The Netherlands vs Germany in the Gold Medal Match of the Men’s Field Hockey Match: The Dutch has Won the Gold Medal Match for the first time in 24 Years

The Gold Match would be an all European Clash Match as The Netherlands will face Germany to fight for Gold Medal. The Netherlands could possibly win Gold for the first time since the Sydney Olympics in 2000 or Germany can win Gold for the first time since the London Olympics in 2012. The Event was hosted at Yves du-Manoir Stadium in Paris France.

It started with Thierry Brinkman of the Netherlands took the Shot on Goal but it was saved by Germany at the 2nd minute of the First Quarter. Then Derck de Villdar was going to get a Goal but the referee ruled it I offside so the ball was back to Germany. Wellen passed it Christopher Ruehr of Germany but whacked the ball out of bounds. Then the Netherlands took a high ball to Floris Wortelboer and made a weak pass which landed to the German Defense. Germany took most of the Possession in the First Quarter which the Netherlands haven’t took much performance at the moment.

During the 2nd Quarter, Niklas Wellen of Germany was caught for a Green Card because he used his foot from the ball. Derck de Vilder took the ball as he passed it to Floris Wortelboer and Thijs van Dam took the ball and it was called offside as he was going to shoot the ball on target but the Dutch Players weren’t happy about the call. Then Joep de Mol of the Netherlands was caught for using his stick to trip Christopher Ruehr of Germany. So, Germany took their first Penalty Corner and Tom Granbusch took the shot and was saved so Hannes Mueller took the shot and the Dutch Goalkeeper was able to save it and Mats Grambusch of Germany took the Shot and it was saved, which was scoreless at Halftime.

During the 3rd Quarter, The Netherlands was taking the ball in action, for some reason, the sprinkler came out while in the middle of the tournament and it was out of control and made the ground wet which it was supposed to be used during before the match and halftime. While Johannes Grosse of Germany was going to get the ball, he suddenly slipped and lost his chance of getting the ball while the field was too wet. After that, Duco Telgenkamp of the Netherlands took the shot but it was saved by the German Goalkeeper. Then Niklas Wellen of Germany took the shot and was saved by the Dutch Goalkeeper. Then Jonas de Geus of the Netherlands was caught for pushing Niklas Wellen of Germany which the referee ruled a foul. After that, Johannes Grosse of Germany was caught for a Foul and was called for a Green Card which he was benched for 2 minutes.

During the final Quarter, Koen Bien shifted the ball and then pass it to Thierry Brinkman of the Netherlands took the Shot on Goal and opened up the lead 1-0 as the deadlock is broken. The Dutch fans were excited has they taken the lead and could possibly win Gold Medal. Then Duco Telgenkamp took the Shot on Goa which the Goalkeeper was able to block it so Koen Bien took the Shot on Goal twice and it was saved as much he tries to get the second goal of the match for the Orange Men. After that, Germany took the Penalty Corner, Thies Prinz of Germany stopped the ball and then whacked his stick to leveled the match at 1-1 with over 10 minutes left of regulation time. Germany started to use more possession of the ball while Netherlands had kept putting the ball out of bounds or called offside by Germany. Then the Dutch Team had their chance to get the opportunity of the winning goal but couldn’t capitalize the conclusion of the moment. So, Johannes Grosse of Germany took the Shot on Goal and The Dutch Goalkeeper was able to save it with his left hand. The Netherlands took their last Penalty Corner and Jip Jansen took the Penalty Corner Shot but missed the opportunity for the Winning Goal as the ball went out of bounds and ended the Match at 1-1 in Regulation Time which will finish the Gold Medal Match in Penalty Shootout.

During the Penalty Shootout each team would get at least 5 turns if the results takes the similar result which only one team can take Gold. Jean-Paul Danneberg of the Goalkeeper for Germany as his record of shootouts is 8-1, while Primin Blaak the Goalkeeper of The Netherlands and got his record on shootouts with 8-9. The Penalty Shootout also ruled that each player can only take the action for 8 seconds per turn in the Shootout. It began with Jonas de Geus of the Netherlands and danced in the circle but fell down and the goalkeeper was able to save it. Then Niklas Wellen of Germany took the moment but the Dutch Goalie was able to hold the ball with his glove. So Joep de Mol of the Netherlands took his shot held to the left side but the German Goalkeeper was able to Save it. After that, Hannes Mueller of Germany was going to score but it the Dutch Goalkeeper was about to block him at the same time Muller wanted to call the referee that he was tripped for a Foul by the defender and made the decision to retake the moment. Primin Blaak was down for a moment but the referees were helpful to pick him up from the Field. As Muller tried again for the shootout, he failed to conclude the ball as Blaak was able to save the ball before the clock was up. Blaak ran off the field feeling great about the repeat save as he knew that the Dutch Team can do anything. After that Thierry Brinkman took the shot and scored the first Goal for the Netherlands 1-0 from a little quick tap from the stick and swing it into the net. Thies Prinz of Germany took the Shootout as he prances and tried to figure out the moment which it ended miserably with a save by the Dutch. This van Dam took the shot and had no issue scoring the extra Goal for the Dutch Team 2-0. Justus Weigand of Germany took the moment and finally took the Goal as they refused to give up the chance of getting Gold. Lastly, Duco Telgenkamp did a little dance movement and whacked the stick to get the winning Goal 3-1 as the Netherlands as won the Men’s Field Hockey Tournament and won Gold Medal for the First Time in 24 Years since they won Gold in 2000 at the Sydney Olympics and 1996 at the Atlanta Olympics.

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The Dutch Team in Orange and their fans couldn’t be prouder with the effort of not giving up as they will take home Gold. Both Teams had a little bit on conflict after the celebration for unlike sportsmanship which other than that, the Dutch resumed their victory celebration. The Netherlands had worked so hard to take home Gold for the men in Orange. Can the Women’s Dutch Team can win for Gold in the Finals and take Gold, it would be incredible if it was an all Dutch Team winning Gold and will be the best Hockey Team of Europe and the Best Team in the World of Field Hockey.