Div B: Players’ thoughts and their experience during the championship in Chieti

Leslie A on 03 August, 2007 23:30:13 | 202 times read

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The German player, Svenja Brunckhorst said that: “Last year the team was different with more individual players taking on more responsibilities each, whereas this year the team is completely different where everybody has their roles but it's more team-oriented. Although this is my second time at the Europeans U16 it is a completely different experience to the first time. And at the present moment I am enjoying it.”

Carmen Miloglav from Croatia commented that “it has been a difficult tournament for us. The results have not been as we expected and we are not satisfied with the way things have turned out for us. Because we can play much better than this.” And her teammate Adrijana Bosnjak added that “I think that we are a good team but just have been unlucky, so we can't really say that we have been enjoying this year's experience.”

Lianne Miller from England said that “it has been a challenge sometimes under the basket but as for the tournament it's fine and I am actually enjoying it. Initially I thought it would be much harder so I am happy that I can compete in my position.” Jessica Hurd commented: “It's very exciting and it's been a challenge to get into the games. We are not used to be in tournaments like this … and the heat! Yes, I am really enjoying it.”

Israeli's Shira Ben Barak is enjoying the tournament and said it's “great.” And Shira Shecht added that “we are playing against the best players in all of Europe.” Shira Ben Barak continued: “Everything in the tournament is good and the environment is nice and we support each other.” Shira Shecht commented that “we are playing very well in general, we are not used to be playing against bigger players but we have managed alright.” Then her teammate, Shira Ben Barak, said “in this competition we had to fight our way through and so far it has been fun. Our major goal was to get into the semi-finals.”

The Italian player Giulia Pasqualin commented that “playing against foreign teams and foreign players who you do not know that's beautiful, while Federica Tognalini added "It is a great experience playing against other countries and for most of us it is the first time."

Dutch players Milou Dekker and Rianne Hofstraat commented: “Our supporters are fantastic. We do not have the words to express our gratitude. As a team we have blended well. And we are having a great tournament and are learning all the time.” We do not have the words in English to describe our feelings to be here but except for unbelievable.