Dirk Bauermann, Head Coach, GHP Bamberg:

“First of all I would like to thank our hosts for their great patience and for carrying about us. We knew well that the game will be hard, but we didn’t expect it to be so tough. The last weeks we traveled a lot and it caused problems for us – we now are tired. The start was too excellent for us and we believed too fast that we got the game in our hands. Skonto’s Americans played perfectly and they didn’t do what we expected them to do.”

Guntis Endzels, Head Coach, Skonto Riga:

“It was a great game for the people, but the result wasn’t as great for us. The whole game the outcome was open. It was a deficit for us that Biedrins couldn’t play. Then we lost Sirsnins due to injury, which made it even tougher. Too many mistakes at the end gave the win to Bamberg.”