FIH Hockey Professional League motion continued in Amsterdam on Wednesday with three absorbing encounters.
The Dutch ladies have been using excessive after routing Australia over the weekend, however they have been made to dig deep towards a gritty Spain to carry on for a one-goal victory.
With the boys’s match nonetheless extensive open, Argentina chalked up invaluable factors towards India, whereas the Netherlands stretched their lead on the prime of the desk after being given a run for his or her cash towards Eire.
(Girls’s) Netherlands 3 – 2 Spain
The Netherlands have been made to work extremely laborious for his or her slender 3-2 win over a bodily Spanish crew.
The hosts began nicely, testing Maria Tello within the Spanish objective as early because the second minute. It appeared to be enterprise as ordinary for the Dutch when Yibbi Jansen scored with a giant ninth-minute drag flick. Xan de Waard doubled the lead a minute later, carrying strongly within the circle and flicking in from shut vary. The Dutch have been threatening to run away with the match, however Estel Petchamé stored Spain in contact together with her wonderful Twenty first-minute deflection from open play. The Netherlands led 2-1 at half time.
The Spanish utilized loads of stress via a goalless third quarter, and a very good reflex save from goalkeeper Jana Martínez denied the Dutch a objective early within the fourth. Jansen launched a few of that stress, finishing her brace with a 51st-minute drag flick. Nevertheless, Xantal Gine responded instantly for Spain, her penalty stroke decreasing the deficit again to only one objective. Spain pulled off their goalkeeper within the remaining 30 seconds and really practically snatched a draw. A transparent alternative went begging when the ball struck an unmarked attacker’s foot contained in the circle, and the Dutch held on for a slender victory.
Joosje Burg of the Netherlands obtained the participant of the match award and mentioned: “Fairly a troublesome sport. I believe Spain is admittedly technical and so they had good stress, and for us it was actually a tricky sport, to play towards them.”
(Males’s) Argentina 4 – 3 India
Argentina stored their match hopes alive with a 4-3 win over India, who switched off at important moments within the match.
Whereas the primary half was pretty evenly contested, India conceded two tender targets handy the benefit to the Argentinians. An absolute howler from the Indian defence gifted Matias Ray possession in house on the prime of the circle. His blistering strike clattered off the fitting publish and into the objective off the again of the goalkeeper’s glove. India completed the opening quarter nicely, and Harmanpreet Singh discovered the equaliser with a Twelfth-minute drag flick. Lucas Martinez restored Argentina’s lead within the seventeenth minute, although, when his slip underneath the shoulder in some way discovered the objective with out taking any deflections.
A penalty stroke from Harmanpreet Singh within the thirty third minute levelled issues at 2-2, however Santiago Tarazona instantly reclaimed the lead for Argentina, tapping in neatly from a go off the baseline. Abhishek once more restored parity together with his Forty second-minute discipline objective, ending nicely off the goalkeeper’s pads from open play. However Argentina bought their nostril in entrance once more simply 18 seconds into the ultimate quarter, Lucio Mendez combining nice aerial expertise with a pointy reverse end from congested play across the p-spot. India tried every little thing to battle again, together with pulling their goalkeeper out, nevertheless it was a case of too many errors on the day.
Argentina’s Lucio Mendez was named the participant of the match and mentioned: “It was a extremely robust match. I believe we did our job, that’s defend and assault when we’ve the probabilities. However an important factor I believe was to defend actually good with 11 gamers.”
(Males’s) Netherlands 2 – 0 Eire
The Netherlands didn’t have issues all their very own manner in a 2-0 win over the hard-working Irish, and it actually didn’t play out like a conflict between the highest and backside sides within the standings.
The Dutch had the higher of the opening quarter, forcing Irish goalkeeper Jamie Carr to make a few wonderful saves, and having a objective overturned on evaluate for a again stick. Each groups created circle entries via the second quarter earlier than Luke Dommershuijzen broke the impasse, together with his Twenty fourth-minute drag flick giving the Dutch a 1-0 lead at half time.
Steijn van Heijningen doubled the lead within the thirty eighth minute, when his huge deflection from the highest of the circle fully caught Carr off guard with the dramatic change in angle. Carr managed to save lots of an identical deflection within the forty fourth minute, and the Irish defence ran down a flurry of penalty corners to finish the third quarter trailing by simply two. Eire then began exhibiting indicators of fatigue from their monumental defensive efforts, however nonetheless managed to create two good alternatives within the remaining interval. The Netherlands regarded comfy winners in the long run, although, and might need scored a lot extra targets with out the heroics of Carr and the Irish defence.
The participant of the match went to Luke Dommershuijzen of the Netherlands, who mentioned: “Initially we had some points with the build-up and I believe we created a variety of probabilities however we didn’t end them.”
Present Hero Prime Scorers:
Girls – Yibbi Jansen (NED) (11 targets)
Males – Tom Boon (BEL) (14 targets)
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FIH Hockey Professional League – 11 June 2025
Wagener Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands (NED)
Girls
End result: Match 41 (W)
Netherlands 3 – 2 Spain
Participant of the match: Joosje Burg (NED)
Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL), Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL), Sébastien Michielsen (BEL-video)
Males
End result: Match 41 (M)
Argentina 4 – 3 India
Participant of the match: Lucio Mendez (ARG)
Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED), Bunge Coen Van (NED), Magali Sergeant (BEL-video)
End result: Match 42 (M)
Netherlands 2 – 0 Eire
Participant of the match: Luke Dommershuijzen (NED)
Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL), Sébastien Michielsen (BEL), Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL-video)
