This week was the first anniversary of the death of my father and I had long promised my mother we would spend these difficult days for her together in California.

No. He was disrespectful to the coach.

This team is strong enough to overcome such setbacks. It's stable enough to put it behind. With positive thinking, there will be no problems. We have to look ahead.

It was important to present our work and what we want to achieve,

I am still filled with the same joy and enthusiasm that I had when I took this job. We can win the World Cup. That is our goal, but we'll take it one step at a time.

The media criticism from the past weeks has been below the belt for most parts and had nothing to do with the sporting side of things. I think it was tremendously important for us to win tonight.