• European Hockey Championships

England dumped out by Dutch

ESPN staff
August 25, 2011
Netherlands are the reigning European champions © Getty Images
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England's hopes of reaching the final of the European Hockey Championships disintegrated as they fell 2-0 to Netherlands in Germany.

Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel scored with an opportunistic tap-in to give the Dutch and early lead, and veteran Kim Lammers sealed the win for the reigning champions.

"I'm so disappointed. We didn't believe in ourselves or back ourselves. That's a nightmare," captain Kate Walsh said. "But better now than next year. We're still a young team and in big games like this, we have to look hard at ourselves."

England will hope to seal a consolatory bronze medal on Saturday, when they face Spain, who were beaten 2-1 by Germany in the second semi-final.

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