Last update on. From the section OlympicsHege Riise, head coach of the Great Britain Women's Football team, said that his players are devastated by their loss to Australia in the Tokyo Olympics quarter-finals.As Ellen White's hat trick for GB, Sam Kerr scored twice for Australia from Chelsea. However, that was not enough to stop a 4-3 loss at Kashima Stadium.GB was also at London 2012's same stage."It's difficult to lose a game such as this. Riise said that we were prepared."We played most of the game very well. Although we had many chances, it was probably better to have completed a few. It's hard.Riise, who was a Norwegian player in the 2000 Olympic Games, stated that there was no one to blame after Caroline Weir saved a penalty with the score at 2-2.Australia was immediately 3-2 ahead through Mary Fowler before Kerr took the fourth.White scored a third goal as GB tried to score a late equalizer, but Manchester City's striker was unable to keep up at full-time.Riise said, "We win or lose together." "We stood up together and fought together, and it wasn’t enough for any of us."We are disappointed that we couldn’t score the fourth goal, and we didn’t make it to penalties.""It hits you like an earthquake"Rachel Brown-Finnis, a former goalkeeper for GB, said that the loss was heartbreaking and made her feel sick.She said that international football is often divided in clutch moments, such as the saves by Teagan Micah or the penalty miss by Weir.Karen Carney, a former forward for Great Britain, said: "It's hugely disappointing for Team GB. They were amazing in the group stages, but this is where it matters."You must give Australia a lot credit. They played well and the goalkeeper made some great saves that kept them in the game.Leah Williamson, GB defender, said that the disappointment was "like a train".She said, "One thing that I have learned in my short international career is that everything is never really over until the last whistle blows.""To score 4-2 after being down showed so much character, so I didn’t think it was impossible to achieve it. It is harder because it hits you like an train at the end."We wanted to be Olympians, not just come here." We wanted to win gold. We wanted to win.
