After securing a historic fifth place at the 2026 women’s FIH Hockey World Cup last month, the Indian team now turns its attention to the Asian Games.
“We drew against China at the World Cup, but we could have won. Both teams had good opportunities, so a draw was a good outcome for both. “The main thing is to focus on ourselves. You want to score more field chances. But if we score a lot of field chances, then people question why we don’t score more penalty corners. If we score a lot of penalty corners, then it’s the other way around. But which country scores many goals in big matches? There aren’t any. They are all close contests.”
We played Japan in the Nations Cup (India won 2-1). We are 90% about ourselves and 10% about the opponent,” he said. Because sometimes the opponent defends really well, well, it’s not really something to improve.
Korea is the only country we haven’t played for a while,” Marijne said in a media interaction organised by the Sports Authority of India here. Asked about the areas India needs to improve, Marijne said: “We scored some penalty corners, but that is something we can improve.
The Dutchman is comfortable with the high expectations surrounding the women’s national team.