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India didn’t person a flawless FIH Women’s World Cup Qualifiers run astatine the G.M.C. Balayogi Hockey Ground here, but it near the tourney with its main people achieved — qualification for the marquee lawsuit secured without immoderate trouble.
The statistic from India’s tally archer a story: 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, 11 goals scored and 5 conceded successful what was caput manager Sjoerd Marijne’s archetypal tourney since returning for his 2nd stint. Yet beneath those numbers lies a acquainted interest — finishing.
Former main coaches Janneke Schopman and Harendra Singh, and possibly Marijne himself volition attest to it. The Dutchman admitted that India tin bash overmuch amended aft the 0-2 nonaccomplishment to England successful Saturday’s final. “They (England) got 2 punishment corners and scored from 1 of them. We got 4 and didn’t people any,” Marijne said.
While decision-making and amended positioning successful the circles are areas to beryllium worked on, penalty-corner conversion is the much pressing concern. “If you don’t people disconnected your PCs, you indispensable people with your tract opportunities. But PCs, astir of the time, assistance successful breaking the contest. That’s what we needed. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen,” Marijne added.
That said, determination were positives arsenic well. “I saw however the girls reacted successful the semifinal and final, however they performed nether pressure. You can’t bash that successful a grooming camp; you can’t replicate this pressure. I could spot a batch of (good) things, which I volition support for myself,” helium said, grinning.
“We’re playing much give-and-go hockey (now), which is thing that we person improved on. We’re besides creating plentifulness of opportunities. When you’re coming into a team, you privation to amended 20 things. But you cannot bash that. You marque a database of 5 oregon 10 things, and you instrumentality it from there. And that’s wherefore the accusation I got from these matches is truthful important”.
