Bjarne Berntsen, Norwaycoach
I'm very satisfied. I have been coach of the
national team since 2005 and in that time we have never scored more
than four goals before in a match, so I'm obviously very
pleased to have got seven. Both Denmark and China (potential
quarter-final opponents) are well organised and work very hard. But
we are confident in our chances and are delighted to have qualified
not only for the quarter-finals but also for the Olympics as one of
the three best European countries. It's very important that we
improve, though, because I don't think we played our best
football today, we were certainly too casual in defence.
Isaac Paha, Ghana coach
We have players who are very young and playing for
the first time at a World Cup, so it is all an experience for them.
I believe that at this stage of our development it is more
important to participate and improve than aim at getting the cup.
When a team is young, they need to rub shoulders with other older
teams. That takes them to another level. As we keep building and
playing other stronger teams, it helps us to build a strong team of
our own.
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, Norwaystriker
Of course, it was a great match for me, scoring
three goals and my team qualifying for the quarter-finals. It was
fantastic. I'm very surprised to be top scorer but there are
some more games to play and I'm hopeful of scoring some more
goals for this team.
