Wallace, the best scorer in WL Finals
A swollen left knee forced Vissotto out of the Brazil team for their must-win match and Wallace proved an able replacement. “It’s not the first time I entered like this in a tournament, Leandro injured himself in the Olympics. I have to be prepared, this is my mentality, to be prepared for anything that happens.”
Canada posed a significant threat to Brazil‘s chances of reaching the semifinals after beating Olympic champions Russia, and Wallace said there was plenty of respect for them among his teammates. “They’re always difficult to play, in the World League last year we lost to them – there aren’t easy teams to play in this World League.”
Meanwhile, Canada‘s super sub Gavin Schmitt, whilst upset with the result, was happy with his team’s performance: “I’m pretty disappointed with the game of our performance because we didn’t do our best today, but they are Brazil, world number one, did a great job and made it difficult for us.
Justin Duff said Brazil was as expected: “They played really good in defence but we know that about Brazil, and it’s not surprising, they’ve got a great coach and skilled players-
“We made a lot of mistakes and if you’re going to give Brazil a few points, they’re going to take it. It’s disappointing because I don’t think we didn’t represent ourselves as good as we can but they played a solid match.
“We want to continue, not being seen as the Cinderella Story, we want to be seen as a good gentleman team in the world.”
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