In Orissa's Bhubaneswar, the Netherlands entered the finals of the men's Hockey World Cup by defeating Australia 4-3 in penalty shoot out in the highly exciting semi-final match played at the Kalinga Stadium on Saturday. The result of the match was 2-2 at the time of the match. For this reason, the match went on to the penalty shootout and the score was also 3-3. The Netherlands scored in the sudden death, while the Australian team missed and the Netherlands reached the finals. In the final, the Netherlands will face Belgium, who beat England 6-0 in their semi-final match.

In the semifinal match, the Australians were at one time 1-2 behind, but Captain Edie Ockindon scored in the last minute to score a score of 2-2 and bring the thrill to the match. The Netherlands had an aggressive start in this match. So did happen. In the 5th minute he got a penalty corner. Although Van Der Waerden did not score this goal. The Netherlands did not have to wait much for the first goal. In the 9th minute of the game, Glenn Schurman scored a brilliant field goal and made the Netherlands 1-0 ahead. Australia tried very well, but it did not get success.

In the second quarter, the Netherlands scored another goal and brought more pressure to Australia. Sieve Van Aas gave the Netherlands a 2-0 lead in the 20th minute with another spectacular field goal. In the quarter, the Netherlands got a total of three penalty corners, but one goal could not be scored. In the second quarter Australia's parts also came in two penalty corners. Australian players failed on both occasions. The Australian team's efforts did not stop in the third quarter and, finally, in the last minute of the quarter, they were able to make the first goal and return to the match. Australia got a penalty corner in the 45th minute, on which Tim Howard scored the goal and opened his account.

The Australian team was extremely aggressive in the last quarter. Australia removed its goalkeeper and taken an additional forward player on the field. In the 57th minute, he managed to get another penalty corner, but once again Block became a hindrance in his path. When the match was over 26 seconds, then Australia equalized through a spectacular field goal. Outside D, Daniel Bail passed to Ockindon, Ockendon put the ball in the net and brought Australia into the match penalty shootout. Here also the score is equal and the Netherlands beat the Sadden Death.

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