World Cup Hockey:Netherlands to face India in quarter-finals

Highlights:

RT Bureau :

.Netherlands defeated Canada 5-0 in their crossover clash

.Netherlands will face India in the quarter-finals on Thursday

.Pakistan were knocked out by Belgium, who will face Germany in thew quarters

The Netherlands defeated Canada 5-0 in their crossover clash at the 2018 Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneshwar and will face India in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Dominating the proceedings, Netherlands scored five field goals through Lars Balk (16th minute), Robert Kemperman (20th), Thijs van Dam (40th, 58th) and Thierry Brinkman (41st) to register the comfortable win at the Kalinga Stadium.

In the match between world no. 4 Netherlands and world no.11 Canada, the Dutch were early aggressor as they made continuous forays.

The Canadians, on the other hand, preferred to sit back and defend while looking for counters to surprise their opponents.

Canadian goalkeeper Andrew Charter too made a number of brilliant saves to keep his side in the hunt.
The Netherlands’ first chance came in the ninth minute but Charter came out of his line to pull off brilliant save and deny Bob de Voogd.

Seven seconds from the first quarter Netherlands earned their first penalty corner but Mink van der Weerden’s attempt sailed over the goal.