Vladimir Golovine, Assistant Coach Russia:

"We tried everything but Spain was the better team tonight."

"We know what our mistakes were today and will fix them for the next games."

Vicente Rodriguez, Head Coach Spain:

"We played very good defence and did a good job on rebounding - that was the key for our win."

"Right now I can't say if my team is the favourite for the gold medal, from now on all games will be extremely difficult."