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At 34th Men's Champions Trophy 2012, Melbourne, Australia
Quarter Finals
India bt Belgium 1-0 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Nithin Thimmaiah (IND) 12'
Pakistan bt Germany 2-1 (0-1)
Netherlands bt New Zealand (1-0)
Australia bt England 2-0 (1-0)
After missing last 6 editions of Champions trophy due to poor performance Indians were lucky to get wild-card for this edition ... They r taking full advantage of it and after topping Pool A they scored hard fought victory over Belgium in the quarter-final ... In the semi-final they r facing host and WR #2 Australia ... In the other quarter-final Pakistan upset WR #1 and current Olympics gold medalist Germany in comeback victory.
Sardar Singh gave excellent present to himself for his 150th match for India when he gave excellent pass to Nithin, who had easy tap in ... After this early goal our team was attacking but Belgian side regrouped in the late of the half ... Had two penalty corners but failed to covert due to excellent goalkeeping from 34 yrs old Rao ... In the second half Indians had early momentum but after that Belgians tried hard to equalize ... Belgians had few penalty corners and Indians also had opportunities to increase lead through excellent counter-attacking but both teams failed to convert it ... In end Indians managed to hold this single goal advantage for a much needed win.
At 34th Men's Champions Trophy 2012, Melbourne, Australia
Quarter Finals
India bt Belgium 1-0 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Nithin Thimmaiah (IND) 12'
Pakistan bt Germany 2-1 (0-1)
Netherlands bt New Zealand (1-0)
Australia bt England 2-0 (1-0)
After missing last 6 editions of Champions trophy due to poor performance Indians were lucky to get wild-card for this edition ... They r taking full advantage of it and after topping Pool A they scored hard fought victory over Belgium in the quarter-final ... In the semi-final they r facing host and WR #2 Australia ... In the other quarter-final Pakistan upset WR #1 and current Olympics gold medalist Germany in comeback victory.
Sardar Singh gave excellent present to himself for his 150th match for India when he gave excellent pass to Nithin, who had easy tap in ... After this early goal our team was attacking but Belgian side regrouped in the late of the half ... Had two penalty corners but failed to covert due to excellent goalkeeping from 34 yrs old Rao ... In the second half Indians had early momentum but after that Belgians tried hard to equalize ... Belgians had few penalty corners and Indians also had opportunities to increase lead through excellent counter-attacking but both teams failed to convert it ... In end Indians managed to hold this single goal advantage for a much needed win.
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