Yibbi Jansen and Sam Ward, the scorers in Santiago del Estero

The scorers of the week come directly from Santiago del Estero, after playing the first window of the sixth season of the Pro League. Yibbi Jansen of the Netherlands and Sam Ward of Englandspoke with AM850.com about being one of their teams’ top scorers. The Dutchwoman scored four goals in the four games played, sharing first place with Freeke Moes, while the Englishman eight, also in four games, together with Tom Boon.

Yibbi Jansenthe one with important goals, and a strong one. With the number eight on her back she has shown how effective she can be. With 75 goals in 86 international matches, the Olympic champion commented on how she does it: “My secret is that I have a cool mind when I’m going to shoot. I plan my penalty corner before the game and sometimes I have to adjust it. I already know what I have to do and I don’t hesitate before shooting.” In the Olympic Games, his drag was infallible and almost impossible to stop, and the way by which he scores the most goals today. Regarding the classic with Argentina, he said that he loves playing against Las Leonas as a visitor.

It seems as if there is a common thread that associates Jansen with Argentina. First, because at 25 years old he has scored on several occasions against Las Leonas, the first time in the 2018 Champions Trophy in China, and one of the figures he looks at is none other than Lionel Messi. “I was always a big fan. I really like his technique and his ability to score goals.” The young woman still has a long way to go in the EHL, which “It is always a great competition that I like to play”clarified Jansen, as with the orange shirt. Great things can be expected from this player, because she has already shown in the past what she can do.

On the other hand, Sam Ward It has a history of important improvement. At 33 years old, with 219 caps between England and Great Britain, and with a total of 209 goals, he became a benchmark in English hockey. With the number 13 and the captain’s ribbon, he wreaked havoc in the offensive area in the window in Santiago del Estero and assures that he has no secret when it comes to scoring, he simply scores the goals that no one wants to score. A couple of years ago he suffered an accident that could have been fatal, and after some time and many sessions with doctors he was told that to play hockey again he would have to do so with a mask. His love for the sport and his country’s shirt was so much that he decided to continue: “It is very special to represent my country, especially because of what happened a couple of years ago. It is always an honor”Ward said.

With more than 200 goals it shouldn’t be easy to choose a favorite, but the Englishman assures that there is one that he will always treasure, the first. It was in 2014, no more and no less than 10 years ago, against Australia. I don’t think he imagined where it would go. You could say that he is getting closer to his idol, Sean Kerly. “At five or six years old, my teammates and I looked at him and admired him. He was the only thing that was talked about since he had won the 1988 Olympic Games and was the player that everyone aspired to be.”Ward concluded.