18th Match Hockey World Cup 2018 (Men's)

Odisha Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneswar 2018 (Men’s)

ENG Vs IRL

England Beat The Ireland

 

ENGLAND                          4 - 2                      IRELAND

 Match Highlights

v England meanwhile, finished 2nd in Pool B and will play New Zealand in the cross-overs

Bhubaneswar, India: England knocked Ireland out of the tournament after registering a 4-2 win in the second match of the day on Friday.

England thus, made it to the cross-over stage after finishing second in Pool B and will play New Zealand for the chance to face Argentina in the quarter-finals.

"It's always a tight game against Ireland and they caused us quite a lot of problems.

"But we knew that if we could take our chances then we would win the game and we did that here.

"We never wanted to draw the game - in these tournaments it's about building momentum from game to game and that's what we're trying to do," said man-of-the-match Liam Ansell.