The Dutch hockey players are in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. They also won their third group match, although it was difficult against World Cup debutant Chile. Again field goals were scarce, but Eva de Goede’s goal was beautiful: 3-1.
The Netherlands and Chile have only met once before. At the previous meeting during the Hockey World League in 2013, the Orange squad won the semi-finals 10-0. On paper, there were also the balance of power in the last group match at this World Cup, because Chile is in a world championship for the first time and fifteenth in the world ranking. So a hockey dwarf.
But the Chilean hockey players were already full of surprises this tournament. They scored for the first time in a World Cup against Ireland and won that game. It moved national coach Sergio Vigil to tears. With a good dose of passion, Chile has already shown, a lot is possible.
Although the mentality also cost the team a lot of cards. It even resulted in a suspension for captain Camila Caram for “reckless physical contact between players during the match.” Seventeen players could only use national coach Vigil against the Netherlands. There was no sign of any fatigue, the Chilean hockey players kept fighting until the bitter end.
Once again the Wagener Stadium was sold out, but the fans were not really warmed by the game of Orange. A lot went wrong and great opportunities were missed. Breaking through Chile’s defense was difficult. So it had to come through the penalty corners. Just before the end of the first quarter, Lidewij Welten opened the score via a penalty corner rebound: 1-0.
Instead of the Orange running further, Chile came back. There was a lot of fortune involved, because Francisca Tala got the ball into the stick via a Dutch stick. All she had to do was pick the corner for Chile’s second World Cup goal: 1-1. The national coach cheered as if the loot had already been received.
It wasn’t, because the Netherlands scored via Yibbi Jansen (penalty corner) and Eva de Goede, who placed the ball in the top corner in a wonderful way: 3-1. Duel played against the brave Chileans.
Orange won all group matches, which means that it directly qualified for the quarter-finals. It is very likely that the Belgium of national coach Raoul Ehren – number two Australia has one more game to play – and Chile, which finished third in the group, will fight out who will meet the Netherlands on July 12, in Amstelveen.
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