Statements after the victory of the national polo team over France and their qualification to the quarter-finals of the World Cup as the first of their group, was made by Thodoris Vlachos.
Our national coach emphasized that his players did not lose their cool and found the solutions when they saw their opponents equalize in the last minutes of the match, while he also spoke about the elements in which improvement is needed, in view of the difficult sequel.
In detail what the coach of our national team said:
“Congratulations to the lads, even though we controlled the game we equalized at a crucial point but we didn’t lose our composure and found the solutions, that’s a very positive thing. I expected a game like today, France is competitive and can do damage. We approached today’s game as if it was a knockout, because it gives us the top of the group, with all that that entails. We will have one game less and we will know our opponent. Now we have three days to prepare and improve our image, because we had some bad moments in defense and attack, but I can justify all that.
We went really well until the first two goals that Vernu scored personally, he scored two goals personally, until then we had closed him down very well. He tied us at the end and the pressure was on us. In the player above we could have a better percentage, since we started with 0/3. Otherwise, we did some things we wanted to do, correct our mistakes and have a better balance in defense and attack”.
For our next opponent: “Italy wants a place for the Olympics, they are a very dangerous team. We have to perform very well and be focused no matter what opponent we have, in order to claim our qualification to the top four”.
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