England with hard-fought 4:0 against Belgium

20th August, EM in Moenchengladbach, Women: England– Belgium 4:0 (2:0)

20.08.2011 - Olympic host England won its opening match at the GANT EuroHockey Championships against well prepared Belgians, but the score did not reflect the closeness of the game 4:0 (2:0).

Belgium began briskly, but after about ten minutes England took command. Alex Danson (14.) and Chloe Rogers (19.) scored before the break. Belgium came out of the cabin with a lot of confidence, but failed to perform dangerously near the circle. On the other hand England stayed cool and Crista Cullen (46.) and captain Kate Walsh (55.) scored with penalty corners. After that the Belgians weren`t able to come back and England had no problem winning the three points.

Goals:

1:0 Alex Danson (PC, 14.)

2:0 Chloe Rogers (19.)

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3:0 Crista Cullen (PC, 46.)

4:0 Kate Walsh (PC, 55.)

Penalty corners:

ENG 7 (1 Goal) / BEL 2 (-)

Yellow cards:

Anne Panter (Foul, 20.) / -

Umpires:

Oliveira / Heinz

Original Article: https://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp&auswahl=0&spiel=4&version=EN

Good start for the Olympic silver medal winner from 2008

GANT EuroHockey Championships Men: Spain - Russia 5:0 (2:0)

20.08.2011 - In the last game of the opening day of the GANT Eurohockey Championships tournament one of the favorites, Spain defeated Russia clearly with 5:0 (2:0).

The players of Coach Daniel Martin were superior from the start of the game and laid the foundation for success in the first half, as Pau Quemada with two converted penalty corners shot out to a 2-0 lead. The Spaniards had other great chances by Quemada, Santi Freixa and Alex Fabregas, but they forgave all negligent. After halftime did not change much in the game. Spain acted impressively and repeatedly benefited from the Russians lost balls, which were then used to fast counter attacks.

Again, a superior corner by Quemada and a deflection by Roc Oliva screwed up the result quickly to 4:0. After then, the Russians even created a good chance by Pavel Golubev, but his shot was saved by Spanish Keeper Cortes of Spain (49.). In the end Manel Terrace provided the final score for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Second when hi finished a magnificent solo with a backhand flick.

Goals:

1:0 Pau Quemada (15.)

2:0 Pau Quemada (28.)

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3:0 Pau Quemada (41.)

4:0 Roc Oliva (46.)

5:0 Manel Terraza (57.)

Corners:

ESP 6 (3 Tor) / RUS 1 (kein Tor)

Umpires:

Christian Blasch/Marc Knülle

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp&auswahl=1&spiel=2&version=EN

German men with an important win in the first match of the tournament

20th August, EHC (M) in Mönchengladbach: Germany - Belgium 3:1 (0:0)

20.08.2011 - The German men’s hockey team defeated the Belgian team 3:1 (0:0) in their first tournament game at the GANT EurHockey Championships. In front of more than 5,000 spectators at the Warsteiner HockeyPark, the guests of the reigning Olympic champions put up a good fight and showed that they are a force to be reckoned with in the struggle for the group A semi-final place. Thilo Stralkowski, Florian Fuchs and Jan-Marco Montag (penalty corner) all scored for the German team.

After early tentative play, it was the Belgians who first threatened to score. After Thomas Briels took a futile stab (4), the DHB keeper Max Weinhold prevented the guests going into the lead by spectacularly saving a shot from Tom Boon (7). It took Germany a good quarter of an hour before they could make a dent in the well positioned Belgian defense and create their first goal chance. Chances were missed by Matthias Witthaus who failed from a sharp angle and Florian Fuchs who after 26 minutes narrowly missed a backhand flanker from Thilo Stralkowski.

However it was Stralkowski himself who had the best German chance in the first half when, after being ably assisted by Moritz Fürste, he missed an eight metre shot by no more than a hair’s breadth. But Belgium was still dangerous and in an immediate counterattack only just missed with a backhand edge stroke. Germany was rather lucky after a free hit on the circle shortly before the break, when the umpires awarded a bully and not a penalty corner following a tackle.

The tempo of the game became noticably faster after the start of the second half and it developed into a real skirmish. Belgium had the first real chance with a penalty corner, but Max Müller deflected Jerome Dekeyser’s flat scoop over the line (37). Shortly afterwards Florian Fuchs narrowly missed from the opposite side from a half left position, but the DHB squad did better with their next attack: Mo Fürste had come through the middle field and passed to Oliver Korn, who then passed to Stralkowski at the front. The man from Mülheim took advantage of the opportunity and netted the ball at half height.

The second German goal which came shortly afterwards was just as nicely prepared: Benjamin Weiss sent a dream pass from half right to Florian Fuchs, who took the ball beautifully with a small backhand and slammed it in (51). But the Belgians didn’t give up and just four minutes later were rewarded with their second corner, which Dekeyser converted flat down right.

But the DHB team reacted immediately: Matthis Witthaus forced his way over the left side into the circle and hit a Belgian foot. Jan-Marco Montag converted the ensuing penalty corner with an unstoppable scoop into the corner of the goal to the cheers of the crowd (3:1). Germany skillfully defended the score for the last ten minutes of the game and thus took the first important step towards the semi final.

Goals:

1:0 Thilo Stralkowski (41.)

2:0 Florian Fuchs (46.)

2:1 Jerome Dekeyser (PC, 55.)

3:1 Jan-Marco Montag (PC, 57.)

Penalty corners:

GER 1 (1 goal) / BEL 2 (1 goal)

Umpires:

Andy Mair / David Gentles

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp&auswahl=1&spiel=1&version=EN

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

Spain women win the opening game at the Euro Hockey Championship 2011

20th August, European Championships (W) in Mönchengladbach: Spain – Italy 4:0 (2:0)

The Spanish women opened the Gant EuroHockey Championships 2011 in the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach with a commanding victory 4:0 (2:0) against Italy. Although the quality of play was somewhat less than impressive, the Spanish players cleverly took advantage of their opponents’ technical mistakes and deserved to win.

Both teams were particularly nervous as the game started. The flow of play was hindered by missed passes and technical mistakes by both teams. The first Spanish goal was the result of a major mistake by the Italian goalkeeper Roberta Lilliu, who stepped over a backward pass from her team colleague. The Spanish player Berta Bonastre had only to push the ball into the goal.

The leading team then had more chances, but it wasn’t until the 29th minute that Barbara Malda managed to raise the score to 2:0 after a crafty combination over the right side. The Italian players failed to put pressure on the Spaniards. Their only goal chance worth mentioning was a seven-metre attempt in the 17th minute, when Maria Lopez de Equilaz in the Spanish goal saved the shot from Francesca Faustini.

Neither of the teams was convincing in the second half. Spain protected their lead and the Italians were not able to score a goal. After the final whistle the Spanish trainer Alejo Noblom explained their weak performance in the game: “It was a difficult game because the first match is always the hardest.” The 3:0 resulted from a standard situation. Silvia Munoz took advantage of a penalty corner to score her first goal in Mönchengladbach.

Just one minute later Barbara Malda completed the scoring in the opening game. In spite of the weak performance of his players, the Italian trainer Giovanni Admo Rossi was optimistic about the future. “We’ll take each game as it comes, and at the end we’ll see what the group results are”, he said explaining his strategy for the next days.

Goals:

1:0 Berta Bonastre (4.)

2:0 Barbara Malda (30.)

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3:0 Silvia Munoz (KE, 58.)

4:0 Barbara Malda (59.)

Penalty corners:

ESP 5 (1 Tor) / ITA 2 (-)

Green cards:

Marta Prat (63.) / Alessia Padalino (45.)

Umpires:

Ashton-Lucy / Meister

Original Article: http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/EM/2011/Ergebnisdienst.asp?lokal=DHB&auswahl=0&spiel=1&version=EN

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