“I’m happy with the ends score but it was not our best game”

In the context of beating 7-2 to Pakistán for the new season of the FiH Pro League 2025 in Santiago del Estero, the great NED player and also golden in Paris 2024 Floris Wortelboer, accept talking a few minutes with El observador Córdoba.

Foto Floris Wortelboer Nederlands

First of all, he said that it was a tough match with high temperature at the the begging in the match, but the result final make him happy. Also, he explained that was not the best match for his team, the need to start improving. About Pakistán, he defines them as that they try to manipulate, play quite well, but it was enough to win.

Second, he makes the differences between the Olympics Squad and the Squad that is right now in Argentina, that they are living in a new process with new young guys mixed with the experience looking for the gold medal in the World Cup. Then, talk about they need to improve and making better things.

Finally, he ends up the conversation saying that they have to built in the material that they have won during the Olympics, but the really gold medal is in the country improving day by day.

Its begins…

1)    Floris Waterboers, ¿what can you tell me about the match?

Well, it was a tough match for us, it was quite hot specially in the begging of the game. But in the end it was 73 I guess so I’m happy with the ends score but it was not our best game.

2)    ¿Pakistán was difficult?

Yes, it was difficult opponent. You here things they play quite well, the try to manipulate us and the end we deeply play our first game was enough to win.

3)    ¿Which differences can you tell me about the Olympics Team and the team that is right now?

Well…(think) it was the same team that we have a new few players, a young players, with new energy and it takes some time to get like a new team, a new group and yea, we improve on that and yeah, it takes some time, the young boys are good and the more experience players are..(think) also have to improve so we have to try to get a new team, a new file and they are doing good.

4)    In Nederlands the girls win all and the boys win all

Yes, so let’s try to built on that and to show we want to won everything and doing good at the moment, we are doing good at the moment but the gold is in the country all the teams are improving so we have to improve to get the gold medal in the World Cup

5)    And you compete with Sanne

¿You compete with your girlfriends?

Always, always

Thank you

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