Hard win for Chinese
Team of China defeated Nigeria 28:24 but the win was hard and now they will play for the fifth place. Team of China defeated Nigeria 28:24 but the win was hard and now they will play for the fifth place.
In the 20th minute, Nigeria was ahead of 10: 6, then 13:12, but China managed to get through, and in the 49th minute the score was 21:20 in favor of China.
Eventually China increased their lead in last 10 minutes.
The best player among Chinese was He Zheng (LW) and from Nigerians Mohammed Anas.
Sujie Yao, Coach of China: Today our players were more relaxed then usual. Some of our players got injured, but we have a strong spirit. We’re going to do our best in the future, to achive more. We should work more on defence and put more into our attacks.
Solomon Yola, Coach of Nigeria: I’m very satisfied with my team today, The game was a little beat tough, we had some defencive problems. We lost becouse of some mistakes, but the game was still really good.