989.
He said: "The communists threatened the entire federation, including me, with dismissal if we lost the game against Denmark. We hired a witch to put a spell on Schmeichel.
"The witch came to the stadium one hour before the match started. She did her job very well because we won 3-1."
When asked if he was considering hiring a witch again for this Saturday's clash with Denmark in Bucharest, he said: "Why not?"