Rotterdam: Netherlands thrashed India by 8-1 to meet New Zealand in the semi-final of FIH World League Round 3 tournament here on Tuesday. The other semi-final game will feature Korea against Germany.
Kim Lammers and Maartje Paumen were the star of the day as Lammers kicked the scoring off 21 minutes into the game to give Netherlands a 1-0 lead. Paumen doubled the lead with just over two minutes left in the half with a rifle of a shot into the upper right corner.
Ellen Hoog extended the lead to 3-0 when she scored a beautiful goal shooting ball into the far opposite corner nine minutes into the second half. India’s Vandana Katariya got her team on the board four minutes later, but before the Indians could celebrate Valeria Magis had restored the three-goal advantage for the Netherlands.
The Dutch extended the lead when Eva De Goede scored the fifth goal on a trick penalty corner play that saw Paumen execute a fake before passing it off for the score. Sabine Mol and Paumen stuck again just two minutes apart in the late stages of the game and De Goede added her second of the game in the last minute on a penalty corner to bring the final to 8-1.
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