Sunday, June 23, 2013

Hockey News
At Hockey World League Semi-Final - Men, Rotterdam, Netherlands

For 5th Place
India l Spain 2-2 (2-1) PS 2-4
Goal Scorers - Shivendra Singh (IND) 10', Mandeep Singh (IND) 12' and Roc Oliva (ESP) 2', David Alegre (ESP) 56'

Spain claimed a vital win in penalties over India to capture fifth place in Rotterdam, this will helping their chance of potentially claiming a lucky losers berth at the 2014 World Cup ... Normal time had ended 2-2 between the two sides but the Spaniards prevailed 4-2 in the shoot out as Manpreet and Akashdepp missed 3rd and 4th penalties when Indians up 2-1 in shoot-out ... Before this Spanish team take lead in 2nd minute but Indians scored 2 goals in three minutes and take lead in 12th minute ... Spanish team kept pushing for equalizer and they managed that in the second half ... After that both teams failed to break deadlock ... In penalties Spanish team hit 2nd shot on the board but we failed to take advantage as Spanish goalkeeper Quico Cortes made excellent defense on penalty shots from Mandeep and Akashdeep.

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