not only that manpreet got injured and team played without him in final quarter and a yellow card was given to an indian defender in last 5 mins so we played with 10 men in last five mins though a green card was also given to an argentine in those mins so it was 10 indians vs 11 argentines in those 3 mins, but team defended very well
Ramandeep Singh has been Ruled out of the Tournament for India which is a big blow.This means Akashdeep,Sumit Kumar and Ramandeep(Three really good strikers for India) have been ruled out of the Tournament.India will have to play this Tournament without Three critical Strikers.
Hope,all of them will be back for the Asian games.
Yes Munna,Akashdeep and Sumit didn't come to Breda so this basically means we don't have our 3 Best Forwards which is a bit too much specially against such Opposition Teams.
Rupinder is Injured.Long Term,I am not sure but he is injured.
After,the Tournament is over,I'll do a round up regarding the performance of the players in this Tournament.
India go down fighting 2-3 to Australia in Champions Trophy hockey
India fought valiantly before going down 2-3 to world champions Australia to slump to its first defeat in the FIH Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.
Australia produced their best show of the tournament and scored through Lachlan Sharp (6th minute), Tom Craig (15th) and Trent Mitton (33rd) to secure full points.
The Indians, however, did not give up and fought till the end, scoring through Varun Kumar (10th) and Harmanpreet Singh (58th), producing a nail-biting finish.
The loss meant India slumped to third spot in the standings with six points from two wins behind hosts Netherlands (6 points), while Australia climbed to the top with seven points from three games.
The top two sides after the round robin stage of the six-team event will play in the fina of the tournament on Sunday. India will next play Belgium tomorrow
We Played well against Australia.It was an even match,could have gone either way.In these kind of matches the type of players really matter.Here,Players like Vivek Sagar Prasad,Amit Rohidas etc get found out.
If our best Team would have been playing,i bet we could have salvaged atleast a Draw.
Penalty Corners are a ,major concern.Hope we can address it quickly.
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a yellow card was given to an indian defender in last 5 mins so we played with 10 men in last five mins
though a green card was also given to an argentine in those mins so it was 10 indians vs 11 argentines in those 3 mins, but team defended very well
Hope,all of them will be back for the Asian games.
Rupinder is Injured.Long Term,I am not sure but he is injured.
After,the Tournament is over,I'll do a round up regarding the performance of the players in this Tournament.
India go down fighting 2-3 to Australia in Champions Trophy hockey
India fought valiantly before going down 2-3 to world champions Australia to slump to its first defeat in the FIH Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.Australia produced their best show of the tournament and scored through Lachlan Sharp (6th minute), Tom Craig (15th) and Trent Mitton (33rd) to secure full points.
The Indians, however, did not give up and fought till the end, scoring through Varun Kumar (10th) and Harmanpreet Singh (58th), producing a nail-biting finish.
The loss meant India slumped to third spot in the standings with six points from two wins behind hosts Netherlands (6 points), while Australia climbed to the top with seven points from three games.
The top two sides after the round robin stage of the six-team event will play in the fina of the tournament on Sunday. India will next play Belgium tomorrow
If our best Team would have been playing,i bet we could have salvaged atleast a Draw.
Penalty Corners are a ,major concern.Hope we can address it quickly.
Champions Trophy: Late goal denies India; play 1-1 draw with Belgium
India are still in with a chance of progressing to Sunday's final and will take on hosts Netherlands in their last round robin match on Saturday.