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At 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament, New Delhi
Men's Final
India bt France 8-1 (3-1)
Goal Scored - Birendra Lakra (IND) 17', Sandeep Singh (IND) 19' PC, 26' PC, 38' PC, 49' PC and 50' PC, SV Sunil (IND) 43', V. Raghunath (IND) 56' PC
INDIAN MEN QUALIFIED FOR LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 TROUNCING FRENCH TEAM 8-1.
Deserving winner, we won all matches in this qualifier ... In last 2 league matches Canada and Polish teams stretched us but we kept scoring to won those matches ... After winning this qualifier few people r starting to comment that this match was fixed ... I really feel pity for those people for their crooked mind ... They r forgetting that they r not only degrading our players but also humiliating opposition team (here France), who today gave their heart out on the field ... Playing in Olympics is every player's dream who play for their respective nation ... So fixing comments r pathetic one and frankly speaking these people r one of reason that our image is damaged on international scene ... But then who cares, not at least me ... I M PROUD OF MY TEAM WHO SHOWED AWESOME ATTACKING HOCKEY DISPLAY ON THE FIELD ... SPECIAL THANKS TO SANDEEP SINGH (5 GOALS), GOALKEEPER SREEJESH AND INDIAN COACH MICHAEL NOBBS!!!
Nervy start for our team ... In the beginning they were looking under pressure of qualifying for the Olympics ... Sandeep Singh missed penalty corner in 3rd minute but after first 10 minutes we started to look settle on the field ... Birendra Lakra scored field goal in 17th minute with tap-in in front of the goal after excellent pass from Manpreet ... In 2 minutes we earned our 2nd penalty corner which converted by Sandeep Singh with mid-level flick ... In 23rd minute French side scored stunning goal through Simon Martin-Brisac with quick pass from Jean-Jean ... After that Indians controlled and dominated match ... They were kept attacking one after another ... Sandeep converted 3rd penalty corner in 26 mins with high flick ... At half-time we were leading 3-1 ... In the second half we earned our 4th penalty corner in 2 minutes and Sandeep converted another one with high flick ... With that he completed his hat-trick ... In a next minute South Africa earned their 2nd penalty corner ... They received 4 penalty corners in a row due to infringement by Indian players ... But we managed to defend it and immediately scored field goal through SV Sunil ... Sandeep converted 2 more penalty corners with powerful hits in 49th and 50th minutes to take his match tally to 5 goals ... Indians earned their 7th penalty corner in 55th minute and at that time Sandeep was off the field but Raghunath converted that with powerful high flick ... In this match both teams played physical game which saw 3 Yellow and 4 Green Cards in the match ... We were very good in the penalty corners conversion, converted 6 from 7 PCS.
Sandeep Singh received well deserving Player of the Match award and Indian Captain Sardar Singh received Player of the Tournament award.
At 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament, New Delhi
Men's Final
India bt France 8-1 (3-1)
Goal Scored - Birendra Lakra (IND) 17', Sandeep Singh (IND) 19' PC, 26' PC, 38' PC, 49' PC and 50' PC, SV Sunil (IND) 43', V. Raghunath (IND) 56' PC
INDIAN MEN QUALIFIED FOR LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 TROUNCING FRENCH TEAM 8-1.
Deserving winner, we won all matches in this qualifier ... In last 2 league matches Canada and Polish teams stretched us but we kept scoring to won those matches ... After winning this qualifier few people r starting to comment that this match was fixed ... I really feel pity for those people for their crooked mind ... They r forgetting that they r not only degrading our players but also humiliating opposition team (here France), who today gave their heart out on the field ... Playing in Olympics is every player's dream who play for their respective nation ... So fixing comments r pathetic one and frankly speaking these people r one of reason that our image is damaged on international scene ... But then who cares, not at least me ... I M PROUD OF MY TEAM WHO SHOWED AWESOME ATTACKING HOCKEY DISPLAY ON THE FIELD ... SPECIAL THANKS TO SANDEEP SINGH (5 GOALS), GOALKEEPER SREEJESH AND INDIAN COACH MICHAEL NOBBS!!!
Nervy start for our team ... In the beginning they were looking under pressure of qualifying for the Olympics ... Sandeep Singh missed penalty corner in 3rd minute but after first 10 minutes we started to look settle on the field ... Birendra Lakra scored field goal in 17th minute with tap-in in front of the goal after excellent pass from Manpreet ... In 2 minutes we earned our 2nd penalty corner which converted by Sandeep Singh with mid-level flick ... In 23rd minute French side scored stunning goal through Simon Martin-Brisac with quick pass from Jean-Jean ... After that Indians controlled and dominated match ... They were kept attacking one after another ... Sandeep converted 3rd penalty corner in 26 mins with high flick ... At half-time we were leading 3-1 ... In the second half we earned our 4th penalty corner in 2 minutes and Sandeep converted another one with high flick ... With that he completed his hat-trick ... In a next minute South Africa earned their 2nd penalty corner ... They received 4 penalty corners in a row due to infringement by Indian players ... But we managed to defend it and immediately scored field goal through SV Sunil ... Sandeep converted 2 more penalty corners with powerful hits in 49th and 50th minutes to take his match tally to 5 goals ... Indians earned their 7th penalty corner in 55th minute and at that time Sandeep was off the field but Raghunath converted that with powerful high flick ... In this match both teams played physical game which saw 3 Yellow and 4 Green Cards in the match ... We were very good in the penalty corners conversion, converted 6 from 7 PCS.
Sandeep Singh received well deserving Player of the Match award and Indian Captain Sardar Singh received Player of the Tournament award.
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