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Crutchley needs more after Dutch defeat

BySportsbeat

Published 24/08/2015 at 07:49 GMT

Coach Bobby Crutchley insisted there was room for improvement as England's men head into a decisive match with Spain at the hockey European Championships in London.

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Crutchley's side slipped to a 2-0 defeat to Holland, who progressed to the semi-finals after goals from Mirco Pruijser and Constantijn Jonker.
“We will look at our performance and work on the areas we need to improve," said Crutchley.
"Sometimes being a coach is difficult as telling them to pass the ball better is not particularly useful. It’s not so much a tactical change we need. They know what they need to do, they’re experienced players and they’ll be keen to improve against Spain.
“We’re disappointed to lose. It was a tight game we could have got something out of it but our performance was not where I wanted it to be. We created some chances but the quality of our passing wasn’t good enough.
"That’s something we usually pride ourselves on so it’s especially disappointing. We defended quite well but if you give the ball away too often you’re always going to struggle.
"They took their chances well and they were defensively very organised. We helped them a bit as we didn’t use the ball well but they’re hard to play against and that was the case.”
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