NED 4-1 IND highlights, FIH Pro League: Telgenkamp brace and goals by Burkhardt, Reyenga guide the Dutch to victory

The Netherlands secure a dominating 4-1 win against India. Reyenga, Burkhardt and Telgenkamp get on the scoresheet.

Harmanpreet scored the only goal for India. He remains the top scorer with 17 goals.

It is a disappointing penalty stroke from Harmanpreet and the score remain 4-1 in the Netherland’s favour.

India has a chance to reduce the deficit with a late penalty stroke. It won’t have any bearing on the match.

India gets a penalty corner.

Rohidas goes for a shot but the ball takes a touch and goes out of play.

GOOOALL!! Telgenkamp scores his second of the evening and the Netherlands gets its fourth!! It is an excellent strike from Telgenkamp as he nailed his shot on the reverse to beat the keeper.

Unless a miraculous turnaround, a comeback seems unlikely at this stage right now. The Dutch have defended as a unit in this quarter, and did well not to concede from the successive penalty corners of India.

Netherlands with another chance to score. A shot is taken at goal but Pathak saves. There is a chance to score from the rebound but the Indian defence clears the danger and the Dutch cannot capitalise.

The Netherlands with a penalty-corner this time. Bukkens shoots but drags his effort wide.

Pressure growing for the Netherlands as India gets another penalty-corner.

Harmanpreet goes for the shot again but again, it is a wasted effort. The Dutch have done really well to defend the flurry of penalty-corners in quick succession.

India has another penalty-corner but cannot make anything of it. The shot taken goes straight to Hoedemakers who does well to make the block.

Harmanpreet takes the shot again and this time it dangerously flashes past the goal. That was very close from going in.

After a lengthy check, no advice is possible and the Indians will get a penalty corner and the Netherlands will keep its referral.

Hoedemakers says that Harmanpreet’s shot is high and takes a video referral for dangerous play.

Penalty corner for India. A very good chance for the Indians to pull a goal back.

The fourth and final quarter is underway with the Netherlands leading by a scoreline of 3-1. Reyenga, Burkhardt and Telgenkamp with the goals. Harmanpreet the sole goalscorer for India.

The Netherlands has taken away the match from India in the third-quarter. Two goals from Burkhardt and Telgenkamp within a span of a minute and the Dutch leads the Indians by a scoreline of 3-1.

GOOOALL!!Telgenkamp scores to make it three for Netherlands a minute after Boris!! India could not clear the danger and Telgenkamp makes full use of the cul-de-sac to lash the ball inside the net.

GOOOALL!! Boris Burkhardt scores on his debut to give his team the lead!! The goal comes from a penalty-corner and it was a cracking shot by Boris to beat the keeper.

Mandeep gets a two-minute suspension after he is shown a green card.

Hoedemakers gets another shot away but Pathak comes out top with a save with his left glove.

CLOSE- India creates a good attack from the right and a ball is flashed across the face of goal. Gurjant tries to get a touch of the ball with a dive but fails to do so. Any sort of touch and that would have been in.

Telgenkamp tries to get his shot away but it is a swing and miss from the Netherlands player. He apologises to his teammates for that botched effort.

Hoedemakers gets a shot away from close range but Pathak shows great agility to make the save.

Match level at 1-1 as the third quarter starts at Eindhoven.

Goals by Harmanpreet and Reyenga keep scores level at 1-1 as teams break for half-time.

Netherlands cannot make anything from its penalty corner and the scores remain 1-1.

India starts an attack but a bad first-touch breaks the momentum. Jarmanpreet loses possession and Netherlands starts a counter-attack.

It is a great run by Hoedemakers and he times his pass well. A shot is taken but it is blocked. Penalty-corner for the Netherlands.

A collision between stops the match momentarily but both the players are fine to continue.

India with a chance to take the lead with a well-worked attack down the right. But the Netherlands defends in numbers to stop the attack and keep the scores level.

India is on the backfoot at the moment and has been since the equaliser. Netherlands enjoying most of the ball.

GOOOOALL!! Reyenga equalises for Netherlands!! He brings down an aerial ball with exquisite control and then lashes a shot inside the goal, past Sreejesh, whose extended leg was not enough to stop the goal..

India leads 1-0 as the second quarter is underway. Sreejesh replaces Pathak in goal.

Netherlands has a last chance to equalise in the first-quarter as it moves forward, inside the India half. However, nothing substantial comes from it and India finishes the first-quarter with a 1-0 lead.

India shows lovely composure to get out of a tight situation in its own half and then start an attack.

GOOOALLL!! Harmanpreet converts the penalty to give India a 1-0 lead in the match.

A penalty stroke for India as Reyenga stopped the ball illegaly from going inside the net.

Netherlands commits a foul and India has its first penalty corner in the match. A good chance to take the lead.

A long ball played from the middle of the pitch towards India’s goal. Hoedemakers tries to guide the ball towards goal with a deft touch but cannot do so. The Indian defence look compact till now.

Netherlands was looking to stitch a threatening attack from the left but Gurjant does well to snatch possession and thwart the danger.

First proper attack from India as a shot comes in at goal from the left. But Netherlands keeper and skipper Van Dam Thijs makes a good save.

India is having to soak up some early pressure as Netherlands attacks. No clear-cut chances for the home team as of now.

The first quarter of the match is underway. Harmanpreet Singh starts for India. He is the top scorer at the moment with 16 goals.

The teams are warming up. The match will be underway in less than 10 minutes at Eindhoven.

India- 2nd (24 points)

Netherlands- 8th (5 points)

The match between India and Netherlands will start at 11PM IST on June 7 (Wednesday). The match will be telecast live in India on Star Sports First channel while the live stream of the same will be available on Fancode.

The second-placed Indian team will face the Netherlands in the second European leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League matches in Eindhoven on Wednesday.

“Defend well to win”. That’s the mantra of Indian men’s hockey team coach Craig Fulton, whose first assignment was the FIH Pro League mini tournament in London and where his side had mixed results.

The Indian team’s post-Graham Reid era began with back-to-back defeats to Belgium (1-2) and Britain (2-4) on May 26 and 27 respectively. But the Fulton-coached side bounced back strongly in the return leg, winning 5-1 against Belgium and then beating Britain 4-2 in a penalty shootout after both teams were locked 4-4.

Indian Squad

Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh

Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh (C), Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Mandeep Mor

Midfielders: Hardik Singh (VC), Dilpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad

Forwards: Abhishek, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, S Karthi, Gurjant Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh