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• Danny Kerry’s side now face playoff against South Korea
England’s World Cup is, at last, alive and they may well need the confidence boost this late victory gave them. Danny Kerry’s side required only a draw to finish second in Group B; they went one better, Giselle Ansley’s 53rd-minute shot from a penalty corner earning a deserved first win of the tournament. But bigger tests than this will follow.
On Tuesday night they face an unwelcome playoff for the quarter-finals against a South Korea side who, barring disaster, should be beaten; the sting in the tail is that this would bring a last-eight tie against the favourites, the Netherlands, who scored 26 times to England’s three in the group stage. It will require a far more clinical performance than anything they have produced so far if they are to oust the world’s No 1-ranked team.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/29/england-ireland-hockey-world-cup-match-report
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