<p>The Netherlands didn’t have it easy with the scoreline remaining blank till half-time. But the Dutch showed their class in the second to win 6-0.<br /><br /> “It will boost our confidence and the goal difference. We didn’t score that many goals in our first two matches,” said De Nooijer. <br /><br /> The Netherlands had beaten Argentina 3-0 and New Zealand 3-1 in their first two matches.<br /> “The Canadians defended well in the first half but they had a lot of running to do and started to tire in the second. There was more room for us to work with and we exploited it well,” said the Dutch skipper, a three-time World Player of the Year.<br /><br /> The star forward said he wasn’t worried about penalty corner expert Taeke Taekema’s falling strike rate. He scored a hat-trick in the first game and netted once in the second, before firing in two more on Friday. “He is a top player, I have no worries about him,” he said.<br /><br />Next up for the Netherlands is the big game against Germany. “Our focus is on that game now,” noted De Nooijer. “We have met several times in World Cup and Champions Trophy and we know what they are capable of. It will be like an India-Pakistan match for us.”<br /><br /> The Canadians admitted their plans had come unstuck in the second half. “I wouldn’t say we played a defensive game,” said defender Paul Wettlauger, who had a good first 35 minutes. <br /><br />“Our aim was to play a tight, compact game to prevent them from unleashing their free-flowing play. We were also on the look-out for counters but in the second half, our structure collapsed completely, and that allowed them to cash in,” he said on Canada’s third straight defeat.</p>
<p>The Netherlands didn’t have it easy with the scoreline remaining blank till half-time. But the Dutch showed their class in the second to win 6-0.<br /><br /> “It will boost our confidence and the goal difference. We didn’t score that many goals in our first two matches,” said De Nooijer. <br /><br /> The Netherlands had beaten Argentina 3-0 and New Zealand 3-1 in their first two matches.<br /> “The Canadians defended well in the first half but they had a lot of running to do and started to tire in the second. There was more room for us to work with and we exploited it well,” said the Dutch skipper, a three-time World Player of the Year.<br /><br /> The star forward said he wasn’t worried about penalty corner expert Taeke Taekema’s falling strike rate. He scored a hat-trick in the first game and netted once in the second, before firing in two more on Friday. “He is a top player, I have no worries about him,” he said.<br /><br />Next up for the Netherlands is the big game against Germany. “Our focus is on that game now,” noted De Nooijer. “We have met several times in World Cup and Champions Trophy and we know what they are capable of. It will be like an India-Pakistan match for us.”<br /><br /> The Canadians admitted their plans had come unstuck in the second half. “I wouldn’t say we played a defensive game,” said defender Paul Wettlauger, who had a good first 35 minutes. <br /><br />“Our aim was to play a tight, compact game to prevent them from unleashing their free-flowing play. We were also on the look-out for counters but in the second half, our structure collapsed completely, and that allowed them to cash in,” he said on Canada’s third straight defeat.</p>
