Australia and Belgium acquired day two of the Hero Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar off to a rip-roaring begin with a beautiful 4-4 (3-2) draw in Pool A with Tom Boon scoring with the final play.
After a feisty, bodily first quarter ended scoreless, the second interval was excellent, consisting of 5 targets in fast succession. The Kookaburras began the run with three targets in 5 minutes, Chris Ciriello dragging dwelling low for 1-0 earlier than Eddie Ockenden stole the ball in the Belgian circle, shimmied left and slid dwelling on his backhand.
Jake Whetton nabbed the third from shut vary after goalkeeper Jeremy Gucassoff may solely half-stop Matt Gohdes cross-shot. But Belgium fought again rapidly with Sebastien Dockier going alone to fireside previous Andrew Charter. Simon Gougnard then picked out Florent van Aubel to faucet in his aspect’s second aim on the stroke of half-time. It left them trailing 3-2 however proper again in the contest.
Flynn Ogilvie, along with his first worldwide aim, prolonged the margin for Australia when he completed off a nice transfer down the left flank however, inside two minutes, John-John Dohmen tipped in from the second part of a nook.
That made it 4-3 to the Kookaburras going into the ultimate quarter but it surely appeared like the recreation was getting away from Belgium till a sequence of final minute penalty corners. From the ultimate one, awarded with three seconds to go, Tom Boon recovered a miscued drag-flick to smash dwelling a dramatic equaliser. The outcome leaves Belgium on 4 factors after two video games whereas Australia have only one.
Speaking publish the match Australia Coach Graham Reid mentioned, “We dominated throughout the match and scored through the opportunities that the boys got, but yes it’s a disappointing end. We are positive and we will come back strong against Pakistan. We have to be more vigilant on our defence for the upcoming matches”.
Speaking publish their spectacular play Belgium Captain John-John Dohmen mentioned, “It was an intense and high voltage game and we fought back to ensure that they did not take the win by ensuring the draw. It is always very satisfying to see such performance from youngsters against the Defending Champions and which is a great experience that we take with us.”
Man of the Match Russell Ford, Australia mentioned, “Scoring three targets initially was a constructive for the crew and we now have proven enchancment from our yesterdays’ match. Last few second of the match was powerful as we needed to face a few setbacks.
