They looked on the cards to repeat that when Lisa Schutze gave them an 11th-minute lead with a penalty corner.
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Danson started the ball rolling in the second period, pouncing on a rebound of Crista Cullen’s penalty corner to snatch her fourth goal of the tournament. Owsley went down, and Danson took the shot in her place.
They were two undoubted blows for Britain, but they regrouped quickly through a couple of penalty corners that ensured they kept the pressure on.
The ball slid past her, but the Great Britain defense came up with a key clear out of the circle to prevent the even score.
With Danson on the left, a slick reversal found Helen Richardson-Walsh in acres of space running in on goal.
Danny Kerry’s team continued their dominance into the second quarter.
Liz Thompson shoots for the Black Sticks.
Goalkeeper Maddie Hinch was the main hero, making a series of fine blocks and saving four out of five penalties from the Dutch, which set up Webb to crack in Britain’s second and win the shootout 2-0. After Lisa Schütze gave the Germans the lead, Maartje Paumen equalised for the Dutch women before halftime. So proud to be a part of Team GB.
The Britons, cheered on by raucous, singing supporters, were elated at reaching the team’s first Olympic final.
A 3-0 defeat of New Zealand last night has landed the Oldham girl a shot at the ultimate prize in Rio tomorrow (9pm).
“It was a dominant performance”. “Because of what we went through, it just felt a bit more monumental this time”, said Kate.
‘We’ve now gone unbeaten through an Olympic tournament, which is unreal.
“We are also very robust”.
“I think we played a fantastic game”. When you wait all day for an evening game it makes the expectation build. “Everything that comes before this (Olympics) is just a nice stepping stone”, she said. “We created chances and had a corner and that really settled us down”.
“I remember watching the Olympics when I was 12, seeing Sally Gunnell and the hockey ladies winning bronze in 1992”. It feels the same as that. We’ve got one more to play and we won’t change anything about how we prepare.
“To come away from a semi-final and to be going into a final is unbelievable”.
“I didn’t know if I’d get back in the team or the squad”.
Just relief that we won today.
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“We don’t expect – we believe. We will take that confidently into the next game, debrief, and off we go”. We must play it as it comes. Once you get back on the pitch you doubt if you’ll be good enough, if the coach will want you in the team. I was just telling him (medic) to hurry up because my team needed me.
