<p>Olympic silver medallists Netherlands today outplayed Pakistan 5-2 to enter the Champions Trophy final after six years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Dutch, eight-time Champions Trophy title winners, dominated the semifinal throughout to surge into the final for the first time since they won the title in 2006 in Spain.<br /><br />Livewire striker Billy Bakker opened the scoring with a flash strike in the second minute and added another goal in similar manner in the 32nd minute to give Netherlands a 3-1 lead at the interval.<br /><br />Severiano van Ass (20th minute) scored the other Dutch goal in the first session, while Pakistan reduced the lead after Netherlands conceded an own-goal.<br /><br />Field goals from Valentin Verga (46th minute) and Robbert Kemperman (61th) put the game beyond the reach of Pakistan, who got a consolation goal in the last minute through Shakeel Abbasi.<br /><br />Netherlands now await the winner of the second semifinal between defending champions Australia and India.</p>
<p>Olympic silver medallists Netherlands today outplayed Pakistan 5-2 to enter the Champions Trophy final after six years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Dutch, eight-time Champions Trophy title winners, dominated the semifinal throughout to surge into the final for the first time since they won the title in 2006 in Spain.<br /><br />Livewire striker Billy Bakker opened the scoring with a flash strike in the second minute and added another goal in similar manner in the 32nd minute to give Netherlands a 3-1 lead at the interval.<br /><br />Severiano van Ass (20th minute) scored the other Dutch goal in the first session, while Pakistan reduced the lead after Netherlands conceded an own-goal.<br /><br />Field goals from Valentin Verga (46th minute) and Robbert Kemperman (61th) put the game beyond the reach of Pakistan, who got a consolation goal in the last minute through Shakeel Abbasi.<br /><br />Netherlands now await the winner of the second semifinal between defending champions Australia and India.</p>