The Indian women’s hockey team suffered a humiliating 7-0 defeat at the hands of world champions Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the Hockey World League on Tuesday.
Indian eves were no match against the Olympic champions Netherlands and were simply outclassed throughout the entire game.
The Dutch onslaught began from the opening minute when Naomi van As scored with a deft scoop and from there on didn’t gave the 13th ranked opponent a chance to make a comeback into the game.
In the semi-final encounter, the Netherlands will lock horns with the mighty Aussies, who prevailed 2-0 over minnows Italy in the quarterfinals.
India will face Italy in the fifth to eight classification spots.
