POSTGAME FLASHQUOTES SPAIN vs FIJI


Valerie Nainima (Fiji)

“We are in the tournament to get experience“
“Valdemoro is really good. She is the brain and the soul of Spain“
“We haven´t seen Brazil play, we only know that they are good opponents“

Laura Nicholls (Spain)

“This game has been unusual. The way Fiji plays is really different from what we are used to. But we have done a good result“
“This game has been like a practice and a first contact with the tournament. We really feel like we are doing so“
“There is no doubt that Spain will play in the Olympic Games. I don’t know if it’s on Friday or Sunday, but we will be here. I hope that this will be my first Olympic Games and for most of my team mates too.“

Elisa Aguilar (Spain)

“We knew that it will be an easy game for us and we have to watch the good side because you can break the ice and test the court. “
“The next game against Brazil will be harder, but I only hope that on Friday 13th, we will qualify to play the Olympics. “
“I don’t care about our opponent on the quarter final game, we only have to think about ourselves, our play, our intensity. I’m sure that other teams will prefer to play against Brazil more than play against us. “

Alba Torrens (Spain)

“We were expecting an inferior opponent, but not so easy. This game has been my first official appearence with the senior national team and you are always nervous at the beginning but step by step we were entering in the game and everything was ok.“
“In this Tournament, I expect help my team doing my best and enjoy every minute on the court. “

POSTGAME FLASHQUOTES CHINESE TAIPEI - CUBA

Lin Yao Hung (China Taipei coach)

"We did a better game than we thought, but the Cuban players are very physical and they used it to score easily in the paint".
"I don´t know much about Belarus, except that is a very tall team and very difficult"
 We don´t have a professional league, all our player are students".
"The key in the third quarter was the Cuban pressing defense, and our team started to feel tired".
 "It´s true that we have a good three-shooting percent. I told my players to shoot whenever they could, but they didn´t as much as I wanted and the Cuban defense didn´t let us shot too much".


Yakelyn Plutin (jugadora de Cuba)
 
"It was an important game for us, we came very good prepared mentally and physically, because we know that the victory is too important to go on in the tournament"
"I was worried about my injury, but I`m ok now. I`m glad with my play, whereas the statistics must increase because they are unusual for me".

Alberto Zabala (Cuba)

"Chinese Taipei plays using her ability and three-point shoot, whereas we do a more defensive and physic work".
"At the beginning we have made mistakes, but we were always in the game"
"We were convinced that, in the third quarter, if we used our velocity and our strength we would have won. Therefore, we caught more than twenty offensive rebounds".
"In the game against Belarus, we will have to see what predominate, their height and their strength in the paint, or if it will be our physic and our defense".

POSTGAME FLASHQUOTES LATVIA-SENEGAL (94-34)

Ainars Zvirgzdins  (Letonia´s head coach)

"I´m very happy alter this first win and I hope that this is the starting point of a road to obtain one of the five spots. It was the good defensive effort that gave us such a big advantage". 

"We played a strong first half and Senegal couldn´t keep up to our rhythm."
"We don´t have a lot of info on Japan and we hope to learn more from the game that they will play tomorrow. Our main goal is to get a win."
 
 "We know the competition system and having a day off tomorrow is not a problem. "

Anete Jekabsone-Zogota (Latvia´s player)

"I´m happy about this great win. We achieved our goal: leaving our rival with no options".

"All our players are ready to play this tournament".

From now on we need to forget this game and think about Japan, a really important game. We hope to create them some problems in defense".

Salimata Diatta (Senegal)

"We are a team that hasn´t been together for long. We just played one friendly game in the preparation. We played against a great team like Latvia".

"We came here to qualify and we´ll deliver our best effort in order to find a victory in this game ".

"We haven´t seen Japan play but we have some videos and we can work on the scouting".

Moustapha Gaye (Senegal Head Coah)

"We are going through some problems because we´ve had some injuries".

"We want to congratulate because they have a great time and they´ve done a great job".

POSTGAME FLASHQUOTES CZECH REPUBLIC vs ARGENTINA

Maria Gimena Landra (Argentina)

"No doubt, the key fact of this game was Carolina's injury."
"We notice a physical decrease and we could have not keep on the level. Therefore, in this tournament, we miss different key-players. On the second and third quarters, the attitude was over."

Sandra Pavon (Argentina)

"The Carolina's injury worned out our offense, with her we have a lot of opportunities to penetrate, we have tried a more exterior game but it was very difficult. "
"Winning the next game means that we will play the Friday 13th game and it's like final. We have possibilities and we want to go to the Olympic Games. "