Bruce Mouat insisted his rink are “in a great spot” for February’s Winter Olympics regardless of Scotland having to accept bronze on the European Curling Championships in Finland.
Rebecca Morrison’s rink has certified for Saturday’s ladies’s remaining, however Mouat’s world champion rink misplaced 8-5 of their semi-final regardless of having sailed via the round-robin part with a 100% document.
It means the Swedes, led by former world champion Niklas Edin, will go for an eighth European title in opposition to Yannick Schwaller’s Switzerland, who misplaced to the Scots on this season’s world remaining, on Saturday.
In the meantime, the Scots beat Joel Retornaz’s Italy, who had misplaced 8-7 to the Swiss of their semi-final, in Friday’s third-place play-off.
Mouat, runner-up final yr and a four-time winner, stated: “It was a superb week and we have been disenchanted that we did not handle to cap all of it with two wins within the play-offs.
“However we knew that we have been taking part in nicely. We did not play our greatest within the semi-final, that was the frustration, however all of us simply regrouped fairly nicely, had a good chat over some meals and determined we wished to come back away with one thing from the week.
“I’m very pleased with the place we’re. We dominated the spherical robin and we’re doubtlessly going to be taking part in seven of them on the Olympics.
“We’re in a great spot and, if we flip up on the Olympics and play like we did right here, we’re going to be a troublesome group to beat and we simply have to verify we’re doing that in each recreation quite than 10 out of the 11.”
The Italians scored one on the opening finish in opposition to the Scots, however Mouat’s rink have been all the time in management after a two on the second and threes on the sixth and eighth ends secured bronze.
Earlier, the Swedes, who misplaced three of their opening 9 video games, took two within the seventh and ninth ends to guide 7-5 in opposition to the Scots and Mouat couldn’t prolong a tense tie when he was a fraction out along with his remaining stone.
