British hopes now seem to rest on Scots side Kelbourne after the second day of play in the European Club Championships here in Bloemendaal.
Reading, made a brave fist of taking on German champions Crefelder, but in two minutes of madness they found themselves down to nine players and suffered the consequences of giving their opponents a two-man advantage.
Reading had taken the lead towards the end of the first half as a result of a penalty corner conversion by Richard Mantell, but six minutes into the second half a German player appear to trip over the stick of Matt Armitage off the ball and Armitage found himself heading for the cooler. If there was some injustice in that decision there could be no issue over the stick tackle that sent Richard Springham to join him. Down to nine men, the Germans swarmed into the
Reading 25 until the pressure told and Michael Brembech found the net. Superb distribution by Timor Wess at the back of the German defence would give him my vote as man of the match.
A 1-1 draw leaves
Reading planted at the bottom of Pool A after Kelbourne had a superb game against Pocztowiec Poznan.
Goals from Mark Ralph (2), Ross McPherson, Raymond Wrightson, Kenny Bain, and Jonny Christie, gave them a 6-2 win over the Poles.
Our photograph shows Reading’s Simon Mantell’s shot being saved by Schulte in the Crefelder goal.
British hopes now seem to rest on Scots side Kelbourne after the second day of play in the European Club Championships here in Bloemendaal. 