Brazilian coach Jorge Barcellos expressed his satisfaction with the whole squad after their 3-2 win over Australia in the quarter-final of 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup China in Tianjin on Sunday.

 

"I am satisfied with all the players, not only Marta and Elaine, but also all the players who tried their best on the court," said Barcello.

 

"We have a good start to have a quick advantage. When we led 2-0, our players were just relaxed and let Australia to even the match. Fortunately, we adjusted ourselves quickly and finally won the die-or-not match."

 

"Australia is a strong team. They quickly switched between offense and defense, and were strong-minded," said Barcellos. "Asian teams are respectful. Three of all four Asian teams qualified from the group stage. Though they were all eliminated, they were strong teams."

 

"We are going to face the United States in the semi-final. That is also a strong team, and the match will be tough," said Barcello. "Due to the typhoon, we will have one day rest less that they do. 24 hours are important to players. But I don't think it will be a problem for us."

 

Australian coach Tom Sermanni sent his congratulations to Brazil team: "Both teams were close in the match, but they are better. We just gave them a scare. We are just a little bit unlucky. They have outstanding player like Marta and Cristiane and our players were not concentrating in the whole 90 minutes."

 

"But we have younger players. They will prepare for next World Cup," said Sermanni.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 24, 2007)