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Karel Manhart (head coach, Team Czech Republic): It’s really unfortunate what happened on the floor today, and we hope that the American player recovers soon and that it will not have any greater consequences. For us, the three points are great because tomorrow we face Canada, and it’s a big game because it will determine whether we go to the semi-finals from first or second place. That’s what we wanted - it was our goal to get the Americans or Slovaks in the semi-finals. We’ve done that and we’re happy. P>
Gwen Ranqiust-Lemieux (head coach, Team USA): We know that the Czech team is very skilled with the ball, and their passes are really strong. There were a lot of penalties in this game, and of course we had a really bad incident, but I’m proud of my ladies because they stayed strong till the end.