The Netherlands ladies clear the first hurdle easily

20th August, EHC (W) in Mönchengladbach: The Netherlands – Azerbaijan 8:0 (5:0)

20.08.2011 - The title favourites from the Netherlands started their opening game against Azerbai-jan completely professionally. After a very onesided game, the score was 8:0 (5:0). The outsiders had almost nothing to offer and were only seldom able to make their way to the front of the opposing goal. For their part, Kim Lammers and Maartje Paumen each scored three times for the Oranje team.

The women from the Netherlands steered the run of play from the first minute and were not at any time really under pressure, which meant that the first penalty corner was not long in coming. Corner specialist Maartje Paumen landed her first goal with a scoop shot into the upper right corner. Willemijn Bos and Kim Lammers had done the same by the 21st minute.

A spectacular pass combination led to a field goal a minute later, again thanks to Lammers (22). And the Netherlands launched attack after attack, earning themselves further penalty corners, seven in the first half alone. Maartje Paumen took advantage of one of them to raise the half time score to 5:0. The same scenario presented itself after the change of ends: Ellen Hoog joined the list of goal scorers in the 49th minute – with a beautiful backhand shot.

Azerbaijan was forced into deep defense and hardly ever endangered the opponents’ goal. The team’s one and only penalty corner did not occur until the 61st minute. In the meantime, Paumen (52.) and Lammers (58.) had each added her third goal from a penalty corner, raising the score to 8:0. There was then not much action until the final whistle, leaving the Netherlands to celebrate their first tournament win in the opening match.

“We’ve done a good job for the first game”, stated Oranje coach Max Caldas. “We were in good form today, fresh, and didn’t ease up until the end, and that was perhaps because of the warm weather”.

Goals:

1:0 Maartje Paumen (PC, 4.)

2:0 Willemijn Bos (PC, 19.)

3:0 Kim Lammers (PC, 21.)

4:0 Kim Lammers (22.)

5:0 Maartje Paumen (PC, 31.)

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6:0 Ellen Hoog (49.)

7:0 Maartje Paumen (PC, 52.)

8:0 Kim Lammers (PC, 58.)

Penalty Corners:

NED 9 (5 goals) / AZE 1 (0 goals)

Umpires:

Soledad Iparraguirre / Valentina Tomasi

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp?lokal=DHB&auswahl=0&spiel=2&version=EN