日本主教練濟科--這是一場勢均力敵的比賽。我們沒有輸，所以我們沒有出局。我覺得我們踢得很好。在這個時候比賽很困難，因為我們在炎熱的天氣中踢了兩場比賽。隊員們很辛苦，但是他們做得不錯。我們沒有創造很多機會，當我們創造了機會時我們感到很大的壓力，這就是問題所在。我們每天都做將球送進球網的工作，但那是在訓練中，要在世界盃的比賽中進球就困難得多。克羅地亞在上半場有很多好機會，但我們在下半場踢得很好。如果我們在對澳大利亞的比賽中這樣做，結果就會不同。我們仍然相信我們可以擊敗巴西。在足球比賽中有很多出人意料的事，我們尊敬巴西隊，我們要跟他們踢一場真正的比賽。如果我們出局，我們也要昂首離開。

　　克羅地亞主教練克拉尼察爾--天氣很熱，但是我們踢得不錯。我想祝賀雙方球員，因為這是一場好比賽。我們控制了比賽，創造了很多機會，但是我們沒有運氣。我們不應該失望，因為我們的球員有毅力和能力。我想裁判判的點球是正確的，日本隊守門員的撲救也很精彩，這證明了我們運氣不好。但有時候是自己決定運氣。我們有很多角球，我們有能力將很多高球送入球網，但是我們沒有做到。如果你從比賽整體來看，我們更加有組織，創造了更好的機會。我感覺我們今天丟掉了兩分。

　　鏈結：http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060618/1/7szt.html

　　原文：JAPAN-CROATIA: Coaches’ Quotes

　　18 June 2006

　　by FIFAworldcup.com

　　ZICO (JPN)

　　It was a very equal game. We didn’t lose, so we are still in the tournament. I think we played very well. It was very difficult to play at this time because of the heat and we have done this twice in succession. The players have suffered, but they did so well.

　　We didn’t create a lot of opportunities and when we did, we felt too much pressure. That was the problem. We’re working every day on putting the ball into the back of the net, but that’s training. It’s so much harder when you’re playing in a World Cup match.

　　Croatia had good opportunities in the first half, but we did well in the second half. If we had played that way against Australia, the scoreline might have been different. We still believe that we can beat Brazil. Football throws up some unexpected results and although we respect Brazil, we will give them a real battle. If we do get knocked out, we will leave this competition with our heads held high.

　　Zlatko KRANJCAR (CRO)

　　The heat was tough, but I thought we played well. I’d like to congratulate the players of both teams for a good match. We dominated, created a lot of chances, but unfortunately we were out of luck. We shouldn’t be disappointed, because our players have enough strength and ability to make it through.

　　I thought it was the correct decision to award the penalty and I thought it was a truly wonderful save from Japan’s goalkeeper, but that summed up our luck. However, sometimes you make your own luck. We had a number of corner kicks, we were able to put a number of high balls into the box, but we did not make the most of them. I think if you look at the game as a whole, we were better organised and we created the better chances. That said, I feel that we lost two points today.

　　作者-李雪，二外英語系

責編：盧爽