Pakistan and South Korea cannot qualify now I think. Malaysia still got some chance if they defeat Ireland. India was literally hammered by Belgium. Indian defenders were very ordinary. They could not even close down on rival players once Sreejesh have stopped the shot and rebound is going to Belgians.
Jasjit proved to be a very weak player yesterday..his mistakes cost us heavily..once Rupinder and Raghunath are fully fit along with SV Sunil and Mandeep there will be a lot of bite in the team again..a top 4 finish still is very creditable..Hopefully Yuvraj,jasjit,Satbir would be shown the door soon
Jasjit is the most hopeless defender India has produced after Dhananjay Mahadik.Even Sandeep Singh was better than him.Satbir missed two open chances.Any half decent striker would have converted them. Many of our first team stars were missing like Raghunath,Rupinder(rusty after being injured),Kothajit and Sunil were missing which not only effects the combination but forced many players to play out of position. Another thing which I hv noticed is our forwards indecision. There were several occasions where forwards opted for wrong options like 1)looking for opponents foot when shot was on. 2)taking shots when they shd hv looked for foot. Qualifying on merit(via tournament) shows that India deserved Its Olympic berth specially with this B Grade team. However,many of the first team players were non-existent in this tournament. Manpreet Singh,Nikkin,Chinglesena,Birender lakra were below par(First team players). Jasjit, Gurmail,Devindar(despite his two goals),Satbir shouldn't get another Indian cap. Only Sardar Singh,Gurbaj,Akashdeep and Sreejesh were good.Sreejesh however didn't had greatest of the tournaments a(conceeded 2-3 goals which he wouldnt conceed normally)but shitty defence led by Jasjit and Gurmail led him to take more responsibility thus exposing him to positions which he would not hv come to. Sardar,Sunil and Sreejesh are the only World class players we have. If we want to achieve an Olympic medal Than we must hope that all our best players are fit and hope luck goes our way because 3 teams are better than us for sure like Australia,Germany,Holland.Rest all teams our at par with us or worst. But we need to be consistent in beating other teams and not loose by large margins against top 3 teams. According to me India should finish in top 6 at Olympics with the team and top 3 with the luck.So I hope luck comes to the aid of Indian team. And we can win our first medal after 1980 Olympics.Fingers crossed and best of luck to the team.Hope we get a medal.
I believe Vijender's move from amateur boxing to professional boxing is hugely influenced by the amount of money(Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao) he can earn.
India women's Team defeated Japan 1-0 and now they come 5th in World Hockey league. There is a chance that Womens team will qualify for Rio 2016. Again Rani Rampal was the architect with the goal.
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India was literally hammered by Belgium. Indian defenders were very ordinary. They could not even close down on rival players once Sreejesh have stopped the shot and rebound is going to Belgians.
Many of our first team stars were missing like Raghunath,Rupinder(rusty after being injured),Kothajit and Sunil were missing which not only effects the combination but forced many players to play out of position.
Another thing which I hv noticed is our forwards indecision.
There were several occasions where forwards opted for wrong options like 1)looking for opponents foot when shot was on.
2)taking shots when they shd hv looked for foot.
Qualifying on merit(via tournament) shows that India deserved Its Olympic berth specially with this B Grade team.
However,many of the first team players were non-existent in this tournament.
Manpreet Singh,Nikkin,Chinglesena,Birender lakra were below par(First team players).
Jasjit, Gurmail,Devindar(despite his two goals),Satbir shouldn't get another Indian cap.
Only Sardar Singh,Gurbaj,Akashdeep and Sreejesh were good.Sreejesh however didn't had greatest of the tournaments a(conceeded 2-3 goals which he wouldnt conceed normally)but shitty defence led by Jasjit and Gurmail led him to take more responsibility thus exposing him to positions which he would not hv come to.
Sardar,Sunil and Sreejesh are the only World class players we have.
If we want to achieve an Olympic medal Than we must hope that all our best players are fit and hope luck goes our way because 3 teams are better than us for sure like Australia,Germany,Holland.Rest all teams our at par with us or worst.
But we need to be consistent in beating other teams and not loose by large margins against top 3 teams.
According to me India should finish in top 6 at Olympics with the team and top 3 with the luck.So I hope luck comes to the aid of Indian team. And we can win our first medal after 1980 Olympics.Fingers crossed and best of luck to the team.Hope we get a medal.