Sydney, Feb. 7 -- China came from behind twice to clinch an incredible 3-2 win over Spain as
FIH Hockey Pro League action continued here on Friday, their first over the Spanish in seven years.
Spain opened the scoring in the third minute when Patricia Alvarez dived at full pace for her deflection on the right post, but the Chinese slowly gained the ascendancy and Jinzhuang Tan levelled from a penalty corner in the sixth minute. There were no further opportunities in the half
and the scores remained locked on 1-1 at the break.
China really got on the front foot in the early stages of the third period and Spanish goalkeeper Clara Perez did sterling work to keep them at bay. She first made an excellent penalty corner save before scrambling...