Republic of Ireland skipper Seamus Coleman said that talking down other players is not in his nature as he refused to get into a debate over styles ahead of the Euro 2020 qualifier with Denmark.
The Everton defender was reacting to some of Denmark's players criticising Ireland's way of playing after previous encounters.
Denmark's Thomas Delaney admitted that his team don’t like playing Ireland and claimed that they are annoying.
Christian Eriksen said the Boys in Green were "too scared" to attack in one of the games.
"It wouldn’t be my way to come out and speak bad about other players, definitely not, but that is their way of doing it, that is their tactic," Coleman told RTÉ Sport.
"It can be a great motivation for the boys if that’s the case, for other lads it’s just a game tomorrow night, you are playing for your country.
"I say it all the time, regardless who you are playing, you have massive pride in wearing that jersey. You have fans coming over and watching back home I’m more worried about impressing them than the Denmark players."
The Donegal native is expected to captain his country against Denmark in Copenhagen on Friday evening.
Before a previous encounter, former manager Martin O’Neill compared him to Eriksen but Coleman played down suggestions by his then boss that he is "world-class".
"I take good comments, bad comments the same way - it doesn't have any influence on what I do on a match day.
"You can say I'm brilliant or you can say I'm crap, it doesn't really bother me, I go out there to do a job.
"I've been crap sometimes this season and I've been good sometimes this season, but it doesn't affect my mindset during a game."
Sitting alongside Coleman, current boss Mick McCarthy was asked if the defender was world-class.
McCarthy said with a smile: "No."
He added: "Yes, I do think we've got that.
"I've watched him from afar. You asked me when I came in what I thought about players - and of course, you've always got your opinion on players and I've always admired and respected him playing for Everton and for Ireland, and he was better I than thought he was.
"So there you are, a nice compliment for you."
