Emma Hayes speaking to the U.S. broadcast postgame:
"[Japan] learned a lot since the summer playing us in the Olympics. Their ability to break pressure is probably the best in the world. Everyone understands everything within their game. They were a higher level to us throughout the whole evening."
"[Japan] learned a lot since the summer playing us in the Olympics. Their ability to break pressure is probably the best in the world. Everyone understands everything within their game. They were a higher level to us throughout the whole evening."
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"We've got a better understanding of where our players are, which players are ready for now and which players are ready for later—which ones will go with the U23s and which ones will develop with us. From that perspective, it was mission accomplished."