LAHORE: Pakistan’s under-21 hockey team returned home here on Saturday after a successful tour of the Netherlands and Spain. “In Netherlands, they played three matches against prominent clubs besides appearing in the BCE International Tournament featuring Netherlands’ EHV Club, Pakistan juniors and two German teams,” said a spokesman of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. “Pakistan colts won all the six matches in the Netherlands. Moving to Spain, Pakistan under-21 played three Test matches against their national junior side. After losing the first Test, Pakistan managed to win the next two to take the series 2-1,” he added. During the European tour, Pakistan juniors scored 41 goals and conceded 14. Meanwhile, the head coach of the team and former Olympian , Tahir Zaman, expressed satisfaction on the showing of the team “We had some good matches in the Netherlands but the real test was in Spain, where we played against their national junior side that was also preparing for the Junior World Cup to be held later this year. The boys did well in all the three Tests. They worked hard throughout in all the matches and mostly stuck to the game plan. Quite a few times, the Pakistan juniors recovered after conceding the lead. Providing quality competition is the most important; no camp training could be a substitute for that,” concluded former Pakistan hockey captain Tahir.