Maartje Goderie reprised her scoring role from the 2008 final against the home team in Beijing to seal the Netherlands' 1-0 victory over China in women's field hockey at the London Olympics.
Goderie weaved through China's defense and shot past goalkeeper Zhang Yimeng in the 10th minute yesterday -- her tenth international goal.
It was a repeat performance of the final at the 2008 Beijing Games, when Goderie scored to help the Netherlands beat China 2-0.
In earlier matches, 20-year-old defender Anna Flanagan smashed in a penalty corner in the 32nd minute to score the winning goal in Australia's 1-0 win over the United States; South Korea snatched its first win of the tournament, against Japan; and Germany recovered after a sluggish performance against Australia Tuesday to beat South Africa 2-0.
The No. 1-ranked Netherlands dominated against China but could manage only one goal.
"It should have been 5 or 6-0," Dutch coach Max Caldas said. "I'm not happy that we had so many chances and not many goals. Otherwise I'm happy."
Australia defender Flanagan's goal in the 32nd minute against the US was her second in two successive games, and Australian captain Madonna Blyth was hopeful about her team's chances of progressing to the semifinals.
"We're pretty positive with how we're going," she said. "We keep improving. Hopefully we have a good game against Argentina."
