One of the most awaited tournaments in the Hockey world is the Olympics. The excitement and generosity about the tournament is at the next level. In the last year concluded Rio 2016 Olympics, we witnessed one of the most swashbuckling encounter when the Great Britain locked horns with Kiwis.
Great Britain earned a 3-0 win over New Zealand behind two goals from Alex Danson, securing its spot in the gold medal match. Britain was the first team to capitalize on a chance after Danson scored a rebounded penalty corner to give her team a lead.
Though, Britain later in the match encountered couple of injuries but that didn’t really had a set back on them. Kiwis in the meanwhile kept on missing on the opportunities that came up to them after a hard fought battle on the Hockey field.
New Zealand team captain Kayla Whitelock’s play to prevent the goal was too aggressive, and Richardson-Walsh earned the penalty stroke. She nailed it to put Great Britain up 2-0 early in the fourth quarter and two confirm a berth in the ultimate final of the Rio 2016 Olympics, Danson scored the third and final goal of the day and the match. New Zealand could not find a way to come back from the lead Great Britain built up and later just managed to play a bronze medal match against Germany as a consolation of the semi-final loss.
