RSA: 0 (0)
HOL: 5 (2)
Straight off the bat, I have to say that it was disappointing to lose by 5 goals to nil last night. As Individuals and as a team, we had been waiting for our 1st Olympic match for a long time. We had done all the preparation and analysis and we were looking to get our campaign off to a better start. However, as the score line suggests, we got a few too many things wrong, even though we put in a pretty good playing performance.
We haven’t been starting games really well of late so our 1st priority for yesterdays match (and for the tournament) is to make sure we set ourselves up with a solid platform which we can work off and look to dictate play... but we conceded after 4 min.
After going 1-0 down, we moved the ball well through the field and played good hockey. We should have got 2 Penalty Corners (PC’s) which might have helped us get a crucial goal back but they were not awarded. Unfortunately, we conceded at the end of the half via another Taeka Taekema drag flick going into the break 0-2 down.
Again we conceded early in the 2nd half and after that we made too many basic errors, with passes going astray and a few too many miss traps where we turned over possession.
We did create several decent scoring opportunities but we have to start taking them.
All in all, I feel we played better than the score-line suggests but we have to start ‘locking our back door’ and taking our chances if we want to stay competitive.
We have another tough game against Australia on Wednesday, but as a team we will be doing all we can to surprise them and give them a run for their money!
I can’t wait to take them on!!!
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Thought you guys played really well and yes, the score does not represent the game. Went out with SJ last night-we had a good evening but missed you. We'll make up when you are back. Give my love to your folks and good luck against Aussie. Love Gail
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