Beijing, February 12 (Xinhua) -- Today, the Chinese men's ice hockey team at the Beijing Winter Olympics stubbornly pulled back two goals and kept the suspense of the game until the last second, and finally the Chinese team regrettably lost 2:3 to germany.
Smith said: "From this game we got into shape, had confidence and played decent games. I'm really proud of all the players, everyone comes together as a team to play. I think if you watch the game, you'll be very proud. I hope China is proud of us. ”
"Most of the players in the team who grew up in China have not played ice hockey, this is the real first generation of Chinese ice hockey people, we are all the first people who wrote the first page in the history of Chinese ice hockey, this is a huge honor, it is a very proud thing." He said.
Smith loved the crowd cheering on the team. He said the whole team did a really good job today, moving in the right direction and the spectators felt it too, they were celebrating wildly when the team scored, it was a great feeling!
Smith also referred to coach Zanata Ivano's inspiring speech in the dressing room: "The head coach told us to believe that we belong here, we can stand here not because of luck, we belong here! We worked hard for a long time to get here, and we deserved to be on the same ice as these teams! ”
(Xinhua News Agency)
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