Bronze Medal match
India bt Netherlands 5-5 (0-2) 3-2 PS
Goal Scorers - Ramandeep Singh (IND) 39' and 51'', Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 47' PC and 55' PC, Akashdeep Singh (IND) 56' and Mirco Pruijser (NED) 9', Niek van der Schoot (NED) 25', Mink van der Weerden (NED) 54' PC, 58' PS and 60' PC
Shootouts - Birendra Lakra (IND), Sardar Singh (IND), Manpreet Singh (IND) and Billy Bakker (NED), Seve van Ass (NED)
India wins bronze medal in big international tournament after 33 years ... They defeated WR #2 and European champion Netherlands in drama filled shoot-out ... In this match Netherlands took 2 goals lead and then India were leading by 2 goals when 2 minutes were remaining ... Netherlands dominated first 2 quarters and were up 2-0 at half-time ... In 3rd quarter Ramndeep reduced lead to 1-2 ... In the beginning of 4th quarter Rupinder Pal converted penalty corner to equalized 2-all ... Ramandeep first-time game lead in 51st minute, 3-2 ... After that in last 7 minutes we experienced some crazy goal scoring from both teams ... Dutch side equalized through penalty corner van der Weerden in 54th minute, 3-all ... Rupinder Pal converted penalty stroke on next minute to give 4-3 lead and then another goal immediately by Ramandeep gave 5-3 lead to India and that time it looked like we were cruising for the victory ... But some crazy defending by us in last two minutes, first we gave penalty stroke and then only 40 secs were remaining Akashdeep lost possession by stupid mistake and then Rupinder Conceded penalty corner ... van der Weerden converted it to take match into shoot-out ... Dutch side converted 1st stroke through Bakker, after that both goal keepers saved couple of each strokes ... Birendra converted 3rd Indian stroke for 1-all ... van Ass converted 4th stroke of Dutch side to give lead 2-1 but Sardar converted next stroke for 2-all ... Sreejesh saved important 5th stroke of Dutch side and after that deserving Manpreet converted 5th stroke for important win ... Manpreet played superbly through out the match but I m still worried by our habit of losing 2 goals lead in last 2 minutes.
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