Coaches' Quote
Jurgen KLINSMANN (GER)
We’re incredibly proud of this team and of what they're doing at the moment.
The whole game was on a knife-edge, but we had the better of the chances and
were more efficient in front of goal, so overall we deserved to win. We are
obviously very happy and are enjoying the moment, but we're looking ahead and
we want to go even further. We're here to make progress. We know that we've got
two games left, and we want to win both of them.
Today was a match-up between the two best teams in the tournament so far.
Argentina showed us a lot of respect, which was apparent in the fact that they
left Javier Saviola and Esteban Cambiasso on the bench. We took a while to
settle to begin with and couldn't get into the rhythm we had in other matches,
but I said to the team at half-time that it was only to be expected and that it
wasn't a problem. I told them that they should just remain patient. Roberto
Ayala's header for their goal was a beauty, but I was never worried about the
fact that we were behind.
For the penalties, I had every confidence in all of the players taking them,
and obviously in Jens Lehmann. What a great keeper. He's the one who got us
into the semi-final today.
Jose PEKERMAN (ARG)
We haven't made the progress that we were hoping for. I really regret the fact
that we haven't achieved the goals we set ourselves. Am I going to stay on as
Argentina manager? No, I think it's time for me to go. It's the end of an era,
and I definitely won't be staying on.
We didn't expect to have the problems that we did. We had to substitute two
players, and that cost us dear. Germany had the advantage of being more
adaptable than we were. We were pretty much on top throughout the match, and my
players gave their all. I always felt that we were better than Germany, but
that's not always enough to get the win. All that I can say is that Argentina
played good, attractive football and won the fans over.
This team has given the people back home a lot of joy and grounds for optimism.
The players were worthy of the footballing tradition that we have in Argentina,
and our country will always remember how well they performed at this
tournament. Sometimes, though, history isn't fair. It's just a shame that
Argentina are out of this World Cup. We could feel that the fans were behind us
all the way through the tournament, and I can assure them that Argentina will
carry on playing great football.
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