FRANCE 98 – USA-Iran – S. Sampson: “I am proud of my team and their attitude”

” In this match we achieved our aims, that’s to say to build a good attacking game. To win, you’ve got to know how to take risks. After Hamid ESTILI’s (9) goal, we took even more risks. I am proud of my team and their attitude. I would like to congratulate the IRAN (Group F) team, who scored the first goal while we were attacking. They counter attacked very well.

The next game against YUGOSLAVIA (Group F) is very important for us. We are going to show that we’ve improved our game. Our aim stays the same, we will play to win.”