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Holland, Spain on course

India keep bronze hope alive, Pakistan falter

AFP, Lahore
The Netherlands and Spain took giant strides towards the final of the men's Champions Trophy field hockey after hosts Pakistan stumbled onTUesday.
The Dutch, seeking a hattrick of titles to make amends for the loss to Australia in the Olympic final in Athens, beat Pakistan 4-1 for their third consecutive win in the tournament
Spain, who finished fourth at Athens, overcame a fighting New
Zealand 3-1 to maintain their unbeaten run in the round-robin league of the six-nation event.
Both Spain and the Netherlands have nine points each, but Spain lead the table with a superior goal difference of 12-3 against the Dutchmen’s 14-7.
Pakistan, who have six points, must beat arch-rivals India and Spain in their remaining games lo stay in contention for Sunday’s final.
In the day's last match, India won their first game in three outings when they came from behind to defeat Germany’s second-string 3-1 and keep their bronze medal hopes alive.
Dutch captain Jeroen Delmee celebrated his 300th match by scor-
ing his team’s fourth goal a minute before the final whistle to silence about 15,000 boisterous Pakistani fans at the National Hockey Stadium.
The teams were locked 1-1 at the interval after Pakistan’s penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas equalised Ronald Brouwer’s 15th-minutegoa].
The Dutch tooka3-l lead against the run of play when Taeke Taekema converted a penalty comer in the 40th minute and Karel Klaver deflected in a pass from the right five minutes before the end.
Pakistan paid for poor finishing, their best chance coming late in the second half when Shakeci Abbasi
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beat Dutch goalkeeper Guus Vogels but shot wide off the empty goal.
When the Dutch earned their fourth penalty corner towards the end,Taekema let Delmee lake the hit and the captain did not disappoint with a stinging shot to the right of the Pakistan 'keeper.
"I think the scoreline was a bit flattering," said Delmee.
"We were lucky that Pakistan missed a few chances in the second half. I think we will have to play a lot better if we are to win this tournament."
Pakistan's Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans, who returns home after the tournament to take charge of his national team from Australian Terry Walsh, was not unduly disappointed.
"If you look at the board, it looks terrible, but this was one of the best matches Pakistan have played in a longtime," he said.
"We attacked more than the rivals and kept them under pressure. It was just unfortunate we could not get more goals."
Earlier, Pau Quemada scored two penalty corners and Santiago Freixa netted a superb reverse flick after a solo run down the centre to bring Spain victory against the Kiwis after
both sides were locked goalless at half-time.
Darren Smith scored a consolation goal for the Kiwis to level at 1-1 but it was not enough to prevent his side plunging to their third defeat in the tournament.
Spain, however, lost the services of young striker Eduard Arbos for the rest of the tournament when he dislocated his left shoulder after a fall during the match.
Spain's Dutch coach Maurits Hendriks was a relieved man after thewin.
"There are no easy matches in the Champions Trophy and New Zealand showed that today," Hendriks said.
"But we will take the nine points any day and are confident of doing well In the two tough matches to come against the Dutch and Pakistan."
New Zealand coach Kevin Towns said several missed chances cost his team dearly.
"Our plans worked quite well but we were not able to convert the opportunities that came our way," he said.
"We are determined not to finish last and will play towards that against India and Germany."