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Video of the BIG final between Spain and France
7th Day
The final between Spain and France looked like a complicated match. It
was the second consecutive final that France was in, and Spain didn’t
lose any game in this edition of the 11th Ladies World Championship. The
French ladies won the game, going from a 2 – 0, to a 3 – 2.
In the first half, Spain attacked, and France attacked back. In an
opportunity, at 12 minutes of game, the Spanish player Maria Diez,
scored the first goal of her team in the final. One minute later, Maria
scored again, letting pain with 2 – 0. However, Spain didn’t have much
time to celebrate, it took to France only five minutes to tie the game,
goals scored by Adeline Le Borgne and Tatiana Malard.
France untied the game in the start of the second half, six minute. Even
though, Spain attacked, looking forward other goals, the French defense
worked really well. Left five seconds to the end of the game, a shot
out to Spain. Natsha Lee didn’t score. French victory by 3 – 2.
To get the 3rd place, were Colombia and Portugal. Both teams had won all
the matches they played, except the row of eight. This Saturday night,
the teams went to the court with one goal: be the third best team of the
world.
The game was tight, and the first goal was scored only after 10 minutes
of the first half. Andrea Rodriguez, from Colombia, did it, and Portugal
tied with Marlene Sousa. Colombia scored again, with Paola Gutierrez,
and went to the break winning.
The second half showed a match with many attacks. However, Colombia
closed the defense very well. The south-Americans scored another time,
with Catalina Acevedo, and Portugal did another goal, in shot out, by
Rute Lopes. Colombia scored again in a shot out, with Catalina Acevedo.
Portugal still cored again, with Marta Vieira, but it didn’t change de
game. Colombia 4 – 3 Portugal.
Video of the 3rd/4th place Match
In the game to know the 5
th place, Germany won against Chile,
in shot outs. Both teams shot a lot, but they didn’t score, the regular
time finished 1 – 1, goals scored in the start of the first half,
Chile, at 4 minutes, and Germany, at 5, of the first half. In the extra
time, both team tried to score again, but they didn’t success. Groups of
people from Chile and Germany cheered for their teams, and, in the end
of the game, Germany got the 5
th place.
It doesn’t matter the sport: Brazil x Argentina is always a game full of
rivality. In rink hockey is the same thing. “Against Argentina there is
rivality even when we play marbles”, said the Brazilian captain, Érica
Bueno, before the game. Today, the teams played to get the 7th place in
the 11th Ladies World Rink Hockey Championship. Today, the Argentinean
ladies won, by 3 – 2.
Brazil scored first and played their game, but Argentina tied, and the
match went to the break 1 – 1. Letícia Pestana, Brazilian athlete, cut
her eyebrow, and had to leave the court, bleeding. However, before the
second half, she was already back to the match.
The Argentinean victory came in the start of the second half, with two
goals, and the control of the game. Brazil cored another one, but the
game finished 3 – 2. Argentina got the 7th and Brazil, the 8th place.
“The group we brought waited for this collocation, but it isn’t as good
as the last world championship”, said the Argentinean coach, Pablo
Cairo.
The last day of the tournament started with Switzerland and Uruguay in
the court. Less than two minutes of game, the Swiss ladies had already
scored three times. In the second half, Switzerland scored again, but
soon the Uruguayans, who attacked more, scored twice in shot outs, and
another one, in a regular time. Switzerland won by 5 – 3.
Later, United States and India made a game with 13 goals. The
north-American victory was in a tight 7 – 6. Erin House, USA athlete,
scored three of the seven goals. “My team played very well, and scored
six goals in the USA team, so, I’m happy with the girls”, said the
Indian coach, Gulrattan Singh Rathore.
Switzerland and England made a calm
game. The Swiss ladies won by 5 – 2. The first half finished with
Switzerland winning by 3 – 0. The English ladies scored their two goals
in the second half, the last one, when 1 minute and a half were left to
the end of the match.
The next match was between United States
and Japan. The Japanese ladies scored first, when the clock showed one
minute of game, but, by the end of the first half, the north-Americans
had already 4 – 2 in the score, and more power in the attack. In the
second half, only two goals were scored, one from each side. United
States won by 5 – 3.
6th Day
The first semifinal was an Iberian duel: Spain x Portugal. The game was
very tight. Spain scored first and Portugal tied, and then, got the
score to their side. The Spanish ladies tied back, and the Portuguese
scored two goals. Spain scored twice too, and won the match. The
Brazilian crowd cheered like they were Portuguese since their childhood.
The support didn’t change the result. Spain is in the final, winning
the game against their neighbor by 4 – 3. The Portuguese captain, Vánia
Ribeiro, has hopes that her team can get the 3rd place. “I hope we can
play our game and win it in the best way”, completed Vánia. Maria Diez,
who scored one of the Spanish goals, said that the place in the final
came in a hard game. “It’s a very good feeling, because we’ve never
played a world final”, Maria said.
Video of the Semifinal between Spain and Portugal
France and Colombia made the other semifinal. One team stopped the other
one’s attack, and the only goal of the game was scored by Tatiana
Malard, in shot out, in the start of the game, 3 minutes of the first
half. Both teams attacked, without other goals. The French coach, Fabien
Savreux, said that Colombia knew how to play against his team. “It was a
hard game, and we are happy to be in the second consecutive final”, he
completed.
Video of the Semifinal between France and Colombia
This Friday morning, Uruguay and India played the first match. The
south-Americans won by 4 – 3. The Indian coach,
Gulrattan Singh Rathore,
said that, even though they lost, the girls played well, and that
Uruguay scored only one goal more. “There some difficulties too, like
the heat, which is not very common in India this time of the year, and
the time, because here is day, and there is night”, he said.
At 10:30 am, Switzerland and Japan went to the court. At the end of
the first half, Switzerland had 2 – 0 in the score, and in the middle of
the second, they already had four goals. Japan attacked back, but they
didn’t shot very well. At 16 minutes of the second half, the Japanese
ladies scored their first goal in a shot out. Left one minute to the end
of the match, the Asians scored again, and the game finished 4 – 2, to
the Swiss ladies. The Japanese player, Kaori Ito, from Japan, hit her
shoulder in the security wall, around the court, but she didn’t have any
big problem.
United States won their first game today. The north-American ladies won
the English team by 6 – 2. The first goal was scored when U.S. attacked
back, and they went to the break winning by 3 – 1. The other four goals
of the game where scored in the second half. The USA athletes Autumn Lee
and Erin House scored twice, each one.
In the afternoon, Germany won the match against Argentina, in the last
minute of the extra time. During the entire game, both teams shared the
possession of the ball, but Germany shot more, while the Argentinean
goalkeeper, Gabriela Vargas, defended it. The Germans didn’t let
Argentina do any better shots. The teams finished the first half in 1 –
1, and the score stayed like this until almost the end of the extra
time. The German ladies won by 2- 1, both goals scored by the captain,
Maren Wichardt. “I’m sad, but we have to stand up to the last game
tomorrow”, said the Argentinean captain.
The fastest goal was scored in the match between Brazil and Chile. 9
seconds of game, and Chile scored. However, Brazil had the possession of
the ball in most part of the first half. In the second half, though,
Chile scored four times, and Brazil didn’t shot well.. The only goal
scored by the Brazilian team, was by the captain Érica Bueno, in the end
of the game. Even though they lost, the captain sees positive points.
“This international tournament here is very important, because we never
have the chance to play in Brazil. Everybody wants to win, but we need
to learn to lose too”, Érica said. Tomorrow, Brazil is going to play
against Argentina. “Against Argentina there is rivality even when we
play marbles”, she completed.
5th Day
The morning of the Brazilian holiday started with Uruguay and Japan in
the court. The Japanese team started scoring, but the Uruguayans
soon,tied the game. The score showed 2 – 2 until the end of the second
half, when Japan scored their victory goal. The Japanese ladies will go
back to the court at 10:30 pm, local time. Right after, Indians and
English ladies made a balanced game. When one team scored, the other one
quickly tied the game. In the start of the second half, England had 4 –
2, but India scored twice and made the game tight again. Left 30
seconds to the end of them match, England scored the last goal and won,
finishing it 5 – 4. It was the first English victory in the tournament.
The English player, Kirsty, it was a good victory. “It was very good to
win, because of all our hard work”, she said. The game that started at
noon, between United States and Switzerland, had the three goals scored
before the middle of the first half. Switzerland scored the three times,
attacking better, even though both teams had the control of the match.
In the beginning of the second half, Switzerland put 5 – 0 and got the
control of the game. In shot out, the European ladies scored once again,
finishing it 6 – 0. It was a match with many fouls, 15 to each side. The
Swiss coach, Simon von Allmen, said that it was a perfect victory. “It
was good to the girls mind too”, he completed.
In the afternoon, Spain and Germany started to play at 4 pm. Only after
13 minutes of the first half, Spain scored the first goal. A hard game,
with many shots from both sides. In the start of the second half, Spain
already shot from a far distance, and Germany used it to attack back.
Groups of people cheering for both teams were in the court. The German
ladies tied the game in the middle of the second half. The German
captain, Maren Wichardt, got a blue card, and the Spanish scored the
victory goal on a shot out. The German coach took his goalkeeper and put
another player to attack. It didn’t the result. 3 – 1 to Spain, which
goes to next phase.
Brazil had the support of the people, but it wasn’t enough to a victory.
Brazilian played against Colombia and lost by 3 – 0. The Colombians
scored the first goal in the middle of the first half. The second half
was balanced, but the Colombian ladies scored twice, finishing the game.
The Brazilian goalkeeper, Silvana, defended two shots out. The
Brazilian coach, Josep Barbera, said that the team played well. “They
only had problems to shot and score”, he completed.
The tensest game in the tournament was between Chile and France, in the
night of this Thursday. France scored first, in shot out, and quickly
scored once again. Chile scored too, but soon, they had another goal
against them, and went to the break losing by 3 – 1. Even though the
Chile tried to score, France shot better. The irritation was easily seen
on the Chilean team. Rodrigo Quintanilha and Francisca Danoso, coach
and player of Chile, took blue cards. The French player, Tatiana Malard,
scored five times in the victory of her team, by 6 – 1. “It was a gift
to my family, in France, and to my team”, she said.
Video of the match between France and Chile
At 9 pm, Argentina and Portugal went to the court. At 3 minutes of game,
the Portuguese team scored, 1 – 0. During all the first half, both
teams controlled the ball, with a little more of possession to Portugal.
The second half wasn’t very different. The Portuguese ladies scored
again, finishing the game 2 – 0.
Results Classification
4th Day
The afternoon of this Tuesday started
with India and Japan in the court. Both teams made a Asian match. The
Indian ladies won the game by 4 – 2. The player of the winner team,
Sabdeep, said that the athletes played their best. “We are feeling very
good after the victory”, she completed.
The next game, between England and Uruguay, started very hard, and
finished the first half tied in 1 – 1. In the second time, the Uruguayan
ladies, though, scored their advantage, and put 4 – 1, and scoring
another one in the end of the match, finishing it 5 – 1, to the
south-Americans.
Colombia and Germany played the most difficult match of the group D.
Both teams had won their previous games, and played to the first place
in the group. The first goal was scored by the Colombians ladies, in
shot from the middle of the court. Germany tied the game, left five
seconds to the end of the first half. The final half was very balanced,
with only the Colombian victory goal. The game finished 2 -1 to
Colombia.
In the group B, Portugal and France
started their match at 5:30pm. A very tight game, with both teams
attacking a lot. There was no goal in the first half. The French player
Tatiana Malard, hurt her ankle and needed to be replaced. The first goal
of the game was scored at the second half. Portugal scored, and one
minute later, the French ladies scored too. This was the first match in
the tournament that ended in a tie, and needed an extra time, and, after
that, shot out. Tatiana Malard went back to court to shot. She scored
hers, but Portugal won by 2 – 1.
3rd Day
The third day of competition started
with a game between Germany and India. Both teams had played on Sunday.
German ladies won their second victory, and India lost again. The score
was 8-0 to the European girls. The German player, Laura La Rocca scored
four times. The Indian player, Navneet, said that for next competition,
she hopes that India can be the champion team. “We played better than
the last time”, said Navneet.
At 1:30 pm, Recife time, Spain and
Uruguay played their match. In the first half, Spanish team scored six
goals. In the start of the second half, the Uruguayan captain, Noelia,
needed to be replaced, after a foul, but she went back to the court
later. “It was a very intense game. The other player and I chocked, and I
hurt my neck”, said Noelia. Spain won by 12-0.
France and Switzerland played the next
game. In a very balanced match, the French ladies scored first, and in
last minutes of the first half, the players from Switzerland tied the
game. In the second half, France held the score, but the Switzerland
ladies scored again, and tied the game. In the end of the game, the
French ladies made their victory, and won the game by 4-2.
The fourth game of this Monday was
between Argentina and United States. The south-Americans had the control
of the game in the beginning. The first goal was scored when the clock
showed 10 minutes, by the Argentineans. Still in the first half, the
north-Americans scored too. The second half of the match, was controlled
by Argentina’s team. The ladies scored more seven goals, winning by
8-1. The American player, Ceilidh said that, even though, the
Argentineans scored eight goals, the American team had a good defense.
“We need to improve our offense, but we had the control on defense,
because most of the Argentineans goals were when we got the ball out”,
she said.
Colombia and Japan played the nest game. The Colombian ladies had the
control of the game, in most part of the first half, always inside the
Japanese defense. By the end of the first half, the score was 4 – 0, to
Colombia. At the second half, though, the Colombians lost the control of
the match, and Japan pressured, going to the attack. The Japanese
ladies tried, but they lost by 7-1.
The night finished with the match between Brazil and England. The
Brazilian ladies had support from the people, cheering for them. In a
hard game, Brazil scored the first goal at 15 minutes of the first half.
Mariana Cabral scored this one, and the second Brazilian goal. Between
the two goals, the player Zoe, England’s number 9, hurt her knee, but
she came back in the second half. Brazil scored more four times, with
Andréa, Mariana e Érika twice. The game finished 6 – 0.
2nd Day
The first game, this Sunday, of the 11th
Ladies World Championship, started at 1:30 pm, local time, at the Clube
Português do Recife court. Colombia won by 7 – 0, against the Indian
team. All the seven goals were scored in the first half. Andrea
Rodriguez scored three of the seven Colombian goals.
At 3pm, Spain and England played. The
Spanish team attacked the entire game, playing like a possible champion.
The Spanish ladies won by 12 – 0. Five goals scored in the first half,
and seven the second. England team made some attacks in the end of the
first half, but they didn’t success. In the second time, the English
ladies played more inside the Spanish side. However, Spain team didn’t
give space, and finished the game. The Spanish goalkeeper, Laia Salicrú,
said that they Always wait for a difficult game. “We have to play well
against any team. We will have a complicated game against Uruguay”, she
predicted.
Portugal and Switzerland played the
third game of this Sunday. The Portuguese team attacked more, and the
opportunities that the Swiss team had to go to the other side of the
court were when the Portuguese ladies lose the ball. Portugal won the
game, 6-0. Marlene Sousa, Portugal’s number 3, scored four times. “The
team scored the goals. If I can score in the next game, I’ll be happy,
but the point is to win”, said Marlene. To the Swiss coach, Simon von
Allmen, the game wasn’t bad. “We were well in the defense and we had
some opportunities to score. To the next game, we will do our best.”
The game between Germany and Japan,
which started at 7pm, started very tight. However, by the end of the
first half, the German ladies had already scored five goals. The first
goal in the second half, was scored only after 14 minutes of game, but,
right after this one, the German girls scored again. In a game with only
six fouls (three from each team), the German ladies finished the game,
winning by 8-0. “Ita was hard to get used to the temperature in the
court, but after we got used to it, we did a good game”, said the German
player Maren Wichardt. The Japanese forward, Kanae Funaki, hopes that
Japan com get the points in the next game.
The last game of the night was Chile x
USA. Less than a minute of game, the ladies from Chile scored the first
goal. A minute later, the USA team scored too. Even though both teams
were playing really strong, the ladies from Chile had the score by their
side the whole game. It ended with a victory of Chile, 11-2. The coach
of Chile, Rodrigo Quintanilla, said that it was a fast game, and that
the girls played their best in the second half.
Monday, the games are going to start at noon. The first game is Germany x India.
1st Day
The opening ceremony of the 11th
Ladies World Championship happened Saturday, 10, night, at the court of
the Clube Português. The ceremony, which was supposed to be hold at 7
pm, started at 8:30 pm, decision of the organization.
The Police band played while the
athletes rolled inside the court. All the 14 teams went inside the court
to be presented. The referees and the International Committee were
presented too. The Brazilian flag, the flags of Pernambuco, Recife and
Clube Português were hoisted. The Brazilian players and the public sung
the Brazilian Anthem, played by the Police band.
While the teams were waiting for the
ceremony, some players talked about their expectations for the
tournament. The Argentinean goalkeeper, Gabriela Vargas, said that the
team hopes to get the best classification they can. “We are going to
enter the games attitude, and win the championship, if possible.”
“I want to have fun and I hope we can
win some games”, said Daniele Walter, goalkeeper of the USA team. The
Indian Yashdeep Kaur said that the India team will do their best at the
championship.
After the opening, Brazil and Uruguay played the first game of the championship.
