Monday’s lone FIH Hockey Professional League fixture supplied loads of drama in an enthralling conflict in Amsterdam. The Netherlands males did simply sufficient to finish the double over India and stretch their lead on the high of the desk.
(Males’s) Netherlands 3 – 2 India
The Netherlands boosted their title hopes with a riveting 3-2 win over a fired-up Indian aspect who have been left to rue a poor conversion charge from their 9 penalty corners.
Each groups created nice scoring alternatives within the opening quarter, Abhishek and Shilanand Lakra lacking narrowly for India, and Tjep Hoedemakers clattering one into the publish for the Netherlands. India held the preliminary benefit, although, making quite a few cross intercepts and one-on-one steals that led to common circle entries.
India carried their momentum into the second interval and went forward within the twentieth minute. Enjoying in his a hundredth match for India, Abhishek despatched a blistering strike into the roof of the online. The Dutch steadily settled into the sport, although, and equalised 4 minutes later. Captain Thierry Brinkman crabbed a ways alongside the baseline earlier than popping the ball throughout objective for Thijs van Dam to swat it in from waist peak. The scores have been locked 1-1 at half time.
Tjep Hoedemakers gave the hosts the lead within the thirty third minute, when his high-quality deflection from shut vary gave goalkeeper Pathak no probability to regulate his angles. Pathak obtained a great contact to disrupt the Dutch a few minutes later, although, and India completed the third interval within the ascendancy with a flurry of assaults and penalty corners.
With only one objective separating the groups, there was no considered taking part in conservatively within the last quarter. Each groups had probabilities earlier than Jugraj Singh equalised for India with a 54th-minute drag flick. Kumar Upadhyay Lalit then very practically upset the house followers, stealing a free ball off the final Dutch defender, however his cheeky lobbed shot was gloved away by a frantically backpedalling Maurits Visser. The profitable objective got here with simply three minutes remaining, when Jip Janssen’s drag flick sealed the victory for the Dutch.
Derck de Vilder obtained the participant of the match award for the Netherlands and mentioned: “I believe it was a tough recreation, particularly the second half. India got here out laborious and we had quite a lot of bother with their urgent.”
Present Hero High Scorers:
Ladies – Yibbi Jansen (NED) (9 Objectives)
Males – Tom Boon (BEL) (14 targets)
To see the present standings within the FIH Hockey Professional League, click on right here.
FIH Hockey Professional League – 9 June 2025
Wagener Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands (down)
Males
End result: Match 40 (M)
Netherlands 3 – 2 India
Participant of the match: Derck de Vilder (NED)
Umpires: Band), Sergeant Magali (BEL), Michael Dutrine.
