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Spain beat France 36:32 in Main Round clash in Herning.
“Today (I’m) very happy. I’m very proud of my team. It’s very difficult after losing three matches to come here and play this match. “I think it was perfect in the first half, in defence, in attack. “It was together as one team. For me, today the MVP is the team. In your head it’s possible to win the match against France, a team that is very difficult, is very strong.”, said Jordi Ribera, Spanish NT coach.
Guillaume Gille (FRA)
“There is a lot of disappointment and frustration at the moment. We warned the players before the game that this was a game we should play in our comfort zone, that Spain would have nothing to lose and would try some new things tactically. And that’s exactly what they did. I feel like, as a staff, we were not able to keep the players awake enough, and that the players, individually, were not ready for this fight.”
On the reasons for such a bad half:
“Nothing worked. Their aggressive defence put us in trouble, and then we did not score, and we did not stop them defensively either. The second one was much better, a lot more intensity and aggressivity, and we came back. Sadly, not close enough for them to panic. On the other hand, it felt like we had the hands shaking and we missed some open situations.”
On France not having their fate in their hands now:
“That’s a fact, and we put ourselves in this situation. It’s shitty, but that is the way it is. We will watch the game between Denmark and Germany, hope that Denmark win so we can have a final on Wednesday night against Germany. But of course, we would have liked for things to happen differently.”
