Ivanov pleased with third-place finish

Oleg Ivanov, Russia coach
We assumed that Portugal would press us and we were ready for that, managing to catch them with our counters. Coach Orlando has a very well-prepared team. We man-marked Ricardinho and Arnaldo today but could not always contain them. Still, the team carried out the coaches' plan and won, maybe with a bit of luck, the Portuguese did hit the post a couple of times and Sergei Zuev was excellent in goal. Zuev is the man, he's a real goalkeeper who can save the team. Everyone expects Russia to be first or at least to play in the final, and that's not something people expect from our football side. It's great to be on top but we're just building a new team. There is a change of generations, and now we have to prepare for [FIFA Futsal] World Cup qualifying.

Orlando Duarte, Portugal coach
We can appreciate this European Championship. There is an obvious evolution of the squads which were considered the weakest, Portugal took on the strongest teams and all of this made the European Championship the best ever – the best-organised and with the best-quality teams. The fault of Portugal today is that two minutes were enough for us to concede two goals. In those two minutes we really blew it. Playing a team that is clever and defends well, you can't afford to do something like that. Although we missed enough chances in the second half to win two futsal matches. Still, I hope that with that the championship for Portugal is not over. We expect it to be an incentive for our young players and for futsal in the country to develop.