We have so much resting on today's match. We need to win the match so we can keep our world ranking at number 3 in the world. If we do not win then the German team pass us on ranking points and that then puts us down to number 4 in the world and also puts us in a more difficult pool at the Olympics next year.

We know what is expected of us on the field today but the question is can we play under the pressure and can we play really good hockey in such a pressure game? We prepared well enough for the game but did we place enough expectation on how well New Zealand would come out and play and how much aggression and desire they would have to want to win the match. They came out firing on all cylinders and we were behind the pace compared to them. We were not as sharp on the ball as they were and also they seemed to pass the ball around a lot better than we did. They also won the contests and pushed us off the ball. This was not going to plan and we were not playing as well as we thought we would.

New Zealand scored a very good goal in the second half that sealed the match for them. After they scored we panicked a bit as we knew we now needed to score 2 goals to win the match and although we tried as hard as we could it did not happen for us. We lost the match and with it our ranking of number 3 in the world. Blame can not be pointed at anyone but ourselves and we must now go away and assess our own individual performances and how we can now get even better as players and as a team.