Kammenou: “We gave a bad look to the player above”

Alexia Kammenou emphasized that the women’s national polo team had opportunities against Spain and, while it improved in defense, the offensive problems continued, she did not want to stand in the absence of Eleftheriadou and Hydiriotis and asked for improvement and concentration for the next matches.

Analytically: “Poor performance especially in the above, we missed chances, the strikers won the clearances and threw them away and, with the exception of the beginning of the game when we showed improved elements in defence, we remembered our bad selves and frivolities in attack.

We know that this game does not count because it is a group game and we had two serious absences due to illness, Nicole Eleftheriadou and Ioanna Hydiriotis, but that is no excuse. We have to stop these appearances because they spoil the nice image we have created, this time it worries me, we have to concentrate.

The Spanish women, seeing that we are losing in the above, opened up more, it plays a role in psychology. You can’t progress when you concede 17 goals, it’s unheard of. Now, there are no excuses.”

Alexandra Asimaki added: “Despite the fact that we had a bad performance, this difference does not represent us. Even though we got off to a good start, conceding a lot of goals cost us, but we were more disappointed that we didn’t take advantage of the many times we played with a man up, if we had scored there the picture of the game would have been different, that’s where it was decided the wide difference in the score.

From there, we look at the rest of the games. Mathematically we won’t top the group, but we’re looking at our next opponent, China, and then the next qualifiers, that’s where you have to put your best foot forward. We leave it behind because the tournament still has a long way to go.”