Jose Mateus,Portugalcoach
I'm disappointed, despite the fact that we qualified.
We started off well but then we got back into old habits and made
the same mistakes as in the previous matches. And they took
advantage of that. We're not used to winning in the last
second. I hope the fact we came so close to going out will serve as
a wake-up call, because we can't afford to play this badly
again.
Roberto Ceciliano,USAcoach
We didn't lose this match in the last second, we lost it
in the first few minutes. We weren't concentrating and that
cost us two goals. We dominated the last two periods without quite
being able to score enough goals.
Bilro,Portugalplayer
Words can't describe how you feel when you score the goal
that puts you through in the last second. I would have preferred it
if it hadn't come to that, though. We should have played better
and saved ourselves the panic.
Jevin Albuquerque,USAplayer
I'll never forget the last second of this match. It's
so cruel and I don't think we deserved to lose like that. We
proved that we're worthy of playing alongside the best teams in
the world.