Rehhagel content despite loss
19 Jun 2008 - 08:24:16
Greece's veteran coach Otto Rehhagel was proud of his side's efforts, despite them ending Euro 2008 without a point after a 2-1 defeat to Spain.
Rehhagel's side were unable to conjure up a repeat of their title glory four years ago, but the German was at least content that they had signed off with a positive display.
He said: "I think the team tried hard, but unfortunately when the Spaniards put on the pressure and we allowed ourselves to fall back to too much.
"Particularly when we conceded the second goal, we would have needed to attack much more strongly to avoid that happening.
"But all in all I believe that the team was able to implement what we had talked about and I think we put up a good show for our last match.
"It is true that the Spaniards had more control of the ball than we did, which is the reason why we eventually we had to concede."
