In champions trophy last time, pakistan were last in their group losing all the matches, two huge defeats to England 8-2 and 3-0 to australia . Still they manage to reach the Final defeating India in semi.
Old Champions Trophy format was very good. Top six teams, each team will play against each other. 3 points for win and 1 point for Draw.Then at the end, top two will play for Gold and Silver medal, 3rd and 4th will play for Bronze and then for 5th and 6th position. Present format makes a mockery of initial games.
i was shocked at defensive performance of Belgium.. they hardly left any space for our forwards to move.. if srijesh hadnt let that goal in which was easy to save , the match could easily have been went to shootouts.. then anything could have happened...
Still next up netherlands for bronze.. lets get to the podium finish that shall be a good morale boost before olympics
Disappointing Performance by India. Their play was very much One-Dimensional. Foreign Coach do not let players play their natural game and this is why we are struggling. Foreign coach insists that we start every move from back thru small passes. See how we were struggling to move Ball out of our half. So many Backpasses. Even under attack, our players tried to give backpass instead of aerial scoops to avert danger. Our players did not earn Penalty Corner either.
Indian coaches insist on these two things-Clear the ball to avert danger and earn PC.
Our Foreign coaches have been poor on these two aspects.
It is hight time we start giving respect to our Indian coaches like Cedric who are wasting time in Commentary Box while Foreign coach deliver yet again below average performance.
@shankar Last Time we had any podium finish at World Level was in 1982 Champions Trophy.
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Present format makes a mockery of initial games.
Indian coaches insist on these two things-Clear the ball to avert danger and earn PC.
Our Foreign coaches have been poor on these two aspects.
It is hight time we start giving respect to our Indian coaches like Cedric who are wasting time in Commentary Box while Foreign coach deliver yet again below average performance.
@shankar Last Time we had any podium finish at World Level was in 1982 Champions Trophy.