Believe in yourself’ is too common a saying. But for the Belgium team who were trailing 3-0 to Australia at one point, it came as the savior which helped them draw a hard fought match eventually.

“Australia was playing much better than us. We were trailing 3-0 at one point, but it was the belief we had in ourselves and the team that turned the game in our favour. As a skipper, believing in the team is all that you can do when the results aren’t in your favour and it actually works out,’ said a smiling skipper John John Dohmen after drawing the match 4-4 against Aussies.

“We were not playing bad but a draw will only help us gain mental strength. I think we can still finish at the top of our pool.”

Fresh after a win against Pakistan, Belgium showed their class again when they snatched the victory from the World Champions Australia with just one second left for the final hooter.

Failing to convert all the three penalty corners that they earned in the final two minutes, their last ray of hope came as they successfully appealed for a penalty corner with one second left for the final hooter.

As Tom Boon played true to his credentials and flicked it straight without a trace of mistake, his team mates huddled over him while the Aussies looked at them with disappointment, The crowd which was on its toes all through the while suddenly burst into a round of applause and gave a standing ovation to the well-deserved Belgians.

“I wasn’t on the pitch when my team got the three penalty corners in the last minutes. But when the last second shoot came, there was a call from the bench and we knew we couldn’t miss that at any cost. It is absolutely great to finish it on that note,” Boon said after the match.

For the skipper Dohmen, it was also his day out as besides playing his part well on the field he contributed on the score line as well. In fact skipper of both the teams contributed a goal apiece for their team.

“Well, at a personal level you could say we skippers had a good day at the pitch as well,” Dohmen says with a laugh.