Chile’s historic victory; New Zealand stands alone in Group B

Sports Writing, July 5 (EFE) .- Chile won a historic victory against Ireland (0-1), India and China (1-1) drew (1-1) and New Zealand beat England (3-1). The group stage of the World Cup between Spain and the Netherlands was played on Tuesday at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen.

New Zealand opened the table as the first team in Group B to win, including a comeback against England (3-1).

Katie Dorr’s goals before and after the break (1-1, 28 min; 2-1, 38 min) replaced English Lily Owsley’s early goal (0-1, 3 min), while she was penalized. Taryn Davey (3-1, min.50) signed in the closing stages.

In the other Group B match, Zheng Jiali put China ahead after 25 minutes of play, but after the restart Kataria Vandana (44 min) equalized for India to level the score at 1-1.

In this way, the Oceanic team is the sole leader with four points, followed by China, India with two units, and England with one goal to close the classification.

Thus, the third and final day of Group B will be decided with England-China and India-New Zealand (4:30 pm and 7:30 pm local time respectively) this Thursday.

In the first game of the day, a penalty corner goal scored by Denis Lozada in the last quarter (minute 47) certified Chile’s victory over Ireland (0-1), a historic win, the first for Diablos. Competition.

With the Netherlands sitting at the top with six points, Germany are second on goal difference to Chile (1-2), who have three points, while Ireland are bottom of the brand new locker.

Ireland-Germany and Netherlands-Chile (16:30 and 19:30 local time respectively) duels close the group stage this Wednesday. EFE

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