England' men are showing growing confidence on the second day of the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Challenge here in Sheffield. Playing outsiders, Turkey, they took control of the game and whilst Turkey had their moments, England dominated most of the exchanges. Adam Dixon opened the scoring from open play, followed ten minutes later with a goal off the stick of Simon Egerton. Deniz Kocak converted a penalty corner in first half overtime, after the first attempt had struck the crossbar and plummeted down fractions of an inch from the goal line. England’s relief lasted only seconds, as a second corner was awarded. If there was to be a revival by Turkey it did not materialise. Alistair Blogdon put two into the net in the second half, followed by a second goal by Simon Egerton and two from Richard Smith. Final score 7-1.
England showed a great deal of composure in this match and although the scoreline could not match their 11-0 defeat of Bulgaria earlier in the day, this was a very convincing and workmanlike effort
