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At 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament, New Delhi
Men
India bt Poland 4-2 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 26' and 70', Shivendra Singh (IND) 59', VR Raghunath (IND) 65' PC and Thomasz Dutkiewicz (POL) 13' PC and Miroslaw Juszczak (POL) 62' PC
Women
India bt Italy 1-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Ritu Rani (IND) 55' PC
In the end we made tough for ourselves against Poland ... We had very high ball possession and circle penetrations but finishing touches inside circle were poor ... In last 2 matches our forward-line were struggling to score and I really hope they remove this flaw in the final ... In this match Shivendra failed to stop ball 2/3 times in penalty corner drill, little worrying sign ... I am also worrying about our goal-keeping ... Chhetri and Sreejesh r struggling in this tournament ... Previously they were lot better in stopping penalty corner hits but here both r giving some soft goals which can cost us in big matches and better opponents ... In this tournament we r looking improved but I m still feeling low considering the chances we r wasting after getting so much space on the field ... I m really hoping for convincing win in the final against France.
Polish team take lead through penalty corner ... Indians needed to wait until late before Sandeep equalized converting 3rd penalty corner ... In the second half also we played some sloppy game, missed couple of penalty corners ... Shivendra scored one opportunistic goal in the front of goalmouth ... Polish team immediately attacked and equalized through another penalty corner ... In last 5 minutes we converted 2 penalty corners to complete victory and Polish team missed chance of facing us in the final.
Indian women needed victory against Italian women to qualify for the final against South Africa and they delivered ... We should won this match more easily but excellent goal keeping by Italian goal-keeper Roberta Lilliu ... From the start Italians were playing defensively but Indians failed to take advantage due to a poor circle penetration and even poorer shots at the goals ... In the second half our players started eagerly and were playing in Italian half ... They kept pressurizing Italians but missed chances and missed one penalty corner ... Indians received 6th penalty corner on that Jasjeet Kaur's hit saved by Lilliu, ball ballooned in the air and near goalmouth Ritu Rani reverse flicked from shoulder height into the goal ... After that unnecessarily Indians went defensive ... Italians pushed hard and earned 3 penalty corners but Indians managed to save.
At 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament, New Delhi
Men
India bt Poland 4-2 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 26' and 70', Shivendra Singh (IND) 59', VR Raghunath (IND) 65' PC and Thomasz Dutkiewicz (POL) 13' PC and Miroslaw Juszczak (POL) 62' PC
Women
India bt Italy 1-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Ritu Rani (IND) 55' PC
In the end we made tough for ourselves against Poland ... We had very high ball possession and circle penetrations but finishing touches inside circle were poor ... In last 2 matches our forward-line were struggling to score and I really hope they remove this flaw in the final ... In this match Shivendra failed to stop ball 2/3 times in penalty corner drill, little worrying sign ... I am also worrying about our goal-keeping ... Chhetri and Sreejesh r struggling in this tournament ... Previously they were lot better in stopping penalty corner hits but here both r giving some soft goals which can cost us in big matches and better opponents ... In this tournament we r looking improved but I m still feeling low considering the chances we r wasting after getting so much space on the field ... I m really hoping for convincing win in the final against France.
Polish team take lead through penalty corner ... Indians needed to wait until late before Sandeep equalized converting 3rd penalty corner ... In the second half also we played some sloppy game, missed couple of penalty corners ... Shivendra scored one opportunistic goal in the front of goalmouth ... Polish team immediately attacked and equalized through another penalty corner ... In last 5 minutes we converted 2 penalty corners to complete victory and Polish team missed chance of facing us in the final.
Indian women needed victory against Italian women to qualify for the final against South Africa and they delivered ... We should won this match more easily but excellent goal keeping by Italian goal-keeper Roberta Lilliu ... From the start Italians were playing defensively but Indians failed to take advantage due to a poor circle penetration and even poorer shots at the goals ... In the second half our players started eagerly and were playing in Italian half ... They kept pressurizing Italians but missed chances and missed one penalty corner ... Indians received 6th penalty corner on that Jasjeet Kaur's hit saved by Lilliu, ball ballooned in the air and near goalmouth Ritu Rani reverse flicked from shoulder height into the goal ... After that unnecessarily Indians went defensive ... Italians pushed hard and earned 3 penalty corners but Indians managed to save.
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