Margot van Geffen of Netherlands in action against Hannah McLoughlin of Ireland during the Women's EuroHockey Championships Pool A match between Netherlands and Ireland at Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen on Saturday. “As cliché as it sounds, it’s been surreal; it’s the only word for it,” McLoughlin said. It also means little can be drawn from the Green Army’s 4-1 and 5-1 victories over the Scots in Belfast last month. What Ireland have seen, though, is the Scots’ opening game, a 4-1 defeat to an impressive Spanish outfit. “Scotland is definitely a game to target three points and we are confident we can come out of it,” McLoughlin concluded.

Source: Irish Independent June 07, 2021 01:30 UTC