Scotland score eleven in incredible World League win

Scotland men v Slovakia 1Scotland continued their World League campaign with a sensational 11-0 win over Slovakia at the National Hockey Centre in Glasgow. The Scots have scored 16 goals in their opening two games and top the group on six points.

The Scots got off to a great start when Kenny Bain scored Scotland’s first goal of the match – a delightful lob only six mins into the game. The second goal came soon after when Russell Anderson shot into the bottom left corner of the net from a tight angle to make it 2-0.

Scotland were in complete control. It was 26 minutes into the match when Nicky Parkes set up a second goal for Kenny Bain to make it 3-0 for Scotland. Scotland maintained good possession of the ball in the first half; Slovakia never really threatened to score and at half time the score remained at 3-0 to Scotland.

Scotland men v Slovakia

Scotland got the second half off to a great start with a few goals. Next on the scoresheet was Hamish Imrie and he opened his account for the evening when he smashed the ball into the net to give Scotland 4-0 lead. Shortly after the fourth Scotland scored a fifth through Alan Forsyth to make it 5-0. Hamish Imrie struck Scotland’s sixth goal with a hard hit to the net a few minutes later.

Scotland’s continued dominance was rewarded when Dan Coultas scored his first goal of the match making it 7-0 to Scotland from a penalty corner.

Then Alan Forsyth scored again by smashing the ball into the net for his second goal, making it 8-0 to Scotland. Willie Marshall then followed this up to bring Scotland up to 9-0 through a penalty corner routine. 69 minutes into the game Fraser Cameron took Scotland to an even 10-0 before Alan Forsyth set about finishing his hat-trick at the end of the match to give Scotland an exceptional 11-0 win.

Scotland’s next game is against Portugal on Saturday at 14.15.

 

 

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