“you Are not a little relieved?”
that was the question back to the attendees of the press from a storsmilende Lotte Grigel, when she after the victory over Brazil had been asked if she was relieved.
For it was not to be mistaken. She was ‘relieved and delighted’. Sejrssangen from the dressing room could also be heard clearly in the mixed zone. No one was in doubt who it was, ‘who won today’, 24 hours after the disappointment against Germany.
One disappointment, which should be processed, as the players returned to the hotel after the defeat that hurt.
“It’s crazy, what robots can do. That we can just be completely down and megakede of it, to think handball is the coolest right now.”
What have you talked about upstairs yesterday?
“I know almost no, if I must tell you, for we have talked many things through and through,” said Lotte Grigel with even a small smile, before she still lifted a little of the veil.
“I think everything we have talked about and the process it last year, it is, we see the result of today. Last night and today we had some talk together, as just do, we can move us. We have been a bit hard at each other, but in a good and constructive way,” explained Lotte Grigel.
It has been the small things in relation to be prepared for the opponent. The team must be ready, explained Lotte Grigel, who especially praised the defense after the match against Brazil, which Denmark won 24-18. There has been talk about the tactics, and the fact that they can be hard on each other, makes a difference.
“It does, we can move us from being in kulkælderen to stand with a megavigtig victory today. I’m dødstolt over the girls. Really,” said Lotte Grigel, who himself has said some things.
the 30-year-old goalie Sandra Toft, who again was a good match, was told that there had been spoken through the team.
“We have had a long meeting in the morning and gone around the rooms and forventningsafstemt. Not stuck to each other, but had a good talk, where you have told the people who are good, that they are it and must take responsibility,” told Sandra Toft.
part of the talks, and the tactic was that the team would not rush off and instead get calm on. It succeeded, but målvogteren, however, would not call it ‘hard conversations’.
“We have spoken nicely, but we’ve got some things on the table and told each other how we should play, and how the individual players act on the pitch, and what we expect of each other. In a way tough, but in a good tone,” stressed Sandra Toft.
on Friday, waiting for the last match of the WORLD cup-the group stage for Denmark, and here it is France that is on the menu in Japan. Klavs Bruun Jørgensen’s crew need a victory to proceed to the mellemrunden.
“We have a megasvær task in front of us with France, which also has the knife for the throat. And the just need to be lifted, and the lifting of the bunch,” said Lotte Grigel, who also stated that when the team just has jublet over the victory over Brazil and scored a aftenøl at the hotel, the focus must be directed towards the big bang.
the Fight against the French starts at 12.30 on Friday, and it can be followed LIVE here on bt.dk.