EUROVOLLEY 2017 W: Morrison – „I feel like we shot ourselves in the foot“; Slöetjes – „This loss is bittersweet“

Lonneke-Sloetjes

“I think I will be happier in about three, four days – when I wake up tomorrow morning, I will be a little upset but it is an accomplishment because we were able to equal what we accomplished the last time we were in this tournament. Serbia played extremely well, and as I said, we will learn from it to get better. There are those matches where you feel like you shot yourself in the foot and this is something that cost you the match. There are also matches where you have to tip your head to the opponent – right now without watching the video I am tipping my head to Serbia,” Morrison stated.

“This loss is bittersweet – I am still proud of the team and I think that a lot of people did not expect us to in the best two of this tournament. I think we believed in ourselves and I am so proud that we made it to the final. However, Serbia are so strong and so complete, that they managed every aspect of the game in the best way – and they were hitting above our block. We stuck to our tactics but they still scored – so they did a really good job. I am proud that we continued to fight, we came back in the third set but I wished for more. Two years ago, we lost to Russia in three sets, so this is some improvement on that. After losing two European finals in a row, I hope that the next one will be ours,” Lonneke Slöetjes, the player of The Netherlands, said.

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