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Bovelander + Lomans, remembering the goals that gave the Netherlands the Olympic gold medal!

The final match of the Olympic Games of Atlanta 1996 put face to face the team of Spain and the Netherlands. These teams had legendary players such as Juan Escarré, Javier Arnau and Pol Amat (Spain) and Taco van den Honert, Floris Jan Bovelander and Teun de Nooijer (Holland). The game started with Spain scoring the first goal of the match but with 2 straight shots on the penalty corner by Bovelander and one drag flick by Lomans, the Netherlands was able to conquer the gold medal.

These are the goals:

By Pablo Mendoza

Pablo Mendoza is an FIH Hockey Academy Educator and the owner of A Hockey World. Contact: pablo@ahockeyworld.net