Silvia Neid, Germany coach
It was an evenly-balanced match in terms of
chances, Brazil might even have had more, but we worked as a team,
came out strongly in the second half and scored at the right time.
Once Nadine Angerer saved the penalty, I was always confident we
wouldn't concede. We worked together well, we stood tight in
defence, we were close to our opponents and there was a
determination there not to concede any goals. Before the
tournament, we asked all the players to work back and defend as
much as possible. The end result is that we have scored 21 goals to
nil at this tournament.
Jorge Barcellos, Brazil coach
It was a very tough game for us and one in which we
missed lot of very good chances. The Germans only had a few chances
but they took theirs well. This was especially important in the
second half when we were one down and Marta missed such a critical
penalty. But it's clear my players tried their best and I can
only say I'm very sad with the result. The players are eager to
win and that will help them play better in future.
Nadine Angerer, Germany goalkeeper
I watched Brazil's game against Australia and
although that time Marta went for the right corner with her
penalty, I had a feeling that this time she would go for the left.
So I decided to wait as long as possible - and it was the right
decision.
Cristiane, Brazilforward
Today we didn't play very well, we couldn't
take our chances and Germany did, so that was the difference. It
was a sad day but this team has done a very good job, we have 21
very talented players and I think we have given a very good example
to the girls in Brazil.
