KHC Dragons proved their Round 1 form was not a flash in the pan when they came back from behind to beat Rot-Weiss Koln in the final match of Round 2 this afternoon. Dragons will now meet Reading in the quarter finals on Monday.
The mayor of Bloemendaal claims that 25% of the inhabitants of his community play hockey for a local club, and you could well believe that they had all turned up to watch Bloemendaal take on the holders, UHC Hamburg. In the opening minutes Hamburg looked by far the sharper of the two sides, although we had to wait until 11 minutes into the second half for a goal, courtesy of Hamburg’s Oliver Korn. After that they seemed to let the match slip away from them and a penalty corner from Woulter Jolie and a late goal from Nick Meije meant that Hamburg will not be around to defend their title in Round Three.
The curse of the one-on-one shoot out visited a Spanish club for the second time in Round Two earlier in the afternoon. Whereas Atletic Terrassa survived victorious against Mannheimer yesterday, RC Polo de Barcelona had less luck when they drew 2-2 against Dutch side Oranje Zwart. Going to a sudden death after the initial round failed to decide the issue, the Dutch emerged victorious and go through to meet Bloemendaal in Round 3 on Monday.
Tomorrow sees Beeston back in action when they play HGC in their Round 3 match for a place in the last four.
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