Denmark coach refuses to shake hands with China coach after loss in World Cup
13/9/2007 16:57
Denmark coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller did not shake hands with China
coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors after his team suffered a 3-2 loss to the World Cup
hosts in Wuhan, China yesterday.
Substitute Song Xiaoli fired an incredible
long shot home in the 88th minute to earn hosts China the crucial three points
in the FIFA Women's World Cup Group D opener against
Denmark.
Domanski-Lyfors, a Swede who led Sweden to the 2003 World Cup
runners-up and took over the Chinese team in March this year, said, "He did not
shake hands with me after the match. But I don't care much about it."
"Maybe,
he is so disappointed about the result," she added.
Heiner-Moller did not
make any comment on the issue. He said that he did not want to say much about
it.
"I will focus on next match against New Zealand," he
noted.
Domanski-Lyfors said, "We did a very good job in the midfield defence
and our quick-pace attacks worked well today."
"And the whole team was in top
form and high morale. We deserve the win," she added.
Kenneth Heiner-Moller
had said on Tuesday that the winner of this match would be one leg into the
knockout stage. However, the luck was not on his side.
The upset
Heiner-Moller said after the match that he thought his team played well but
unfortunately they lost.
"I think a tie may be the most reasonable result,"
he said. His remarks were supported by only one item in the statistics. The
Danes got 55 percent against 45 percent for China in ball possession.
China
boast head-to-head results of seven wins, three ties and one loss against
Denmark in world arena before tonight's clash, including a 2-2 draw in 1991
World Cup in China and 3-1 win in 1995 edition in Sweden.
On Saturday, China
will take on Athens Olympic runners-up Brazil, who trounced New Zealand 5-0
earlier today, and Denmark will meet New Zealand in their second round Group D
matches.
Xinhua
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