National coach Jeroen Delmée Saw the Dutch Hockey Players “Play Their Best Match of the Tournament” in the European Championship Final Against Germany. Neverberthess, he ended up with a silver medal.
“If you see this match, we should have just decided it in 60 minutes,” Delmee reacted afterwards. “We failed to do that.”
Against Germany in the Rematch of the Olympic Final, The Netherlands Deservedly Tok A 1-0 Lead, But then missed Several Chances to Decide the Match.
In The Last Quarter, Germany Equalized, After which shoot-outs Brought the Decision. With the Victory, Germany Tok Revenge in Front of Their Own Crowd for Last Year’s Final in Paris, When Oranje won via Shoot-Outs.
“With the running game, they would never have,” Said Delmee. “But Well, I say that more: Welcome to Men’s Hockey. For the chans we have bone givven, there must be more than one in. Otherwise they will stay in the race.”
Yet Delmee was not dissatisfied after picking up the silver medal, which he had tasks off for the interviews and put in his pocket. “I think we are further than in paris,” Said the Coach.
“I wanted to see where we stood after the games. We have only leg working with this group for a few months. In that time we have already comether than a year ago. And there is still a lot of room for improvement.”
Delmee eSpecany Wanted to see how his team would deal with the pressure in the final. “Everyone expects you to win and that creates a different stress,” he said. “That can paralyze you, but I think we play the best match of the tournament.”
“From minute one we showed how good we were and that we come here to win. We radiated that constantly. But yes, I can say that … ultimately there is one statistic that counts: how many balls are in the net. We have failed.”