Hosts China rallied from their first lack of the brand new FIH Hockey Professional League season a day earlier with a dominant victory over a younger England aspect in Hangzhou on Wednesday.
All of the objectives of their 4-0 victory had been scored by totally different gamers in a match that noticed the Chinese language wrapping up an unbelievable 12 months, by which they claimed Olympic silver, on a profitable notice
(Girls’s) China 4 – 0 England
China ended their lengthy 12 months with a convincing 4-0 win over a younger English aspect, urgent successfully and making wonderful use of penalty nook deflections. It was one other thrilling begin as England created a transparent scoring alternative within the opening minute, and China put penalty corners over the bar within the third and seventh.
The hosts loved extra possession all through, and Zhang Ying had one of the best likelihood of the primary quarter when a protracted ball discovered her unmarked on the prime of the circle, just for Miriam Pritchard to shut down the angle nicely to deflect the ball large of the English objective.
China opened the scoring within the 17th minute, Chen Yang undoing Pritchard with a penalty nook deflection from the p-spot. England had a few possibilities to revive parity, threading a cross between the goalkeeper and a diving striker on the again submit within the 20th minute, and having a penalty nook blocked by Chinese language runners two minutes later. China then missed by inches from a recycled penalty nook within the 24th minute, however England instantly coughed up possession from the 16-yard hit and Ying accomplished the transfer with a tap-in to double their lead. He Jiangxin then gave China a 3-0 lead heading to half-time with one other penalty nook deflection within the 28th minute.
China had been very a lot in management within the second half, holding possession nicely and pressuring the English into turnovers and errors. England discovered themselves defending desperately to avoid wasting penalty corners within the 34th and 35th minutes, after which missed a 37th-minute penalty nook of their very own that may have given them a platform to battle again within the match.
The groups each missed with penalty nook variations on the finish of the third quarter, and because the clock ticked down within the fourth, China continued to dominate. The Chinese language had the ultimate say with a 55th-minute area objective, Chen Yi intercepting a poor overhead clearance and dealing the ball to Zhang Wenli who popped it superbly to Chen Yujun behind the English defence for a neat end.
The Participant of the Match was awarded to China’s Li Hong who mentioned: “We labored very arduous in these 4 video games, and gained three out of the 4 video games, so very glad we had this efficiency.”
Present Hero High Scorers:
Girls – Lottie Bingham, Vanessa Blockmans (2 objectives)
Males –Tom Boon (BEL) (3 objectives)
To see the present standings within the FIH Hockey Professional League, click on right here.
FIH Hockey Professional League – 4 December 2024
Gongshu Canal Sports activities Park Hockey Stadium, Hangzhou (CHN)
WOMEN
End result: Match 5 (W)
China 4 – 0 England
Participant of the match: Li Hong (CHN)
Umpires: Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP), Deepak Joshi (IND), Rama Potnis (IND-video)
