Senior Scots squads lose out to Belgium and Spain

Scotland Senior Women were narrowly defeated by Belgium, going down 3-2 to the Red Panthers in Waterloo earlier today.

In a fast moving game both teams created strong scoring opportunities. It was Kidd that came closest to opening the scoring with a fierce shot at goal that the Belgium gk did well to keep out.
Belgium took the lead after 15 mins . A lovely driven reverse hit into the circle was coolly deflected past Gibson.
Belgium continued to press forward and they went further ahead from a short corner strike. Scotland failed to pressure the strike and Anouk hit a beautiful strike low and hard past Gibson (ht 2-0)
Scotland pressed hard to get back into the game but after another short corner Belgium went further ahead. Scotland’s heads did not drop and they pulled a goal back through a powerful strike from Ralph corner. Scotland pushed on and Brodie scored from a tight angle with only minutes left on the clock.
Coach Shepherd was well pleased with the weekends work. “ I thought we looked very strong towards the end of each match. We created lots of nice hockey and we are progressing nicely for the Europeans.

In a fast moving game both teams created strong scoring opportunities, and Nikki Kidd came closest to opening the scoring in the early stages with a fierce shot at goal that the Belgian goalkeeper did well to keep out.

Belgium took the lead in the 15th minute when a lovely driven reverse hit into the circle was coolly deflected past Scotland goalkeeper Amy Gibson.

Belgium continued to press forward and they went further ahead from a penalty corner. Scotland failed to pressure the strike and Anouk en Raes hit a beautiful strike low and hard past Gibson to make it 2-0.

The Scots pressed hard to get back into the game after half time but after another penalty corner, Belgium went further ahead at 3-0 when en Raes got her second.

The players’ heads did not drop and they pulled a goal back at 3-1 through a powerful strike from Cat Ralph. Then Amy Brodie scored from a tight angle with only minutes left on the clock to finish the match at 3-2.

Despite two defeats, Scotland Senior Women Head Coach Gordon Shepherd was pleased with the weekend’s work against strong opposition, “I thought we looked very strong towards the end of each match. We created lots of nice hockey and we are progressing nicely for the Europeans next month”, said Shepherd.

Meanwhile, Scotland Senior Men went down 5-0 to Spain in Barcelona this morning.

Alex Casasayas got the opening goal from a penalty corner in the 14th minute before Xavi Lleonart doubled the lead at 2-0 three minutes later.

In the 18th minute, Gabriel Dabanch made it 3-0 to give the home side a very strong foothold in the game.

Dabanch grabbed his second goal of the game in the 46th minute from a penalty corner, before Salva Piera rounded off the scoring at 5-0 in the 66th minute.

 

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