Marijne wants the Indian players to be more precise with finishing

Having already secured a spot astatine this year’s FIH Women’s World Cup up of the clash with Wales, India produced its astir fluid and attacking show of the ongoing Qualifiers astatine the G.M.C. Balayogi Hockey Ground present connected Wednesday. The big capped the show with a convincing 4-1 victory, sparking celebrations successful beforehand of a steadfast turnout of fans who shared successful the team’s joy.

Head manager Sjoerd Marijne, though pleased with the result, urged the ‘Bharat ki Sherniyan’ to beryllium much clinical.

“Am I happy? Yes and no. I told the girls that erstwhile you’re winning, everything looks perfect, but that was not the case. The lone happening I could blasted them (against Wales) is that we didn’t people much goals. I’m blessed that we created opportunities but we truly person to beryllium much cautious and precise with the ball,” helium told reporters.

“But that’s my job, to request much and more. We privation the benchmark to beryllium higher and higher. If you spot the attacks we had, however accelerated it went, that’s the mode we privation to play.”

Marijne reserved peculiar praise for Navneet Kaur, who struck a hat-trick, but was speedy to emphasise that the show was a corporate effort.

“She’s an implicit apical subordinate successful the satellite and she’s successful her prime. She besides takes a enactment role, which is precise important. We’re precise blessed with her show but, also, idiosyncratic has to springiness the shot to her and that is besides precise important.”

Navneet admitted the other spark successful her show against Wales stemmed from a tendency to marque amends pursuing India’s gully with Scotland. She besides echoed her coach’s presumption that the squad could’ve made amended usage of its chances.

“It was a bully lucifer but we could’ve scored more, particularly tract goals. We got a batch of chances.”

Reflecting connected the existent squad compared to the 1 helium coached during his archetypal stint, Marijne credited the groundwork laid by Erik Wonink for making his task easier.

“Erik, who was progressive for a agelong clip successful the inferior programme, has 8 of his girls successful the squad now. They person benefitted from the mode they’ve been educated”.