Hockey World Cup 2018 highlights: England knock Ireland out with 4-2 win

A brilliant performance saw Australia thrash China 11-0 in a Pool B match of the FIH Men's hockey World Cup 2018. However, China qualified for crossovers as England defeated Ireland 4-2

In the second match on Day 10 of FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 England defeated Ireland 4-2 to them out of the Odisha World Cup which helped China to qualify for the knock-out stage (cross-overs). Liam Ansell’s stunning strike was the pick of a six goal thriller as England progressed to the 2018 Hockey Men’s World Cup knockout stages with victory over Ireland. 

The forward smashed the ball beyond David Harte in the midst of a goalscoring frenzy early in the second half, with four goals scored in three minutes.

David Condon, James Gall and Mark Gleghorne also found the net for England while Ireland’s goals came courtesy of Chris Cargo and Shane O’Donoghue, but it wasn’t enough for them to qualify.

The result means England finish second in Pool B behind Australia and they will now face New Zealand in the next round, with Ansell believing today’s hard-fought win will set them up perfectly for that game

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Hockey World Cup 2018 highlights, Day 10, Match 1: Australia vs China

Australia finished their Pool B campaign with a dominating 11-0 win over a hapless China in the ongoing Men's Hockey World Cup at Kalinga Stadium on Friday.

Beginning the proceedings early in the first quarter, the Aran Zalewski-led side won a penalty corner in the 10th minute through Jake Harvie, with forward Blake Govers making no mistake to open the scoring for Australia with a superb drag-flick dispatched into the roof of the net.

In the 15th minute, skipper Zalewski doubled the lead. As Chinese goalkeeper Wang Caiyu saved a Jeremy Hayward drag-flick, Dylan Wotherspoon latched onto the rebound and cut a pass to skipper Zalewski, who completed the goal at the far post.

The goals galore did not stop, as Tom Craig, in the 16th minute, scored Australia's third goal soon after the start of the second quarter. Craig finished the goal from close range after Matt Dawson and Flynn Ogilvie exchanged one-touch passes on the left side. In the 19th minute, Govers scored his second and the fourth goal for Australia.

After having failed to convert from two successive penalty corners, the defending world champions made the third one count in the 22nd minute of the match as Jeremy Hayward placed his shot into the bottom right corner to bring up his side's fifth goal. In the 29th minute, Jake Whetton added the sixth goal before going into half-time. Eddie Ockenden and Govers put Whetton through on the goal with just the Chinese goalkeeper to beat, with the forward emphatically finishing his job.

In the 33rd minute, Tim Brand continued the Australian onslaught with the seventh goal for his side, before Govers completed his hattrick in the 34th minute. Hayward pounced on a loose ball just outside the penalty area and passed it to Govers, who smashed it past a helpless Wang Caiyu to bring up his third and Australia's eighth. Dylan Wotherspoon joined the party in the 38th minute as he hit the ninth goal for the World Champions before ending the third quarter.

A defensive mix-up in the 49th minute resulted in Flynn Oglivie scoring the tenth goal for Australia. China's first shot on goal finally arrived in the 52nd minute from their first penalty corner of the match, although it was easily saved by Australia's keeper Andrew Charter. To seal the massive victory, Brand, in the 55th minute, rolled the ball into an empty net to complete the thrashing.

With the current standings, Australia, with nine points, have topped the Pool B table, while China, with two points, are at the second place. Meanwhile, Ireland and England, with a point each, stand at the third and fourth spot respectively.

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Here's what David Condon says after the match

David Condon is proud of the way @EnglandHockey responded to a tough @irishhockey side and calls the victory an enjoyable match to be part of.

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Man of the match goes to Liam Ansell 

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AT FULL TIME: Heart break for Ireland as they go down 2-4 against England. Ireland tried hard after gettimg 1 down in the first quarter and scored the equaliser in the third quarter. England take the lead again and Ireland equalise again. England again take lead within a minute and this this defended brilliantly to keep the score line 3-2 before scoring the 4 goal in the 60th minute. With this Australia top the Pool B while, England and China finished 2nd and 3rd respectively on the Hockey World Cup 2018 points table

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60th minute: England convert the Penalty Corner and qualify for the knockout stage finnishing second in the Pool B

IRE 2-4 ENG

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60th minute: Penalty Corner for England and remeber Ireland dont have a goalkeeper

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Yellow card for Ireland's Paul Gleghorne. 

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60th minute: England passinthe ball badly to waste the time

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Under a minute now for Ireland to score a equaliser