ENG V CHN ( QF3 ) Argentina Hockey World League Final Tucuman 2013

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1 - 0

CHN

Match Review ENG - CHN 1-0

ENGLAND vs CHINA - Women's Hockey World League Fin…Posted March 9, 2015

ENGLAND vs CHINA - Women's Hockey World League Fin…Posted March 10, 2015

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
ENG	46	7	TWIGG Georgie	PS	1 - 0

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
ENG	10	28	WHITE Nic	G
CHN	26	9	XI Xiayun	G
CHN	38	8	WU Mengrong	G
CHN	56	25	XU Xiaoxu	Y

ENG

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	HINCH Maddie
Bench	2	MACKAY Kirsty
X	4	UNSWORTH Laura
7	6	MACLEOD Hannah
X	7	TWIGG Georgie	1
5	8	RICHARDSON-WALSH Helen
X	9	TOWNSEND Susannah
7	10	GILBERT Susie
X	11	RICHARDSON-WALSH Kate
X	13	QUEK Sam
X	15	DANSON Alex
9	18	ANSLEY Giselle
X	19	BRAY Sophie
X	20	WEBB Hollie
6	22	BALL Ashleigh
X	23	WALTON Sally
X	26	OWSLEY Lily
6	28	WHITE Nic		1
		Team Manager	BROWN Karen
		Head Coach	LEE Jason
		Stand-In Manager	HURST John
		Assistant Coach	KEEGAN Craig
		Physiotherapist	BATCHELOR Emma
		Medical Doctor	LESTER Cath

CHN

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	2	WANG Mengyu
X	3	MAO Weilin
Bench	5	WU Xiaojie
X	7	CUI Qiuxia
X	8	WU Mengrong		1
14	9	XI Xiayun		1
16	12	WANG Na
9	15	YAN Yan
8	19	ZHANG Xiaoxue
X	20	SUN Xiao
X	23	DE Jiaojiao
X	25	XU Xiaoxu			1
56	26	JIANG Ailin
X	27	HUANG Ting
X	28	LIANG Meiyu
X	29	PENG Yang
X	30	LI Dongxiao
Bench	32	GUO Jiajia
		Medical Doctor	ZHAO Qunli
		Team Manager	CHENG Qiao
		Stand-In Manager	WANG Zhongjun
		Head Coach	YOU Baodong
		Assistant Coach	CHO Myung Jun
		Physiotherapist	HUANG Yongsheng

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	ROSTRON Annelize
Umpire 2	KANG Hyun Young
Reserve Umpire	IPARRAGUIRRE Soledad
Video Umpire	METCHETTE Carol
Judge 1	MERCEZ SELES Soraya
Judge 2	RINALDINI Lorena
Technical Officer	TABO Katherina

England beat China to set up Australia semi-final meeting

England have set up a semi-final meeting with Australia thanks to a 1-0 win over China in the third quarter-final of the day here at the Argentina Hockey World League Final event in San Miguel de Tucuman. A second half penalty stroke from Georgie Twigg ended 46 minutes of intense resistance from the well organised and hard-working Asians, but it was a victory that England fully deserved.

Saturday’s meeting between England and Australia – winners against European champions Germany in the morning session – will be the third time that the two sides have met in the inaugural edition of the HWL following two clashes at the Investec Hockey World League Semi Final tournament in London earlier this year. The first match ended in a 1-1 draw, with the Hockeyroos being convincing 3-0 winners of the tournament final.

England applied almost constant pressure on the China defence throughout the first half, but did not manage to find a breakthrough against their opponents from Asia. Striker Alex Danson – who was playing in her 200^th senior international match – saw a couple of efforts blocked, while two penalty corner chances came and went for the European Silver medallists. England youngster Lily Owsley also had a decent chance, but fired over the crossbar following excellent play from Nic White.

The English pressure continued in the early stages of the second half, with team captain Kate Richardson-Walsh encouraging her troops to press high in the hope of forcing an error from the structured China team. A trademark driving run from Danson earned England a 40th minute penalty corner, but Kate Richardson-Walsh’s goal-bound drag-flick was touched around the post by a Chinese stick.

The long-awaited opener arrived when Susie Gilbert – another player celebrating a caps milestone by competing in her 100^th international match – earned a penalty stroke when her goal-bound shot hit the body of a China player on the goal-line. Georgie Twigg saw her weak effort saved by China keeper Wang Mengyu, but the umpire spotted an infringement from the shot-stopper and order the stroke to be re-taken. Twigg made no mistake with her second attempt, sending a low effort past Wang’s right foot to give England the advantage.

China’s best chance of the game came with less than three minutes of the match remaining. A rare defensive error gifted possession to China’s Yan Yan, who raced into the circle and slipped a pass to the waiting Liang Meiyu. A goal seemed inevitable, but Liang’s control let her down and the danger passed.

It was the last significant chance of the game, sealing England’s place in Saturday’s semi-finals.

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