Ireland fall to the sharp shooting of Germany

Hockey

BILL COLWILL

reports from Amstelveen

Maggie Souyave, the England coach, will have learnt little from watching Germany, England's opponents this afternoon, beat Ireland 4-0 in their second game yesterday, as England rested after their wins against Belgium and France in the women's European Cup.

After Natascha Keller had given the Germans the lead with a crashing shot from an acute angle in the 11th minute, the Irish were never really in the game, despite of a series of brave saves from the goalkeeper, Sandra O'Gorman.

The English side had a light training session yesterday and reported no injury problems, although Karen Brown is suffering from a badly bruised thumb. England expect to announce an unchanged team.

Results, Sporting Digest, page 24