The various international competitions we have been following in this blog resulted in a torrent of goals yesterday (Tuesday). Top scorers were the England boys playing in Prague against the host nation in the European Nations Youth Championships. Eight of the England team got themselves on the scoresheet, including a hat-trick from Harry Jawda. Final score 12-0. This puts the boys at the top of their pool on equal points with Spain, who they play later today. England were not in action in Catania today in the girls' event, but they too are on equal points in their pool and meet Germany in a head-to-head today. The England seniors were in goal scoring form in their second test match against Poland yesterday, winning the match 5-0.
The three matches in Tueday's Champions Tophy in Terrassa produced a total of twenty-three goals. Germany overcame Argentina 3-1, whilst the host nation came back from a 1-3 half-time deficit against the Australians to win 5-3. But the high scoring game came from the Nethlands playing Pakistan, with the Dutch putting nine passed Pakistan for a reply of two. Nethlands now head the table in the round-robin stages of this competition with a lead of two points.
