'The future is very bright'

Iceland coach Ólafur Thór Gudbjörnsson is in positive mood despite his side ending their campaign with a third consecutive defeat. Germany were the victors this time, prevailing 4-2 in Reykjavik, but Gudbjörnsson insists "the future of Icelandic women's football is very bright" after an impressive final-tournament debut. They must now watch on, however, as Germany advance to a semi-final against France which, Maren Meinert believes, will bring the best out of her players.

Ólafur Thór Gudbjörnsson, Iceland coach
We have conceded too many goals in this tournament that we could have prevented – perhaps we can put that down to a lack of experience. Overall, I think my team did well at this tournament and I am sure that we can do better. This has been a learning curve for us and I think we are constantly improving. We have some real quality in our team, and some of the players still have two years in the U19s. The future of Icelandic women's football is very bright. But the question we will have to answer is: 'How do we follow up on this tournament?' We have to keep working hard and remain focused.

Maren Meinert, Germany coach
For the first 22 minutes I was pleased with my team's focus. We started well but we were a bit too relaxed after gaining a two-goal lead. We lost some concentration in the second half but all in all I think my team played well today. Iceland know only one way of playing: they always fight and work hard, so they made it very difficult for us. We are on course but we first have to play well against France in the semi-final. We will have to be at our very best to beat them.