Orange hockey men after an exciting confrontation against Belgium to the European Championship final | Other sports
Duco Telgenkamp has made himself almost immortal. The newcomer to the European Championship led the Dutch team to the final match in the final stage after a brilliant hockey battle with Belgium: 3-2. Hockey players are still on their way to the gold medal and the Olympic ticket.
High-level hockey is decided on details, on careless or cunning moments. The differences between Belgium and the Netherlands have been small for years. Especially in the major tournaments in the World Cup at the beginning of this year, the Dutch team lost on penalties, and in the European Championship 21 the Netherlands won an eight-second match, and in the 2018 World Cup things went wrong after the match between the goalkeeper and the kicker. .
The fact that the Netherlands won both Pro League matches at the beginning of July convincingly and deservedly was not reflected in the first half in Mönchengladbach. Things went wrong immediately. Something with a donkey and a stone. It seemed that the Dutch team had not learned from the exciting start against Germany, the only opponent who showed any resistance in the group stage and who led 2-0 after only five minutes.
Things also went wrong immediately against Belgium. Within two minutes, Felix Denier cleverly advanced in front of his man: 0-1. The fact that it stayed that way after the first half was due to Maurits Visser and a penalty corner from the line of Jorit Krohn. Duco Telgenkamp fired the only shot.
Mistakes lead to goals
Was it a thunderous speech from Dilmi? The Dutch team got rid of its hesitation after the break. Jonas De Geus punishes a stopping foul from Victor Vignes: 1-1. Thierry Brinkman gave the Dutch team the lead with the help of goalkeeper Vincent Vanach. Temen Rienga then committed a foul on Belgium’s equaliser, after which Nicolas De Kerbel scored via Joep de Mol’s stick. Hockey is also a game defined by mistakes.
The cracker was approaching boiling point, tension was rising and it looked like there would be another shootout. But there is still Doku Telgenkamp, the number one player in the European Championship and the potential boy of the Dutch team who never thinks about the circle. He scored successfully and led the Dutch team to the final. The Netherlands is still on course for a European Championship gold medal and an Olympic ticket to the Paris Games. Belgium was finally defeated in the title tournament in regular time.
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