Final Up to date: January 04, 2023, 14:35 IST
Netherlands hockey coach Jeroen Delmee (Twitter)
Jeroen Delmee mentioned Netherlands might want to overcome inexperience as they intention to win their fourth FIH Hockey World Cup title
Netherlands chief coach Jeroen Delmee believes his group might want to overcome inexperience because it goals to win its fourth trophy on the Males’s hockey World Cup, starting right here on January 13.
Three-time world champions Netherlands arrived in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
The silver medallists of the earlier version, who’re being led by Thierry Brinkman, will full their ultimate preparations right here earlier than travelling to Rourkela the place they’ll face Malaysia of their first match on January 14.
The Dutch are probably the most embellished hockey groups on this planet, having received the trophy in 1973, 1990, and 1998, and reaching the finals within the final two editions.
However coach Delmee mentioned on arrival that he’ll see how his boys are in a position to overcome the problem of inexperience.
“The largest problem would be the inexperience within the group and could be the surprises we may face within the World Cup. Will probably be fascinating to see how we are going to overcome the challenges within the match. I’ve full confidence in my group,” mentioned Delmee.
The Dutch are positioned in Pool C, together with Chile, Malaysia and New Zealand. After their match in opposition to Malaysia, they’ll face New Zealand in Rourkela on January 16 and spherical off their group stage marketing campaign in opposition to Chile in Bhubaneswar on January 19.
“I believe we should combat from recreation to recreation after which we are going to see the place we find yourself within the match. Our first goal is to achieve the quarter-final after which make the semis.
“We’ll then see how issues go on within the ultimate. In fact, if we attain the ultimate then we are going to hope to show it round and win the match. Nevertheless, now we have a very totally different group this time and you can’t evaluate the present gamers from the final version’s group,” added Delmee.
The 16 groups competing within the match are Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, India, Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, England, France, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, South Africa, Japan, Chile, and Wales.
Captain Brinkman mentioned the group will take a really quick break earlier than stepping into the rigours of coaching.
“The previous few months within the build-up to the World Cup have been fairly good for us. The group is totally prepared. We’ve got simply reached India and could have some relaxation earlier than beginning our preparation for the primary match. It’s wonderful to be right here once more.”
He believes midfielders Jorrit Croon and Jonas de Geus, together with goalkeeper Pirmin Blakk, are thrilling prospects and hoped they’d gentle up the match.
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