Maksvitis: “We tired Greece with the defense in the second half”

Satisfied with Lithuania’s reaction in the second half against Greece, he appeared Kazis Maksvitis after the his team’s victory and qualification in his quarterfinals World Cup.

“It’s nice to win. Not everything went well for us in the match. In the first half we thought more than we acted. Greece was tougher and we didn’t transform our energy properly. We took some risks in our tactics and Walkup punished us. In the second half we played stronger defense, used contacts and pressed the ball. This tired out our opponents and led us to victory. I am very happy that the team did not collapse but came back stronger in the second half, as well as for the joy we brought to all Lithuanians“, emphasized the Lithuanian coach.

THE Jonas Valanciunas he said in turn:We are very happy, we made it, but the eighth is not the final destination for us. We want and I believe we can go even further. We didn’t start the game well, Walkup played a great game, but in the second half we controlled the tempo better, played better defense and had high shooting rates».